Transvaginal Mesh Claims: Individual Filing or Class Action?

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Transvaginal Mesh Claims: Individual Filing or Class Action?

If you, your spouse, or your loved one has suffered pain, infection, or discomfort following a transvaginal mesh (TVM) surgery, you may be curious to know whether you should file a lawsuit and, if so, whether you should join in a class action case.

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The Full Scope of Pradaxa Liability

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The Full Scope of Pradaxa Liability

Many patients assume that the maker of Pradaxa, the powerful blood-thinner that has been prescribed to thousands of patients, is only responsible for the production of the drug that caused their internal bleeding. This isn’t necessarily the case....
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Dangerous Complications Associated With Robosurgery

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Dangerous Complications Associated With Robosurgery

If you are going to the hospital for surgery, you"re probably expecting an experienced surgeon"s qualified hands to perform the procedure. With robotic surgery on the rise, it"s becoming more likely that your surgeon will be in a completely different room, using a high-definition screen and a...

Doc charged in 7 murders may have slain 300 to free up hospital beds, Brazilian investigator says

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Doc charged in 7 murders may have slain 300 to free up hospital beds, Brazilian investigator says

A doctor has been charged in what authorities are calling seven murders of terminally ill patients at a hospital in Brazil and could be responsible for as many as 300 deaths, an investigator says. Dr. Virginia Soares de Souza is charged with seven counts of aggravated first-degree murder. She...

Surprising Data Reveals Alarm-Free Nursing Homes May Be Safer For Patients

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Surprising Data Reveals Alarm-Free Nursing Homes May Be Safer For Patients

In a very interesting case study, one nursing home in Connecticut reported back on what happened when they made a conscious effort to remove all alarms from patients for two years. Not only was there no increase in injury like you might expect, b...
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Was Your IVC Filter Defective?

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Was Your IVC Filter Defective?

In the last decade, the makers of inferior vena cava (IVC) filters have been aware of documented medical studies outlining the concerns about defective filters. Despite this awareness, they continued to design, market, and produce filters that posed pa...
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Why Chief Justice Roberts couldn’t use his credit card at Starbucks

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Why Chief Justice Roberts couldn’t use his credit card at Starbucks

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. had to change his morning routine when he stopped by a Starbucks in suburban Maryland on Tuesday, the day of oral arguments on California’s ban on gay marriage. Roberts paid in cash, explaining that he had to cancel his credit card after someone...

Can Diabetic Medications Increase Pancreatic Cancer Risk?

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Can Diabetic Medications Increase Pancreatic Cancer Risk?

As a Texas medical doctor and attorney I have expressed alarm at the epidemic of childhood obesity and the onslaught of type 2 diabetes in adult folks living in the US.

What is Diabetes?
Diabetes mellitus, (DM) is a group of metabolic diseases in which a person has high blood sugar, either...

Appellate Court Upholds $1,250,000 Pain and Suffering Verdict in Wrist Injury Case

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Appellate Court Upholds $1,250,000 Pain and Suffering Verdict in Wrist Injury Case

On June 4, 2008 at about 11:30 p.m., Drucilla Alfonso was crossing the intersection at 39th Street and Third Avenue in Manhattan, in the crosswalk, when she was struck by a left turning city bus. The force of the impact spun her around, causing her to fall to the ground. Alfonso, 52 years old,...

Legal -Bay Funding In Talks With International Hedge Funds, Banks To Raise More Lawsuit Funding Capital

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Legal -Bay Funding In Talks With International Hedge Funds, Banks To Raise More Lawsuit Funding Capital

LONDON, March 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Legal -Bay, a Leading U.S. Lawsuit Settlement Funding Firm for B.P. Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill plaintiffs, announced today that they have been in talks with several ...
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Job stats suit against New York Law School hits final roadblock

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Job stats suit against New York Law School hits final roadblock

New York’s top court won’t hear an appeal by graduates of New York Law School who unsuccessfully sought to hold the school responsible for their decision to enroll. The New York Court of Appeals declined the case (PDF) on Thursday, the

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Judge admits sex with witness in chambers, but says it didn’t affect his decision-making

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Judge admits sex with witness in chambers, but says it didn’t affect his decision-making

A lawyer for an embattled Michigan judge who is facing an ethics complaint has said he doesn"t believe the Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission will be able to prove charges that Wayne County Circuit Judge Wade McCree made a false report of a felony, made misrepresentations to the commission and...

Law firm sues former name partner, says he took over $1M in unauthorized compensation

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Law firm sues former name partner, says he took over $1M in unauthorized compensation

A suburban Chicago law firm has sued a former name partner, contending that he took over $1 million in unauthorized compensation and made personal use of Dommermuth, Cobine, West, Gensler, Philipchuck, Corrigan & Bernhard credit cards to pay gambling and vacation expenses. Ex-partner Bill...

MARCH ROARED IN LIKE A LION; GOES OUT LIKE A LION! WHAT’S UP?

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MARCH ROARED IN LIKE A LION; GOES OUT LIKE A LION! WHAT’S UP?

This winter has been an unusual one, and that is an understatement!
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‘Churn that bill, baby’ email highlights unfortunate billable hour system, ex-BigLaw partner says

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‘Churn that bill, baby’ email highlights unfortunate billable hour system, ex-BigLaw partner says

Embarrassing emails that surfaced in a client’s fee dispute with DLA Piper illustrate the deeper problems wrought by the billable hour system, according to a former BigLaw partner. One email, for example, noted that a DLA lawyer had “random people” doing research on a...

New York Doctor Arrested for Leading $10 Million Oxycodone Drug Trafficking Scheme

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New York Doctor Arrested for Leading $10 Million Oxycodone Drug Trafficking Scheme

A New York doctor has been charged as the ringleader of a scheme to distribute $10 million in Oxycodone pills. Officials allege that the doctors did, indeed, distribute about half a million Oxycodone pills illegally in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, fueling the addiction of an...

How Many Fees Does Social Security Expect To Collect?

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How Many Fees Does Social Security Expect To Collect?

     From a solicitation posted by Social Security:


The Social Security Administration (SSA) plans to issue a solicitation
for a streamlined remittance process and an automated system solution to
collect fees from SSA"s field offices for n...
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Car Accident On Skokie Valley Road in Highland Park

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Car Accident On Skokie Valley Road in Highland Park

On Tuesday, March 26, there was a car accident on Skokie Valley Road in Highland Park. The accident involved a car attempting to make a left-hand turn out of the LA Fitness parking lot onto Skokie Valley Road.  While attempting the turn, the car hit a northbound-traveling vehicle. An...

Private lawyer to act as special prosecutor in county attorney’s domestic violence case

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Private lawyer to act as special prosecutor in county attorney’s domestic violence case

A private practitioner in Abilene, Texas, has been asked to act as a special prosecutor in a misdemeanor domestic violence case against Tom Green County Attorney Chris Taylor. The special prosecutor, attorney Kenneth Leggett said he had been asked to handle the Taylor case by Judge Charles...

No More Asking for Permission To Speak

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No More Asking for Permission To Speak

Judge Napolitano on the Patriot Act and NSL"s
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Dozens of Oklahoma Dental Patients Possibly Infected With HIV at Dirty Dentist"s Office

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Dozens of Oklahoma Dental Patients Possibly Infected With HIV at Dirty Dentist"s Office

Dozens of dental patients in Tulsa, Oklahoma are being tested for HIV after potentially being exposed at W. Scott Harrington"s dental office. Just three hours after its doors opened this morning, a line of patients waited outside at the Tulsa Health Department to be checked for possible HIV...

HOW TO PREVENT THE THEFT OF YOUR CAR (GUEST POST)

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HOW TO PREVENT THE THEFT OF YOUR CAR (GUEST POST)

Every year near to one million cars get stolen and most of them never get recovered. A car is a significant investment and you should be really vigilant about the safety measures to prevent the car-theft.

About Time

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About Time

     I have heard multiple reports that the policy that has kept the identity of the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) assigned to hear a Social Security appeal a secret is to end in the near future. It"s about time.

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New Jersey Stryker Rejuvenate Hip Lawsuits Increasing

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New Jersey Stryker Rejuvenate Hip Lawsuits Increasing

In January 2013, the New Jersey Supreme Court consolidated all Stryker hip lawsuits concerning the Rejuvenate and ABG II modular-neck hip stem implants into one court in Bergen County. They appointed Judge Brian Martinotti to oversee the proceedings....
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Barely half of all 2012 law grads have long-term, full-time legal jobs, data shows

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Barely half of all 2012 law grads have long-term, full-time legal jobs, data shows

Barely half of all 2012 law school graduates had full time, long-term legal jobs as of Feb. 15, according to employment outcome data released Friday by the ABA"s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar. Law schools reported that 56.2 percent of 2012 graduates were in jobs...

Kudos to the AAA for opposing new proposed commercial truck size and weight increases

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Kudos to the AAA for opposing new proposed commercial truck size and weight increases

House bill HR612 would increase truck weight beyond current 80,000 pound maximum The Automobile Association of America (AAA) has come out against efforts to raise maximum size and weights on heavy commercial trucks. This is important. AAA has nearly 50 … Continue reading →
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Probe of Colo. prisons chief murder focuses on other slayings, possible gang involvement

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Probe of Colo. prisons chief murder focuses on other slayings, possible gang involvement

A continuing investigation into the killing of the Colorado prisons superintendent is focusing on at least two questions: Whether the deceased suspect in the case, Evan Spencer Ebel, could be responsible for any other murders. And whether 211 Crew, the white supremacist gang of which Ebel was...

Access to Justice: Your Right to a Jury Trial

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Access to Justice: Your Right to a Jury Trial

For nearly 30 years, I’ve been representing people injured by the negligence of others, helping them to receive reasonable and adequate compensation from corporations and insurance companies. Like other pro-victim, pro-survivor attorneys, ...
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Detroit’s Clark Hill to meld with Pittsburgh-based Thorp Reed, forming 300-lawyer firm

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Detroit’s Clark Hill to meld with Pittsburgh-based Thorp Reed, forming 300-lawyer firm

A longtime Pittsburgh law firm has agreed to join forces with Clark Hill, a 200-attorney counterpart based in Detroit. Together, Clark Hill and Thorp Reed & Armstrong will have 300 lawyers in 12 offices when they formally merge in the second quarte...
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FDA Approves Botulism Countermeasure

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FDA Approves Botulism Countermeasure

CDC began developing Botulism Antitoxin Heptavalent about 10 years ago, and it became one of the first medical countermeasures approved for advanced development and procurement under Project BioShield, in 2006.
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300: The Number of Deaths Allegedly Caused By Brazilian Doctor

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300: The Number of Deaths Allegedly Caused By Brazilian Doctor

I read a very disturbing story that I wanted to share with the readers of this blog.  I’ve always had a problem with placing the fate of my life in a doctor’s hands.  This story only justified my concerns.  A Brazilian doctor named Virginia Soares de Souza has been...

Texas Januvia Janumet Attorney Warns About Pancreatic Cancer Link

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Texas Januvia Janumet Attorney Warns About Pancreatic Cancer Link

As a Texas medical doctor and attorney I have expressed alarm at the epidemic of childhood obesity and the onslaught of type 2 diabetes in adult folks living in the US. Folks, we are facing a tremendous public health problem that is just the tip of t...
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Chicago Indoor ‘Mega Farm’ is Largest of its Kind

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Chicago Indoor ‘Mega Farm’ is Largest of its Kind

FarmedHere in suburban Chicago maximizes space by stacking planting beds vertically.
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Traffic court sting results in arrest of 2 unlicensed drivers, impound of vehicles

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Traffic court sting results in arrest of 2 unlicensed drivers, impound of vehicles

A police sting on Wednesday at a California traffic court session resulted in the arrest of two drivers and the impound of their vehicles. San Pablo police officers attended the Richmond Superior Court call and then followed those whose licenses had been suspended out of the hearing to see...

Prenuptial Agreement Answers

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Prenuptial Agreement Answers

Prenuptial agreements are designed to protect prior investments, debts, and family inheritances when a couple gets married. These agreements should not encourage divorce, and should clearly outline the terms of a potential divorce. Unclear premarital agreements can case a great deal of stress...

Weird Drinking Laws From Across the Country

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Weird Drinking Laws From Across the Country

In line with our weekly “weird law” blogs, this week we will examine some strange drinking laws from across the country.  Here are some weird drinking laws, some of which are still on the books.  Enjoy! Ohio: It is illegal to get a fish drunk.  Why would you get a...

Questions to Ask if a Collection Agency Calls You About a Traffic Ticket With a Failure to Appear

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Questions to Ask if a Collection Agency Calls You About a Traffic Ticket With a Failure to Appear

Tweet | Free Attorney Case Review Some courts send traffic ticket fine collection accounts to collection agencies such as Alliance One, GC Services, Igetu Recovery, etc for collection. When the courts do this, they are really outsourcing the collection efforts … Continue reading →
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Nursing Home Fined for Over Medicating Patients

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Nursing Home Fined for Over Medicating Patients

By Mark Favaloro, Virginia (VA) Personal Injury Lawyer

What Happened

Lincoln Nursing home received a $100,000 from the California Department of Public Health after an investigation of the death of an 82-year-old stroke patient in the homes cares....
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Plant worker suffers amputation in work injury

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Plant worker suffers amputation in work injury

A worker at Agri-Fab plant in Sullivan, Illinois suffered an amputation in a work injury. The U.S. Department of Labor"s Occupational Safety and Health Administration handed Agri-Fab three citations for unsafe work conditions and repeat safety violations in the plant....
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CDC Resumes Anti-Tobacco Ad Campaign

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CDC Resumes Anti-Tobacco Ad Campaign

The second round of "Tips from Former Smokers" ads feature smoking-related health conditions, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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Kissing Cousins? It’s OK In 20 States

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Kissing Cousins? It’s OK In 20 States

And we aren’t just talking about Eskimo kisses. In 20 U.S. states (26 with certain restrictions) first cousins may legally tie the knot, and second cousin marriage is allowed in[...]
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Household Exposure to Asbestos

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Household Exposure to Asbestos

Malignant mesothelioma cancer can develop as a result of numerous factors, from work environment to lifestyle choices. However, the main risk factor for developing the disease is exposure to asbestos. It is most dangerous when inhaled or swallowed, because the fibers go into the stomach or the...

Are you Prepared for Death?

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Are you Prepared for Death?

Before you start looking at the religious and philosophical answers to this question, I have to quickly warn you that this discussion leans more toward the material than the spiritual.  What I am going to address today are those actions … Continue reading →

Leverage mobile apps to improve your practice

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Leverage mobile apps to improve your practice

While the format has its skeptics, mobile apps are revolutionizing the way law is being practiced in the U.S.—a trend that will only intensify this year, according to ardent supporters. Indeed, the latest smartphone or must-have tablet is no longer a technological fashion statement;...

The David and Goliath Gamble

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The David and Goliath Gamble

It’s the classic David and Goliath story. Five individual plaintiffs backed by funds from the Inner Harbor Stewardship Foundation  are going up against Caesar’s entertainment which owns the Harrah’s brand casino in a lawsuit alleging environmental pollution. The Casino is...

Some Ideas For "Reforming" Social Security Disability

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Some Ideas For "Reforming" Social Security Disability

     This is what I love about the "experts" who want to "reform" Social Security disability. They keep promoting ideas that are politically hopeless or obviously doomed to failure. From Dylan Matthews writing in the Wonkblog at the Washington Post, with my comments in...

Are Recent Changes for Doctors" Work Hours Helping?

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Are Recent Changes for Doctors" Work Hours Helping?

Recent studies point to continued concerns about doctors who work long hours. Working for up to 16 hours at a time, concerned about making medical mistakes and experiencing depressive symptoms, these are the doctors providing care to you and your loved ones in many of our hospitals.

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More Than a FELA-ing

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More Than a FELA-ing

If you aren’t familiar with the acronym, FELA stands for the Federal Employer’s Liability Act and was passed by Congress in 1908.  The legislation established a system of financial recovery,[...]

7,000 Patients to Contact in Oklahoma Health Scare

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7,000 Patients to Contact in Oklahoma Health Scare

The Tulsa Health Department and the Oklahoma State Department of Health are notifying that many patients of a dental practice about potential exposure to bloodborne viruses.
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PORTABLE APPLIANCE TESTERS ADVICE – SHARE THE BURDEN IN THE WORKPLACE (GUEST POST)

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PORTABLE APPLIANCE TESTERS ADVICE – SHARE THE BURDEN IN THE WORKPLACE (GUEST POST)

When push comes to shove as they say, there’s no getting away from the fact that business and building owners are charged with the responsibility of maintaining the health and safety of their workers/occupants.
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