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• Korean Seat Belt Maker

  Robert Blanchard | December 01, 2007 4:29 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  A Korean Seat belt maker has failed in its attempt to get cases moved to a Federal Court about its defective seat belts in a . Alabama's highest Court denied the motion to dismiss based upon a lack of state jurisdiction of the case. The case centers around a 2004 car accident in which a woman was killed while driving a 1999 KIA automobile. The case will now go back to Mobile, Alabama for...

• Tobacco Ruling Hurts Companies

  Robert Blanchard | November 30, 2007 4:27 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  The Tobacco Companies are back in the Appellate Court after a Federal Judge ruled that they violated anti-racketeering laws by promoting lite cigarettes as safe. Judge Kessler wrote a 1600 page decision to support her finding that the tobacco companies acted the same as an organized crime syndicate when they promoted their lite cigarettes. And she also banned the cigarette companies from...

• New Ruling in Celebrex cases

  Robert Blanchard | November 28, 2007 4:25 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  Judge Brier has just ruled in the Celebrex cases that the 200 milligram daily dosagethat was common for Celebrex has not been scientifically shown to cause heart attacks and strokes. You may recall that Celebrex is the Cox-2 inhibitor drug just like Vioxx that hasbeen subject to allegations that its use causes heart attacks and strokes, very much like Vioxx.This may sound like very good news...

• Vioxx Settlement Rattles Conservatives

  Robert Blanchard | November 25, 2007 10:02 AM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  I watched in amazement as Neil Covuto failed to conceal his anguish and outrage as he interviewed a Vioxx trial lawyer about the recent announced settlement of Vioxx case litigation. Neil had no concern about the horrible things that the drug company was willing to do to make a profit, including hiding and distorting important safety data from the medical community and the FDA. Nor was Neil...

• Federal Posting Requirements

  Robert Blanchard | November 21, 2007 9:50 AM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  One impediment to an injured worker receiving fair compensation is the employee lack of knowledge about the laws an rules that apply in the workplace. If an injured worker does not know that there should be compensation for certain injuries (carpal tunnel syndrome, for example), the claim for benefits may not be timely filed. Interestingly, Federal law requires the posting of information about a...

• Heart ByPass Drug Recalled

  Robert Blanchard | November 05, 2007 12:06 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  If you are soon to receive a heart bypass, at least you won't face the propsect ohf being given the medication known as Trasylol. After consultation with agencies in the U.S., Canada, and Germany, the drug manufacturer has announced that it is wiithdrawing the drug worldwide. See Article. The FDA approved the drug in 1993 and started re-evaluating the drug's side effects after the publication ...

• Burn Injuries at Halloween

  Robert Blanchard | October 29, 2007 10:42 AM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  With the abundance of candles lit in Jack-O-Lanterns and long draping costumes, burn injuries at Halloween continue to be a concern. Most store-bought childrens constumes will be flame retardent, but home-made costumes may not be. Unfortunately, if you rely on product recalls for protection, safety may come too late. The U.S. Product Safety Commission has issued helpful guidelines for keeping...

• California Fire Losses

  Robert Blanchard | October 26, 2007 3:03 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  Everyone's immediate concern over the horrible widfires of 2007 is the safety of those affected. The first thought is to avoid the loss of life of the firefighters, emergency personal and civilians in harms way. Soon though, homeowners will begin to look to their insurance conmpanies to pay claims for fire damage and loss of their homes. As we saw here on the Gulf Coast, some carriers will step...

• FDA Panel Votes to Withdraw Youth Cold Meds

  Courtney Mills | October 22, 2007 2:36 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  An FDA panel took a vote last week to ban cough and cold products for children under six years of age. According to the experts who testified before the panel, these cough and cold medicines are wholly ineffective in the treatment of cough and colds and have far more risks than benefits.This recommendation comes just a few weeks after drug companies pulled pediatric formulations of cough and...

• Cop Sues Family in Slip & Fall Case

  Courtney Mills | October 10, 2007 2:10 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  Sgt. Andrea Eichhorn of the Orlando Police Department is bringing a negligence suit against the family of a drowning baby she helped rescue earlier this year. Eichhorn alleges that while rendering aid in January of this year at the residence of Richard and Maggie Cosmillo, she slipped on some water and broke her knee, keeping her out of work for over two months. Sgt. Eichhorn further maintains...