LAWSUIT FILED BY FORMER NHL PLAYERS AGAINST THE LEAGUE OVER HEAD TRAUMA
On November 25, 2013 and November 26, 2013, the New York Times published a series of articles regarding a recent lawsuit filed by ten former National Hockey League (NHL) players against the league.
SAFETY IN THE OIL & RAIL INDUSTRIES
On December 15, 2013, the Oil & Gas Journal published an article regarding the growing safety concerns presented by transporting oil by rail in the United States – a mode of transport increasingly used in the past few years.
FDA ANNOUNCES IMPROVEMENTS TO MEDICAL DEVICE RECALL DATABASE
According to an FDA news release posted on December 16, 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) has made improvements to several public databases in an effort to increase access to safety information for medical devices.
NHTSA REQUIRING USE OF SEAT BELTS ON MOTORCOACHES
On November 20, 2013, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced the agency’s issuance of a final rule that requires new motorcoaches and other types of large buses come equipped with passenger and driver seat belts.
DEPUY ASR SETTLEMENT UPDATE
The Settlement Oversight Committee recently released an overview of the benefits provided by the U.S. ASR Settlement Program:
JOHN DAVID HART NAMED ONE OF TEXAS’ TOP LAWYERS
FORT WORTH, Texas – John David Hart has earned recognition for the eleventh consecutive year as one of the finest lawyers in Texas based on a statewide poll of practicing Texas lawyers. Mr. Hart is named as one of the state’s top personal injury attorneys in the 2013 Texas Super Lawyers list.
DEPUY ASR SETTLEMENT PROGRAM ANNOUNCED
A status conference was held on Tuesday, November 19, 2013, in the consolidated federal multi-district litigation (“MDL”) before Judge David Katz in Toledo, Ohio. A settlement program for certain DePuy ASR cases was announced at the conference.
“NTSB Releases 2010-2011 Data on Transportation Fatalities”
Summary Earlier this year, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) published statistics on transportation fatalities that occurred in the U.S. from 2010 to 2011. The data was separated along five different industries: highway, pipeline, rail, marine, and aviation. While there was a minor decrease in total transportation fatalities in the highway, rail and pipeline industries […]
“FDA to Reclassify Hydrocodone to Tighten Prescribing Protocols”
Abuse of Opioids Prompts FDA Scrutiny: The FDA has been evaluating the appropriate use of opioid products very carefully over the past several years. Abuse and misuse of opioids has reached epidemic proportions in certain areas of the United States which prompted the FDA scrutiny.
