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• Appellate Court Rules Against Veteran In Suit Against Fahrenheit 9/11 Filmmaker

  Bill Tucker | March 27, 2008 9:49 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  A Federal Appellate Court ruled that a veteran did not have a cause of action for defamation against documentary filmmaker Michael Moore for using footage of the veteran's television interview in the movie Fahrenheit 9/11. The veteran, who lost both of his arms after a helicopter tire exploded while he was serving in Iraq, had been interviewed by Peter Jennings of ABC News while he was being...

• When Will the Administration Honor the Wounded Vets?

  Michael Phelan | March 24, 2008 3:43 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Head & Brain Injuries

  A recent hearing before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee highlighted the bureaucratic hell wounded war veterans are facing when they return home from Iraq. The mountains of Department of Veterans' Affairs paperwork and red tape encountered by veterans seeking medical care is especially problematic for those with traumatic brain injuries. Sadly, brain damage from improvised explosive...

• Asbestos Verdict in California

  Michael Phelan | March 13, 2008 5:17 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  A San Francisco jury Monday returned a $20 million verdict in favor of an asbestos victim. The jury determined that the sole remaining defendant at trial, Georgia Pacific Corp., was responsible for 30% of the verdict. The plaintiff was a former film actress and singer who toured the world seven times entertaining our troops as a USO singer. The plaintiff and her husband started a part-time...

• Fake Bad Scale: Weapon of Defense Neuropsychologists

  Michael Phelan | March 05, 2008 4:50 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Head & Brain Injuries

  The Fake Bad Scale (FBS) is a bogus test created by Paul Lees-Haley to wrongly label personal injury claimants as "fakers." The FBS is junk science and should not be allowed in a court of law. Indeed, it violates the province of the jury by attempting to divine the credibility of witnesses. No test can act as a lie detector, which is how forensic defense neuropsychologists are trying to use...

• Heparin Linked to More Deaths

  Michael Phelan | March 02, 2008 1:00 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  The Food and Drug Administration reported last week that the number of deaths associated with heparin, a brand of blood thinner, has risen. The brand of heparin associated with the problems is made by Baxter International. Baxter produces most of the heparin used in the United States. Heparin is made from pig intestines, which, of course, could be supplied by U.S. farmers. Baxter buys its...

• $30 Million Asbestos Verdict

  Michael Phelan | March 02, 2008 1:00 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Mesothelioma is an aggressive lung cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. A New Jersey jury recently returned a $30 million verdict in favor of a 50 year old advertising executive who died from mesothelioma. The decedant's exposure to asbestos was when he worked summer jobs at GM warehouses handling asbestos-containing automotive parts. The decedant's father also worked full-time at the...