DePuy ASR hip implants made news after failure rates skyrocketed worldwide. The rash of patient problems can be traced to the fact that the implant was never tested or approved before being…
The recent settlement of four wrongful death lawsuits brought by family members of military contractors killed in Fallujah, Iraq, during March 2004 for about 2 percent of the $30 million…
A police recruit in Norfolk, Virginia (VA), was knocked down during a training session and had to be taken to the hospital, according to the Virginian-Pilot. Doctors diagnosed the recruit with a…
With families all across the country making their way to visit family and friends during the winter holidays, bad weather often interferes with what should be pleasant road trips. So it's…
One of the toughest decisions most parents are faced with is leaving their young children with a day care provider. Many factors need to be considered before choosing a day care. While…
Microwavable soup containers are causing burns to toddlers and adults, according to doctors working in hospital emergency rooms. What follows is a friendly discussion between two tort experts at…
The National Transportation Safety Board on December 13, 2011, made a welcome, and long-overdue, recommendation to ban all cell phone use by drivers. The trigger for the statement were…
We all know that playing sports can be dangerous. Most of us, however, don’t think of sitting in the stands as a very risky activity. And that’s true so long as you stay in the…
Millions of people use prescription medications daily for a wide array health issues from asthma to high cholesterol to migraines. And the cost of those medicines is about plummet. When drug…
TCE, PERC and CCL4 just sound bad for a person. Given their full chemical names of trichloroethylene, perchloroethylene and carbon tetrachloride, the widely used solvents prove no healthier than…
Station construction and Norfolk Southern track improvements designed to allow Amtrak to resume passenger rail service to Norfolk, Virginia (VA), by October 2013 are under way. In fact, if all…
A Virginia Beach, VA, doctor had his license suspended in early November for his actions related to how he prescribed and monitored strong narcotics. The Virginia Board of Medicine found that Dr….
