MANATEE – After a serious car accident, you have questions—and you need money. On top of damage to your car, there are medical bills to take care of and lost days from work to make up for. We aggressively protect our clients from insurance companies that use delay tactics to save money on insurance claims….
PINELLAS – After a serious car accident, you have questions—and you need money. On top of damage to your car, there are medical bills to take care of and lost days from work to make up for. We aggressively protect our clients from insurance companies that use delay tactics to save money on insurance claims….
NATIONAL – The Johnson & Johnson 222Depuy ASR Hip Implant is suppose to last 15 years, but can fail in only a few years after surgery. Victims with faulty hip implants endure excruciating pain, pain in the groin, death of tissue in the hip joint and loss of surrounding bone. TRIPP LAW FIRM – Personal…
NATIONAL – Toyota Motor Corp. has agreed to pay an additional $32.425 million in civil penalties as the result of two separate federal investigations into the automaker’s handling of auto recalls.. Toyota will pay the maximum fines allowable under the law – $16.375 million in one case and $16.050 million in the other – in…
Toys today are often cutting-edge wonders, loaded with gadgets and gizmos. But as toys become more sophisticated, they often pose new dangers for children that safety experts urge parents and gift-givers to consider. Dangers include “tiny magnets, powerful batteries, and laser lights.” Rachel Weintraub, director of product safety for the Consumer Federation of America, said,…
NATIONAL – According to MedPage Today, “Makers of a cochlear implant device have issued a voluntary recall of the device due to malfunctions that may cause severe pain and shocking sensations within a few days of activation.” According to the manufacturer, “Advanced Bionics, the HiRes 90K cochlear implant had to be removed from two patients…
TAMPA – The Concussion Center at the University of South Florida, the first of its kind in the greater Tampa Bay area, has established an integrated, multidisciplinary system of care that is specifically designed to offer medical care, including diagnostic, rehabilitative and referral services for patients with acute concussions or lingering post-concussive syndrome.
STATEWIDE – Lawmakers may be pushing to make motorcycle helmet use mandatory in Florida. The NTSB calls this a public health issue as their figures show that approximately 4,400 people die in the United States each year due to blunt head trauma. Last year in Florida was one of the safest on record. There were 373 motorcycle-related deaths….
In a recent article in USA Today, “If a 747 jetliner crashed every day, killing all 500 people aboard, there would be a national uproar over aviation safety and an all-out mobilization to fix the problem.” However, “in the nation’s hospitals…about the same number of people die on average every day from medical ‘adverse events,’…
According to The Wall Street Journal (11/12, Wotapka, Whelan) reports that a circuit court judge in Palm Beach County, Florida, has relieved some homebuilders of liability for installing tainted Chinese drywall, which is blamed for torpedoing home values and damaging residents’ health. The ruling is expected to serve as a precedent in other jurisdictions, and…