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| | TTLA Annual Conference has moved to June 1-3 in Austin | |
| | We’ll be hosting all the events you’ve come to expect from our December conference. Between the 2-day CLE, parties, meetings, legislative update & special events. Check out the CLE program agendas for Wednesday and Thursday, which include a live video presentation with David Ball plus family friendly events to make this a true vacation opportunity. Register now! | | Share with your FB friends! | |
| | Gibson Vance: How our cars got safer, Washington Post 4-16-11. Traffic deaths in the United States have dropped to their lowest level since 1949, according to a report released this month by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Remarkably, this drop occurred even as Americans drove 21 billion more miles in 2010 than they had the previous year. Click on the headline to continue reading. | | Products | |
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| | Drug That Stops Bleeding Shows Off-Label Dangers | |
| | A powerful, costly drug approved in 1999 for a small group of patients who may bleed uncontrollably during surgery is now used in a host of other surgical situations, sometimes with serious negative effects, two new studies report. The studies present a cautionary tale, researchers say, that makes clear the pitfalls of a common medical practice — using new drugs in situations in which they have never been rigorously tested. The drug, sold as NovoSeven, was approved for people who lack a gene to make a particular blood-clotting protein called Factor VIIa and for certain people with hemophilia who can’t tolerate another drug that can stop bleeding. GINA KOLATA, The New York Times 04/20/2011 | | Read Article: The New York Times | | Faced With Recalls, Rental Companies Sometimes Decide to Wait | |
| | Several major rental car companies have told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that in some cases they continue to rent vehicles that have been recalled if they believe the problem is not serious. The companies said they were faced with so many recalls it was difficult for them to determine what a Hertz executive called “a true safety recall.” But as N.H.T.S.A. sees it, there is no such thing as an unimportant recall. CHRISTOPHER JENSEN, The New York Times 04/20/2011 | | Read Article: The New York Times | | When a Cuddly Crib Puts the Baby in Danger | |
| | Puffy bumpers, pillows and blankets, low-hanging mobiles and a menagerie of stuffed animals all pose suffocation hazards to babies less than 12 months old, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the CPSC. About 2,500 babies die from SIDS each year, down from about 4,000 per year in 1992, in part due to campaigns urging parents to put infants to sleep on their backs. But that may also reflect some changes in how deaths are classified. Infant fatalities attributed to accidental suffocation and strangulation in bed quadrupled between 1984 and 2004, according to the Centers for Disease and Prevention. What's more, on average, 26 babies under age 2 are injured every day in a crib, bassinet or playpen in the U.S., according to a study in the journal Pediatrics last month. MELINDA BECK, Wall Street Journal - $$ Subscription Required 04/20/2011 | | Read Article: Wall Street Journal - $$ Subscription Required($) | | Laws/Cases | |
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| | $9 Million Awarded in Malpractice Lawsuit | |
| | A New Mexico jury has awarded a local woman $9 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit against three doctors who failed to diagnose her heart attack in November 2006. The jury ruled that the three physicians were negligent in their treatment of the woman, who will now likely need a heart transplant to survive. Despite the $9 million verdict, state law caps the damages she is able to collect from each doctor at $600,000. Wire Report, San Francisco Examiner 04/18/2011 | | Read Article: San Francisco Examiner | | Police Negligent in New York Shooting, Suit Says | |
| | The family of a 20-year-old shot and killed by New York police officers last fall has filed a suit against the officer that fired the fatal bullets and also the department. The shooting occurred outside a Pleasantville, N.Y., bar in which the officers claim they were protecting themselves during a chaotic situation. Witnesses, however, say the boy who was shot was leaving the scene in his car under police instruction when an officer jumped on the hood of his car and began firing. The suit accuses the officers of "reckless disregard for human life" and the suit is seeking unspecified damages. Milton J. Valencia, Boston Globe 04/20/2011 | | Read Article: Boston Globe | | Madoff Investors' Lawsuit Against SEC Thrown Out | |
| | A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by two of Bernard Madoff's former customers accusing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission of negligence for failing to uncover the now-imprisoned swindler's Ponzi scheme. U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain said the plaintiffs failed to identify any statute or rule governing how the SEC should have been investigating Madoff prior to his December 2008 arrest. Reuters, Reuters 04/20/2011 | | Read Article: Reuters | |
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