U.S. Supreme Court Decides Wyeth v. Levine, Holding There Is No Federal Pre-emption
The U. S. Supreme Court has issued its long-awaited decision in Wyeth v. Levine, according to Bloomberg News, And the news is not good for Wyeth.
The Court held that: “Federal law does not pre-empt Levine’s claim that Phenergan’s label did not contain an adequate warning about the IV push method of administration.” That’s a [...]
News to End the Week
Setting the Record on the “Malpractice Crisis” Straight in Maryland. Today’s Baltimore Sun contains an eye-opening opinion piece that calls for victims of medical malpractice to be treated fairly.
According to the AP News, some doctors are returning to the tradition of making house calls, but are now carrying more than their small black “doctor’s bag.”
British physicians warn [...]
Green Beret’s Death While Showering Tied to KBR’s Negligence
In one of the saddest, and most infuriating pieces of bad news to emerge from Iraq to date, it turns out that a highly decorated, 24-year-old Green Beret died after being eloctrocuted while showering at his base in Iraq, due to shoddy electrical work performed at the base by former Halliburton subsidiary KBR, according to [...]