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In this KTUU-TV (Anchorage) report, Slack Davis Sanger aviation attorney Ladd Sanger comments about the November 29th crash near St. Mary’s, Alaska, and the Cessna 208 Caravan’s ice-protection system.

Alaska is a beautiful place. Part of its beauty is that it is rugged and remote. But as the recent Cessna Caravan crash near Saint Mary’s, Alaska, proves, it can be very hazardous for airplane passengers and pilots.

Ladd Sanger offered insight about the numerous engine-failure / loss-of-control MU-2 accidents he has investigated, including those at Ft. Pierce, Florida; Woodlands, Texas; Centennial, Colorado; and San Antonio, Texas.

Many patients are being injured by a new type of surgery: surgery by robot. More properly, these surgeries are robot-assisted, as a physician still maneuvers the robot.

The many names may sound intimidating — drones, unmanned aircraft systems, unmanned aerial vehicles — but the public should get used to this technology, because it’s not going anywhere. 

Generic drug makers, who fill 84% of prescriptions in the U.S., are required to copy the labels of their brand-name equivalents verbatim. Because they have no control over the safety warnings’ content, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2011 that generic drug manufacturers cannot be held liable if the drug ends up hurting a patient. 

The November 10, 2013, crash of a Mitsubishi MU-2B in Owasso, Oklahoma, is the most recent in a long list of MU-2 crashes that have occurred near the airport while taking off or landing. 

Since January 2000, the primary mission of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has been to “reduce crashes, injuries and fatalities involving large trucks and buses.” Part of this mission involves enforcing Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) that establish safe-operating requirements for commercial vehicle drivers, carriers and vehicles. Last week, however, the National…

Early Tuesday (10/22/13), a medical helicopter operated by Hospital Wing, crashed near Somerville, Tennessee, killing the pilot and two medical crew members. Hospital Wing, an air ambulance operation that transports patients by helicopter, left Memphis and was headed to Bolivar, Tennessee to pick up an ailing child.

Two recent articles demonstrate the incredible dangers of hospitalization for any condition. Unfortunately, hospital-acquired infection cases are rarely actionable in court, due to the difficulty in proving that the infection came about due to negligence rather than due to unpreventable forces. This mentality by health care providers is slowly changing, however, as the cost of…