The Legal Examiner Pensacola Archives

• Ketek Investigation Continues

  Robert Blanchard | January 30, 2008 9:04 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Democrats have now subpoenaed workers in the FDA to determine how in the world they approved Ketek despite scientific concerns over its safety. The new antibiotic ended up killing people from liver damage. Turns out the clinical trials were falsified and at least one doctor has gone to prison. Still no one at Aventis or the FDA has yet to be punished, so well intentioned lawmakers are at least...

• More Heparin Problems

  Robert Blanchard | January 26, 2008 11:33 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  On the heals of the newly expanded recall of Am2Pat pre-filled hepain syringes for bacterial contamination, another manufacturer (Baxter) has annnounced a recall nearly 10% of its yearly heparin production. The press is implying a link to the case filed by actor Dennis Quaid over the overdosing of his two infant children by poorly labeled heparin, but the vials involved are actually different....

• Allstate Suspended In Florida

  Robert Blanchard | January 16, 2008 12:40 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Well they finally made the Florida legislature mad enough to do something. For years Allstate has promised to lower rates if given various tort reforms and other perks from our lawmakers. The state always fell for it (read "insurance money political contributions"), but the companies never lowered their rates and the consumers continued to pay through the nose, only with more and more of their...

• Florida Tobacco Cases Filed

  Robert Blanchard | January 14, 2008 12:06 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  The deadline for former smokers in Florida to file their injury lawsuits against big tobacco has come and gone and estimates of the number filed are still under 10,000 total suits. That is a far cry from the 700,000 class members originally designated as entitled to damage awards. The Florida Supreme Court took away that award but did let stand the jury findings that the companies were negligent...

• Lawsuits Decline

  Robert Blanchard | January 03, 2008 3:52 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  There have been some news reports that not as many product liability lawsuits were filed last year (2007) as were filed in 2006. Of course, 2006 was an unusual year for the number of filings, given all the lawsuits filed over Vioxx and heart devices. The number of lawsuits filed in 2007 was still greater than were filed in 2005. I can foresee tort reform advocates pointing to ...