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• Safety Concerns Surround Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch

  Christina Cole | December 30, 2006 6:22 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  Dr. Joel S. Lippman, former vice president at two Johnson & Johnson alleges in a lawsuit that he was fired for seeking recalls on numerous faulty products that include the Ortho Evra birth control patch with at least 1,000 product liability suits.In Lippman's civil complaint, he alleges he was unlawfully let go on May 15, after 15 years of employment because he repeatedly complained about...

• Missing Alabama Teen's Parents File a Wrongful Death Suit

  Christina Cole | December 28, 2006 3:08 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  Parents of Natalee Holloway have filed a wrongful death suit today against two brothers that were suspects in the case at one time.According to Birmingham News, a civil suit was filed by Beth Twitty and Dave Holloway that claims Deepak and Satish Kalpoe - quote "intentionally, negligently, wantonly" caused fatal injury to their daughter.The suit was filed in California Superior Court in Los...

• Doctor must Pay $9M for Patient Death

  Christina Cole | December 13, 2006 1:33 AM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  A Miami-Dade Circuit Court jury has held a Miami Doctor liable for $9 million dollars in damages in the death of a patient. The case involves Dr. Carmel Barrau. Jessie Sturdivant was his patient in 1999. On Thursday, Jay Cohen, of the Miami firm of Grossman and Roth won the judgment on behalf of Sturdivant's wife. The attorney said his next step is to file a bad faith claim against Barrau's...

• Car Involved in Bus Accident May Have Had Mechanical Problem

  Christina Cole | December 08, 2006 3:50 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  A malfunction in the steering system of the car involved in a devastating school bus crash last week in Huntsville may have been a contributing factor in the accident said an official from the National Transportation Safety Board on Monday.The investigator in charge, Gary Van Etten for the NTSB, said the 1990 Toyota Celica that crashed into the bus that was transporting Lee High Students to...

• Owner is at Fault in Fatal Fire

  Christina Cole | December 08, 2006 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  A jury has determined that a fire in a Route 9 building that killed five people in February 2000 was fueled in part by unsafe conditions caused by the owner. A wrongful death lawsuit relating to the same fire was settled in October. The main cause of the deadly fire is still unknown, but lawyers for many displaced business owners convinced the jury that the owner Sidney Kriensky was aware of...

• FDA Meets Regarding Defective Drug-Eluting Stents

  Christina Cole | December 08, 2006 8:52 AM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  The FDA met today regarding problems related to drug-eluting stents.Many independent studies, The World of Congress and leading cardiologists have shown that drug-eluting stents might actually cause additional blood clots, rather than helping to keep heart arteries open. Since their inception in 2003, drug-eluting stents have been commonly used with over 4 million patients receiving such...

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  Staff Writer | December 05, 2006 9:43 AM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

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