A Texas man was injured when a heavy pipe casing fell about 15 feet from an oilfield elevator, a device that clamps around a pipe so it can be raised and lowered in an oil well. The pipe casing tore the nerve endings out of the man’s shoulder...
N.Y. Jury Awards $285,000 in Fosamax Lawsuit
A New York federal jury on Tuesday, February 5th, ordered Merck & Co. to pay $285,000 in a lawsuit over the risks of its osteoporosis drug, Fosamax; the second loss for the company after several earlier trials.
The eight-person...
Maker of cold therapy device concealed risks causing teen’s frostbite
Whitney was a 15-year-old track star when she underwent a minimally invasive arthroscopic procedure on her left knee.
After the procedure, her surgeon, Dr. Chao, prescribed the Breg Polar Care 500, a mechanized cryotherapy device, and...