While firearms manufacturers and dealers are shielded in part under the 2005 Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, which limits liability when their products are used in crimes, New York state passed a law last year designed to allow civil suits to be brought against the gun manufacturers. Unlike politicians, trial lawyers find ways to act […]
The recall, which covers some 2021 model year Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator vehicles, was prompted as an engine compartment fire could occur while the car is parked or being driven, even with the ignition off, the No. 2 U.S. automaker said. The story is here: Ford Recalls 39,000 U.S. SUVs After Engine Fire Reports […]
Maybe the worst example of special protections purchased by wealth and power is the National Rifle Association’s death grip on the national legislature over the last few decades: blocking any meaningful regulation of sales and passing federal legislation granting certain immunities from civil suit. Perhaps the timing is a coincidence, but as the NRA’s power, […]
Prison Time for Virginia Doctor Abusing Prescription Privileges A former Virginia doctor has been sentenced to three years in prison for writing prescriptions that mixed powerful painkillers into narcotic cocktails that killed at least four of her patients, officials said, I am working on cases involving opioid use disorder (OUD) and the misdiagnosis and treatment […]
CMS Changes Coverage Rules On Breakthrough Devices
Study: Personal care products send a child to the emergency room every two hours.
Lancet: Firearms: the cost of inaction
Lancet: A Study of Gun Deaths In US, Mexico, Brazil and Columbia
Junk Industry Studies That Violate Common Decency: Juul E-Cig Study Was Mostly Kids Too Young To Smoke
Violating Their Federalist Society Principles, Activist Supreme Court Conservatives Legislate from the Bench to Create More Immunity for Big Pharma
