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• Guidant Heart Device Blamed for 3 More Deaths

  Joe Saunders | December 15, 2005 6:58 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  According to an article published in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal Guidant heart devices have been linked to three new deaths. The information arose out of a Guidant report to the US Food and Drug Administration. The deaths occurred after Guidant had recalled the devices in June.

• National Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month

  Sandy Grinnell | May 12, 2009 5:14 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is promoting May as National Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month. With motorcycle deaths on a steady climb since 1997 to a total of 5,154 in...

• Florida's Auto Insurance Requirements Too Low

  Sandy Grinnell | May 15, 2008 5:03 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  With what appears will be the new Alabama minimum property damage requirements for auto insurance, Florida is now in a three-way tie for having the lowest minimum auto insurance requirements. In...

• New Law Section of Orlando Sentinel

  Mike Damaso | April 18, 2008 9:48 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Just want to give everyone a heads up that there is a new law related section of the Orlando Sentinel. The section is called "The Law & You." The article today mainly reported on recent events...

• Bad Week for Airline Passengers

  Sandy Grinnell | March 25, 2008 3:58 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Since the full moon had begun to wane, there had to be some other external force effecting air travel this week. Here are the headlines from msnbc.com yesterday:Piece of airliner dislodges... hits passenger window; Pilot's gun fires on US Airways jet; and 747 blows 4 tires, aborts takeoff from LAXThe first incident involved a US Air Boeing 757 traveling from Orlando to Philly. A piece of the...

• No Civil Liability on Hospitals to Ensure Financial Compliance of Medical Staff

  Patricia Doherty | August 01, 2007 12:39 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Under the Florida Statutes (FS 458.320) in order for a doctor to have hospital medical staff privileges the physician must meet certain financial requirements in order to pay medical malpractice judgments against the doctor for negligent medical care. However, the Florida Surpeme Court held a hospital has no duty to ensure a doctor complies with the statute.As a result of this court ruling, a...

• Urgent Easy-Bake Oven Recall

  Sandy Grinnell | July 22, 2007 2:31 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a recall for approximately 1 million Easy-Bake Ovens. This defective product recall comes after the February repair campaign failed to prevent injuries.Hasbro, Inc., the maker of the Easy-Bake Oven, has reported to the CPSC that repairs suggested in February which were supposed to prevent children from getting their hands or fingers caught in...

• Is The Tide Turning On Tort Reform Rhetoric?

  Ed Normand | July 21, 2007 9:00 AM | 1 CommentOrlando, FL

  The American Association for Justice conducted a recent poll showing Americans are very concerned about corporate misconduct in causing personal injuries. Most Americans support a strong civil justice system to ensure that corporations are held responsible when they injure people as a result of negligence or other corporate misconduct. Survey results include that: Americans are nervous...

• If You're Going to Get Tasered, Snort Some Coke First

  Joe Saunders | May 30, 2006 10:17 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  The title to this post is no joke. I found this on the Motley Fool website. Taser International has issued the following statement: "TASER International, Inc. ... announced today that ... a standard electrical discharge from a TASER brand device does not induce ventricular fibrillation, and that cocaine intoxication increases the safety margin even further." Maybe Taser's PR department...

• Guidant's Own Commission Critical of Flaws

  Joe Saunders | March 21, 2006 6:20 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  An expert panel commissioned by Guidant Corporation to assess its handling of problems with cardiac medical devices cited the company for failure to properly assess patient safety. The commission noted that Guidant's decisions were guided by statistical projections provided by engineers rather than medical data provided by doctors. The group urged Guidant to create an outside panel of...