Maine Personal Injury Lawyer articles in category: Miscellaneous

Medical tourism, a growing travel phenomenon that combines international travel with various medical procedures, is the newest indication that Americans are fed up with expensive medical...

The looming economic recession has hit Mainers hard. Whether you’re an single and living on your own, married with a family, or trying to keep your small business afloat, for the majority of...

The Portland Press Herald has reported that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released a statement on April 12, 2008 detailing the most recent information regarding consumer illnesses that were...

Once again the question arises: Could this happen in Maine?Blue Cross of California tried to have California doctors finger their own patients so that Blue Cross could deny insurance coverage based on a patient's medical condition. Since insurance company executives aren't allowed into the exam room with patients (yet), Blue Cross of California thought it might be OK to ask California doctors...

Icy Hot Heat Therapy Products RecalledIcy Hot Therapy products, sold in many stores in Maine, have been recalled recently as a result of numerous reports by consumers that the self-heating patches caused skin irritations and serious burns when used to relieve muscle and joint pain. See http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23116830/from/ET/The leading manufacturer, Chattem, Inc., offers a variety of...

Over the years, Maine has been a leader in protecting the right of non-smokers to breath clean air in public spaces, but, until now, no one has dared try and tell smokers what they can and can't do in their houses and cars. However, a new city ordinance has changed all this for Bangor drivers, who can now be pulled over and fined up to 50 dollars for smoking in the car in the presence of...

Dr. Hootan Roozrokh of San Francisco has been accused of prescribing excessive drugs to a disabled patient to speed up his death and harvest his organs. The man, 26 year-old Ruben Navarro, died in 2006.The defendant's lawyer stated that the charges were "unfounded and ill-advised" and that is client has been subjected to an "18-month witch hunt".Roozrokh was charged with felony counts of...

According to Peter Pitts, president of the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest and a founding member of FDA's Counterfeit Drug Task Force, it is almost impossible for the FDA to guarantee the safety of imported drugs. This is because there are so many counterfeiters from all over the world. Pitts continues that "simply mandating safety by legislative fiat will not make imported drugs...

We have filed a brain harvesting lawsuit to recover money for our client who alleges that her husband's brain was taken for research against her wishes. Now that the government has decided not to file criminal charges, for unspecified reasons, claimants against SMRI can procede to trial unhidered by a criminal case.Sci-Tech Today.com recently interviewed me about a pending suit.Attorney C....

Mr. Briggs received his undergraduate degree from Holy Cross College and his law degree from Suffolk University Law School, with honors, where he was the managing editor of the Suffolk Transnational Law Review. In addition to the state and federal courts in Maine, Don is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts in Massachusetts, including the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First...

With more than 25 years of experience in the area of personal injury, Briggs & Counsel possesses the knowledge and professionalism that comes with many years of service. Past and current clients realize there is no substitute for experience and appreciate our aggressive strategy that gets results for injured people. We also work hard to keep our clients informed of all developments regarding...

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