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• Vioxx® Heart Attack and Stroke - Death

  Staff Writer | April 21, 2006 10:00 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  A heart attack that is caused by a suddent lack of blood to the heart--a myocardial infarction--results when one or more of the heart's blood pathways (coronary arteries) become clogged or "occluded." [1] The most common cause of cononary artery occlusion is when blood cells clot together and get stuck in the artery. [2] These clots are called "thrombi." [3] As when water is unable to drain...

• Lawyer Bashing

  Staff Writer | April 15, 2006 6:17 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  I read a post by an unnamed first year associate titled "Complaining About Those Who Falsely Blame Lawyers." The post responds to office-sized billboard by a so-called "Institute for Legal Reform" asking passerbys to, "Please Don't Feed The Trial Lawyers." What is amazing to me is that the President of the Institute for Legal Reform, Lisa A. Rickard, is Lisa A. Rickard, Esq. She's a lawyer. ...

• Glade Air Fresheners and Fires

  Staff Writer | April 04, 2006 10:20 AM | 1 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  In April of 2002, SC Johnson announced a recall of 2.5 Million of its Glade® Extra Outlet Scented Oil Air Fresheners, because the products posed a risk of fire. The air fresheners were sold between January 2002 and April 2002. SC Johnson stated in a press release that the "Glade Plugins® products are safe and will not cause fires." While the press release is undated, as stated in the...

• Ashamed at the thought of bringing a lawsuit?

  Staff Writer | April 01, 2006 12:03 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Head & Brain Injuries

  Many prospective clients open our conversation with an apology. They feel ashamed for wanting to use the court system and bringing a lawsuit against a corporation or a doctor. They then assure me that they're not sue crazy, and that they have tried every other means of resolution apart from bringing a lawsuit. As I write this, powerful corporate interests lobby members of the legislature to...