Chicago Personal Injury Law Blog
Discussion and news about personal injury cases and causes of action.
Author: William G. Pintas is a Chicago personal injury lawyer.
Blawg Related Categories: Law Practice Management • Tort Law • Solo / Small Firm • Legal Information
Recent Posts from Chicago Personal Injury Law Blog
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Avandia Stays on the Market
Recently, the FDA overwhelmingly refused to take Avandia, the diabetes drug, off the market, despite studies that showed increased heart attack as a very realistic side effect. Weaknesses in those studies were one of the…
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A Feline Harbinger of Death
In the story of Oscar the cat lies a temporary light-hearted break with the serious nature of our blog: Residents at the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Providence, Rhode Island, have their very…
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Impending Dangers of Food Poisoning
Every year, people travel in droves to visit the Taste of Chicago to sample delicacies from a variety of different restaurants. This year, some consumers who visited the Pars Cove booth contracted food poisoning due…
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New Guidelines for Detecting Down Syndrome
Having a baby is a joyous experience. Every mother wants their child to be healthy. Imagine a mother's consternation in the realization that her baby has Down Syndrome. And imagine her reaction when she is…
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Pending Lawsuits for Faulty Defibrillators
"Boston Scientific Corp. said it agreed to settle all pending federal lawsuits against the company alleging harm from faulty defibrillators and pacemakers for $195 million, well below the sum the company had estimated as its…
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Nursing Home Abuse
"While the traditional view of elder abuse in nursing homes involves staff harming residents, new research suggests residents may have more to fear from their peers..."Read the full article at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19712822/from/ET/
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Chinese Tires Recalled
"Federal officials have told a small New Jersey importer to recall 450,000 radial tires for pickup trucks, sport utility vehicles and vans after the company disclosed that its Chinese manufacturer had stopped including a safety…
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Hospital Staph Infections Rampant
"As many as 1.2 million hospital patients are infected with dangerous, drug-resistant staph infections each year, almost 10 times more than previous estimates, based on findings from a major new study.And 48,000 to 119,000 hospital…
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Prescription Info Used to Improve Sales or Safety?
"How do pharmaceutical companies know which doctors prescribe the latest and most expensive brand name drugs? They have inside information on the prescribing habits of virtually every doctor in the United States. Pharmaceutical and device…
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Untold Injuries From Hospital Tubing Misconnections
"When nurse Julie Thao put a spinal drug in Jasmine Gant's arm at St. Mary's Hospital in Madison a year ago, the fatal mistake struck many as a freak event. But Thao's intravenous delivery of…