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• Manufacturer of OxyContin Settles Lawsuits

  David Lowe | January 29, 2007 10:34 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Pharmaceutical manufacturer Purdue Pharma has announced that it has settled over 1,000 OxyContin cases related to its controversial painkiller OxyContin.The suits claimed damages from OxyContin addiction or overdose. While claiming that it had resolved nearly every case in its favor, Purdue spokesman Timothy Bannon explained Purdue's decision to settle over 90 percent of all pending cases in 10...

• Bush Administration View of Judicial Independence: Scary

  David Lowe | January 22, 2007 7:23 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  An editorial from the Appleton Post-Crescent responds to the frightening views about judicial independence purveyed in a recent speech by U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez. The Bush Adminstration sees our constitutional scheme as one that would have the judiciary defer to the judgments of the executive and legislative branches. Rightfully calling these views "appalling", the editorial...

• The Real Aim Of Tort Reform: The Elimination of Compensation For The Personal Injury Victim

  David Lowe | January 14, 2007 4:41 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Today's New York Times editorial page features an excellent piece that illustrates the unfairness of "tort reform", whose purpose is to protect business by denying compensation to personal injury victims. The article focuses on an egregious situation in the State of Alabama where a chemical injury victim is barred from suing until "manifest injury" has surfaced, but then has the case dismissed...

• Intimidation of Expert Witnesses for Malpractice Victims Blocks Access To The Courts

  David Lowe | January 10, 2007 1:03 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  It is always a challenge for the malpractice victim to find a qualified doctor willing to stand up in court and point the finger at another member of the profession who has committed malpractice. Most potential experts are specialists who depend on referrals from general practice doctors and others in the same community. Testifying against a colleague in the community can be the death knell...

• Table Collapse Kills Young Girl

  David Lowe | January 04, 2007 11:47 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is reporting that an 8 year old girl was killed and her 11 year old cousin injured when a large table collapsed or overturned at a Beloit laundromat. The death was caused by crushing injuries to the head when the table fell. The facts of the tragedy remain unclear, although local police are calling it a tragic accident rather than a crime. The authorities will...

• Zyprexa Side-Effects Suspected In Man's Death

  David Lowe | January 04, 2007 6:53 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Today's New York Times presents a portrait of a man whose family believes died from side effects of Zyprexa. The man had been on the anti-psychotic drug manufactured by Eli Lilly, also known as olanzipine, for over five years to treat his bipolar disorder and control hallucinations. While the drug had stabilized his moods, his weight ballooned and he developed serious heart disease and died. ...