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According to a March 31 article in Bloomberg Businessweek, more than 1,000 women and their families are suing Johnson & Johnson for failing to warn them about cancer risks related to use of the company’s talcum powder products. The suits claim that the company has known for years about the association between personal use of…
Michael Slack, licensed pilot and partner with Slack Davis Sanger, a national law firm representing victims of helicopter and plane crashes can give insight on what may have led to the the fiery helicopter crash that killed five people Monday in Sevier County, 200 miles east of Nashville.
A man crashes into trees while flying over his daughter’s wedding celebration and is killed. A routine air taxi flight plows into a mountain, resulting in two deaths. These accidents are just two of the cases that National Transportation Safety Board investigators examine in a new documentary television series on the Smithsonian Channel. “Alaska Aircrash…
An ABC News investigation has found numerous cases of for-profit emergency medevac flight companies charging privately insured patients $40,000-$50,000 for short emergency helicopter rides. The ambulance companies say the high charges offset balances they can’t collect on poor and uninsured patients. The news organization began the investigation after its consumer website, The ABC News Fixer,…
As aviation accident attorneys, Slack Davis Sanger pays close attention to reports released by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). One sector of flight that appears often in these reports is general aviation.
On February 9, the National Transportation Safety Board issued two safety recommendations for stowing lithium batteries to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. The recommendations are intended to reduce the likelihood and severity of cargo fires. They include physically separating the batteries from other flammable hazardous materials and establishing restrictions on the numbers of…
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a recall affecting B-Safe car seats. According to the recall notice, “the car seat carry handle can crack and break allowing the seat to fall unexpectedly, posing a risk of injury to the infant.” This recall affects the B-Safe 35 and B-Safe 35 Elite models, that were…
The National Transportation Safety Board released its 2016 Most Wanted List of transportation safety improvements on January 13. The list focuses on 10 broad safety improvements the agency has previously made recommendations on that have not yet been implemented. It addresses safety issues related to private, public and commercial vehicles including cars, trucks, buses, airplanes…
Paula Sweeney has been chosen as one of D Magazine’s 2016 “Best Lawyers in Dallas” in the Tort Product and Medical Liability Litigation (plaintiff) category. After tallying thousands of votes cast by her peers, the magazine assembled a panel of esteemed counselors to review the list, which ultimately included 695 lawyers. The list will be published in D Magazine’s May…
Slack Davis Sanger founding partner Michael Slack authors an article in Trial magazine about the continuing proliferation of drones and how the current aircraft regulatory system is not equipped to deal with them. Industry groups have projected that the drone industry would generate $82 billion in annual revenue by 2025, dependent on the government adopting…