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• Nursing Home Aide Accused of Abuse

  Christina Cole | April 18, 2007 4:34 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  Police are investigating an alleged case of nursing home abuse. Officers were called to a Georgetown Healthcare and Rehab where they met with the home direct and a representative from the Department of Social Services. The report alleges a 55-year-old patient was choked by a nurse's aide.In the report, the man said the attacked occurred in December but he had not reported it due to fear of...

• Novartis Agrees to Stop Selling Zelnorm

  Christina Cole | April 11, 2007 4:17 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Novartis Pharmaceutical's cooperation in agreeing to the FDA's request that they volunatarily discontinue the sales and marketing of their drug Zelnorm (tegaserod maleate).The request made by the FDA, was based on new safety analysis studies that showed an increased risk of serious cardiovascula adverse events that include heart attack, chest pain...

• Gary K. Shipman, Attorney at Law

  Staff Writer | April 07, 2007 3:13 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Gary grew up in Wake County, North Carolina, and attended the Wake County public schools. There, he began honing his advocacy skills as the member of his high school debate team, and continued as a debater while attending college at UNC-Wilmington. Because of its commitment to training trial lawyers, Gary attended law school at Campbell University School of Law, where he was named its top...

• Shipman & Wright, L.L.P.

  Staff Writer | April 07, 2007 3:05 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Our North Carolina law firm, Shipman & Wright, L.L.P., represents plaintiffs in matters of personal injury, medical malpractice, products liability, consumer fraud and class actions. People injured in serious accidents, hurt by defective products, or injured on the job have looked to us for dedicated advocacy since 1980. For more information about our practice and law firm, contact our...