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• FDA Requests Recall of ALL Shelhigh Medical Devices

  Michael Phelan | May 03, 2007 3:23 PM | 2 CommentsRichmond, VA

  On May 2, 2007, the FDA issued a formal written request to Shelhigh, Inc. to recall ALL of its medical devices remaining in the marketplace. I blogged in April about the April 17, 2007 raid by U.S. Marshals of Shelhigh's Union, N.J. plant. At the FDA's request, the Marshals seized all medical devices found at the plant because of concerns that the devices were not sterile. During the raid,...

• Attorney Ford Interviewed on Infant Brain Injury

  Aubrey Ford | February 26, 2007 5:44 PM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  A front-page article in the Waynesboro, Virginia " The News Virginian" newspaper discusses a major case involving a traumatic brain injury to a child and includes an interview with the child's counsel, Aubrey Ford of Cantor Arkema, P.C. Ethan Holley, now three years old, suffered a brain injury in utero while his mother served as a Waynesboro police officer resulting from the negligence of...

• Case "Vignette" Published in New England Journal of Medicine Contains Outdated Theories Concerning Concussion

  Michael Phelan | January 12, 2007 1:00 AM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  The January 11, 2007 issue of the NEJM contains a "case vignette" entitled, Concussion. Ostensibly, a case study about a 64 year old woman who fell on ice and hit her head on a sidewalk, the article reads like an HMO-authored attack on the alleged overuse of CT scanning. The article relies on outdated research and offers medical conclusions that have been long debunked. For example, the...

• Drug Manufacturers Association Revises Code of Ethics

  Aubrey Ford | January 06, 2007 5:05 PM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA), which represents the world's largest drug makers, updated on January 1 its code of ethics for the first time in a decade. The revised code bars drug manufacturers that are members of the federation from lavishing physicians with cash, extravagant all-expenses paid trips, and expensive gifts. Such...

• Blogging in the courtroom

  Staff Writer | April 29, 2006 9:11 AM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  The concept of blogging has become an outlet for creativity, as well as a source of information for the web surfer. However, a San Francisco Judge was recently angered by one lawyer's blogging. As Law.com reports"according to Judge Karnow's ruling, Attorney Kuo, at various points called his opposing counsel "chicken" when she asked for a continuance, directly alluded to her with some posting...

• Cruise Ship Responsibility

  Staff Writer | April 14, 2006 8:30 AM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  Cruise ship discussion at a dinner table usually divides groups in three categories: 1) those who have cruised and enjoyed it, 2) those who have cruised and have a sea sickness story, and 3) everyone else who has never cruised. Usually, the discussion of a cruise ship always begins and end with how much food is available on the ship. Rarely do we think about whether or not a cruise is safe....

• The Silent Tort Reform

  Staff Writer | April 12, 2006 10:39 AM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  Years ago, the Republican party prided itself on limiting the federal government's intrusion into our lives. One legislator joked, "No free man is safe, when the legislature is in session." In many instances, Republicans would take the position that states should have the right to legislate relating to their citizens. This was consistent with the Federalist and what was wrong with governance by...

• Lots of Ads for Medicare

  Staff Writer | February 23, 2006 5:30 PM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  I keep seeing the ads that tell senior citizens about making proper choices about their medicare and prescription benefits. I wondered who was paying for these ads. I guess it should come as no surprise that the Bush Administration, using tax dollars, has funded these political ads to tout the medicare bill.Since these ads were being paid for by taxpayers, who made the ads and what agency was...

• NTSB Recognizes Need to Better Monitor Truck Driver Fatigue

  Michael Phelan | December 04, 2009 1:00 AM | 4 CommentsRichmond, VA

  Last month, Deborah Hersman , Chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board, spoke in Washington to the National Press Club and stated that every day over 100 Americans die in...

• Experts Not Permitted to Testify Plaintiff is Faking or Exaggerating Symptoms

  Michael Phelan | December 02, 2009 11:21 AM | 2 CommentsRichmond, VA

  A written opinion issued earlier this month from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond Division slams shut the door on the defense practice of hiring a...