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• Product Liability: Bayer Stops Sales Of Trasylol Due To Risk Of Death

  Scott Barber | November 05, 2007 9:01 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  Bayer Pharmaceuticals Corp. has suspended sales of Trasylol, a drug used to control bleeding during heart surgery, after pressure by the FDA. The suspension of sales of Trasylol is due to a Canadian study which may have found an increased risk of death associated with the drug's use. The FDA and Bayer are examining the study which was stopped before its expected conclusion.Trasylol appeares to...

• San Diego County Lists Health Inspection Grades

  Walton Barber, LLP | January 05, 2008 5:07 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  If you ever wanted to know the results of the health inspection grades of your favorite San Diego restaurant, now you can.The San Diego County Department of Health unveiled a new web site last week that will allow the public to view the health inspection grades of about 12,000 restaurants. The site also allows people to ask for complete inspection reports, and instructs people how to file a...

• Elder Abuse: Woman Dies After Leaving Palomar Heights Care Center

  Scott Barber | November 27, 2007 7:00 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  A 94 year-old resident of Palomar Heights Care Center in Escondido died early Thanksgiving morning after wandering out of the facility and being struck by a car. To compound matters the resident, Maria Cobian, was wearing a bracelet intended to alert staff if she attempted to leave the facility. According to Escondido Police, the only door the bracelet doesn't trigger an alarm. "Either she...

• Nearly Half of California Nursing Homes Do Not Meet Federal Standards

  Randy Walton | February 11, 2008 2:46 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  Medicare and Medicaid released a report this week listing nursing homes and hospitals from around the country that have fallen below benchmarks set for patient restraints, bedsores, and surgical infections. Of the 1400 California nursing homes, 674 made the list.The purpose in releasing the specific nursing homes was to hold accountable the private contractors hired by Medicare and Medicaid to...

• Product Liabilty: FDA Requires New Warning For Avandia

  Scott Barber | November 15, 2007 10:48 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  The FDA has required GlaxoSmithKline to place a "black box" warning on its Diabetes drug, Avandia. The warning requirement is based upon 42 studies which show an increased risk of heart attack or chest pain associated with the use of Avandia. A May 21 report in the New England Journal of Medicine linked Avandia to a 43 percent increased risk of heart attacks. Avandia was the world's...

• Car Strikes Good Samaritan in Carlsbad

  Walton Barber, LLP | April 08, 2008 5:51 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  Early Monday morning on the I-5 in Carlsbad, the driver of Chevy Cavalier lost control of her vehicle and broadside Mitsubishi Eclipse that was disabled in the fast lane after being involved in a...

• Elderly Drivers a Growing Problem?

  Randy Walton | November 03, 2007 8:33 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  We're all aware that the aging baby-boomer generation is creating all kinds of societal concerns such as the solvency of social security, the increase in health care costs, and the availability of nursing home care. But what about all the elderly drivers that will be on the road?A few months about I counseled a client in her 80s who was being prosecuted for vehicular manslaughter. She had run...

• California Budget Cuts May Endanger Elderly

  Randy Walton | January 25, 2008 3:53 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  Governor Schwarzenegger's proposed cuts of the California budget may increase the risk of elder neglect and abuse to the nearly 150,000 elderly residents of nursing and residential care facilities.According to the California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR), the proposed cuts will reduce inspections and will further cripple an already struggling program. Moreover, a reduction in the...

• Motorcycle Accident Fatality Caused By Negligent Driver

  Walton Barber, LLP | January 29, 2008 1:41 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  San Diego police are reporting that a van made an illegal u-turn in front of motorcyclist Robert Reed yesterday, causing the motorcycle and the van to collide. The motorcycle accident occurred on Valley Road near Plaza Bonita Center Way in the afternoon. Reed, a San Diego resident, died as a result of the accident.Accident investigators may seek vehicular manslaughter charges against the driver.

• Witnesses Sought For Escondido Auto Accident

  Randy Walton | September 26, 2007 9:08 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  Auto accident in Escondido causes serious personal injury to 16-year-old boy. Police are looking for witnesses.A 16-year-old motorist suffered serious injuries in an auto accident Tuesday when the car he was driving collided with another vehicle at the intersection of South Centre City Parkway and South Centre City Frontage Road.According to the North County Times, the accident happened about...