- John Hopkins | September 29, 2006 11:08 AM |
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Wrongful DeathThe St. Petersburg Times reports a startling event. Physicians who, through less than candid means, convinced voters to limit the damages that victims of medical malpractice can collect; are now going to "convince" their patients to forgive them for their malpractice. The Times reports that the waiver, which physicians will ask their patients to sign, will limit non-economic damages to...
- Kevin Walsh | September 28, 2006 8:31 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsIn an orchestrated, well-choreographed and comprehensive parade of their own corporate opinions in Contact Lens Spectrum's September 2006 edition, Bausch & Lomb appears to have settled upon some of the soundbites we will hear as they defend their corporate arrogance in failing to recall MoistureLok, and the product itself which has blinded some and severely injured others. Bausch never misses...
- Cal Warriner | September 27, 2006 8:51 AM |
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Tractor-Trailer AccidentsIn what appears to be an accident caused by the decedent automobile driver how quickly semi-tractor trailers can kill is graphically displayed. Yesterday in Miami, a man inexplicably pulled out in front of a semi-tractor trailer carrying cars. The truck collided with the automobile, the two became entangled and continued down the road until they hit a second tractor trailer waiting at a stop...
- John Hopkins | September 22, 2006 9:50 AM |
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Head & Brain InjuriesI recently read an article relating to a news cast on Fox 28, in Indiana and it raised those sensitive hackles on the back of my neck. The article was about Ashley Faloon and an auto accident that landed her in the hospital. She was recovering well from what were relatively minor injuries; when a nurse injected her IV line with insulin. Certainly, the nurses action was accidental; she certainly...
- Kevin Walsh | September 22, 2006 9:40 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsBausch & Lomb seems to be taking a lacksadaisical attitude toward everything these days. In an article today in the Rochester Business Journal, Bausch is seen explaining that documents due within 6 months of the end of last fiscal year will again be delayed as financial discrepancies overseas are being investigated internally.Bausch adopted a similar laissez faire attitude recently when their...
- Kevin Walsh | September 18, 2006 9:47 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsBausch ReNu with MoistureLoc is a culprit in Fusarium infections. Poor hygiene is not the reason for the infections, which have led to vision loss and lawsuits.An article appearing in the Bradenton Florida local newspaper gives voice to the possibility that Bausch & Lomb might defend themselves against an onslaught of litigation over its ReNu with MoistureLoc contact lens cleaning solution, by...
- Cal Warriner | September 18, 2006 9:23 AM |
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Tractor-Trailer AccidentsNationwide, 5200 Americans died last year and thousands more were injured in trucking accidents. A detailed and informative, new investigative report by the Dallas Morning News shows trucking accidents are becoming more frequent and predictable. More innocent drivers are falling victim to an industry that is increasingly placing profits ahead of safety. Companies frequently hire felons, drunks...
- John Hopkins | September 16, 2006 12:34 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThe Tobacco Industry began marketing "light" cigarettes because? Anybody, anybody? It seems likely that it involved, at least a little, the need to hedge against the increasing sounds being made by the anti-smoking faction; don't you think? Could a fear of shrinking profits have been involved? Could they have had a desire to create the idea that smoking "light cigarettes" was somehow healthier?...
- John Hopkins | September 15, 2006 1:54 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsSmokers came to know that smoking was not good for them, but Big Tobacco had an answer for them: "light cigarettes". Lower in tar; lower in nicotine; keep on puffin'!!That fiction, sold to the public for over 20 years, may actually be exposed by the light of day. Plaintiffs have asked District Couirt Judge Jack Weinstein to certify a class action lawsuit in which the plaintiffs allege that Big...
- Cal Warriner | September 12, 2006 2:44 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsAs Gomer Pyle used to say, "Surprise, Surprise, Surprise." Having been hammered in Federal Court and again by the Massachusetts Department of Health study finding ever increasing nicotine levels in Marlboro cigarettes Philip Morris denies the validity of the Massachusetts study.At the same time, when asked pointedly whether Philip Morris adds nicotine to its cigarettes, its spokesman withheld...
- John Hopkins | September 11, 2006 4:58 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsReuters reported that notable cardiologist, Dr. Stephen Nissen, believes that cardiac stents have not been tested long enough before wide spread use in patients. Dr. Nissen, head of cardiovascular medicine at Cleveland Clinic, believes that the newer generation of stents may lead to increased late-stent thrombosis:"No one has done the right kind of long-term study. We need a prospective,...
- Cal Warriner | September 09, 2006 1:41 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsA thirteen year old Texas teen has sued Bausch and Lomb after suffering a fungal infection. The teen had used ReNu with MoistureLoc. As many others have found, doctors were not able to quickly diagnose the infection because fungal eye infections are so rare. The boy has lost significant vision and sees white spots.By the time time everyone who suffered these infections is determined, Bausch and...
- Cal Warriner | September 06, 2006 8:37 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsWhat are they thinking? Over the past several months Bausch's ReNu with MoistureLoc contact lens solution has been determined by the CDC to have caused hundreds of potentially catastrophic fungal eye infections. Bausch stopped selling the product world wide but has taken virtually no steps to insure that consumers throw away unused solution. New clients are calling my office every day suffering...
- John Hopkins | September 05, 2006 8:36 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsOne and a half million Americans are harmed each year at a cost of over $3.5 million dollars per year due to preventable mistakes; as reported by the New York Times recently. This article was based on a report issued by the Institute of Medicine this summer. These figures, according to the report, account for only the prescribing errors and not the errors resulting from drugs that did not work...
- Kevin Walsh | September 01, 2006 5:39 PM |
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MiscellaneousSeeming to have forgotten the public relations nightmares of high profile and high-dollar litigation of the past decade, Big Tobacco has gone back to its roots. And its roots are not a pretty sight. Since the first famous whistleblower described an industry culture of creating and fostering addictions to nicotine at all costs, the industry has paid billions of dollars in settlements, public...