Prisons are notoriously dangerous places. However, even prisoners are supposed to have access to a certain standard of health care. A birth-injury lawsuit filed against the Ohio Department of Correction alleges that that care was overlooked in a recent case. A prison inmate who gave birth while in custody later sued the facility for failing […]
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Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following: Dyson Recalls Bladeless Portable Electric Heaters Due to Fire Hazard (338,000) Lenovo Recalls Battery Packs for ThinkPad Notebook Computers Due to Fire Hazard (34,500) Hussong Manufacturing and American Flame Recall Three Gas Fireplaces, Fireplace Inserts Due to Explosion
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A dangerous defect in ignition switches in General Motors compact cars has resulted in a recall of at least 2.6 million vehicles following the reported deaths of 13 people. The faulty ignition switches can cause the vehicles to suddenly switch out of the “run” position while the cars are being operated, which in turn can
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In further news on the massive transvaginal mesh litigation … Lee Balefsky is now a member of the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee involved in all cases nationwide. Balefsky, head of Kline & Specter’s Mass Tort Department, was also named as liasion counsel in the Philadelphia Mass Tort Pelvic Mesh program. Balefsky has a long history of obtaining large
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Tom Kline has been named co-liaison counsel by the Court of Common Pleas for Philadelphia for the coordinated litigation involving the drug Risperdal. The anti-psychotic pharmaceutical has been linked to abnormal breast growth in males, including children, adolescents and adults, a condition called gynocomastia. The coordinated litigation in Philadelphia includes about 400 cases. Kline &
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A jury in Texas has handed down a $1.2 million verdict in a transvaginal mesh case for a woman who was injured after the device eroded inside her. The verdict was the latest against Johnson & Johnson and the first for the plaintiffs involving a TVT-O device used for stress urinary incontinence. There are currently more than 12,000
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Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following: • Hitachi Koki grass trimmers, fire and burn hazard (127,400 units) • Air compressors by MAT Industries, shock hazard (107,000) • Twin-Star Duraflame electric space heaters, fire and burn hazard (31,000) • Design Ideas magnets, risk of ingestion
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What started as a broken ankle resulted in a series of medical mishaps that eventually cost a New York state man his entire leg. According to news reports, Donald Schultz was initially treated for his ankle in late 2004 at the Knee Center of West New York. The ankle was fixed but he suffered an
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Dirk Askew, an Army veteran and long-term federal postal worker was awarded $8.3M in a malpractice law suit against The John Cochran VA Hospital. Askew suffered severe brain damage and had his leg amputated after going to Cochran for a routine stent procedure in February 2009. After the procedure, Askew was discharged from the hospital
St Louis man wins malpractice suit against hospital for $8.3M Read More »
Chicago State University had fired its former legal counsel, James Crowley, for allegedly misusing school funds, including to pay for a trip to Hawaii to attend a conference. But Crowley charged that he was let go for reporting improprieties by the university to the attorney general, among them its demand that he withhold information under
Fired college employee uses whistleblower lawsuit to get his job back, and a lot more Read More »
In an unusual worker injury case, two teenagers literally suffocated to death in corn and a third employee was injured while working at a Haasbach LLC grain elevator in Carroll County, Illinois. The three were in a grain bin to help the flow of corn while machinery was operating. Suddenly, 14-year-old Wyatt Whitebread began shouting
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Bacterial endocarditis is infection and inflammation of the inner surface of the heart. It usually affects the heart valves but can also be present on pacemakers or defibrillators. Endocarditis occurs when bacteria enter the bloodstream and attach to an already damaged portion of the heart or valves. Signs and symptoms of bacterial endocarditis can be fever, loss
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Even though birth is a natural process, unexpected complications, such as a prolapsed umbilical cord, shoulder dystocia, the baby getting wedged in the birth canal, cord around the neck, placental abruption, meconium aspiration or preeclampsia can arise during labor or shortly after delivery. A nurse midwife, just like an obstetrician, needs to be aware of the potential problems that could
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The list of the Top 10 medical technology safety hazards was published in the November 2013 issue of Health Devices. Alarm problems and infusion pump medications errors are on the top of the list of hospital problems that need to be addressed. According to the article, the most prevalent medical technology safety hazards are: Alarm
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Tom Kline announced he will file a civil rights lawsuit on behalf of a five-year-old girl who was abducted from her kindergarten classroom at a Philadelphia school and raped last year. Kline, who previously announced plans to sue the city school district, told the news media that the conduct of the district went far beyond
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