Posts tagged General Personal Injury

• Vytorin and Zetia - Consumers Ripped Off

  Jean Martin | March 31, 2008 10:35 AM | 0 CommentsWilmington, NC Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Doctors are being urged to cut their prescriptions of the popular cholesterol-lowering drugs Vytorin and Zetia in patients. A recent clinical study showed that Vytorin and Zetia were far more expensive yet far less effective than statin drugs. The study did not raise significant safety issues among patients treated with Vytorin, but did suggest that patients need not pay the higher cost for...

• Yamaha Rhino ATVs Unsafe

  Jean Martin | February 19, 2008 7:48 PM | 0 CommentsWilmington, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Since its introduction in 2003, the safety of the Yamaha Rhino has been called into question. With several fatalities, accidents, and serious injuries, the Rhino is considered among the most dangerous all-terrain vehicles (ATV) available to consumers. As an acknowledgement of the accidents that have occurred thus far, Yamaha offered to install doors on all Rhinos as an increased safety measure,...

• ATV Rollover Accidents - Yamaha Rhino's Defective Design

  Jean Martin | February 19, 2008 6:53 PM | 0 CommentsWilmington, NC Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Despite its unsafe reputation, the Yamaha Rhino ATV is still being sold. With several fatalities, accidents, and serious injuries, the Rhino is considered among the most dangerous all-terrain vehicles available. From severed limbs and head injuries to broken bones and numerous deaths, the list of those who have experienced a traumatic event as a result of the Yamaha Rhino continues to...

• Investigation Reveals Pharmacy Policies Cause Errors

  Gary Shipman | February 14, 2008 4:02 PM | 0 CommentsWilmington, NC Category: Miscellaneous
  

  An investigation by USA Today has revealed that pharmacy errors at the nation's largest drugstore chains, Walgreens and CVS, are caused by corporate policies requiring that pharmacists work long hours and fill prescriptions in as little as two minutes.A study by Auburn University in 2003 projected that the odds of getting a prescription as the result of an error by the filling pharmacist was...

• FDA Issues Warning About Heparin

  Jean Martin | February 12, 2008 4:50 PM | 0 CommentsWilmington, NC Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The FDA on Monday advised doctors to refrain from using Heparin made by Baxter Healthcare after receiving 350 reports this year of vomiting, nausea and breathing difficulty. Heparin is a blood thinner used in surgery and dialysis. Officials first noticed problems after four children who were injected with heparin suffered serious allergic reactions. Government inspectors are examining Baxter's...

• More Health Problems From Fosamax

  Jean Martin | January 29, 2008 1:38 PM | 0 CommentsWilmington, NC Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  A lawsuit filed in New Jersey state court claims that Fosamax caused multiple stress fractures and suppressed bone regeneration in the legs of a woman who took Fosamax for 10 years. More than 400 people already have sued manufacturer Merck alleging that Fosamax causes a bone-decaying condition known as osteonecrosis of the jaw. Osteonecrosis of the jaw is a serious condition in which bone...

• Blood Thinner Heparin Recalled - UPDATED 2/12/08

  Jean Martin | January 29, 2008 9:52 AM | 0 CommentsWilmington, NC Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Baxter Healthcare Corporation has announced the voluntary recall of multiple lots of its blood thinner Heparin. Heparin is used to prevent blood clots in people who have certain medical conditions or who are undergoing certain medical procedures that increase the chance that clots will form. The doses subject to the recall are primarily used for hemodialysis and cardiac invasive procedures....

• More Hernia Repair Patches May Be Defective

  Jean Martin | January 25, 2008 4:02 PM | 0 CommentsWilmington, NC Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Many patients who had experienced abdominal pain, constipation, bowel obstructions and bowel adhesions after hernia repair surgery contacted a lawyer to determine their legal rights only to be told that they did not have a case because the specific mesh patch used in their surgery was not subject to a recall. We at Shipman & Wright, LLP knew that the defect in the patches had to go beyond any...

• Employment Discrimination - MLK had a dream and a mission

  Jean Martin | January 21, 2008 12:16 PM | 0 CommentsWilmington, NC Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  The time is always right to do what is right. - Martin Luther King, Jr.As we reflect on all that Martin Luther King, Jr. was able to accomplish in his life cut too short, one can only wonder what he could have achieved for workers' rights and what he could have done to end the on-going discrimination in the workplace. Everyone is quite familiar with his accomplishments in stomping out racial...

• Zetia and Vytorin - That Which Does Not Kill Us Make Us Sicker?

  Jean Martin | January 15, 2008 9:38 AM | 0 CommentsWilmington, NC Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Yesterday it was announced that, once again, new highly-touted medications are not effective, and worse, may actually do more harm than good. Results from a study regarding Zetia and Vytorin were finally released after much delay and speculation. Much to the public's chagrin, the reports are that Zetia and Vytorin may slightly reduce cholesterol, but they do not reduce plaque build-up in the...