- Steve Lombardi | October 31, 2008 2:18 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsHalloween is finally over so we can all rest… Wrong!
You painted their faces and allowed the little ones to go out trick or treating and home they came with a bag fool of booty. Before...
- Steve Lombardi | October 31, 2008 10:00 AM |
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Tractor-Trailer AccidentsA train-tractor collision resulted in the death of a female passenger and injury of the driver and an infant passenger. Although still under investigation it’s interesting from the standpoint...
- Steve Lombardi | October 31, 2008 8:13 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsThe Thugs who get rich or who get campaign contributions: The White House has no plan on how it would strengthen regulatory control over the FDA approval process; a process that sees junk science...
- Steve Lombardi | October 30, 2008 1:04 PM |
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Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)Shocking News: Insurance adjuster struck by bus isn't interested in tort reform. Have you heard this one before? We need more tort reform! There are too many greedy Plaintiffs using the...
- Steve Lombardi | October 30, 2008 8:30 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsToday I'm printing, with their permission a Michgan husband and wife's story about how a drug reaction coupled with federal preemption has affected their lives. Their last names are not...
- Megan Roth | October 29, 2008 9:57 PM |
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MiscellaneousYesterday I wrote about some of the super-uncool, yet incredibly well-thought out safety precautions my parents enforced each and every Halloween. Today, I’ll let you know about one safety...
- Steve Lombardi | October 29, 2008 11:17 AM |
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Nursing Home & Elder AbusePreviously, Glenwood Resource Center was investigated by the United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division. Today's Des Moines Register report indicates the Woodward supervisory staff...
- Steve Lombardi | October 29, 2008 9:15 AM |
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Tractor-Trailer AccidentsRex non potest peccare!
Yesterday we reported on an interstate accident where one driver heading in the wrong direction on one side of the divided highway caused three other trucks to crash. You...
- Megan Roth | October 28, 2008 7:56 PM |
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MiscellaneousIt’s that time of year again – stores everywhere are stocked with aisles and aisles of miniature-sized candies, sales at custom stores skyrocket, and pumpkins (real and fake) adorn both...
- Steve Lombardi | October 28, 2008 2:00 PM |
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Tractor-Trailer AccidentsThe Gazette reports a Texas man driving the wrong way on Interstate 80 sideswiped to semi-trucks and then struck a third head-on. A few years ago one of our clients was killed when she was involved...
- Steve Lombardi | October 28, 2008 10:30 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsA Warren County rear-end collision that resulted in two deaths has resulted in two counts of vehicular homicide and OWI, according to the reported stories from the AP and the Chicago Tribune.
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- Steve Lombardi | October 27, 2008 11:10 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous Products
Is your kids Halloween candy safe?
With Halloween being right around the corner food safety has to be on every mother’s mind. What candy is made in China? What is the likelihood that...
- Steve Lombardi | October 27, 2008 10:20 AM |
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MiscellaneousThe Des Moines Register today in the Metro Edition endorsed first term Congressman Representative Bruce Braley. The editorial endorsement lists a few of Bruce’s accomplishments. In doing so...
- Steve Lombardi | October 27, 2008 9:14 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeThey are and the article concludes reducing the shame associated with these events will need to be addressed.
Conclusions Wrong-side/wrong-site, wrong-procedure, and wrong-patient adverse events,...
- Steve Lombardi | October 26, 2008 9:16 AM |
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Head & Brain InjuriesWhen cars and bicyles collide there is always the question of whether the bicylist acted according to the rules-of-the-road. In this news report the question was raised about a stop sign.
Is...
- Steve Lombardi | October 26, 2008 8:15 AM |
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MiscellaneousI wrote a post analyzing the negative campaigning and the effects this type of debate tactic has on developing solutions to the real problems we have in this country. Some of the comments led me to...
- Steve Lombardi | October 25, 2008 2:00 PM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)An explosion in northeast Iowa sent a man and woman to the hospital. They were attempting to light a pilot light. Like many home explosions the house was blown off of part of it's foundation along...
- Steve Lombardi | October 25, 2008 9:00 AM |
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MiscellaneousWhen it comes to labeling the opposition for the sake of votes America needs to get a reality check.
Brian Smith posted about the lawsuits being filed concerning Barack Obama’s birth...
- Steve Lombardi | October 24, 2008 8:56 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeYesterday I reported on Beth Israel's response to a wrong-site surgery and how we were encouraged by their frankness in addressing the problem in a very public way. That discussion prompted a...
- Steve Lombardi | October 23, 2008 8:52 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeIt's encouraging to see a well qualified health care professional willing to openly discuss wrong-site, wrong-side, wrong-patient and wrong-procedure surgical mistakes. We take our hat off to him...
- Steve Lombardi | October 22, 2008 2:00 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous Products
Transvaginal Placement of Surgical Mesh
Audience: Hospital surgical staff, OB/GYN physicians, other healthcare professionals
FDA informed healthcare professionals of serious...
- Steve Lombardi | October 22, 2008 1:15 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsNearly 53,000 children sickened and four dead from melamine contaminated baby formula. Does culture matter when it comes to regulatory standards? Obviously American lenders and stock syndications...
- Steve Lombardi | October 22, 2008 8:37 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThis is incredible. I simply can't believe that it's continuing. Over 1,500 dogs in China were reported on Monday to have died from animal feed tainted with the same chemical that contaminated dairy...
- Steve Lombardi | October 21, 2008 9:12 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThe Health Ministry Chief Inspector is cracking down on imported dairy related products after tests revealed melamine contamination in 19 different products from different suppliers. Contaminated...
- Steve Lombardi | October 20, 2008 10:08 AM |
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Workplace InjuriesName: Garbage collection worker seriously injured after trash bin falls on him.
Date: 10/1/2008
Summary: A Herb's Garbage Hauling worker received serious injury when a trash bin somehow fell...
- Steve Lombardi | October 17, 2008 10:11 AM |
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Miscellaneous§ 1030. Fraud and related activity in connection with computers
How Current is This?
(a) Whoever—
(1) having knowingly accessed a computer without authorization or exceeding authorized...
- Steve Lombardi | October 16, 2008 9:03 AM |
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MiscellaneousThe MySpace Suicide Case is getting heat from both sides of the aisle; those who think its right and those thinking it’s a waste of the taxpayers’ money. For those of you who aren’t up on the why’s...
- Steve Lombardi | October 15, 2008 1:12 PM |
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MiscellaneousThis is part three in a short series that examines opening statement strategy while comparing voter reasoning to juror decisionmaking. Today we pick up again with Sara Palin's progress as a...
- Steve Lombardi | October 14, 2008 10:09 AM |
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MiscellaneousDo you know what osmosis is? Osmosis is a process by which position alone along with composition allows absorption of what is around you. Imagine your son or daughter getting ready for a test about...
- Steve Lombardi | October 13, 2008 11:14 PM |
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MiscellaneousDo you know what osmosis is? Osmosis is a process by which position alone and composition allows absorption of what is around you. In the case of this United States Presidential race the Governor of...
- Steve Lombardi | October 12, 2008 10:06 AM |
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Medical Devices & Implants Cardiopulmonary bypass disposables are subject to a voluntary recall.
You might still be asking whether issues involving federal preemption are worth the fifteen minutes it takes to write...
- Megan Roth | October 11, 2008 10:11 PM |
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MiscellaneousMore sufferers survive breast cancer today than did the sufferers of previous generations (check out the survival rates based on staging – it’s quite impressive but could still stand...
- Steve Lombardi | October 11, 2008 12:26 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsDoctors unfortunately have much to lose with federal preemption. Doctors are put in a vice between the drug companies and their patients. While the FDA approves drugs for patient consumption,...
- Steve Lombardi | October 10, 2008 10:36 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsHere is a sample letter provided by the Americans for Drug & Device Accountability. You can determine the names and addresses of your elected officials by using these links:
Contact your...
- Steve Lombardi | October 08, 2008 11:05 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThe answer is no.
Federal preemption is not all bad. I can see why it’s necessary in the area of immigration as well as national defense. I can appreciate how society benefits when applied...
- Steve Lombardi | October 07, 2008 10:29 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsWhat if they recalled a drug, say Heparin, but the hospitals and pharmacies failed to take it off the shelf?
A recall of the drug Heparin by Baxter has proven for some to be useless and...
- Steve Lombardi | October 06, 2008 1:12 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous Products
- Consumer Advocate Groups concerning Federal Preemption –
Americans For Drug & Device Accountability - AMERICANS FOR DRUG AND DEVICE ACCOUNTABILITY is a bi-partisan...
- Steve Lombardi | October 05, 2008 10:17 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeThere is a story in the State Journal of Frankford, Kentucky between a surgeon and his patient along with about half the men of Kentucky. Here’s the story.
- FACTS, FICTION, TRIAL THEMES...
- Steve Lombardi | October 04, 2008 9:22 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsI’ve previously described federal preemption and why you should care. It’s about protecting people against corporate power that tends to trample on the rights of individuals for the sake...
- Steve Lombardi | October 03, 2008 1:05 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsAs you know mammograms are the diagnostic tool for detecting breast cancer and thus it saves lives. What if a simple click would bring someone somewhere a free mammogram? Well it does and it will if...
- Megan Roth | October 02, 2008 10:59 AM |
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Miscellaneous
cheerleading has evolved into an increasingly competitive athletic endeavor.” Agreed. The organization also states outright on their homepage: “As the parents of cheer athletes,...
- Megan Roth | October 02, 2008 10:44 AM |
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MiscellaneousAs I commented in yesterday's post, Breast Cancer Awareness Month is upon us. So get ready to be enlightened. You'll undoubtedly see a great many pink ribbons adorning handbags, candies, pens and...
- Steve Lombardi | October 02, 2008 9:11 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsHere is a website that addresses pill identification by numbers or letters imprinted on the pill or tablet, the shape and the color.
It addresses the top 10 medication mistakes...
- Megan Roth | October 01, 2008 3:14 PM |
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MiscellaneousIt’s October 1st, which means it is officially Breast Cancer Awareness Month. As such, we feel it necessary to pay tribute with an informational post concerning information and statistics related to...
- Steve Lombardi | October 01, 2008 10:30 AM |
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MiscellaneousI grew up as a small boy in New England whose father died of lung cancer. He was twelve when he started to smoke and I was thirteen when he passed away. His wife, my mother was just thirty-seven and...