On behalf of Breslin & Breslin, P.A. | Jan 31, 2013 | Car Accidents
It certainly wouldn’t be inappropriate for executives at Toyota’s world headquarters in Japan to affix a plaque with this statement at the main corporate entrance: The best of times, the worst of times.Company workers — as well as financial analysts,...
On behalf of Breslin & Breslin, P.A. | Jan 29, 2013 | Medication Errors
“Studies like this give us the opportunity to find out how we are actually doing,” says Asad Latif, “compared to how we think we are doing.”What Latif, a doctor from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and lead author of a study...
On behalf of Breslin & Breslin, P.A. | Jan 29, 2013 | Nursing Home Negligence
Who truly advocates for nursing home residents in New Jersey and across the United States when they face issues of nursing home negligence or abuse?Obviously, of course, family members are usually at the forefront of advocacy for those they love who live in...
On behalf of Breslin & Breslin, P.A. | Jan 25, 2013 | Medication Errors
As one doctor — an infectious-disease specialist in New York City — queried recently in his capacity as a media commentator on national health care, what reasonable person would ever argue over a uniform approach to injections that centrally incorporates...
On behalf of Breslin & Breslin, P.A. | Jan 25, 2013 | Product Liability
Please see our immediately preceding products liability blog post of this past Tuesday for relevant background information regarding the FDA’s recent issuance of a proposed order aimed at manufacturers of metal-on-metal (MOM) hip implants. The instant post...
On behalf of Breslin & Breslin, P.A. | Jan 22, 2013 | Product Liability
The following information concerning hip implants will be supplemented later this week in a follow-up products liability post that allows for necessary amplification of the subject matter.Until last week, there was no indication that metal-on-metal (MOM) hip implant...
On behalf of Breslin & Breslin, P.A. | Jan 18, 2013 | Wrongful Death
Many readers undoubtedly remember all too well the fatal air crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407 in early February 2009, a flight departing from New Jersey and destined for Buffalo, New York.Sadly, that Newark-originating flight ended tragically, with the plane crashing...
On behalf of Breslin & Breslin, P.A. | Jan 16, 2013 | Product Liability
New Jersey and other users nationwide of the pharmaceutical drug Synthroid might want to pay close attention to drug company AbbVie Inc.’s recent voluntary recall of the thyroid-hormone replacement therapy.Consumers using the product might experience a bit of...
On behalf of Breslin & Breslin, P.A. | Jan 11, 2013 | Personal Injury
If you spend more money on diagnostic screenings for breast cancer, that should logically equate to more accurate diagnoses and, ultimately, less money expended on treatment.That is the premise that a medical team from the Yale School of Medicine regarded as...
On behalf of Breslin & Breslin, P.A. | Jan 9, 2013 | Nursing Home Negligence
Hurricane Sandy was obviously unprecedented, with its effects widespread and far-reaching for literally millions of people in New Jersey, New York and other eastern states.One distinct area of concern for state regulators and health authorities has been the...
