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Lawsuits in Tennessee to Address Secondary Infection Caused by Tainted Steroid   TDH CONTINUING EFFORTS WITH FUNGAL MENINGITIS OUTBREAK PATIENTS NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Tennessee Department of Health is continuing to provide information and assistance to patients affected by contaminated methylprednisolone acetate, including new outreach efforts to some who may develop localized infections. "We have [...]

What You Need To Know About Your Fungal Meningitis Case Who is legally responsible for the fungal meningitis outbreak? One obvious entity that may face legal responsibility is the facility that compounded the steroid injections that the patients received for pain, the New England Compounding Center (“NECC”). If Tennessee law applies, and if the steroid was [...]

What Tennessee Insurance Agent Negligence Means to Policy Holders Insurance policies are designed to protect the people who sign up for them. The most common policies are for auto insurance, life insurance and home insurance. Clients of insurance companies pay for peace of mind, so that after a car accident, a tornado, a death in [...]

FDA Advises Consumers Not To Use Certain Zicam Cold Remedies Intranasal Zinc Product Linked to Loss of Sense of Smell The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today advised consumers to stop using three products marketed over-the-counter as cold remedies because they are associated with the loss of sense of smell (anosmia). Anosmia may be long-lasting [...]

Pain pumps used after arthroscopic shoulder surgeries have caused severe injuries to patients’ shoulder joints including Glenohumeral Chondrolysis Shoulder Pain Pumps Linked Glenohumeral Chondrolysis Diagnosis Pain pumps used after arthroscopic shoulder surgeries have caused severe injuries to patients' shoulder joints. As early as 2007, the American Journal of Sports Medicine reported a link between the [...]

Roughly 10,000 people are killed each year in rollover accidents and many more suffer catastrophic injuries, including brain injuries and spinal cord injuries from vehicles roll overs and roofs crushing in. Roughly 10,000 people are killed each year in rollover accidents and many more suffer catastrophic injuries, including brain injuries and spinal cord injuries.  Meanwhile, [...]

Yamaha Motor Company Inc. has recently been the subject on a number of lawsuits involving Yamaha Rhino ATV rollovers Yamaha Motor Company Inc. has recently been the subject on a number of lawsuits involving Yamaha Rhino ATV rollovers.  These side by side off road vehicles have a dangerous propensity to roll over and injure the [...]