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• Appealing to the Enemy

  Robert Blanchard | July 12, 2006 11:09 AM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  I am sure Republicans didn't mean it when they took your rights away in workers compensation, medical malpractice, medical devices ...."Trial Lawyers Court GOP"Charm offensive? "Last week, ATLA dispatched a team of Republican trial lawyers to meet with key GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill. ... behind the scenes, ATLA has been surprisingly generous toward GOP organizations," giving $30,000 apiece...

• Neck Injuries

  Robert Blanchard | July 11, 2006 4:27 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  I was sent this article about the scientific study of neck injuries, as often occur in motor vehicle accidents.With increasing usage of seatbelts and spread of airbags, fatal traffic accidents have been reduced. The use of seatbelts has also reduced severe-to-fatal neck injuries when the victim hits his/her head on the windshield or other in-car structures. A case-control study recently showed...

• TransFatty KFC Unhealthy oil=Cheap grease

  Robert Blanchard | June 28, 2006 1:28 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  Recently, The Center for Science in the Public Interest, along with Dr. Arthur Hoyte, a retired physician from Rockville, Md. sued Yum Brand Inc. owner of the KFC restaurant chain. The suit claims their use of hydrongenated oil high in trans fat, causes artery clogging heart disease. The suit seeks the end of tans fat use by switching to non hydrongenated, therefor, healthier frying oil. KFC...

• Accidents Causing TMJ

  Robert Blanchard | June 20, 2006 10:40 AM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  I have seen in some severe rear-end accidents that people can develop TMJ problems. This painful condition was described recently in an article I paste below. Further information on TMJ injuries can be found at this link.The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is a gliding joint, formed by the condyle of the mandible and the temporal bone. The articulating surfaces of the mandible and temporal bone...

• No Benefits for Injured Workers

  Robert Blanchard | June 19, 2006 12:54 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  More Worker Compensation lawyers are quitting their practice as a result of the bad laws made by the Florida legislature. Since attorneys can no longer earn a sufficient fee when the carrier fails to make medical payments or lost wage payments, injured workers will not be able to get lawyers to represent them. I guess it doesn't matter until it happens to you.

• Fewer Auto Accidents Nationwide

  Robert Blanchard | June 12, 2006 10:52 AM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  Who would have thought that fewer auto accidents would have a downside?Fewer auto accidents and increasing repair costs are proving to be a double whammy for collision-repair shops in across the nation.Despite a 53 percent increase in vehicles on U.S. streets since 1980, the number brought in for collision repairs nationwide has declined.In 2004, the most recent year for industry figures, 17...

• Veterans Identity Theft Update

  Robert Blanchard | June 08, 2006 2:01 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  Mainstream media organizations revealed yesterday that the governments loss of identity records of military veterans now encompass the whole military. Quick to rectify this situation, Congress is considering a $1,000 payoff to over 26 million members of the military, both past and present, to quell thier outrage and obvious anxiety. Is this an attempt to curtail any mass tort action, possibly,...

• Paint Chips in your ReNu lens cleaner?

  Robert Blanchard | May 30, 2006 4:16 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  Bausch & Lomb Inc. failed to promptly tell U.S. regulators about 35 serious eye infections reported in Singapore in users of its now-withdrawn contact lens solution, the Food and Drug Administration said in a report released on Tuesday. The company also did not notify the agency in writing that it had pulled the solution from Singapore and Hong Kong in February, the FDA said in a report of an...

• Heart Device Recalls - More Concerns Reported

  Robert Blanchard | May 16, 2006 9:24 AM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  Boston Scientific Corp. reports that it has alerted doctors that another 996 Guidant defibrillators may quit unexpectedly, leaving heart patients at risk of sudden cardiac death.No deaths or injuries have been reported as related to the battery failures, the company said Monday. The defect, a faulty low-voltage capacitor, was fouund in 30 defibrillators removed from patients as of May 8, and is...

• More Reports of ReNu Related Infections

  Robert Blanchard | May 16, 2006 9:15 AM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  Additional cases of Fusarium Keratitis, a fungal eye infection, are coming to light around the world and Bausch & Lomb reported today that it would discontinue marketing of the Moisture Loc Renu product worldwide and admitted that a "large number of factors" have resulted in putting users of Bausch & Lomb's ReNu Moisture Loc at a greater risk of developing the rare but dangerous fungal infection...