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Forsyth Medical Center Exposures Some Patients to Serious Disease Risk

Health and Safety, Medical Malpractice, Talking Law

Today, officials at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC, admitted that improper medical instrument sterilization exposed 18 neurosurgery patients to the deadly Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). CJD is caused by infectious agents called “prions,” which are extremely difficult to kill. On January 18, 2014, a patient suspected of having CJD had surgery. Instead of throwing away […]

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Cause for Caution with Dietary Supplements

Disease & Injury Prevention, Drug Injury, Safety, Talking Law

“Badges? We don’t need no stinkin’ badges!” I can’t help but think of that famous line from the Mel Brooks movie Blazing Saddles when I read about the attitude of the dietary supplement industry. Although they might paraphrase it as “Regulation? We don’t want no stinkin’ regulation!” According to a recent article in The New

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Most Dangerous Intersections in Raleigh

Auto Accident, Disease & Injury Prevention, NC Auto Accident Lawyers, Safety, Talking Law

Each year, the state Department of Transportation (DOT) compiles a list of the most hazardous sections, intersections and bicycle-pedestrian intersections across the state’s highways and byways. The list takes into account a number of factors, chief among them the frequency of accidents and the injuries sustained, using data compiled over a five-year period. For the

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Millions of Dollars Awarded in Transvaginal Mesh Cases

Health and Safety, Medical Devices, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Talking Law

Women who have been harmed by transvaginal surgical mesh are finally seeing justice in the form of positive lawsuit verdicts in the millions of dollars. Some of the verdicts that have come in this year include: A South Dakota woman was awarded $3.35 million because the mesh manufacturer—Johnson & Johnson—failed to adequately warn her doctor

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Law Affects Many Transportation Projects

Inverse Condemnation, Land Condemnation, Talking Law

On June 19, the North Carolina General Assembly ratified Governor McCrory’s revamp of state transportation planning and funding.  The new law is officially called “An Act to Strengthen the Economy through Strategic Transportation Investments,” or “Strategic Transportation Investments” for short. It is a response to an anticipated $1.7 billion funding shortfall for North Carolina’s roadways—and

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What Did Manufacturer Know About Hip Replacement Defects?

Defective Product, Medical Devices, Talking Law

Lots more information since we last wrote about defective metal-on-metal hip replacements. The first trial is underway, and plenty of details are emerging. From all the reports, this looks to be a particularly heinous story of corporate greed causing injury to many thousands of unsuspecting individuals. First, a little background: While all hip replacements pose

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Junior Seau's Family Sues NFL Over Concussion-Related Disease

Brain Injury, Head Injury, Health and Safety, Talking Law, Traumatic Brain Injury

In May 2012, we told you about the apparent suicide death of football star Junior Seau. He killed himself with a shot to the chest, presumably to preserve his brain so that experts could determine whether he was suffering from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a progressive form of brain damage caused by multiple concussions. (To

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