Archive for February, 2009
Who’s the hero: Personal injury lawyers or balky insurance companies?
Ever notice how often lawyers are the heroes of novels, films or TV shows? From To Kill a Mockingbird to Erin Brockovich, from Perry Mason and L.A. Law to Boston Legal, lawyers are crusaders who fight for what’s right, often by protecting everyday folks against corporations, bureaucracies and other monolithic, faceless entities that harm or [...]
Texas’ cell phone accident reform gets cash-clogged deaf ear
Perhaps if Erin Leas had been the daughter of a phone company executive when she died in a car accident due to cell phone distractions, Texas laws might change. Instead, phone companies exert influence on your elected legislators to deny reform and maintain huge profits.
You may be saying to yourself, “I talk on my cell [...]
Defective drug Raptiva threatens psoriasis patients
As many as seven million Americans suffer psoriasis, a condition causing inflammation and red scaly patches on the skin, as well as psoriatic plaques on the knees and elbows. An autoimmune disease, Psoriasis can be treated, but it can’t be cured.
Unfortunately, one such treatment may be worse than psoriasis itself. That treatment is the medication [...]
Dog bite attack? Unleash a dog bite lawyer for everyone’s safety
Americans love their dogs. But can you love your dog too much, by allowing him or her to run loose?
A leash? Too much trouble. Spot’s just going outside with me while I get the mail — big deal. Besides, he’d never hurt anyone — at least until that first time.
But that first time could put [...]
Texas peanut plant joins salmonella food poisoning probe
Jim “the Hammer” Adler is fed up with food poisoning. Even if the peanut butter salmonella outbreak doesn’t hit us all, it could kill all of our appetites. The latest queasy quotient comes from news that Peanut Corporation of America — a name which could forever live in infamy — also has had its Plainview [...]
Salmonella food poisoning outbreak is costing America more than peanuts
The latest atrocities reported from the front lines of America’s salmonella food poisoning battle indicate that the responsible company, Peanut Corporation of America, shipped products to consumers even prior to learning results of lab tests which would reveal salmonella.
Peanut Corp. reportedly found salmonella in its own testing, then “lab shopped” to try to find a [...]
What’s wrong with the stimulus bill? It doesn’t protect peanuts!
If the economy gets any worse, we’ll all be eating peanuts. They’re cheap and nutritious. But these days, they can be deadly.
Peanuts are under assault by manufacturers who have no respect for America’s favorite comfort food or the well being of their fellow Americans. When the FBI starts raiding peanut plants for salmonella food poisoning [...]
‘Hang in there Jack’ ads miss bus accidents’ harsh truths
In case you haven’t heard, Jack got hit by a bus. That’s Jack, the bubble-headed spokesman for fast-food chain Jack in the Box, whose current campaign to sell more artery-clogging burgers and tacos involves mock news and web coverage of Jack’s bus accident injury.
Launched during Super Bowl XLIII’s telecast — among other ads wallowing [...]
To skirt cell phone accidents, Selena Gomez will hang up and drive
Actress Selena Gomez is a smart girl who’s onto something — something even more vital than courting the tweens who could push her past Hannah Montana’s Miley Cyrus as the Disney Channel’s next megastar. In fact, it’s something that could save Selena’s life — by preventing a car accident.
Selena has vowed to hang up and [...]
When others fail, a Yamaha Rhino accident lawsuit can protect you
Even in a down economy, people must have their “toys,” and one of the more costly and popular diversions is an ATV, or all terrain vehicle. When you ride and ramble roughly on a bouncy ATV trail, it can eclipse your anxieties about the world at large with excitement and thrills from the world rushing [...]
