Recent Posts in March, 2015

• FDA Warns of Symptomatic Bradycardia (slowing heart rate) While Taking Combination of Hepatitis C Drugs

  Mar 28, 2015
  The FDA released a new warning that symptomatic bradycardia (serious slowing of the heart rate) can occur when the antiarrhythmic drug amiodarone is ...
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• Painter Settles for $4 Million after Workplace Injury

  Mar 28, 2015
  Plaintiff was working at a site on Tanger Mall Drive in Riverhead when he fell off a display case while attempting to paint a ceiling. During the fall ...
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• $1,500,000 Verdict for Estate of Man Given Morphine Mistakenly

  Mar 27, 2015
  In a skilled nursing facility in Plattsburg, Plaintiff was accidently given a dose of morphine. Plaintiff who previously lived in the Upstate NY area, ...
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• Social Worker Awarded $1 Million after Slipping in Public School

  Mar 26, 2015
  Plaintiff, a social worker, was entering P.S. 132 in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn when she fell on a wet floor. She alleged the negligence of ...
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• FDA Did Not Approve Superbug Scopes

  Mar 26, 2015
  Olympus Corp., manufacturer of endoscopes related to the dangerous superbug outbreak, did not receive approval to sell the medical device. According ...
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• Johnson & Johnson's McNeil Agrees To Pay $25 Million In Settlement For Recall Probe

  Mar 25, 2015
  On March 10, 2015, Johnson & Johnson's subsidiary McNeil, agreed to pay $25 million and forfeit $5 million, for selling recalled infants' Tylenol, ...
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• Elder abuse in nursing homes and assisted living facilities

  Mar 25, 2015
  Many New York residents find the prospect of admitting an elderly relative to a nursing home or assisted living facility troubling. While they ...
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• Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) Associated with Blood Clots & Stroke

  Mar 25, 2015
  Hormone Replacement Therapy has been found to be associated with risks of blood clots and stroke. The treatment for women with menopause symptoms like ...
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