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Helping car accident victims in Memphis, Tennessee

Jul 4th, 2009 | By Ed Wallis | Category: Car Accidents

I am now accepting free case evaluations of anyone who has been injured in a car accident in Memphis, Tennessee or any surrounding community.
If you have been injured, have doctors’ bills to pay, have lost time from work, are disabled, or have suffered a permament or serious condition, you could be entitled to recovery from [...]



Cochlear Implant Lawsuits

Jul 4th, 2009 | By Ed Wallis | Category: Cochlear Implant

Tim Edwards and Ed Wallis have filed two lawsuits on behalf of minors against cochlear implant (“CI”) manufacturer Advanced Bionics related to certain defective HiRes90k cochlear implants.  The two attorneys are currently investigating numerous other cases and are willing to provide any interested persons a free case evaluation. Additional lawsuits will be filing in the [...]



Juries Hand Down Sizeable Awards in Med-Mal Cases

Jun 26th, 2009 | By Ed Wallis | Category: Medical Malpractice

Juries in Indiana have awarded plaintiffs $1.21 million and $5 million in two medical malpractice cases, the Indianapolis Star reports. The verdicts stem from cases involving an unnecessary foot surgery and a miscommunication about X-rays which caused the plaintiff to lose a portion of her stomach. Awards of this size are rare in the state, [...]



FDA Warns Consumers to Discontinue Use of Zicam

Jun 19th, 2009 | By Ed Wallis | Category: Pharmaceutical

Explaining the Cases
Zicam is a popular non-prescription zinc nasal spray. Its manufacturer markets it as a medication to shorten the duration of the common cold. Zicam has been associated with the onset of a condition known as anosmia, which leaves the user with a [...]



Arizona considers more difficult medical malpractice standard

Jun 19th, 2009 | By Ed Wallis | Category: Medical Malpractice

Arizona lawmakers are set to weigh a measure that would make it more difficult for plaintiffs to recover damages in medical malpractice cases, the Arizona Daily Star reports. Under the proposed bill, plaintiffs in medical malpractice cases would be required to prove by “clear and convincing evidence’ that doctors failed to meet expected professional standards. [...]



Indiana Jury Awards Damages in Medical Malpractice Case

Jun 19th, 2009 | By Ed Wallis | Category: Medical Malpractice

An Indiana jury has ordered several Indianapolis health care providers to pay a combined $5 million to a woman who was misdiagnosed in 2000. According to the lawsuit, Clarian Health Partners, Radiologic Specialists of Indiana and Dr. Richard L. Gilmor failed to diagnose that the woman had suffered a ruptured diaphragm. The misdiagnosis led to [...]



EPA Orders Payments to Asbestos Victims: Contact Ed Wallis for Memphis, Tennessee asbestos help

Jun 19th, 2009 | By Ed Wallis | Category: Asbestos

The Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday that it will provide $6 million in funding to help residents of a small Montana town who were sickened by asbestos exposure. The announcement comes as part of the agency’s first-ever public health emergency and will cover the towns of Libby and Troy. The Department of Health and Human [...]



More on Medtronic’s payment to physicians.

Jun 19th, 2009 | By Ed Wallis | Category: Medical Device

A former military surgeon accused of falsifying medical research received more than $780,000 from Medtronic between 2001 and 2009, according to information released on Wednesday by the company. Medtronic said the payments to Dr. Timothy R. Kuklo were reimbursement for travel expenses, speaking engagements, training other doctors or other consulting services. The Justice Department is [...]



Officials: Device Maker Engaged in Illegal Marketing

Jun 18th, 2009 | By Ed Wallis | Category: Cochlear Implant, Medical Device

Federal prosecutors on Tuesday indicted a medical device maker and four of its executives on charges that they illegally tested and promoted a bone filler for unapproved uses. According to the indictment, Synthes Inc. pursued unapproved trials for its Norian XR product and promoted it aggressively among select doctors. It is unusual for federal prosecutors, [...]



Medical Malpractice Survivors Decry Possible Stripping of Rights

Jun 17th, 2009 | By Ed Wallis | Category: Medical Malpractice

For Release:
June 15, 2009
Contact: Joanne Doroshow or Andy Hoffman - Center for Justice & Democrary
(212) 267-2801; cell (917) 548-5263
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE SURVIVORS DECRY
POSSIBLE STRIPPING OF RIGHTS IN PRESIDENT’S HEALTH CARE PLAN
NEW YORK - Sixty-four survivors of medical malpractice from 21 states sent a
letter to President Obama today expressing extreme concern that the rights
of medical malpractice [...]