Safety and Health Reporter
- Bone Tumor Misdiagnosis
- Posted on January 18, 2011 by Brien Roche
- Bone tumor misdiagnosis can have fairly immediate consequences. Medical malpractice attorneys need to understand that malignant bone tumors, unlike other types of tumors, do not spread through the lymphatic system but rather they tend to spread through the blood stream. As such, there is no need to remove the lymphatic system ...
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Posted in Medical Malpractice
- Immigration Malpractice Law
- Posted on January 18, 2011 by Brien Roche
- Lawyer malpractice practitioners received some clarification on January 13, 2011 when the Virginia Supreme Court indicated that criminal sentences could not be amended more than 21 days after the date of the final order unless the defendant was still in jail and filed a habeas corpus petition within two years of ...
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Posted in Professional Negligence
- Product Liabilty Disclosure
- Posted on January 12, 2011 by Brien Roche
- Product liability disclosure may apply to publicly traded corporations. In the case of Matrixx Initiatives v. Siracusano the U. S. Supreme Court heard argument on January 10, 2011 about the issue of when a publicly traded company may have a duty to inform stockholders of a problem with its product ...
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Posted in Product Liability
- Consumer Product Safety Commission Database
- Posted on January 11, 2011 by Brien Roche
- Consumer Product Safety Commission database continues to be a source of controversy according to product liability lawyer Brien Roche. On January 11, 2011 The Consumer Product Safety Commission will offer to the public and product liability lawyers an online preview of how its new database will work. At present, the ...
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Posted in Product Liability
- Alcohol Detectors
- Posted on January 10, 2011 by Brien Roche
- Accident lawyer Brien Roche reports alcohol detectors are now sophisticated enough that they can actually detect the presence of alcohol in a person's body when that person gets behind the wheel of a car. This is technology that has been developed in the last 10 years as a result of ...
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Posted in Auto Accident
- Artificial Hips
- Posted on January 10, 2011 by Brien Roche
- According to product liability sources artificial hips manufactured by DePuy Orthopaedics have failed at an alarming rate. The product liability consequences are significant. Although most consumers think that medical devices like this are subject to FDA approval there is a loophole in the approval process. Unlike new drugs, which have to ...
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Posted in Product Liability
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Posted on January 10, 2011 by Brien Roche
- Post-traumatic stress disorder is defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders as being a complex, varying psychological and biological response to an acute stressor, experienced directly or indirectly, or to chronic stress.Personal injury attorney Brien Roche reports that this condition frequently rears its head in personal injury litigation.
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Posted in Personal Injury
- Laparoscopic Surgery Negligence
- Posted on January 7, 2011 by Brien Roche
- Laparoscopic surgery medical malpractice comes in a number of forms. Laparoscopic surgery itself refers to the intra-abdominal surgery that is performed through ports that are inserted through the abdominal wall so as to allow the placement of cameras that have been inserted to provide a picture of the actual surgery. This form ...
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Posted in Medical Malpractice
- Stove Range Defects
- Posted on January 7, 2011 by Brien Roche
- Stove range defects are a hidden hazard in many homes and apartments thereby giving rise to product liability claims. A serious hazard that many consumers simply are not aware of is that of range tipping. If a range tips as a result of a child putting weight on an open ...
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Posted in Product Liability
- High Speed Police Chases
- Posted on January 5, 2011 by Brien Roche
- High speed police chases resulting in injury may be the basis for a claim against the police officer and the employer on a number of different theories according to accident lawyer Brien Roche . The U. S. Supreme Court has made these types of claims based upon a due process ...
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Posted in Auto Accident
