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• Magnet Toy Danger-Voluntary Recall

  Ben Glass | July 31, 2006 4:03 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  After 34 incidents, inluding at least one death, were reported to the Food and Drug Administration regarding "Magnetix" magnet sets produced by RoseArt Industires, the company has announced a voluntary recall of the product.This product is not safe for children three and under. A picture of the product packaging, together with more information on the recall, is available here. I've seen a set of...

• Warning about Drugs Available on the Internet

  Ben Glass | July 29, 2006 8:08 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  It should come as no huge suprise that drugs promoted on the Internet aren't the best things for you. Now, the FDA has announced a specific identification and crackdown on erectile dysfunction drugs that not only don't help, but can be harmful. According to a news release by the FDA:Products such as Zimaxx, Libidus, Neophase, Nasutra, Vigor-25, Actra-Rx, and 4EVERON are not FDA-approved and may...

• Website to Discouarage Caring for MedMal Victims

  Ben Glass | July 25, 2006 4:28 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  What will they think of next? Here is a website that will publish, in Florida (for now) the names of patients who will have filed, but "not prevailed" in a medical malpractice lawsuit. Under the guise of "this is news" this site is apparently designed to discourage doctors from accepting these patients for care.But wait... there's more....You can have your name listed there even if you sued the...

• Medication Errors Lead to Death and Injury

  Ben Glass | July 21, 2006 5:57 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  One of the most frequent calls we get at our office involves medication errors, usually in a hospital setting. Fortunately, most errors are caught before any permanent harm is done. A new report from the Institute of Medicine suggests that the problem may be even more widespread than previously imagined.The report said that at least 1.5 million people are sickened, injured or killed each year...

• Dog Bite Law in Virginia

  Ben Glass | July 18, 2006 9:27 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

  What happens if you are bitten or attacked by a dog and suffer injury in Virginia? The answer may depend on what county you live in.The general law in Virginia is that a dog owner owes no duty to another absent knowledge of the propensity of the dog to attack or bite. This is known as the "common law" duty of a dog owner. We call it "every dog gets one free bite."However, if your county has...

• Get Off That Cell Phone While Driving

  Ben Glass | July 06, 2006 4:38 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  It should come as no surprise that there is increasing data that driving while talking on a cell phone, even a "hands free" device, is causing death and injury on our roads. There are groups of people who study this. It's called "human factors." Now a brand new study of cell phone using drivers shows that cell phone use can make you as "impaired" as a drunk driver. The researchers concluded: "We...

• Allstate Lawyer Wins $11 Million--From Allstate

  Ben Glass | July 06, 2006 4:28 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Now here's an interesting story. It seems that one of Allstate's car accident personal injury defense attorneys sued Allstate, claiming that the company had "ruined her practice." According to the Insurance Journal Website Allstate Insurance Co. routinely hired Suzanne Guest to represent the company in accident claims.But when two accident victims sued Allstate and Guest, the company went back...