In her recent article: Revived Focus on Health Care, Revival of Tort “Reform” Rhetoric Kia Franklin shines a light on the willingness of President Obama to shed his lofty campaign…
Introducing Contributing Author Michael Bennett, President, The Coalition For Patients’ Rights Rather than initially launching an all out assault, conducting war by using a slow, incremental…
In response to an article I wrote on the H1N1 Swine Flu situation I got a Comment from Lou. He needs help. Can someone tell him what he should do …. about the Flu? Here is Lou’s situation: I…
Hearings began on Tuesday, May 12th before the Subcommittee on Health on H.R. 1346, The Medical Device Safety Act of 2009. I explain it below but before you go any further make sure to read the…
The Wall Street Journal (5/8, Favole) reports, The Food and Drug Administration is forcing strong warnings on two testosterone gel products after receiving reports of children who had inappropriate…
On The Early Show on CBS News (5/12), Julie Chen spoke with attorney Mary Schiavo and the sister of one of the crash victims of Flight 3407. Schiavo said the fault lies with the airline because the…
Say it ain’t so President Obama! I voted for you. Say it ain’t so. The number of your constituents who die from medical malpractice are equivalent to a fully loaded 747-400 crashing with all lost…
The Wall Street Journal (5/11, A1, Pasztor) reported on its front page, The captain of a commuter plane that crashed Feb. 12 near Buffalo, N.Y., had flunked numerous flight tests during his career…
The AP (5/9, Johnson) reported that Judge Victoria Chaney of Los Angeles Superior Court has rejected a proposed class-action lawsuit brought on behalf of state residents who took the painkiller…
I didn’t believe it when I read it: Forbes Magazine Calling for More Tort Lawyers? by Dan Firth. Wait!? That can’t be true. That’s like the Red Sox holding an appreciation day at Fenway for Yankee…
What causes high premiums for doctors’ malpractice insurance? The insurance industry would have you believe that the cause is the legal system. The truth is that insurance company investment…
Steve Lombardi from Des Moines has posted a story out of Iowa and H1N1 Vaccine. ISU research and H1N1, Are pigs luckier than are humans? by Steve Lombardi You have to read that article. Steve…