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Unredacted Reports of Nursing Home Inspections Now Available! From good buddy-nurse-paralegal Janabeth Taylor....'Feds Release Nursing Home Inspections, Free of Censor's Marks' - the government has released unredacted write-ups of problems found during nursing home inspections around the country. ProPublica is making them available today for anyone who wants to download the complete versions. http://www.propublica.org/article/feds-release-nursing-home-inspectionsWATCH "The... Read More

Cars and trucks that are too quiet? In fact, it appears that some vehicles are so quiet that they may be dangerous! The National Highway Transportation Safety Agency has proposed a new safety standard, as required by the Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act (PSEA) of 2010, which proposes to establish a Federal motor vehicle safety standard (FMVSS)... Read More

The site contains real stories about real people who have been harmed by “tort reform.” And it demonstrates how site visitors could easily find themselves victims themselves. It engages people with a full-time social media commitment and blogs from outside organizations dedicated to civil justice. And it provides all the tools to motivate people to... Read More

Researchers have found that as many as 28% of adult patients in intensive care units die each year with a misdiagnosis, and up to 8% die with a potentially fatal "major missed diagnosis," such as pulmonary embolism or myocardial infarction. These findings come from a meta-analysis of 31 autopsy-based studies (BMJ Qual Saf 2012; doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2012-000803),... Read More

For YEARS, Plaintiffs who have successfully prosecuted their personal injury and medical malpractice cases have been forced to wait unreasonably long periods of time because of the poor response times of Medicare and its administrative agencies.  The crime has not been limited to the injury victims, though.  Because they have had to wait, our government... Read More

On June 16, 2013, the Illinois appellate court for the fourth district held that the City of Springfield may be responsible and liable for ankle injuries sustained by a woman who slipped into a pothole while she was walking around her parked vehicle after placing an item in the passenger seat.  The vehicle was lawfully... Read More