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Feb 29

Medical Malpractice Lawyers: Safety Review Finds that Dirty Surgical Instruments and Medical Devices are a Widespread Cause of Infections

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 […]

Feb 28

2/28/12 – Personal Injury Lawyers Discuss Lack of Monitoring for Patient Safety

By Joe Messa

Personal Injury Lawyers Discuss Lack of Monitoring for Patient Safety An article in the New England Journal of Medicine called the Riata heart defibrillator another example of the lack of patient safety monitoring in the U.S. According to the article, the device’s defect was not recognized as quickly as it should have been because,“U.S. surveillance […]

Feb 27

Philadelphia Personal Injury Attorneys Discuss the Debate over Seatbelts on School Buses

By Joe Messa

February 27, 2012 – The recent Burlington County, New Jersey school bus accident in Chesterfield, as well as the school bus accident in Cumberland, New Jersey, five days later, has re-ignited the debate over seatbelt requirements in states such as Pennsylvania where seatbelts are not mandated on school buses. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) […]

Feb 24

Personal Injury Attorneys Caution Consumers on Using Recalled Meijer Touch Point Fan Heaters that Pose Fire and Shock Hazards

By Joe Messa

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, […]

Feb 23

Medical Malpractice Lawyers: Neglected Pregnant Inmate Dies, Along with Unborn Child

By Joe Messa

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 […]

Feb 17

Personal Injury Attorneys: Eleven Year-Old Girl Killed in Bus Accident

By Joe Messa

Personal Injury Attorneys: Eleven Year-Old Girl Killed in Bus Accident A student travelling to school on a school bus in Burlington County was killed after the bus collided with a dump truck yesterday morning. In addition to the child who was killed, more than a dozen other students suffered injuries as a result of the […]

Feb 09

Personal Injury Attorneys Fear Validity of Philly Daycare

By Joe Messa

A 4-month-old baby was pronounced dead yesterday at Saint Christopher’s Hospital for Children after paramedics responded to calls saying the boy was not breathing. The child was among about 25 children being cared for in a Northeast Philadelphia row home being operated as a daycare. According to the Department of Public Welfare, the home is […]

Feb 08

Personal Injury Attorneys Settle Over 15,000 Avandia Lawsuits

By Joe Messa

Avandia manufacturer, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), has agreed to settle more than 20,000 pharmaceutical and drug injury cases on behalf of patients claiming the drug causes heart attacks. Avandia was once the world’s best-selling diabetes pill, generating $3 billion in annual sales, but was withdrawn from the market in Europe and firmly regulated in the U.S. because […]

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