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• Bowling Green Police Officer Involved in Car Accident

  Jennifer Moore | December 17, 2007 11:05 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Yesterday, a Bowling Green Police Officer collided with a vehicle being driven by an 18-year old at the intersection of Adams Street and 11th Avenue in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The Kentucky State Police will investigate the wreck. Whenever the City of Bowling Green's Police Department is involved in an automobile accident, the Kentucky State Policy handles the investigation in an attempt to...

• Should You Have Your Defective Medtronic Defibrillator Lead Replaced?

  Jennifer Moore | December 14, 2007 12:31 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  On October 15, Medtronic acknowledged that its Fidelis lead for defibrillators was fracturing and recalled the product. Now, heart patients must decide whether to undergo surgery and have the faulty lead and defibrillator removed and replaced. The operation may last approximately 90 minutes depending upon the individual patient. Medtronic has only offered to pay $800 toward the surgery and...

• Dennis Quaid Files Lawsuit Over Twins Overdose

  Jennifer Moore | December 07, 2007 6:59 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  The actor, Dennis Quaid, and his wife, Kimberly Buffington, sued the makers of Heparin for allegedly giving their twin babies an overdose of the drug. The twins were only two weeks old when they were given 10,000 units of Heparin at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. They were supposed to receive 10 units of the blood thinner given in an IV to avoid blood clots. Heparin is an injectable...

• Have you waived your right to a trial?

  Jennifer Moore | December 05, 2007 1:16 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Do you read the fine print in contracts? Do you read the fine print when you sign up for a credit card? What about when you sign up for a cell phone? If you don't, you may have just waived your right to trial. The fine print may contain a mandatory arbitration provision. In other words, if your rights have been violated or you are wronged by the company, you won't be able to bring suit in...

• Medtronic Recalled Defective Defibrillator Lead

  Jennifer Moore | December 03, 2007 1:03 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  To find out more information regarding Medtronic's voluntary recall of the Sprint Fidelis defibrillator lead, visit the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) website and review its statement on the recall. The FDA states that: These electronic wires are prone to fracture in a small number of patients which can cause the defibrillator to deliver unnecessary shocks or not operate at all. Based on...

• Join Class Action Against Medtronic for Faulty Defribilator Lead Wires

  Jennifer Moore | December 02, 2007 9:48 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Are you a heart patient that was implanted with a defective defibrillator lead? You may need to consult an attorney. The attorneys at Grossman & Moore have already filed suit against Medtronic on behalf of a Kentucky resident who suffered from shocks due to the defective Sprint Fidelis lead. Class actions are currently pending and you may qualify to be a member of the class. Grossman & Moore...