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• Undue Influence in West Virginia

  Robert Blanchard | August 14, 2008 11:31 AM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  A recent New York Times article exposed how a major corporation has access to governmental favors not enjoyed by ordinary citizens. In a lawsuit currently on appeal to the Supreme Court of West...

• FDA Had Warned Digitek Maker - Where was the follow up?

  Robert Blanchard | May 29, 2008 3:19 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  Researchers have found a warning letter from all the way back in 2006 that the FDA's parent agency Health and Human services had warned the makers of the now-recalled heart medication back in 2006...

• Digitek Recall shows FDA Inept

  Robert Blanchard | May 19, 2008 9:52 PM | 1 CommentPensacola, FL

  The FDA appears late to the party again. This time widely prescribed piolls were made too large and so they had, you guessed it, too much of the medication in each dose. Digitek pills...

• Judge Decries Preemption

  Robert Blanchard | April 21, 2008 11:04 AM | 1 CommentPensacola, FL

  Finally a beautiful and succinctstatement from a Federal Judge on the real nature of the move to preempt state courts from having pharmaceutical liability lawsuits The two pageOrder is making the...

• Three Injured in Pensacola Car Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | March 11, 2008 4:21 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  A car accident in Pensacola on Thursday sent three people to the hospital. The accident involved two cars traveling on Mobile Highway. One car flipped and landed on top of the other car. The first car was stopped, facing west on Boulder Avenue, then pulled out into the path of McClain's vehicle, which was traveling north on Mobile Highway, troopers said. McClain's vehicle collided with the...

• Law Firm Sounds Alarm on Asbestos Reform

  Robert Blanchard | February 20, 2008 11:23 AM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  By way of a recent interview on GoLeft TV, my firm is looking to bring the spotlight back on the efforts of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce effort to victimize those suffering with asbestos related cancer. Citing a long string of court victories, the Chamber's National Camber Litigation Center is letting everyone know it is stepping up its tort reform effort in 2008. The most likely target will be...

• Bassetbaby Recalls Drop-Side Cribs

  Jenny Albano | February 14, 2008 9:21 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  Bassetbaby, in conjunction with the CPSC, is recalling 18 Wendy Bellissimo Hidden Hills Collection Drop-Side Cribs.The spindles on the drop-side of the crib are able to loosen, which creates a gap that may pose an entrapment and strangulation hazard. So far the company has received three reports of the spindles coming loose but there have not been any injuries reported.This recall involves a...

• Ketek Investigation Continues

  Robert Blanchard | January 30, 2008 9:04 AM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  Democrats have now subpoenaed workers in the FDA to determine how in the world they approved Ketek despite scientific concerns over its safety. The new antibiotic ended up killing people from liver damage. Turns out the clinical trials were falsified and at least one doctor has gone to prison. Still no one at Aventis or the FDA has yet to be punished, so well intentioned lawmakers are at least...

• More Heparin Problems

  Robert Blanchard | January 26, 2008 11:33 AM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  On the heals of the newly expanded recall of Am2Pat pre-filled hepain syringes for bacterial contamination, another manufacturer (Baxter) has annnounced a recall nearly 10% of its yearly heparin production. The press is implying a link to the case filed by actor Dennis Quaid over the overdosing of his two infant children by poorly labeled heparin, but the vials involved are actually different....

• Allstate Suspended In Florida

  Robert Blanchard | January 16, 2008 12:40 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  Well they finally made the Florida legislature mad enough to do something. For years Allstate has promised to lower rates if given various tort reforms and other perks from our lawmakers. The state always fell for it (read "insurance money political contributions"), but the companies never lowered their rates and the consumers continued to pay through the nose, only with more and more of their...