InjuryBoard Milwaukee Archives

• Pregnant Woman Warned Against Use Of Paxil

  David Lowe | November 30, 2006 10:09 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  Pregnant woman are being urged to avoid taking the antidepressant Paxil because of the risk of birth defects. A committee of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has issued the warning based on two separate studies showing that children born to women taking Paxil during their first trimester have experienced nearly twice the incidence of heart defects.In December 2005, the...

• Mattel Recalls Magnetic Toys Due To Swallowing Hazard

  David Lowe | November 27, 2006 4:07 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Mattel has issued a recall notice for Polly Pocket magnetic toys in the wake of reports that three children have been hospitalized for intestinal perforations after swallowing small magnetic parts found in these doll play sets. Mattel is recalling 2.4 million sets, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. The recalled products include the following: Polly Pocket Polly...

• Suit Challenges Illinois Caps on Damage Awards

  David Lowe | November 21, 2006 4:31 PM | 2 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  My colleague Jeffrey M.Goldberg, a nationally-renowned trial attorney who is an expert in birth injury cases, has filed a medical malpractice suit in Illinois on behalf of a child born with cerebral palsy and severe brain damage as the result of a mismanaged labor and delivery. The suit seeks fair compensation for the child and his family, but argues that fair compensation can only be provided...

• Consumer Rights Remain At Risk Despite Mid-Term Election Results

  David Lowe | November 14, 2006 6:19 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  Stephanie Menciimer, author of the blog The Tortellini, cautions in a guest editorial posted in TomPaine.com that victims' rights remain at risk despite the Democratic Party's victory in the mid-term elections. The business lobby, led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, is not going away. As Mencimer observes, So long as Americans continue to exercise their right to sue when they've been injured,...

• Jury Finds for Infant Who Lost Sight Following Birth

  David Lowe | November 13, 2006 4:11 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  A Pennsylvania jury has awarded a 6-year old boy $20 million in a medical malpractice case after he went blind almost immediately following his birth. Those held responsible by the verdict included the hospital, the head of the neonatology unit, the hospital's pediatric opthamologist, and the boy's pediatrician. The boy was born premature and developed retinapathy of prematurity, an eye disease ...

• Don't Overlook Uninsured Motorist Coverage

  David Lowe | November 12, 2006 5:18 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Car accident victims are often surprised to learn that they can recover compensation even if their personal injuries were caused by an uninsured motorist. So long as the injury victim has an auto insurance policy issued in Wisconsin, or is a member of a household having such a policy, the law requires that the insurance policy include uninsured motorist coverage. It must still be proved that the...

• School Bus Accidents: New Data Reveals A Bigger Problem

  David Lowe | November 06, 2006 8:24 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Requring the use of safety belts on buses "not only prevent injuries related to crashes," they could also keep kids seated "so they're not falling out of their seats when buses make normal turns or brake. A study just published in the medical journal Pediatrics found that over 51,000 children required emergency medical attention for non-fatal school bus-related injuries over a three-year period....