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Monthly Archives: February 2010
February 10, 2010
Toyota Recall II: Is Sudden Uncontrolled Acceleration Something To Be Worried About?
The pro-business blog Point of Law insists, citing to an article in Popular Mechanics, that the dangers posed by Toyota’s acceleration system are overblown. Meanwhile, Department of Transportation head Ray LaHood is telling Toyota owners to stop driving (at least until political concerns cause him to backtrack). Who do you trust? Someone should tell Popular [...]
February 10, 2010
Consumer Product Safety Commission Tells Massachusetts Parents To Stop Using Cribs
Today the Consumer Product Safety Commission issued an immediate recall of “Generation 2 Worldwide” and “childESIGNS” drop side cribs because of the risk of death from suffocation or strangulation created by the cribs’ drop side design. The recall notice urges parents to stop using the cribs immediately and not to attempt to fix the cribs’ [...]
February 9, 2010
Surprising Statistic: In 2008 More Marines Died In Motorcycle Accidents Than In Iraq
I recently came across this statistic: in 2008 more US Marines died in motorcycle accidents than died in Iraq. The actual numbers: twenty-five Marines died in motorcycle accidents in 2008, twenty-two Marines were killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom. In response, the Marine Corps has produced “Semper Ride,” a motorcycle safety film. The film features many [...]
Posted in Uncategorized
February 8, 2010
Massachusetts Women Should Be Aware Of The Risks of Yaz
According to this news article, fifty Indiana women have sued Bayer, the maker of the Yasmin (or “Yaz”) birth control pill, because their use of the pill caused serious health problems, such as stroke and heart attacks. Yasmin or “Yaz,” has been sold since 2001. It contains a hormone known as drospirenone that can lead [...]
February 3, 2010
Link Of The Day: Medical Malpractice “Reform”
Joanne Doroshow of the Center For Justice and Democracy has this fabulous blog post today over at The Huffington Post. Doroshow makes two good points. First, medical malpractice reform in Texas has been an abysmal failure – as it has been elsewhere. Second, there are almost no frivolous medical malpractice lawsuits. A medical malpractice lawyer [...]
Posted in Medical Malpractice
February 3, 2010
Toyota Acceleration Problem Poses Dangers For Massachusetts Drivers
Earlier this week, a third wrongful death lawsuit was filed against Toyota relating to acceleration problems that have caused Toyota vehicles to accelerate suddenly and uncontrollably. This third lawsuit was filed by lawyers for Trina Renee Harris, a 34-year old mother of two, who was killed when her 2009 Toyota Corolla slammed into a cement [...]
February 2, 2010
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Poised To Change Rule In Slip-And-Fall Cases: Part I
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court is poised to reconsider a longstanding rule in premises liability cases – the so-called “natural accumulation rule” – leading some defense lawyers to fear that the SJC’s decision could pave the way for a tidal wave of new premises liability lawsuits. Under the “natural accumulation rule,” which has been a [...]
Posted in Premises Liability, Slip and Fall
February 1, 2010
First Denture Cream Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed
A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed in Florida, alleging that a sixty-four year old man died from zinc poisoning resulting from his use, over fourteen years, of the denture cream Poligrip. This is widely believed to be the first such wrongful death lawsuit filed in the United States, although scientific research about the hazards [...]
