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• Falling Merchandise - Shop till You're Dropped

  Ken Margolin | October 12, 2006 1:01 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  Safety over profits is a fundamental principle with which every retailer must abide. Unfortunately, too many "big box" stores create their convenience with a high dose of greed, causing sometimes lethal results to customers. Falling merchandise injuries and deaths is a little-known nation-wide scandal. In order to maximize profits, the warehouse stores often stack heavy items too high and too...

• Large Trucks - Danger on our Roadways

  Ken Margolin | October 05, 2006 12:37 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  Is there anyone who drives regularly on the highways who has not had a perilous encounter with a large tractor trailer truck? Unlikely. Maybe when seeing an 18 wheeler in your rear view mirror closing fast, or watching a double tractor trailer weaving in and out of lanes or passing traffic at 80 miles an hour, you wondered whether large trucks really cause much death and injury in addition to...

• Medication Errors Crisis Continues

  Ken Margolin | October 02, 2006 12:20 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  In the mid-90s, two articles published in the prestigous Journal of the American Medical Association revealed that medication errors created a terrible human and economic toll (LL Leape et al, "Systems analysis of adverse drug events..." JAMA 274 (07/05/19950; DC Classen et al, "Adverse drug events in hospitalized patients...." JAMA). Various studies by the medical professiona and pharmaceutical...

• Five Million Dollar Birth Injury Settlement

  Ken Margolin | October 02, 2006 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  In a highly publicized case, a Bedford, New Hampshire family received a $5,000,000 pre-trial settlement arising out of severe injuries suffered by their son, Dustin, during his delivery. The medical malpractice settlement was reported on the first page of the September 18, 2006 Boston Herald. Dustin's parents alleged that numerous errors by his doctors and nurses caused Dustin to suffer severe...

• Possible Advancements In Spinal Cord Injury Treatment

  Ken Margolin | September 06, 2006 2:50 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  A study at Johns Hopkins University has revealed that it may be possible to regrow nerves after severe spinal cord injuries. The findings are good news for injuries involving arm trauma in which nerves are torn from the spinal cord. Advancements in the research may prevent the need for amputation in the case of such injuries.The researchers treated experimental nerve injuries in rats with an...

• A Synopsis of Boston's Big Dig Tragic Tunnel Collapse

  Staff Writer | July 29, 2006 2:17 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  On July 10, 2006, Melina Del Valle (38) of Boston was killed when a nearly 3000 pound ceiling panel feel from the recently completed I 90/Ted William's Connector Tunnel in Boston's Central Artery. The tragedy follows a decade of concerns over escalating costs related to the tunnel, which included at least one indictment and conviction for false plan submission. Massachusetts Governor, Mitt...

• Association of Trial Lawyers of America Considers Name Change

  Staff Writer | July 15, 2006 5:36 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  This Monday, July 17, 2006, Ken Suggs, ATLA President, officers, the ATLA Board of Governors and ATLA membership will vote on whether to change the name of ATLA. ATLA, an organization in which I have actively participated for nearly a decade, is a very influential with members of Congress and the Judiciary. For years and from behind the scenes, ATLA has fought for people's rights. The...

• Nationwide Recall of Disetronic D-TRONplus Power Packs

  Staff Writer | July 15, 2006 4:47 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  The Food and Drug Adminstration announced a recall of the the power packs used in D-TRON Insulin pumps. The pumps, used for mechanical supplementation of insulin in patients (usually diabetics) apparently contain a redesigned battery, which has caused problems with the pump. It is unclear whether the battery was redesigned and manufatured by the pump manufacturer itself or whether a third...

• Choosing a Personal Injury Lawyer

  Staff Writer | July 15, 2006 3:34 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  A claimant will often request the advice of his or her attorney when evaluating the value of a particular claim or case. I assume that this is because the attorney has greater exposure to jury verdicts, medical issues, case law, statutes, issues relating to liability and potential weaknesses--all factors that impact case valuation. In choosing a personal injury lawyer, it is important that the...

• Vioxx Verdict

  Staff Writer | July 13, 2006 3:27 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  Reuters reports a defense verdict in a trial involving Vioxx. According to the report, the seven member jury found adequate warnings provided to the prescribing physician--but inadequate warnings to the plaintiff. Ultimately, it seems, the jury found that the plaintiff--68 years old--would have suffered a heart attack with or without Vioxx.