The Pop Tort

Recent Posts from The Pop Tort

• Sarah Palin “Going Rogue” On the Exxon Valdez Case

  We were as surprised as anyone when Sarah Palin actually denounced the really bad 2008 U.S. Supreme Court decision that slashed the Exxon Valdez oil spill verdict, saying 30,000 victims could only get one-tenth of…

• The Floodgates of Justice for Katrina Victims!

  The news has been “flooded” with reports of the possible “floodgate” of lawsuits in light of the incredible ruling by a federal judge that the flooding of St. Bernard Parish and the Lower 9th Ward…

• Vonage Settles Lawsuit With 32 States Over Sketchy Marketing Practices

  Good news for victims of “voice over Internet protocol (VoIP)" phone giant Vonage’s unofficial “I just can’t quit you” campaign. The company, has reached a settlement in a lawsuit with 32 state AGs over the…

• Hilarious SNL Opening on Medical Malpractice

  It’s not everyday that Saturday Night Live audiences get to see just what we’re talking about! Check out the video at about 2:05 for a little patient safety humor.

• Swine Flu Vaccine Production – More Craziness from Big Business

  The conservative Federalist Society held a little pow-wow yesterday to strategize about “federal preemption” - immunity for corporations that produce unsafe products - which the U.S. Supreme Court rejected earlier this year. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it…

• Dartmouth Atlas and Physician Supply - No Relation to "Tort Reform"

  First it was the GAO. Then the Bureau of Economic Research. The Cincinnati Enquirer. The Texas Observer. What are we talking about? Clear evidence by any credible benchmark that there is no link between state…

• Court Documents Reveal Pfizer was Massaging Data to Increase Neurotonin Sales

  Documents obtained in lawsuits by insurers and consumers against the “world’s biggest drug maker” Pfizer have given rise to a report to be published today in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), indicating the…

• In the News: Special Veterans Day Edition

  Military vets and contractors have filed thirty-two lawsuits from 32 states against the likes of Halliburton and KBR, claiming the companies exposed them “to toxic fumes by burning everything from human remains to tires in…

• Actor James Woods Sues a Rhode Island Hospital Over Brother’s Death

  Celebrities are often thought to be more or less immune from the everyday challenges of common folk, but as Dennis Quaid, the late Ed McMahon, Dana Carvey, and others have shown, they can be victims…

• U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley Advocates Patient Safety—Gets Shouted Down on House Floor

  If you thought U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson’s “You lie!” moment during President Obama’s health care speech to Congress was an aberration, think again. This past weekend, as Rep. Bruce Braley (D-IA) dared to champion the…