By Richard Shapiro, Virginia Personal Injury Attorney A new controversy is waging over an old medical malpractice law in California. A group of trial lawyers, consumer advocates and the nurses union is gathering signatures for a new state ballot initiative to increase California’s cap on…
Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are often sudden and change and end lives without warning. Almost two million people each year have a traumatic brain injury. Around the world, it is a leading cause of death. Now, new research is indicating that a hormone that the…
By Richard Shapiro, Virginia Personal Injury Lawyer A jury in Clayton, MO awarded a man and his wife $6.4 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit that stemmed from a stroke that he had in 2007. The suit alleged that Jeffrey Schneider, 59, had an infection…
By James Lewis, North Carolina Personal Injury Attorney This week, two people on vacation from Pennsylvania were walking along NC 12 in Corolla, when they were hit by an SUV that ran off the highway. Both pedestrians were killed in the wreck. The incident occurred…
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a set of regulations that will improve generic drug warning labels. The agency’s new rules come after a petition that demanded a safer system of warnings for off-brand pharmaceuticals. The risks of drugs released to the…
Evidence suggests that third-party (or “knockoff”) mobile device chargers may pose a risk of electrocution if the user answers the phone while it is plugged in. The speculation comes after an investigation into the tragic death of a Chinese woman, who was electrocuted to death after…
Every year there are more than 1,000 cases of financial exploitation of adults in the State of Virginia. The sad reality is elderly individuals are at a great risk of being taken advantage of by caregivers, including both professionals and relatives. Thankfully, legislators in Virginia…
The director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, (CDC), is critical of the way doctors are prescribing prescription painkillers to patients. Dr. Tom Friedan says that physicians are relying on these powerful drugs to treat chronic pain when physical therapy, exercise and…
Medical device maker Medtronic revealed that 14 patients have died due to problems associated with its SynchroMed implantable drug pump. The revelations came only a day after the FDA announced that the pump would be recalled over safety concerns. The SynchroMed pump exists to deliver…
In the wake of the recent Asiana Airlines crash, experts are saying the airplane company will likely employ a variety of international legal tactics to save itself potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements with injured passengers. The crash of Asiana Flight 240 at…
A Reuters investigation revealed that the federal government’s Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act is seriously flawed, the news organization reported recently. The act, which was passed in 1986, is intended to alert a community to the presence of dangerous chemicals in the area; howe
The use of hormone replacement therapy to treat menopause increases womens’ risk of cancer by thirty to seventy percent, according to researchers. Hormone replacement therapy is used by women undergoing menopause in order to alleviate symptoms such as joint pain and hot flashes. However, the…