Chattanooga Personal Injury Lawyer - Miscellaneous

Baxter Expands Recall of Infusion Pump Class 1 Recall

Jenny Albano — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 11:40:43 GMT

Baxter International Inc. has expanded their recall on its Colleague and Flo-Gard infusion pumps to include 986 more devices. The previous recall , which was announced on July 25, included 534 pumps that were recalled due to falsified service records.

The company discovered that some of the devices sent to the Baxter service center may have been sent back to consumers without being serviced. Baxter found falsified repair, test, and inspection data sheets, which included electrical safety data. The employees responsible for the falsified data were fired. The company has decided to expand the recall because the company wants to ensure the safety of their customers.

The recall has been classified as a Class 1 recall because if the infusion pump malfunctions, patients could incur a serious injuries or even death.

A defect may result in over-infusion, under-infusion, failure to detect an upstream or downstream occlusion, electrical shock hazard, failure to detect air in line, and malfunctions where the pump will stop infusing and result in an interruption of therapy.

Affected model numbers include: FLO-GARD Model Numbers 6201 and 6301 Volumetric Infusion pump, Product Codes: 2M8063 and 2M8064; COLLEAGUE Volumetric Infusion pump, Product Codes: 2M8151 and 2M8153; and COLLEAGUE CX Volumetric Infusion pump, Product Codes: 2M8161 and 2M8163.

For more information on this subject, please refer to our section on Defective and Dangerous Products.

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by Jenny Albano

Wiretap Lawsuit Against Bush

John Rice — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 13:09:35 GMT

The federal government in an effort to maintain national security is urging an appeals court to drop a lawsuit filed over President Bush's eavesdropping program. The Justice Department argued that the alleged secret relationship between AT&T and the government should remain a state secret. The lawsuit was filed by Electronic Frontier Foundation accusing AT&T of illegally allowing the National Security Agency access to its communication network.

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by John Rice

Lawyers for Katrina Victims Withdraw Settlement Motion

John Rice — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:59:41 GMT

The lawyers representing approximately 36,000 Hurricane Katrina victims withdrew from a proposed settlement with State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance. The judge was reluctant to approve the settlement and the lawyers plan to file a new settlement proposal. According to the judge the proposed settlement of $50 million dollars did not guarantee enough policyholders would receive money.

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by John Rice

State Officials Order Allstate to Reduce Homeowners' Rates

John Rice — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 12:54:21 GMT

The Allstate Insurance Company must reduce Texas homeowners insurance rates by 5% as ordered by the Texas Department of Insurance.

Allstate must also refund overcharges made since December 2004 which amounts to an estimated $56 million dollars. This was announced after the Department upheld the insurance commissioner's claims that Allstate's rates were excessive, unreasonable and unfairly discriminatory.

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by John Rice

Party hosts escape liability for drunk-driving injuries

John Rice — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 09:50:43 GMT

A man who was uninsured when he drove while drunk caused the accident that resulted in the plaintiff's injuries.
Further, he had no personal assets which could be used to satisfy the judgment against him. Instead, the plaintiff had to resort to suing the hosts of the party where he had consumed alcohol prior to getting into his car.

The hosts had homeowner insurance which could cover their liability in the accident. However, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) unanimously held that social hosts had no duty of care to public users of highways. Simply providing a place where alcohol could be consumed was insufficient in creating a risk that would give rise to a duty to take positive action to stop an intoxicated guest from driving home. In this, the SCC drew a distinction between social hosts and commercial hosts, who are in a better position to observe and control the consumption of alcohol and more responsible for the creation of any risks caused by such consumption. Although the plaintiff was left a paraplegic as a result of the accident, legally, the hosts could not be held financially accountable for this.

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by John Rice

Medical professional liablity limits up for vote

John Rice — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:26:39 GMT

The Senate Judiciary Committee has set a hearing on Tuesday afternoon for legislation by Sen. Mark Norris, R-Memphis, and Sen. Doug Jackson, D-Dickson, that limits medical professional liability or requires pre-certification of medical malpractice cases. Norris' bill, SB 2001, is similar to last year's legislation. .

It sets caps on damages for loss of enjoyment of life, loss of society, loss of consortium, and mental anguish at $250,000; permits mandated periodic payments; limits attorneys fees; permits damages for failure to provide a pre-filing doctor's affidavit; and requires a waiver of any doctor-patient confidentiality with respect to plaintiffs involved in litigation

Jackson's bill, SB 0033, requires certification by a competent medical expert that the case and defense have merit or that material information is not known.

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by John Rice

Medical professional liablity limits up for vote(2)

John Rice — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:26:39 GMT

Jackson's bill, SB 0033, requires certification by a competent medical expert that the case and defense have merit or that material information is not known.

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by John Rice

Board of Governors

John Rice — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:20:38 GMT

John T. Rice, PC, Attorney at Law, Chattanooga, Tennessee with 32 years experience in trucking accidents, workers compensation and all accidents recently elected to Chattanooga Bar Association Board of Governors.
Mr. Rice has previously served on the Board of Governors as well as numerous committees including the Board of Chattanooga Bar Association.

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by John Rice

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