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Personal Injury Attorneys Inform Parents Of Website Aimed at Helping Parents to Choose Car Seats Personal injury attorneys know that one of the biggest challenges for parents is preventing injuries to their children while they are travelling in a car. That is why the Philadelphia personal injury attorneys of Messa & Associates are happy to […]
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Personal Injury Attorneys: FDA Letter Warns Medical Device Manufacturer About Handling of Complaints The Food and Drug Administration has released a copy of the warning letter sent to Synthes Inc. last month. The letter serves as the FDA’s official notice to the medical device company of the ongoing investigation into its “failure to establish and […]
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Medical Malpractice Lawyers Discuss the Importance of Brain Injury Awareness Month March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. It is important to be aware of traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) because it a common injury among many Americans. About 1.7 million people per year suffer traumatic brain injuries and more than three million children and adults live […]
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Medical Malpractice Attorneys: Poor Care for Poor Patients? Medical malpractice attorneys report the findings of a new study that shows that lower income patients are less likely to sue their doctors for medical negligence or malpractice. Doctors Have “Unconscious” Bias Against Poor Patients The study, published by Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research and authored by […]
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Medical Malpractice Lawyers: Safety Review Finds that Dirty Surgical Instruments and Medical Devices are a Widespread Cause of Infections The Food and Drug Administration held a two-day workshop last summer to address concerns regarding dirty medical devices. During the meeting, device manufacturers and hospital representatives met with officials from the CDC (Centers for Disease Control […]
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Philadelphia personal injury attorneys of Messa & Associates advise that Meijer, Inc. has recalled approximately 6,102 of its Touch Point brand oscillating forced air heaters because exposed and unshielded electrical components on the defective product can cause the heater to overheat and melt. This poses fire and electrical shock hazards to consumers. In one case, […]
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The family of Luan Morales has been awarded $300,000 in the settlement of a wrongful death case. Morales was pregnant while incarcerated at the West Valley Detention Center in San Bernardino County, California. She experienced critical pregnancy complications but was given no emergency care and bled to death as a result of the delayed medical […]
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Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has issued a formal apology for a doctor’s mistake in telling Chrissy and Joe Rivera that he would not perform a kidney transplant on their 3-yeard-old daughter because she is “mentally retarded.” Medical malpractice attorneys are appalled at the insensitivity of this doctor towards the difficult situation his patients were in. […]
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Philadelphia personal injury attorneys of Messa & Associates report that McNeil Consumer Healthcare has announced a recall of seven lots of grape-flavored Infants Tylenol. Approximately 574,000 1 oz. bottles of Oral Suspension Infants’ Tylenol are included in the recall. McNeil has received complaints from consumers having difficulty using the Infants’ Tylenol SimpleMeasure dosing system. The […]
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