A disturbing recent article out of the New York Times highlights the importance of authorities within the foster care and child services systems to recognize and take action when they see red flags indicating that children could be in danger. Information has come to light that a longtime foster parent and adoptive parent on Long […]
Teen Injured at Construction Site
Over the weekend, a 17-year-old boy was seriously injured at a construction site in an Oakland neighborhood. NBC Bay Area News reports that concrete slabs from the home’s foundation fell on the teen, and he was pinned against a wall. It took firefighters on the scene about an hour to free the teen from the […]
Defective Blood Testing Device
Anybody who has ever been on a blood-thinning drug like Warfarin knows how important it is to regularly test his or her blood. Unfortunately, not all testing devices are created equal. In fact, one device in particular has consistently shown accuracy problems. A recent New York Times article highlights the accuracy concerns regarding the INRatio […]
Dangerous Driving at Bay Bridge Toll Plaza
Since nearly 270,000 drivers cross the Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge each day, Stanley Roberts with KRON Channel Four News wanted to report on some dangerous driving behaviors in the area. Not surprisingly, one of the most serious problems on the Bay Bridge toll plaza is distracted driving. During the report, a variety or distracted drivers […]
Behind the Ethicon Endo- Surgery $70 million punitive damages award
Trying a Product Case Without the Product. I hate being lied to. When I say “hate,” I mean the emotion born in your stomach that spreads rapidly through your body, heating every cell as it travels past your heart and up to your brain, filling it, nearly paralyzing the brain with its overwhelming presence. We […]
