Legal Commentary

Living Wills and Powers of Attorney
Laws effecting the elderly

Chantix Suicide
alleging the smoking cessation product is linked to increased suicidal behaviors.

Baltimore Strip Search Class Action
Judge Gives Go-ahead

Suicidal Payoff
Black Hawk County to pay $75,000 settlement to inmate who commits suicide.

Canceled Insurance
Judge orders Health Net Inc. to pay $9 million settlement after terminating a policyholder's policy after being diagnosed with breast cancer.

Labor and Delivery
Judge awards mother $6 million medical malpractice settlement after baby was born with brain injuries.

Cipro
The FDA is seeking to add black box warnings of the risk of tendon rupture associated with Cipro and Levaquin. The ruptures can involve Achilles tendon, shoulder, hand, bicep or thumb tendons, and is especially increased in patients older than 60, or people who have received kidney, heart or lung transplants, as well as people on steroid therapy...