Miscellaneous

• FDA Warns Doctors About Trasylol

  Joe Saunders | February 09, 2006 12:25 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  The FDA has issued a warning to doctors and patients about the adverse risks associated with the Bayer drug Trasylol. The drug is used to control bleeding in such surgical procedures as heart bypass surgery. The FDA highlighted two studies published last month, including one in the New England Journal of Medicine, which showed that the drug, sold under the brand name Trasylol, doubled the risk...

• St. Pete Roof Collapse Reveals Cracks in Inspection System

  Joe Saunders | February 07, 2006 9:03 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  When the torrential rain came pouring down in Tampa Bay last Friday, few thought that a Bed, Bath, and Beyond roof would collapse. According to an article in the St. Pete Times, a contractor got a permit to put a new roof on the building last April 4th but the construction was never inspected by the city.The cause of the collapse is still being investigated, so it is unknown whether the city's...

• Boating Fatalities on Increase in Florida

  Joe Saunders | February 04, 2006 10:36 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  While the rest of the country is seeing fatalities on the water decrease, Florida is experiencing a sharp increase in such deaths. In 2005 alone, the state has recorded 71 boating deaths. According to Florida Fish and Wildlife officials, the number one cause of the increase is carelessness on the water. Boating is a recreation that many of us in Florida enjoy. However, we need to be just as...

• Boating Accident Deaths Not Highest In Florida?

  Joe Saunders | February 03, 2006 11:39 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  After Tampa's Gasparilla's Pirate Festival Floatilla in Hillsborough Bay last week, you would think that Florida (and maybe even Tampa) might be a strong contender for Boat Accident Death capitol of the United States. But thanks to an enlightening post by fellow Maritime Lawyer and Blogger Rodd Sullivan in Jacksonville, we learn that a state far from here and with a very different climate beats...

• Tort Reform Antics in Tallahassee

  Joe Saunders | January 31, 2006 8:52 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  The 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...

• Tort Reform and You

  Joe Saunders | January 27, 2006 10:03 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Check 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.

• County sends teams to aid South Florida

  super super | October 28, 2005 11:08 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A contingent of Osceola County public-safety and electric-utility workers is helping residents in South Florida recover from Hurricane Wilma.On Thursday, eight Kissimmee police officers left for the Miami area to provide security for Florida Power & Light Co. as the utility restores electricity in the storm-devastated area. They plan to spend a week on the assignment.Earlier, Kissimmee Utility...

• A rip in fabric that holds law enforcement together

  super super | October 28, 2005 11:02 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  ike many Americans, I watched with great interest, and with increasing anger, the recent beating of a 64-year-old retired schoolteacher on the streets of New Orleans. The glare of the public eye almost wasn't there. A New Orleans police horse appeared to be made to walk backward, apparently to block the probing eye of the TV camera.Unlike many Americans, as a former police chief and current...

• Disclaimer

  Staff Writer | March 02, 2005 11:57 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

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