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• More States Are Not Billing Patients For Medical Errors

  Greg Webb | August 28, 2008 9:00 AM | 2 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  Hospitals in almost fifty percent of states in the nation now say they will not bill patients for the worst kinds of medical mistakes. These mistakes are often called “never mistakes” since these...

• Drugs Manufactured By Indian Company Win Approval Even During Government Investigation

  Greg Webb | August 27, 2008 9:00 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved eighteen generic drugs manufactured by Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. even as the United States was investigating whether or not the company...

• Pharmaceutical Billionaire Asks For Drug Industry To Reform Safety Procedures

  Greg Webb | August 26, 2008 9:05 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, a billionaire pharmaceutical executive from American Pharmaceutical Partners (APP), is calling for the pharmaceutical industry to reform how it polices its products. He...

• Ford Facing Lawsuit In “Limited Edition” Dispute

  Greg Webb | August 21, 2008 9:00 AM | 1 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Ford Motor Co. is facing a class-action lawsuit filed by customers who purchased the “limited edition” 2007 Roush Stage 3 BlackJack, after it was discovered the model was not so “limited” after...

• Increased Scrutiny For Bus Industry Due To Recent Crashes

  Greg Webb | August 20, 2008 10:18 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents

  Texas legislators and safety experts have asked for tougher enforcement of motor carrier regulations after an illegal bus crashed in North Texas, killing seventeen Vietnamese Catholics from...

• Study Shows Connection Between Agent Orange And Prostate Cancer In Vietnam Vets

  Greg Webb | August 18, 2008 9:00 AM | 3 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  A new study has found Vietnam veterans exposed to defoliant Agent Orange have a considerably greater risk of developing prostate cancer, especially the most aggressive form of the disease. These...

• Prostate Cancer Screening Being Questioned In Recent Studies

  Greg Webb | August 17, 2008 9:02 PM | 2 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  A federal task force has concluded that due to so much unnecessary anxiety, surgery and complications, the blood test, or prostate-specific antigen test (PSA), millions of men undergo each...

• Punitive Damages Reaffirmed By Tennessee Supreme Court Against DaimlerChrysler

  Greg Webb | August 13, 2008 9:00 AM | 2 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  The Tennessee Supreme Court has reaffirmed a lower trial court’s decision awarding a couple $13 million in punitive damages in a wrongful-death lawsuit filed against the former DaimlerChrysler...

• New Study Examines Medication Error Deaths

  Greg Webb | August 12, 2008 9:44 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  A new study found mixing street drugs and alcohol with prescription medications has attributed to a fivefold increase in the number of deaths ascribed to medical errors since the 1980s. In 2004,...

• Congress Votes To Reauthorize CPSC – A Victory for American Consumers

  Greg Webb | August 07, 2008 10:17 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Both the United States Senate and House of Representatives voted to pass a bill that provides for the reauthorization of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The bill includes many safety...

• Truck and Bus Drivers, Though Medically Unfit, Are Still On Roads

  Greg Webb | August 06, 2008 9:00 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents

  The Government Accountability Office, a government watchdog, has found about 4%, or 563,000 U.S. truck and bus driving license holders are receiving full federal disability benefits while still...

• Maple Bats Growing Threat At Baseball Parks

  Greg Webb | August 05, 2008 8:52 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Foul balls are not the only things fans need to be worried about at baseball parks. Flying shards of wood from the broken, maple wood bats of players have made baseball outings even more...