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Personal Injury and Social Security Disability Blog

The purpose of this blog is to provide information to people who have been injured due to negligence, and to those who have filed for Social Security disability benefits, or who are considering filing for Social Security disability benefits.
By Robert Kraft

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Last Entry: August 13, 2012 at 06:06:00

Study Suggests Sprint Fidelis Leads May Be Failing at Higher Rate Than Previously Known

Posted on February 25, 2009
The Wall Street Journal (2/24, Burton) reports that Medtronic Inc.'s Sprint Fidelis defibrillator leads, "pulled from the market in 2007, represent an 'increasing hazard' for more than 200,000 heart patients world-wide," according to "Minneapolis Heart Institute cardiologist Robert G...

Smith & Wesson Recalls Guns That Could Misfire

Posted on February 25, 2009
A recall of Walther PPK pistols by the manufacturer Smith & Wesson has been reported by the Dallas Morning News. There is an apparent danger that the guns might fire without the trigger being pulled. This might not be a...

Poll Finds People Doubt Impartiality Of Elected Judges Towards Their Donors

Posted on February 24, 2009
In the category of breaking news such as "the earth is still round" comes this poll revealing that people think campaign contributions affect the impartiality of judges: The Charleston (WV) Gazette (2/23, Nyden) reports that a Harris Interactive poll funded...

New Rule Impedes Cases Against Nursing Homes

Posted on February 24, 2009
In the Washington Post (2/24, D2) Regulators column, Cindy Skrzycki writes, "The Bush administration shut off a source of information last fall about abuse and neglect in long-term care facilities that people suing nursing homes consider crucial to their cases...

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FDA Warns Of Deaths Due To Raptiva

Posted on February 23, 2009
The CBS Evening News (2/20, story 8, 0:25, Couric) reported, "Tonight, the FDA reports three patients taking the psoriasis drug Raptiva have died of a rare brain infection. The FDA added its most serious warning to Raptiva four months ago,...

Bunning Suggests Ginsberg Will Likely Succumb To Cancer Within Nine Months

Posted on February 23, 2009
Ouch, this is a cold-hearted thing to say: The Louisville Courier-Journal (2/22, Gerth) reported that Kentucky Sen. Jim Bunning (R) "predicted over the weekend that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg would likely be dead from pancreatic cancer within...

Texas Doctors Say Health Insurance Company Paperwork Hurts Medical Care

Posted on February 22, 2009
A recent article in the Dallas Morning News said that a survey of doctors found that health insurers and government bureaucracy are hurting their ability to care for patients. Here are excerpts: The survey of 850 Texas doctors underscores core...

After 16 Years and Much Litigation, DOJ Puts Auto Fraud Database Online

Posted on February 21, 2009
Law.com reports that after 16 years and litigation by three consumer safety groups, the U.S. Department of Justice has made an online database available to states and consumers to discover automobile fraud and to provide new tools for law enforcement...

Congressmen Seek To Overturn Court Decision On Medical Device Lawsuits

Posted on February 21, 2009
In an article on the front of its Business Day section, the New York Times (2/20, B1, Meier) reports that Reps. Henry A. Waxman (D-CA) and Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ) "plan to reintroduce soon legislation that would effectively nullify the...

FDA Advises Raptiva May Be Associated With Deadly Infection

Posted on February 20, 2009
The AP (2/20, Perrone) reports that, according to the Food and Drug Administration, "three patients taking a Genentech drug," Raptiva, "are believed to have died of a rare brain infection," progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), "a known risk with the skin-clearing...

Friday Fun

Posted on February 20, 2009
Here's a collection of funny road signs from around the world.

Stimulus Package To Give $250 to All Social Security Disability Recipients

Posted on February 20, 2009
The Social Security Administration has announced that the one-time $250 stimulus payment to SSD and SSI recipients will be paid by late May of this year. Here is the official announcement:President Obama recently signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act...

ERISA: License to Cheat, Lie, and Steal for the Disability Insurance Industry

Posted on February 20, 2009
The headline says it all in this Utah Bar Journal article.

Oklahoma Republicans Trying to Shaft Consumers

Posted on February 19, 2009
There is only one reason for politicians to try to restrict fees plaintiff lawyers can charge, and that is to make it harder for consumers to sue businesses and insurance companies. When these frivolous bills are proposed there is never...

Peanut Corporation of America's Virginia Plant Closes

Posted on February 19, 2009
The AP (2/18, Lindsey) reports, "The peanut processor at the heart of the national salmonella outbreak has shut down the last of its plants, which was the only one that hasn't been linked to possible contamination, an attorney for the...

Report Says FDA Is Not Enforcing Medical Device Safety Standards

Posted on February 19, 2009
Dow Jones Newswires (2/18, Favole) reports, "The Food and Drug Administration isn't enforcing quality and safety testing standards for medical devices, potentially putting patients at risk, according to a report to be released Wednesday by a nonpartisan watchdog group...

Sharfstein and Hamburg Reportedly Top Options to Lead FDA

Posted on February 18, 2009
Al Kamen in his "In the Loop" column in the Washington Post (2/18, A11) reports that while the Obama administration has been "a tad slow on nominations this month," it "is moving with some dispatch to" nominate a new FDA...

Wisconsin Supreme Court Tosses Suit Against Medtronic

Posted on February 18, 2009
In another anti-consumer action, the drug and medical device makers have won the latest battle in the preemption war. The Wisconsin Supreme Court has thrown out a lawsuit against Medtronic, a manufacturer of defibrillators. The Wisconsin court followed a ruling...

The Economists Who Missed the Housing Bubble Are Coming After Your Social Security

Posted on February 18, 2009
In a recent article by Dean Baker in Talking Points Memo, he considers the consequences of a rumored task force to be comprised of economists unable to see the $ 8 trillion housing bubble that gave rise to the biggest...

Peanut Corporation of America Files for Bankruptcy

Posted on February 17, 2009
The Washington Post (2/14, A4, Miroff, Layton) reported, "Peanut Corporation of America, the company at the center of the nationwide salmonella scare, has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection and will begin liquidating its assets as legal claims pile up...

Homeowners Pay Higher Insurance Premiums, Yet Many Policies Limited

Posted on February 17, 2009
The Dallas Morning News has run an excellent series about Texas, a State of Neglect. This series has chronicled the state's failure to regulate various businesses, and the potential relationship between Lack of regulation and big political contributions from those...

Please Attend TECHSHOW - April in Chicago

Posted on February 17, 2009
I've been attending TECHSHOW, presented by the American Bar Association almost since the beginning, many years ago. It's always a highlight of my year. The enormous amount of technical information presented is only one reason to attend. Equally important to...

Federal Judge Who Threw Out Medtronic Case Failed to Disclose Son's Link to Device Maker

Posted on February 14, 2009
The Wall Street Journal (2/13, Burton) reports, "A federal judge who early last month threw out massive litigation against Medtronic Inc. didn't disclose that his son's law firm has long had the medical-devicemaker as a client." Judge Richard H. Kyle...

FDA Says Peanut Butter May Be Classified as High-Risk Food

Posted on February 13, 2009
The AP (2/12) reported that Dr. Stephen Sundlof, the head of the FDA's food safety center, said that following the "deadly salmonella outbreak," the government may single out peanut butter for "special attention." While currently inspectors collect samples of peanut...

Kids' Sweatshirts Recalled After Child is Strangled by Drawstring

Posted on February 13, 2009
The AP (2/13) reports that Hill Sportswear Inc, "a clothing manufacturer has agreed to a voluntary recall of 300,000 hooded sweat shirts after a 3-year-old boy was strangled by a drawstring, a federal agency announced Thursday." Now, the company is...

Friday Fun

Posted on February 13, 2009
Ladies, don't get mad at me about this video of women drivers ?my wife sent it to me.

Attorney Dickie Scruggs Exploited "Two Vulnerabilities" to Bribe Judge

Posted on February 12, 2009
The Biloxi Sun Herald (2/11, Lee) reports, "To bribe Circuit Court Judge Bobby DeLaughter, Dickie Scruggs exploited two vulnerabilities, according to court records: DeLaughter's close friendship to former Hinds County District Attorney Ed Peters and 'his known ambition to become...

Some Large Pickup Trucks Earn Low Marks on Crash Safety

Posted on February 12, 2009
The AP (2/11, Thomas) reports, "Three large pickup trucks, which serve as workhorses for construction crews, farmers and small business owners, are not providing good protection in side crashes, according to tests conducted by the insurance industry." The trucks that...

Peanut Corporation Suspends Operations at Texas Factory After Traces of Salmonella Found

Posted on February 12, 2009
The AP (2/11) reports that Peanut Corporation of America, "the company at the center of an investigation into a deadly national salmonella outbreak has suspended operations at a second peanut processing plant." Another AP (2/11, Brumback) article reports, "Private lab...

Doctors Groups Sue Aetna and Cigna, Alleging Rigged Database Underpaid Physicians

Posted on February 11, 2009
The Dallas Morning News reports that the American Medical Association has joined doctors associations from Texas and other states in suing health insurers Aetna Inc. and Cigna Corp. over a database they say was rigged to underpay physicians for more....

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