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• Registration Forms for Engle Trust Fund Now Available Online

  Brenda Fulmer | April 30, 2008 7:40 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  The Garden City Group, Inc., the Claims Administrator appointed by Judge David Miller in Miami to process claims against the Engle Trust Fund, has now posted a Registration Form that claimants can...

• Robotic Lawnmower Recalled

  Shannon Weidemann | April 27, 2008 9:02 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  A robotic lawn mower that will cut grass by itself has been recalled after testing showed it to be dangerous. Consumer Reports tested the Lawnbott Evolution and found that a person could be cut due...

• Tampa Streets Dangerous to Pedestrians and Cyclists

  Shannon Weidemann | April 24, 2008 10:08 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Last year 204 people were injured on the streets of Tampa, either walking or on bicycles. Ten people were killed in pedestrian accidents and 3 were killed riding on bikes. They were all hit by cars...

• Florida Tobacco Engle Class Members Must Register before June 16, 2008

  Brenda Fulmer | April 23, 2008 10:24 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  At a hearing on April 15, 2008, Judge David Miller in Miami made a number of rulings with regard to the distribution of the Engle Trust Fund (the "Fund"), previously referred to as the Guaranteed...

• Pope Meets with Priest Sex Abuse Survivors

  Joe Saunders | April 19, 2008 2:09 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Cardinal Sean O Malley of Boston had lobbied hard for the Pope to visit Boston the epicenter of the Catholic priest sex abuse crisis that erupted in 2002 The Vatican declined his request but O...

• National Standards Planned to Measure Physician Performance

  Brenda Fulmer | April 14, 2008 6:13 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  According to an article published April 1, 2008, in the New York Times, a national set of standards is currently being developed to help regulate the way health insurance companies...

• One out of 15 Children Hospitalized for Drug Errors

  Brenda Fulmer | April 14, 2008 5:57 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  In a study to be released next week in the April 2008 edition of the journal Pediatrics, researchers found that roughly one out of 15 hospitalized children - a staggering 540,000 kids each...

• Pfizer – Can It Weather the Current Storm?

  Brenda Fulmer | April 14, 2008 5:41 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  A review of Pfizer’s most recent 10-K filings with the Securities & Exchange Commission leads to concerns about whether Pfizer’s legal woes are quickly growing out of control. The list...

• Is Exubera the Last Nail in Pfizer’s Coffin?

  Brenda Fulmer | April 13, 2008 5:40 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Last Fall, the Wall Street Journal heralded the impending death of Exubera, an inhaled insulin. When Exubera was first approved in 2006, Pfizer had high hopes for the drug and touted its...

• New Lung Cancer Risk for Exubera

  Brenda Fulmer | April 13, 2008 5:32 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  On April 9, 2008, the FDA announced new safety risks perhaps associated with Pfizer’s diabetes drug, Exubera. Exubera is an inhaled insulin product that was approved for use in the United ...

• Yet Another Study Confirms That Higher Doses of Celebrex Are Associated with Increased Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke

  Brenda Fulmer | April 13, 2008 5:29 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  On March 31, 2008, a study funded by the National Cancer Institute, was published in the medical journal Circulation and analyzed data from six separate studies involving nearly 8,000 patients...

• Malt-O-Meal Cereal Recalled for Salmonella

  Shannon Weidemann | April 10, 2008 9:47 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Possible Salmonella contamination is forcing a recall of popular Malt-O-Meal breakfast cereal. The cereal recall involves the puffed rice varieties made by Malt-O-Meal. The cereals include...

• Allstate Barred from Writing New Insurance Policies in Florida

  Joe Saunders | April 07, 2008 11:35 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Florida's First District Court of Appeals has overturned a lower court ruling and reinstated the ban on Allstate writing new insurance policies in Florida. The original controversy surrounded...

• Florida Man Wrongfully Convicted to Receive $1.25M

  Shannon Weidemann | April 04, 2008 11:12 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  A man that was wrongfuly convicted in 1981 for rape and spent over 24 years in prison will receive compensation equalling $1.25 Million. The Florida Legislature passed a bill that would give him...