Miscellaneous

• Speaking to a Jury

  Robert Blanchard | January 22, 2007 2:23 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  All trial lawyers should avoid overly complex, technical, and boring explanations to a jury. Not only do jurors become confused, bored, and tune you out when you do, but technical jargon strips your arguments of the personal connections necessary to be persuasive. Even if a juror knows what a subdural hematoma is--and many do not--use of technical jargon makes jurors think of impersonal...

• Knee Injuries Are Common in PI Practice

  Robert Blanchard | December 20, 2006 12:00 PM | 1 CommentPensacola, FL

  Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury (ACLI) usually happen from low-velocity, noncontact, deceleration injuries or from contact injuries with a rotational component. Some sports may also produce injury to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) secondary to twisting, valgus stress, or hyperextension all directly related to contact or collision. We have all seen the signigicance of the ACL in athletes...

• Tort Reform - Not a Real Issue

  Robert Blanchard | November 21, 2006 10:56 AM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  If you listen to insurance companies, they will say that limiting lawsuits - "tort reform" - is the top concern of American voters.Using their own "push polls" and fantasy arguments, corporate interest spokesmen have created the myth that this issue is some kind of national priority. Yet time and again, evidence shows that the public couldn't care less.Senator Rick Santorum made "tort reform"...

• Consumers Beware Genetically Altered Foods Another FDA Dirty Little Secret

  Robert Blanchard | August 21, 2006 2:39 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  Recently, news outlets have been reporting the use and consumption of genetically altered foods by the American public. What is most shocking about these reports is the fact that most American consumers are totally unaware of this. Why are they unaware? Because the FDA, in it's infinite wisdom, has decided that they would be better off not knowing. Please take the time to read the following...

• Steroid Blocks continued

  Robert Blanchard | July 25, 2006 4:12 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  Clients with back injuries may want to know more about steroid blocks being recommended for back pain.Recent studies have demonstrated positive efficacy of lumbar ESIs when proper placement is confirmed by using fluoroscopic guidance and radiographic confirmation through the use of contrast. Approximately 60-75% of patients receive some relief after ESIs. Benefits include relief of radicular...

• 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...

• 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,...

• Does Viagra really Cause Blindness?

  Robert Blanchard | February 13, 2006 9:37 AM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  The FDA and the drug companies have downplayed the link between Viagra and ION, stating, correctly, that the disease also occurs in men with cardiovascular risk factors who do not take erectile dysfunction drugs, but implying that the cause is cardiovascular risk, not the drugs. To test this, Public Citizen's Health Research Group compared the rate of reports of ION, per million prescriptions...

• Disclaimer

  Staff Writer | March 02, 2005 11:57 AM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  The information found on this website should not be construed as legal advice and is not a substitute for professional legal consultation. You should not base your legal decisions solely on the information found in this site and you are encouraged to seek the counsel of an attorney regarding your specific questions or situation. The information found herein may represent the opinions or...