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• Pain and Suffering Caps on lawsuits are unfair

  Donald Caminiti | February 26, 2008 2:08 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  Former Dallas Cowboy Ron Springs, who has been in a coma since the fall after surgery to remove a cyst, is one of 11 plaintiffs challenging Texas' medical malpractice cap in a lawsuit filed Monday.The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in Marshall, challenges the 2003 Medical Malpractice and Tort Reform Act, which limits awards in Texas. The lawsuit asks...

• Back Pain - Injury or Accident

  Donald Caminiti | February 26, 2008 12:57 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  11/04 Neuroscience article shows objectively that those in chronic pain have resultant cortical atrophy. i.e. the brain shrinks. Great article. It is not the only one, by the way. Here is abstract: 1: J Neurosci. 2004 Nov 17;24(46):10410-5. Chronic back pain is associated with decreased prefrontal and thalamic graymatter density.Apkarian AV, Sosa Y, Sonty S, Levy RM, Harden RN, Parrish TB,...

• Women and Heart Disease

  Karen Gatlin | February 19, 2008 11:02 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  While there are classic symptoms of myocardial infarction (heart attack), such as chest pain, sweating, shortness of breath. and pain radiating to the left arm, women often show atypical symptoms such as nausea, light-headedness, anxiety, weakness/fatigue, pain between the shoulder blades and heartburn. Physicians must be alert for these symptoms. An EKG is essential to rule out heart attack...

• Consumer Fraud Medical Reimbursement

  Donald Caminiti | February 15, 2008 12:45 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  SAN FRANCISCO (Thomson Financial) - The New York Attorney General'sOffice said Wednesday it plans to file suit against Ingenix Inc., itsparent UnitedHealth Group (nyse: UNH - news - people ), and threeadditional subsidiaries, as part of an investigation into a 'scheme byhealth insurers to defraud consumers by manipulating reimbursementrates.'In addition, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo...

• Coming and Going Rule

  Carter Corriston | February 13, 2008 4:03 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  What happens if I am injured on the way to work? Generally, unless you have arrived to your place of employment you will not be eligible to collect under workers compensation for injuries you suffer. This issue often is when are you deemed to have arrived at work. Certainly if your company has parking on the premises the minute you enter the lot you would be deemed to have arrived. Or if you...

• Girl's Bicycles' recall - frame failure

  Donald Caminiti | February 13, 2008 3:15 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Trek Recalls Girls Bicycles Due To Frame Failure WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, incooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntaryrecall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop usingrecalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of Product: Trek MT220 Girls BicyclesUnits: About 49,000Importer: Trek Bicycle...

• Use of Cell Phone while Driving

  Donald Caminiti | February 13, 2008 3:08 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  International Paper Co. has agreed to pay $5.2 million to settle a lawsuit that claimed the company was liable for a car crash caused by an employee who was talking on a company-provided cell phone. The plaintiff in the case eventually lost most of her arm following medical complications. Attorneys for International Paper maintained that the employee was not talking on the cell phone at the time...