- Steve Lombardi | December 31, 2008 10:19 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsIf you’ve had a Stryker Custom Cranial Implant surgically implanted to correct lower, upper jaw, face or cranium defects due to injury you’ll need to read the FDA Announcement and...
- Steve Lombardi | December 31, 2008 9:12 AM |
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Toxic Substances
Where is melamine manufactured?
- Steve Lombardi | December 30, 2008 12:13 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsCan you imagine a civil justice system where a milk producer would be allowed to manufacture infant baby formula so poisonous that your infant would develop kidney stones or go into kidney failure...
- Steve Lombardi | December 30, 2008 10:07 AM |
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Workplace InjuriesHere is a bridge being erected that kills a worker when a 121-ton girder falls. The report I found doesn’t indicate whether the girder fell onto a worker or whether if he was riding it he...
- Steve Lombardi | December 29, 2008 3:21 PM |
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MiscellaneousTraditional paper news sources are having financial troubles.
Blogging Stocks, The first big bankruptcy in newspaper industry?
The New York Times, Tribune Files for Bankruptcy
Washington Post,...
- Steve Lombardi | December 29, 2008 11:08 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThe National Organ Transplant Act of 1984 was supposed to encourage and to make organ donation easier. It didn’t. Congress added a criminal penalty provision subjecting anyone receiving...
- Steve Lombardi | December 28, 2008 1:46 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThis morning we discussed whether Chinese government officials brought on the melamine crisis by ordering the increase of protein content in watered down milk and penalizing those who did not...
- Steve Lombardi | December 28, 2008 10:17 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThe New England Journal of Medicine speaks on the issue of food contaminated with melamine. Is globalization literally killing us?
In this article the question of why melamine might be...
- Steve Lombardi | December 27, 2008 11:06 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsIn an earlier blog post I covered mercury poison. In this post we cover by way of YouTube video how mercury kills brain cells. There is a lot of controversy over dental fillings and vaccines that...
- Steve Lombardi | December 26, 2008 10:19 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsWhat is mercury poison?
Actor Jeremy Piven recently bowed out of the Broadway play Speed the Plow citing high levels of mercury in his blood. The cause of his uncharacteristically high mercury...
- Steve Lombardi | December 24, 2008 10:06 AM |
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Tractor-Trailer AccidentsDriving on the highways of Illinois can be risky. In this case a student at Southern Illinois University Carbondale was on assignment for the student newspaper when he reportedly was rear-ended by a...
- Steve Lombardi | December 23, 2008 10:10 AM |
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Workplace InjuriesIowa can be a very surprising place to live; especially when the temperature dips to a cool minus 25 degrees.
A whopper of an argument escalated into a Triple Whopper undercut resulting in a double...
- Steve Lombardi | December 22, 2008 1:29 PM |
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Workplace InjuriesThe reported news item is that the 46-year-old man was directing a Skylift forklift operator when it ran him over, killing him. There is no report on the type of construction or the nature of the...
- Steve Lombardi | December 22, 2008 10:09 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsThe 21 year-old driver of a hit-n-run accident in Buffalo, New York turned himself in after talking to relatives. The pregnant woman suffered brain injuries and a broken neck in the accident. A...
- Steve Lombardi | December 22, 2008 9:45 AM |
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Miscellaneous
Coach and Program Greed – a great personal injury on our young athletes.
A conscience can be a very difficult thing to live with. A conscience properly molded can be a very valuable tool...
- Megan Roth | December 21, 2008 7:56 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsAlright, per my previous article, I’m already responsible for the ‘fun kill.’ Surprisingly enough, I don’t really feel that bad about it…
In fact, I consider a...
- Steve Lombardi | December 21, 2008 10:30 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous Products
Canadian tainted meat case settles for $27 million
Between 20 and 29 people died from food poisoning along with 5,000 who were part of a class-action settlement involving...
- Steve Lombardi | December 21, 2008 9:38 AM |
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Workplace InjuriesThe Atlanta Botanical Garden in Piedmont Park is constructing a pedestrian bridge that reaches four stories in height off of the ground. It’s supposed to give people the feeling of what...
- Steve Lombardi | December 20, 2008 4:03 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsOur colleague Dave Mittleman from Michigan has a good post today about our own Senator Charles Grassley titled Haunting Medical Journals. This is a must read for anyone associated with any medical...
- Steve Lombardi | December 19, 2008 1:25 PM |
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Head & Brain InjuriesWrongful death award in Florida set by jury at $11.5 million dollars for loss of a police officer’s life. The defendant’s were the Florida Department of Transportation, William Russo and...
- Steve Lombardi | December 19, 2008 10:02 AM |
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Workplace InjuriesAlexamdra Berzon from the Las Vegas Sun Newspaper further explores the 6 deaths and numerous safety violations that have plagued the Perini Building Co. construction sites on the strip in Las Vegas....
- Megan Roth | December 18, 2008 1:18 PM |
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MiscellaneousYesterday we talked about a few of the not-so-friendly companies that could be lurking in your child’s toy room. Okay, perhaps the mentioned toys are a bit outdated; but how do you know their...
- Steve Lombardi | December 18, 2008 11:00 AM |
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Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)Here at the InjuryBoard we advocate for the rights of the injured, those oppressed by tort reform and those whose rights are taken away by tort reformers. We do this knowing that some litigation,...
- Steve Lombardi | December 18, 2008 10:00 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsHow would you like to give some child the best “toy” imaginable?
How about if that toy was so safe I could guarantee you it would have no melamine?
What if it were a gift that...
- Megan Roth | December 17, 2008 12:26 PM |
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MiscellaneousDarn the luck – I know they say “You can’t have it all,” but I like to think I come close (I like to think it, realistically, I know it’s not true).
But I missed a...
- Steve Lombardi | December 17, 2008 10:49 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeWhat if your child had to have surgery?
How well do you know the surgeon who is performing surgery on your child or spouse? Maybe there is a question you should ask that they are afraid you...
- Megan Roth | December 16, 2008 12:46 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsReviewed and reviewed again – the issue surrounding lead paint and the toy manufacturing industry. We all know it’s a BIG problem that is continuously being addressed (not necessarily...
- Steve Lombardi | December 16, 2008 10:19 AM |
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Workplace InjuriesAt a school construction zone in Centralia, Missouri a worker was “accidentally” run over by a fellow worker. This is the second serious construction site accident in the month of...
- Megan Roth | December 15, 2008 2:23 PM |
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MiscellaneousOn Sunday I gave a brief intro to some of the issues surrounding toy safety; in it, I mentioned that, in August, President Bush signed a bill into effect that banned the presence of lead in an...
- Steve Lombardi | December 15, 2008 1:15 PM |
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MiscellaneousJim Turner is an actor from Des Moines and in the finale on Boston Legal on December 8, 2008 he played the role of a “very offensive” Catholic priest who officiated the marriage between...
- Steve Lombardi | December 15, 2008 9:31 AM |
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Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)Like what happened to the woman in Des Moines, on September 13, 2005 an MBTA bus in Boston struck a woman (Rita Traybman) at the intersection of Washington and East Newton streets in the South End....
- Megan Roth | December 14, 2008 12:12 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsIt’s that time of year – Christmas is all around (politically incorrect, I know – just check out the link).
But seriously, holiday season is upon us. Heck, it’s more...
- Steve Lombardi | December 14, 2008 9:10 AM |
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MiscellaneousDoctor David Nott, doing charity medical work in the Republic of Congo performed surgery by text message instructions sent from a colleague in the United Kingdom. The boy, sixteen-years-old had...
- Steve Lombardi | December 13, 2008 1:02 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsFor those lawyers pursuing product liabilities lawsuits against Crocs, Inc. they should consider the patent and securities litigation that may produce documents with information/admissions relevant...
- Steve Lombardi | December 13, 2008 10:27 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsBeing six-year old is tough enough, but when your parents make you wear ugly plastic shoes like Crocs, life can get pretty tough. A young Baltimore boy was apparently injured while riding the...
- Steve Lombardi | December 12, 2008 1:09 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsDistractions while driving can be considered negligent if they interfere with the driver's ability to control the vehicle.
A Canadian driver who after spilling coffee on his leg while driving,...
- Steve Lombardi | December 12, 2008 11:15 AM |
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MiscellaneousIf being disabled from a motorcycle accident and trying to live on $400.00 per month isn’t enough of a burden, a burglar broke in and stole the families Christmas gifts from a locked porch....
- Steve Lombardi | December 12, 2008 9:26 AM |
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Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)Brazilian authorities conclude a collision between two planes in 2006 that killed 154 people was the cause of the American pilots of a small jet along with the air traffic controllers in Brasilia,...
- Steve Lombardi | December 11, 2008 12:03 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeHealth care workers point to physician bad behavior as causing low morale, high stress and turnover at hospitals. Some even point to physician bad attitudes as causing medical mistakes.
Whether we...
- Steve Lombardi | December 11, 2008 10:35 AM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)Let me go out on a limb by saying, Wal-Mart’s Black Friday stampede is our entire fault. Yes, yours, mine and ours. Our collective neurosis is to blame.
In Forest Gump, Forest tells Jennie...
- Steve Lombardi | December 11, 2008 9:04 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsA 1-year-old girl being cared for at a Des Moines, Iowa day care center found rat poison near play equipment and ate it. Apparently her dad was working out in the fitness club and dropped his...
- Steve Lombardi | December 10, 2008 1:22 PM |
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Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)A 23-year-old Burlington, Iowa mother standing with her three children and waiting for the train had her foot run over by the train causing it to be amputated. The one-year-old child was thrown...
- Steve Lombardi | December 10, 2008 10:35 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsI've been trying to find out how a consumer determines the country of origin (COO) at the point of sale; meaning as you're standing at the grocery store shelf looking at the product. I wrote to...
- Steve Lombardi | December 09, 2008 1:32 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsWe’ve been talking about bar codes, UPC’s, and today the FDA put out an alert concerning an incorrect bar code that could cause patients to be overdosed. The question remains about how...
- Steve Lombardi | December 09, 2008 10:28 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous Products
Bar code scanner manufacturers, do you sell portable readers that show the COO?
Send information to Steve Lombardi, 4200 Corporate Drive, Suite 112, West Des Moines, Iowa 50266 or to...
- Steve Lombardi | December 08, 2008 10:08 AM |
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Spinal Cord InjuriesWISCONSIN SUPREME COURT
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
11 a.m.
06AP1886 Brittany L. Noffke v. Kevin Bakke
This is a review of a decision of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District IV (headquartered...
- Steve Lombardi | December 07, 2008 10:09 AM |
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Head & Brain Injuries
2008 WI App 38
court of appeals of wisconsin
published opinion
Case No.:
2006AP1886
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- Steve Lombardi | December 06, 2008 10:13 AM |
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Head & Brain InjuriesIn the past few months the issue of Cheerleading dangers has been put to the forefront here at InjuryBoard. In a Fox News video report the lawsuit between cheerleaders and the Wisconsin School...
- Steve Lombardi | December 05, 2008 1:15 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous Products
THE WHITE HOUSE
1600 FILLADELFIA AVENUE NW
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20500
The President
Dear American...
- Steve Lombardi | December 05, 2008 10:14 AM |
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MiscellaneousWHAT DOES THIS BLOG COVER?
THE FIRST THREE DIGITS ARE THE COUNTRY WHERE THE PRODUCT WAS MADE
In this blog I will attempt to explain how to read a barcode so you are able to recognize products...
- Megan Roth | December 04, 2008 1:55 PM |
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MiscellaneousIn my previous post, I wrote about Victoria’s Secret’s latest controversy, and it doesn’t revolve around the risqué lingerie. Nor is it related to the scantily-clad...
- Steve Lombardi | December 04, 2008 10:35 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsUPC-Product Label Reform – What’s wrong with the manufacturers using the English language?
Consumers need reform and they need it now so we can determine what products come from...
- Steve Lombardi | December 03, 2008 10:01 AM |
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MiscellaneousFreedom of the press can be a real pain!
First the FDA said the U.S. consumer wasn’t at risk of finding melamine in their grocery store and certainly not in baby formula. Then that darn...
- Megan Roth | December 02, 2008 1:53 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsWe have strict quality controls around our products, and we do not use formaldehyde in our bras, a Victoria’s Secret spokesperson said in a statement.
Yet, the fashion retailer gave hot...
- Steve Lombardi | December 02, 2008 10:26 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsWHAT'S THE PROBLEM?
Did you know that in most foreign countries drug companies are not allowed to advertise directly to patient consumers?
Melody Petersen is an Iowa author who has written,...
- Steve Lombardi | December 02, 2008 2:31 AM |
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MiscellaneousLeon, Iowa - The Des Moines Register in the November 20, 2008 news gives a thistle to the town of Leon for responding to a court decision finding (Original Sin) a city ordinance that banned traffic...
- Megan Roth | December 01, 2008 12:21 PM |
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Toxic SubstancesAs I mentioned previously, OSHA has set the maximum level of formaldehyde exposure at .75 ppm (meaning ¾ (.75) parts formaldehyde per million parts air) before it is considered unsafe to...