- Joe Saunders | January 31, 2006 8:58 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsPersonal Injury Protection, also known as PIP coverage, can be a complex maze for those involved in auto accidents. Here are a few tips to remember when dealing with this type of auto insurance coverage: According to Florida law, if you own a motor vehicle with four or more wheels you must carry $10,000 of personal injury protection insurance (PIP) and a minimum of $10,000 of property damage...
- Joe Saunders | January 31, 2006 8:52 AM |
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MiscellaneousThe Daytona Beach News-Journal published an insightful editorial about joint and several liability. In part the opinion piece states, "Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee approved a bill that would reduce plaintiffs' ability to recover damages after a successful lawsuit. When multiple defendants are involved, juries are asked to assign degrees of fault to each, making each defendant...
- Joe Saunders | January 30, 2006 10:16 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThe Arizona Republic, using police reports, autopsies, media stories, and Taser International's own documents, to identify 167 cases of death involving the allegedly non-lethal weapon. Groups such as the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Amnesty International have questioned the use of the stun gun which emits 50,000 volts of electricity into a human body.
- Joe Saunders | January 30, 2006 7:10 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeBoston Scientific fresh off its acquisition of Guidant Corporation, has been sent a warning letter by the FDA. Federal regulators said they discovered problems in the medical device maker's quality control. FDA officials who announced the warning involving Boston Scientific said it was only the third time in the agency's history it has issued such a broad companywide warning involving a...
- Joe Saunders | January 29, 2006 12:32 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsIn spite of the fact that Florida has a tough seat belt law, only 50% of drivers in the state wear seat belts. The lack of compliance with this important law has devastating consequences. Let's look at some facts:1) A child unrestrained in a 30 mph crash is the equivalent of that same child falling from a three story building.2) In one survey, over 59 percent of drivers who were fatally...
- Joe Saunders | January 29, 2006 11:59 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsA drug used worldwide to reduce bleeding during heart surgery can increase the risk of kidney failure, heart attacks and strokes, and should be abandoned, doctors are reporting today. They say other medicines are safer and cheaper, and should be used instead. The drug, aprotinin, is sold under the brand name Trasylol and manufactured by Bayer. The report was published in The New England...
- Joe Saunders | January 29, 2006 11:45 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeAn attorney suing Guidant Corporation has been ordered by the Justice Department to turn over the documents he received from the company. The subpoena, part of the federal government's investigation into the Indianapolis-based company, requires Texas attorney Bob Hilliard to turn over handwritten notes and PowerPoint slides. He obtained them from the company during preparations for a product...
- Joe Saunders | January 27, 2006 4:09 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeAttorney Jordan Margolis posted a nice piece on two Boston Scientific medical device recalls. Those who have had these devices should check the product information against their medical records and seek both medical and legal advice regarding these product recalls.
- Joe Saunders | January 27, 2006 10:03 AM |
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MiscellaneousCheck out Bob Carroll's excellent post on tort reform at tampabay.injuryboard.com. This type of so-called reform is actually anti-consumer and drastically restricts your rights to justice and access to the courts.
- Joe Saunders | January 26, 2006 8:56 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsThe COLD, HARD, SOBERING FACTS about alcohol and drunk driving in the United States:Fact: A total of 16,694 alcohol-related fatalities were recorded in 2004. That's one death nearly every 1/2 hour in this country at the hands of someone who was drinking and driving. Fact: Approximately 275,000 persons are injured or disfigured yearly by alcohol-impaired drivers. One third of these are...
- Joe Saunders | January 26, 2006 8:50 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsSeven children were killed in North Florida. According to law enforcement authorities, The truck hit the car from behind and pushed it into the bus, causing the car to burst into flames. All seven of the people riding in the car were killed. Their ages ranged from 15 years to 21 months, police said. CBS News correspondent Peter King reports that the victims are all from one family with small...
- Joe Saunders | January 26, 2006 8:44 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsIn spite of the Florida Senate's efforts to stop the practice, it remains legal to taser a child under the age of 16. While it defies logic, a police officer can use a Taser to subdue a child. This extreme form of behavior modification is deplored in a recent article by Alexis Colvard in the Georgia State University School newspaper.
- Joe Saunders | January 23, 2006 8:03 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeOn January 19, 2006, a Texas judge ordered Guidant to hand over internal documents that might show the company continued to sell some of its heart defibrillator models after knowing that the devices might prove faulty. The NY Times reported the following day that the documents appear to show that some Guidant executives recommended in January 2005 that perhaps the company should find a way to...
- Joe Saunders | January 14, 2006 10:19 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThe makers of Taser stun guns have begun an aggressive campaign to recruit civilian buyers for devices now used in the U.S. primarily by about 8,500 law enforcement agencies.Taser International is focusing on sales to ordinary citizens despite the high-profile deaths of police suspects after being repeatedly shocked by the weapon. The push comes after an onslaught of negative publicity,...
- Joe Saunders | January 11, 2006 10:31 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThe 50,000 volt electric shock from a Taser gun contributed to the 2004 death of a Lee County man, according to Associate Medical Examiner Barbara Wolf.Byron Black, 39, of Fort Myers died in a hospital after deputies used both a stun gun and pepper spray to subdue him. All drug tests were negative according to the autopsy.More than 100 people have died in the US and Canada since 2001 after...
- Joe Saunders | January 03, 2006 11:07 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsIt seems that each day we hear stories of more people dying after being tasered by police. Across the United States and in several other countries, the use of Taser weaponry has come under scrutiny. Questions have been raised about whether Taser shock, up to 50,000 volts of electricity, represents particularly high risks for those on some medications, people with heart problems, and the...