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$ 3.5 million Settlement for
auto injury

Our eighteen-year-old client was driving on an interstate into the early morning sun. As he drove over a rise in the road, he struck a car that was disabled and stopped in the middle of the road because a 150-pound wheel and tire detached from a tractor-trailer rig traveling in the opposite direction. The lugs holding the tire had broken off, causing the tire and wheel to travel across the median strip, and hit and disable the stopped vehicle.
Awarded: $ 3.5 million

$1,000,000 Jury Verdict for
86 year-old woman

Our client an 86 year-old woman sustained an injury after being struck by a bus. The inattentive bus driver was warned by a passenger that the woman was crossing in front of the bus but could not stop in time to avoid impact.
Awarded: $1,000,000

$785,000 Settlement for
crushed ankle

Our client was operating his motorcycle on a two-lane road when a large box truck made a U-turn into his path of travel. The client attempted to avoid the collision by laying his motorcycle on its side. Unfortunately his lower leg and ankle came in contact with the truck causing seven fractures and soft tissue injury.
Awarded: $785,000

DISCLAIMER: Please note that every case is different and these verdicts and settlements, while accurate, do not represent what we may obtain for you in your case.

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FDA Ignored Evidence in Plastics Ruling

Posted on Nov 03, 2008

A scientific advisory panel has concluded that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ignored scientific evidence and used flawed methods when determining that a chemical used in baby bottles and in the lining of cans does not pose a health hazard.

The report was released last week and is highly critical. The panel, which consisted of scientists from government and academia, stated that the FDA did not include numerous studies that have linked bisphenol A (BPA) to prostrate cancer, diabetes and other health complications in animals when it drafted its risk assessment of the chemical last month. The panel believes that the FDA did not use a sufficient amount of infant formula samples and did not consider variations in the samples.

The panel is part of the Science Board, which is an advisory committee to the FDA commissioner. Its specific purpose is to review the FDA’s risk assessment of BPA.

According to the panel’s findings, when the studies are taken into consideration, the FDA’s margin of safety is “inadequate.” It has been recommended that the FDA redo its risk assessment of this chemical.

The National Toxicology Program reviewed many of the studies that the FDA ignored and said that it had some concern that BPA can have a negative impact on brain and behavioral development in infants and small children. The FDA regulates the use of BPA in plastic food containers, bottles, tableware and linings of food cans. FDA officials would not comment last week.

BPA, which is used to harden plastic, has become the subject of heated debate. Many experts feel that BPA should be banned, especially in baby bottles and cans of liquid formula. Infants are more vulnerable to the health effects of many chemicals. The American Chemistry Council, which is a trade group that represents manufacturers of BPA, said that its members are willing to comply with whatever the FDA decides.

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