August 1, 2012 Risk of Cardiac Arrest Linked to Two Popular Dialysis Products – NaturaLyte® & GranuFlo® The Philadelphia products liability attorneys at Galfand Berger recently became aware that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have issued the most serious type of recall, a Class 1 recall, for two popular products that are used in kidney dialysis treatments. At the center of this recall are the products, GranuFlo and NaturaLyte, and a German company, Fresenius Medical Care, who is the largest dialysis company in the nation and the manufacturer of both of the products. Read More »
August 1, 2012 Defective Product Liability Lawsuits 101 “Products liability” is an area of the law that relates to the legal responsibility of manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers to ensure that their products are safe and do not cause harm. Products that are defectively designed, manufactured, or produced as well as products that lack proper warnings or instructions can cause serious injury or even death to consumers. Read More »
July 31, 2012 Social Network Privacy and Your Personal Injury Case – Part I – Introduction For most people, when they suffer injuries as a result of an accident, it can be one of the most challenging times in their life. In today’s society, many people wouldn’t think twice about posting information […] Read More »
July 25, 2012 Philadelphia Workers’ Compensation Attorney: Pennsylvania Supreme Court Expands Definition of Employee Recently, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a very important decision expanding the definition of the term employee under Pennsylvania’s Workers’ Compensation Act (“Act”): Six L’s Packing Co., v. WCAB (Williamson), PICS No. 12-1047 (2012). Read More »
July 23, 2012 Philadelphia Medical Malpractice Lawyers: Consumer Reports Releases Hospital Safety Ratings According to a 2010 report from the Department of Health and Human Services as cited by Consumer Reports, over 180,000 Medicare patients die each year in a hospital due to […] Read More »
July 16, 2012 Stryker Hip Implant Recall The Philadelphia products liability attorneys at Galfand Berger recently learned that the company Stryker Orthopaedics initiated a voluntary recall for two of their implantable medical devices. The products are the Stryker Rejuvenate Modular and ABG II modular-neck stem medical devices that are used in hip replacement surgeries. Read More »
July 16, 2012 The “July Effect” Recently, MSNBC hosted a surprising and alarming segment that highlighted statistics and mistakes that are occurring in our hospitals. Medical mistakes account for […] Read More »
July 11, 2012 Rapper Injured In Truck Crash Well-known rapper, 50 Cent, was recently involved in truck accident while being driven in his sport utility vehicle (SUV) along the Long Island Expressway in New York. A Mack truck rear-ended the singer’s vehicle. 50 Cent, whose real name is Curtis James Jackson III, and his driver were taken to Queens Hospital where the rapper … Read More »
July 3, 2012 Philadelphia Medical Malpractice Lawyers: Failure to Supervise Pharmacy Technicians Can Be Medical Malpractice When millions of people across this country receive a prescription from their doctor for a specific medication […] Read More »
