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Wooten, Honeywell, Kimbrough, Gibson, Doherty & Normand

The decision to pursue a lawsuit is a weighty decision. Litigation should be filed only after careful consideration and lawyer consultation to determine that to do so is in your best interest. Your selection of a law firm to represent you should be made from lawyers who are qualified and experienced

By The Legal Examiner

/ 26 Jun 2006

Guidant Wrote Warning Letter it Never Sent

In a letter dated January 2005, Guidant Corp. executives were prepared to warn doctors of potential flaws in their heart device product. However, the letter was never sent because these same officials were concerned about the potential consequences and backlash from sending such a letter. Guidant st

By The Legal Examiner

/ 8 Jun 2006

Governor Bush Crimps PIP for Floridians

In spite of having bipartisan support as well as uniting doctors and lawyers, Governor Jeb Bush has vetoed legislation requiring Florida drivers to carry personal injury insurance. (See fellow blogger Bob Carroll’s excellent post on the subject: http://tampabay.injuryboard.com/rants-raves/emperor-je

By The Legal Examiner

/ 6 Jun 2006

EPA Scientists in Revolt Over Agency's Handling of Dangerous Pesticides(2)

In an extraordinary dissent from EPA management, 9,000 EPA scientists and employees are in open revolt over what they see as EPA’s cozy relationship with the pesticide industry. In a letter to Stephen Johnson, EPA’s administrator, the union leaders said scientists are being pushed to skip steps in t

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/ 2 Jun 2006

Canadian Cop Forced to Apologize for Taser Use

A Canadian police officer has been ordered to apologize to a man he assaulted with a taser in a jail cell.The apology forms part of the conditional discharge handed to Corporal Brendan McKenna after he pleaded guilty to assault. He will escape jail time and a criminal record, but will be on probatio

By The Legal Examiner

/ 1 Jun 2006

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

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

By The Legal Examiner

/ 30 May 2006

Pesticides and Birth Defects

There’s a major problem in the agricultural fields of Florida. Yet, it goes practically unnoticed because those affected are migrant farmworkers who often don’t speak much English. They pick our strawberries and tomatoes. They provide back breaking labor for sub standard wages. They often live in ra

By The Legal Examiner

/ 25 May 2006

Wyeth's Fen-Phen Settlement Approved

Drug maker Wyeth is expected to announce as early as today that a revised legal settlement, covering the most common damage claims for the diet drugs it once sold, has won final judicial approval. About 5.8 million people took Wyeth’s drugs Redux or Pondimin before they were removed from the market

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/ 24 May 2006

In Public Relations World It's Botch & Lomb

There’s an interesting article published in Advertising Ageabout how Bausch & Lomb botched the crisis surrounding its $500 million contact lens solution products market. In spite of a public relations blitz in which the company took out full page advertisements in 12 major daily newspapers, Bausch &

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/ 23 May 2006

U of Pitt Med Center Doc Finds Fusarium in Bausch & Lomb Product

As part of the CDC’s investigation of Bausch & Lomb’s eye contact solution ReNu with MoistureLoc, a University of Pittsburgh Medical Center doctor was able to grow the fusarium keratitis fungus from the contact lens solution. Dr. Deepinder Dhaliwal, the Director of Refractive Surgery at UPMC found t

By The Legal Examiner

/ 19 May 2006

Frivolous Lawsuits a Fiction

A new research study appearing in the May 11th New England Journal of Medicine, refutes the oft-mentioned claim by some that frivolous lawsuits, especially medical malpractice claims lack merit. For this study, which appears in the May 11 New England Journal of Medicine, a panel of trained physician

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/ 11 May 2006

Taser Use in Orlando Analyzed

The Orlando Sentinelran a revealing article on the Orlando Police Department’s use of tasers during the past two years. An analysis of the data on Taser use showed that Orlando police have used Tasers against 1,243 people. The computer-assisted analysis, which also tracked 765 Taser cases through th

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/ 8 May 2006