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• Strokes Caused by Medications

  Robert Blanchard | January 31, 2007 11:00 AM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  The suits against the makers of Vioxx, Celebrex, PPA and Ortho Evra all include claims that the medication could cause strokes. Strokes a re complicated injuries and can be very severe. The difficulty in proving such claims arises from the variety of other factoors that can lead to a stroke. Some understanding of the different knds of strokes is helpful. Strokes that involve a bleeding in the...

• Budget Office Misquoted on MalPractice Reform

  Robert Blanchard | October 14, 2009 12:54 PM | 1 CommentPensacola, FL

  If you start seeing headlines that medical malpractice reforms could result in substantial savings to the health care system, don't beleive it. The Congreesional Budgret Office released a repot that...

• 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...

• Police Officer Flipped Vehicle Due to Hydroplaning

  Shannon Weidemann | February 10, 2007 2:27 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  An officer of the Pensacola Police Force flipped his police cruiser while driving on Interstate 10 on January 27th. It had rained most of the day resulting in standing water on the road. Officer Young was driving 45 miles an hour, which is the speed limit, when he hit a patch of water. His car hydroplaned, ran into the concrete barrier, and flipped over. He suffered minor injuries. There...

• Asbestos Defendants Attack National Cancer Institute

  Robert Blanchard | August 24, 2009 5:43 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  In what amounts to a manufactured controversy, Ford Motor Company and other asbestos defendants are seeking depositions about changes to the NCI website that addressed the dangers of asbestos. See...

• Sotomayor Not a Big Change to the Court

  Robert Blanchard | August 10, 2009 3:52 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  Despite the feigned outrage over one or two comments that Justice Sotomayor has made over the course her long and illustrious judicial career, there is no major change being brought about by her...

• 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...

• Broker Problems

  Robert Blanchard | October 13, 2009 12:26 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  Everyday my firm sees new cases of people having lost too much money in the stock market. While those who were speculating in the market deserve to suffer the ups and downs of the market, many are...

• Accident Leaves Vehicle Wedged Between Two Toll Lanes

  Chrissie Cole | May 20, 2009 8:08 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  A two-car accident on Saturday left a vehicle wedged on its side between two tollbooths. Carrie Anne Dolamore, 32, of Pensacola, was driving south toward the Garcon Point Bridge Plaza in the...

• Steroid Blocks

  Robert Blanchard | July 25, 2006 4:09 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  Many clients who have suffered back injuries in a car accident are recommended to have a steroid block injuection in their back to relieve the pain. Sometimes there are a series of shots.Epidural steroid injections (ESIs) are an integral part of nonsurgical management of radicular pain from lumbar spine disorders. Radicular pain is described as a sharp, lancinating, and radiating pain, often...