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• VA Gives Veteran Bad Care - One Horror Story

  Robert Blanchard | April 21, 2006 11:35 AM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  My firm handles cases of Stevens Johnson Syndrome, which is one of the most painful and often fatal conditions anyone can suffer through. It is like being slowly burnt alive from the inside out. Keep that in mind and read this account I just received of how the VA treated one of our veterans:Dear Sir,I want to tell you about my husband. In 2004, he developed Avascualr necrosis of his right hip,...

• Washington Ruling Bad for Asbestos Victims

  Robert Blanchard | December 19, 2008 2:59 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  The Supreme Court of Washington State has issued two bad rulings for asbestos victims, in the cases of Braaten v. Saberhagen and Simonetta v. Viad Corporation. the gist of these ruling is that...

• Highpoints at the Democratic Convention

  Robert Blanchard | August 27, 2008 3:28 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  Departing from my usual topics, I will point out the obvious, trial lawyers are watching this election closely and cannot afford another Republican administration. If you think the Bush judges will...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• Lawsuits Decline

  Robert Blanchard | January 03, 2008 3:52 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  There have been some news reports that not as many product liability lawsuits were filed last year (2007) as were filed in 2006. Of course, 2006 was an unusual year for the number of filings, given all the lawsuits filed over Vioxx and heart devices. The number of lawsuits filed in 2007 was still greater than were filed in 2005. I can foresee tort reform advocates pointing to ...

• Why Alberto Gonzales?

  Robert Blanchard | December 15, 2007 8:53 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  By the time I called the ABA about their boneheaded selection of Alberto Gonzales as "Lawyer of the Year," I already knew they were backpedalling and trying to explain that it was not an honor, just a selection of which lawyer was most in the news. This rationale may work for a news magazine like TIME (Khadaffi Man of the Year, etc.), but it does not wash with the ABA Journal. This is the...

• 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...