Seems to me that this creates a huge conflict of interest issue which may interfere with providing proper and adequate medical care.
Perhaps this is a good time to review the Principles of Medical Ethics.
Doctors’ Ties to Drug Companies Called Commonplace
Most physicians (94 percent) reported some type of relationship with the pharmaceutical industry. Most of [...]
Zelnorm (tegaserod maleate) Recall Information
Zelnorm, IBS Drug Taken Off the Market
FDA Public Health Advisory
FDA is issuing this public health advisory to inform patients and health care professionals that the sponsor of Zelnorm (tegaserod maleate), Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, has agreed to stop selling Zelnorm. Zelnorm is being taken off the market because a new safety [...]
OSHA Leaves Worker Safety in Hands of Industry
WASHINGTON, April 24 — Seven years ago, a Missouri doctor discovered a troubling pattern at a microwave popcorn plant in the town of Jasper. After an additive was modified to produce a more buttery taste, nine workers came down with a rare, life-threatening disease that was ravaging their [...]
Lawsuits Against Va. Tech Face Hurdles
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – Five years before the massacre at Virginia Tech, a deeply disturbed student went on a murderous rampage at the Appalachian School of Law, killing three and wounding three others.
Some victims and family members sued the law school and eventually settled for $1 million. Similar [...]
An Insurance Policy You Probably Don’t Have
A number of home and business owners hit by the massive weekend storm in the Northeast are discovering yet another type of coverage they didn’t know they needed — sewer-backup insurance.
As flood waters and runoff overwhelmed many sewer systems in New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut and elsewhere, sewage [...]
Colorado Springs Business Journal
A bill being considered by the Colorado General Assembly would either provide more transparency about medical malpractice insurance for consumers, or would drive doctors out of Colorado — depending on whom you ask.
Senate Bill 248 is known as the “disclosure bill” to the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, which is supporting the bill. [...]
Is it possible at all to find a set of jurors who are not influenced by what they know and have heard about the Oswego crash? I am not sure that is possible…
Judge warns of pre-trial publicity in Oswego crash case
Kendall County Judge Thomas Mueller is warning both sides not to talk to reporters about [...]
“More than 1,000 personal injury lawsuits filed in Texas over the once-popular pain medication Vioxx were put on hold Friday after a judge ruled the drug’s manufacturer had given adequate warnings about the drug.
State District Judge Randy Wilson, based in Harris County, granted a motion by Merck & Co. Inc., the drug’s manufacturer, to dismiss [...]
Content for Reprint blog has some good advice on how to go about choosing an attorney to represent you for injuries you have suffered as a result of another person’s carelessness:
1. Check their websites and gather information about them in the internet. Does your data reveal that have expertise or capability in the field of [...]
