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Recent events, as reflected in these Austin American-Statesman articles, illustrate the risk to consumers from virtually unregulated compounding pharmacies. The magnitude of the harm that can be caused by these medications is enormous, and there is little consumers can do to assure themselves that materials injected into their bodies are safe.
The new laws described in this Texas Tribune article will increase the criminal penalty when someone fails to stop and render aid to a person who dies as a result of a crash. Now the penalties for hit-and-run fatalities will be equal to those for intoxication manslaughter.
After reading the Occupational Health & Safety magazine article below, I have to say that the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) action is an excellent step in the right direction that will hopefully help address the disproportionately high Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) accident rate.
Slack Davis Sanger attorney Ladd Sanger is featured prominently in this 60 Minutes (Australia) story about Robinson R-44 and R-22 helicopters – and their “faulty fuel tank that can explode on impact – turning minor and survivable accidents into deadly infernos.”
Recently I was interviewed for an article, “Air Ambulance Safety: A Closer Look,” which was written by Stephen Pope and featured in the July 2013 issue of Flying Magazine. While Mr. Pope touches on several key concerns regarding air ambulance operations, I felt the article painted too rosy a picture of an industry in need of serious reflection – and…
Corporate industry leaders are frustrated by having to pay huge medical bills caused by the hospitals’ and doctors’ own errors. So frustrated, in fact, that some of them have formed The Leapfrog Group, to try to force the medical industry to adopt basic patient safety checklists, and to force public disclosure of industry mistakes. Each action that…
With an international flight such as Asiana Flight #214, people may be wondering about the legal rights of passengers after the crash. Slack Davis Sanger aviation attorney Ladd Sanger contributed to this Wall Street Journal story that sheds more light on the topic. In it, he discusses the Montreal Convention, a treaty that guides the process of compensating victims of…
Reading this article from The New York Times, it is encouraging to see that the FDA may make new rules requiring generic drug manufacturers to update drug labels with new safety information. What remains to be seen is whether the new rules will open the door that the Supreme Court says is closed to people…
On Sunday, July 7, 2013, a de Havilland DHC3 Otter air taxi operated by Rediske Air, crashed and fully engulfed in flames at a small Alaska airport, near Soldotna, Alaska, killing all 10 people on board – nine passengers and a pilot. “In the circumstances known to exist – crash near the airport, lots of…
American Airlines Flight 587 crashed on November 12, 2001, near Belle Harbor, NY, shortly after the Airbus 300-600 suffered an in-flight structural separation of the vertical stabilizer and rudder. The scheduled flight carrying 251 passengers and nine crew members had taken off a few minutes before the crash from New York’s John F. Kennedy (JFK) airport…