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• Tampa Man Killed in Motorcycle Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | March 29, 2008 9:33 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A motorcycle accident killed a man in Tampa early Saturday morning. The 44-year-old victim was a resident of Tampa. The victim was traveling west on Hillsborough Ave. on his 2005 Yamaha at approximately 1:35 a.m. when he came up on the Veteran's Expressway intersection. Dean was about to turn left when a 1995 Ford Escort station wagon ran a red light and hit the motorcycle.He was not wearing a...

• Troubling Ghostwriting Survey Prompts New Medical Journal Policies

  Don Greiwe | October 06, 2009 8:48 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A survey released by The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) concludes that six of the top medical journals in the U.S. published a “significant number” of...

• Aggravation Of A Pre-Existing Condition Is Often Part Of An Injury Claim

  Bob Carroll | September 01, 2006 7:16 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Michael Myers, my fellow InjuryBoard.com blogger from Seattle, has posted a very clear explanation of pre-existing conditions. Pre-Existing Conditions--What Really Matters is How You Felt Before the AccidentClients often mention pre-existing conditions. They are concerned that things like degenerative disc disease may affect their recoveries. Insurance companies dwell on pre-existing...

• Emotional Distress - Florida's Impact Rule

  Bob Carroll | March 12, 2006 7:42 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  There are times when someone's negligent act can cause significant emotional distress to another even though the distressed person has not, himself, been physically injured. The tragedy of watching your young child being injured by a car carelessly backed onto a sidewalk comes to mind. Should our system of justice permit a claim for compensation in these situations? From the Benjo Blog we have...

• Hot Pursuit Deaths Become Hot Issue

  Bob Carroll | December 20, 2005 3:42 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A few years ago I represented the survivors of a father and his married daughter who were killed when a police hot pursuit ended tragically with a violent head-on collision. It was clear in that case that the police had violated the internal Police Department policies against hot pursuits of non-violent subjects. Now, two more needless deaths have occurred in the Orlando area as a result of...

• Warning Labels - Sometimes Silly, Sometimes Deadly Serious

  Bob Carroll | October 03, 2005 5:25 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Not dishwasher safe-On a remote control for a TV. This product not intended for use as a dental drill-On an electric rotary tool. There are some silly warning labels. But, in the Deadly Serious category would be children's toys that warn of a choking hazard and warnings about the tipover hazard of some children's furniture."Not dishwasher safe." -- On a remote control for a TV. "This product...

• Free Drug Samples: Does it Really Benefit a Patient?

  C. Todd Alley | September 08, 2009 2:40 PM | 2 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A problem we have come across time and again in our personal injury practice is that drug samples handed out by medical providers are often not well-documented (if even documented at all) in our...

• Nancy DeParle – “Health Care Czar” – Has Strong Ties to Industry

  Jim Clark | July 08, 2009 5:59 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  In American politics, one phenomenon has plagued credibility of our federal government: the “revolving door”. It occurs when a person cycles between the private industry and a...

• New Bill Proposes to End Foreign Manufacturer Tort Liability Loopholes

  Don Greiwe | September 09, 2009 2:34 PM | 1 CommentTampa Bay, FL

  Each year, many people in the United States are injured by defective foreign products imported into the United States. Loopholes in the law give foreign manufacturers ways of delaying lawsuits...

• Nonprofit Nursing Homes Provide Better Care

  Don Greiwe | October 01, 2009 8:01 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A group of doctors from around the world have came together to take a hard look at the relationship between nursing homes and profiteering, and the results reaffirm what many of us would have...