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As incredible as it seems, 10 days after seven were killed in a New York City crane collapse, the virtually identical thing happened again in Miami. The startling news this time is that Florida does not regulate or license tower cranes and crane operators. Two workers were killed and five were injured when the crane fell 30 stories. Workplace injuries kill and injury thousands each year. ...

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A three judge panel of the Superior Court of New Jersey's Appellate Division ruled today that a 911 operator and her employer are not immune from liability. Today's unamious rullng reversed the decision of trial court judge Charles Little who found in favor of the 911 operator Marie Cuparo and her employer, the City of Camden (N.J.). In this case, a call came in to the 911 operator for the...

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The New Jersey Senate and Assembly passed changes to the state's 130 year old Wrongful Death bill. The bill then went to the Governor's desk for his signature but he refused to sign it. Under New Jersey law, his failure to sign the bill had the same effect as a veto and the bill died. It will be reintroduced again in the next session of the legislature that began last Tuesday. ...

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Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MRK) withdrew Vioxx from the worldwide market on September 30, 2004. Their own studies showed that it caused heart attacks and strokes. Nearly 80,000 or more folks had heart attacks and strokes while taking Vioxx. Merck, a company who's slogan is "Merck Puts Patients First", did not accept personal responsibiliy, but in trial after trial, sometimes successfully,...

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About twenty years ago when the Japanese, Korean, and European auto manufacturers were gaining market share on the Big Three [GM, Ford, and Chrysler], people wondered why American manufacturers just could never get it right. Folks bought Japanese cars not to help Japan's economy, but because they wanted an reliable car to get to work. For reasons that should be studied in business schools,...

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In the U.S. at least 50 children are backed over every week. Forty-eight of those children are treated in hospital emergency rooms and at least 2 children are killed every week because they can not be seen. Australia has recommend cameras to be installed on all vehicles; but legislation in the United States simply asks for a rear visibility standard to be set. There are two weeks remaining...

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In a terrific blow to those who hope to place artificial caps on those harmed by bad doctors, an Illinios court struck down the caps and found them to be violative of the Constitution. Cook County Circuit Court Judge Diane Larsen ruled today that Public Act 94-677, the law that imposes arbitrary caps on damages for all victims of medical negligence, violates the Illinois Constitution as an...

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According to the National Center for Personal Injury Protection and Control, one out of every 10 US construction workers is accidentally injured every year. In 2003, 400,000 people suffered construction accident injuries so severe that they were forced to miss work that same year. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2005 a total of 4.2 million injuries and illnesses were reported in...

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The prestigious Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and State Farm looked at 30,000 auto crashes involving children between the ages of 4 and 8. They found the 80% of these children were using adult seat belts and not booster seats. In fact, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) found the fewer than 7% of the 20 million children between the ages of 4 and 8 used booster...

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The November 1, 2007 New England Journal of Medicine calls for fuller disclosure of gifts drug companies pay doctors. The article concludes that costs of industry dinners, trips, and other incentives are passed along to their patients in the form of higher drug prices. A bipartisan bill is pending in the Senate called the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. It was introduced by Senators...

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In a stunning reversal, Governor Edward Rendell of Pennsylvania released data showing the so-called medical malpractice crisis in Pennsylvania is over. The state's two largest private medical-malpractice insurers, PMSLIC and MedPro, have kept their premiums steady the last two years, and recently filed for rate decreases. PMSLIC's average rates would fall 11 percent; and MedPro's, 6...

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The United States Attorney in New Jersey announced that he has accepted fines of $311 million from the four largest medical device companies in exchange for not prosecuting them on federal kickback charges. The four companies are Depuy Orthopaedics Inc., a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson in New Brunswick; Smith & Nephew Inc. of Memphis, Tenn.; Biomet Orthopedics of Warsaw, Ind.; and Zimmer...

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), emboldened by the new Drug Safety Law signed by President Bush, is becoming more vocal. In their latest release they have warned parents not to give cold and cough medicines to children. Some of the medicines should not be given to kids under 6 and some for kids under 2. According to the AP, an FDA review of side-effect records filed with the agency...

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With all of the present concern about what drug company sales reps tell doctors, there was a little known study published on this topic in the British Medical Journal (BMJ 2004: 328:485). In that study, researchers analyzed drug materials given to doctors. They found that only 6% of the materials distributed by the drug companies were supported by scientific evidence. Fortunately, in...

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