Monthly Archives: February 2010

February 26, 2010

Sen. Durbin Demolishes Republican Plan For Medical Malpractice “Reform”

Yesterday’s six hour “health care summit” between President Obama and Congressional leaders had its share of wonkish moments about interstate regulation of health care insurance. But it also featured a barn burning speech by Senator Dick Durbin about the Republicans’ plan for so-called medical malpractice “reform.” Senator Durbin, himself a former medical malpractice lawyer, both [...]

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Posted in Medical Malpractice
February 22, 2010

The Tort Reform Crowd Thinks This Was A Frivolous Lawsuit

Reading the tort reform blog Pointoflaw.com, I came across a link captioned: “‘Ford failed to warn seating unsafe for obese persons’ suit fails.” Sounds pretty frivolous, right? I followed the link to Abnormal Use, a corporate defense blog, which has the virtue of being intellectually honest, unlike Pointoflaw. There I got the whole story. It [...]

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Posted in Car Accident, Car Crash, Dangerous and Defective Products, Products Liability, Tort Reformers
February 21, 2010

FDA Issues Warning To Kellogg Over Listeria Bacteria At Eggo Plant

The consumer protection blog, WalletPop, reports on the Food and Drug Administration’s warning to an Eggo waffle plant about listeria bacteria contamination. This is not the first problem that Eggo has had with listeria. Last summer, Eggo had to recall buttermilk waffles that were manufactured at the same plant because of fears of listeria contamination. [...]

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Posted in Contaminated Food, Food poisoning, Foodborne Illness, Listeria, Tainted Food Products, Wrongful Death
February 18, 2010

Are Medical Malpractice Lawsuits To Blame For The High Cost Of Healthcare?

In June, Boston surgeon and man of many parts, Atul Gawande, published an article in the New Yorker magazine entitled: “The Cost Conundrum: What a Texas Town Can Teach Us About Health Care.” The article seized the attention of President Obama and other policymakers, leading President Obama to highlight the article in his June address [...]

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Posted in Medical Malpractice
February 17, 2010

Can An Injured Olympic Athlete Sue The Olympics?

The Wall Street Journal’s law blog featured a discussion today of the legal rights of the family of Nodar Kumaritashvili, the young Georgian luger who died in an Olympic practice run last Friday from head injuries sustained when he and his sled flew over a low wall coming out of a sharp turn on the [...]

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Posted in Brain Injury, Head Injuries, Sports Injuries, Wrongful Death
February 17, 2010

Are You Risking Food Poisoning By Ignoring Expiration Dates?

In today’s Slate is an article by Nadia Arumugam titled: “Ignore Expiration Dates: ‘Best by,’ ‘Sell by,’ and all those other labels mean very little.” While I might disagree with her about how tasty expired food is, the last paragraph of the article contains a lot of wisdom when it comes to freshness labels and [...]

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Posted in Contaminated Food, Food poisoning, Foodborne Illness
February 16, 2010

Follow-Up On “Semper Ride” Motorcycle Safety Film

Dave Hudacsko, part of the team responsible for the “Semper Ride” motorcycle accident film that I blogged about here, saw my blog post about the movie and reached out to me to let me know that the film has a website – http://www.semperride.com – and that, pending final approval from the Marine Corps, you’ll be [...]

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Posted in Motorcycle Accidents
February 15, 2010

Good NPR Program On Toyota Recall

NPR’s OnPoint program, broadcast from Boston’s own WBUR, had a terrific hour-long program on the Toyota recall today. You can listen here.

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Posted in Car Accident, Car Crash, Dangerous and Defective Products, Product Recall, Products Liability
February 14, 2010

FDA Announces Effort To Reduce Radiation Overdose Medical Malpractice

In my January 25 blog post, I discussed a phenomenon that should be of concern to patients in Massachusetts and elsewhere – the prevalence of medical malpractice involving radiation overdose. This week, the Food and Drug Administration announced its “Initiative to Reduce Unnecessary Radiation Exposure from Medical Imaging.” The initiative will focus on two goals: [...]

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Posted in Dangerous and Defective Products, Medical Malpractice, Products Liability
February 12, 2010

More Than A Dozen Massachusetts Consumers Suffer Salmonella Poisoning In Outbreak

Recently, the United States Department of Agriculture instituted the recall of 1,240,000 pounds of Italian sausage manufactured by Rhode Island-based meat packing company, Daniele International, after discovering that a sample of their black pepper salami contained salmonella. On Wednesday, the Centers for Disease Control announced that, between July 2009 and the present, approximately 225 people [...]

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Posted in Contaminated Food, Food poisoning, Foodborne Illness, Salmonella Outbreak, Tainted Food Products