Personal Injury Updates - compelling news of interest
This week, I came across a few interesting articles and blogs that cover personal injury. The first one is the article "Friend when we need one" from the Arizona Republic by E.J. Montini. He discusses how the public often perceives Personal Injury Lawyers as "ambulance chasers". The Journalist and fellow blogger (montiniblog.azcentral.com) speaks candidly about how the mere mention of a personal injury lawyer representing a family in a tragic highway case, resulted in a barrage of name calling and insults from the public. He goes on to give examples of how many do not appreciate the value of a personal injury attorney, until they need one. Kudo's to E.J. Montini for representing the positive side of a plaintiff's lawyer. Of course there are a few bad apples that give trial lawyers a bad name, however, most Injury Attorneys are passionate about getting the best value and compensation their clients deserve, based on the nature of the injury.
Michael A. Ferrara, Jr., a Cherry Hill, New Jersey Personal Injury Lawyer, shares some startling facts about OTC Cold Medicines and the dangerous for Kids in his Injuryboard Blog Post. Recent reports from the CDC and Prevention, show that there were over 1,500 babies and toddlers taken to to emergency rooms over a two-year period because of the OTC cold medicine. The FDA' "strongly recommends " that OTC cough and cold medicines not be used for infants and children younger than 2, according to Dr. Charles Ganley, director of the FDA's Office of Nonprescription Products. An article on CNN.com shares an alarming statement from the FDA stating that many parents have not gotten the message about the severity of the issue, despite the media attention on the subject in Fall 2007. Check out the compelling newsworthy CNN.com video on "not giving OTC cough medicine to children under the age of two. We encourage you to share this link with parents that have small children. This is a message that all parents with small children need to hear. The ever so popular Dr. Sanjay Gupta gives a succinct update on the FDA announcement. I can't fail to mention that Vick's Nyquil had a sponsored ad right next to the Child Cold Medicine warning. Talk about product placement, I could not help but wonder if more people felt the same way that I felt that the Nyquil being next to this story was not in good taste. I have nothing against the product, in fact I have this product in my medicine cabinet at home.
The California Injury Blog's John Bisnar, writes about the newest recall of E. Coli Beef by a Minnesota meat packer. An alarming report by MSNBC stated that almost 188,000 pounds of ground beef patties and other meat products was recalled because officials believe the beef could be contaminated with dangerous E. Coli bacteria. The USDA issued a release with a list of meat recalled by Rochester Meat Company, you can click here to read the release. It is important to note that the recalled ground beef patties were not available for purchase by consumers in retail establishments. This means that soon we will find out what restaurants or distributors were the lucky recipients of the recalled beef. Stay tuned....
Check out the USDA consumer website and hotline that answers food safety questions, called AskKaren.gov. The toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline 1-888-MPHotline (1-888-674-6854) is available in English and Spanish and can be reached from l0 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Eastern Time) Monday through Friday.
Tom Lamb at the Drug Injury Watch gives us the important information about how "The FDA Aims To Improve Its Detection Of Drug Safety Signals" with his post on the FDA Public Workshop that will take place on January 29, 2008 at The Conference Facility (terrace level) in Rockville, Maryland at 5635 Fishers Lane on January 29, 2008, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Paige Trop & Ameen at the Florida Injury Attorney Blog discuss the recent wrongful death setllement of the Nascar crash that tragically killed Janise Woodward and her son, when the plane crashed onto the Woodward residence last July. According to an Orlando Sentinel.com article, the plane that crashed not only took the life of Janise Woodward and her infant son, but also claimed the lives of the plane's occupant's Dr. Bruce Kennedy and Michael Klemm, a senior pilot. In addition to destroying the Woodward home, it destroyed a neighbor's home and took the life of their 4-year old daughter and left the husband and brother with severe burns. The plane crash was a tragedy on all fronts. My thoughts and prayers go out to all of the families affected by the crash.
