Most Americans have always felt some reassurance that before the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) allows a drug to be prescribed to patients, it has to go through rigorous testing and be proven safe and effective in multiple clinical trials. As one professor of...
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How is fault determined in a Georgia car accident lawsuit?
Car accidents happen all the time. Depending on the severity, a car accident can leave you with severe injuries and property damage. If you have been involved in a car accident that is not your fault, Georgia law allows you to pursue a car accident lawsuit against the...
How to know if you have been the victim of medical malpractice
If you have experienced injuries as a result of what you believe could be medical malpractice, you should learn what you can about the legal elements necessary in such lawsuits. There are four characteristics that must be present in every medical malpractice case. The...
How much can you recover from your medical malpractice claim?
If you were a victim of medical malpractice, you probably incurred additional costs to get the proper treatment or mistake corrected. In addition, the malpractice likely caused you emotional or psychological pain and suffering. Therefore, it is only fair that you get...
Protect yourself from medication errors
If you are injured or dealing with an illness, you attend a healthcare facility with the expectation that they help you recover. Part of this process often involves the prescription of medication. With the right medication, your condition should improve. However, if...
Why is cellular phone use behind the wheel a bad idea?
All it takes is a moment of distraction for a crash to occur, and the few seconds a driver takes their eyes off the road to respond to a text might be all they need to avert a potential disaster. Given the prevalence of distractions arising from cell phone use by...
Business owners have no legal right to boot vehicles
Placing a boot on an unauthorized vehicle has been a tactic commonly employed by some Georgia business owners to discourage people from parking vehicles on the business' private property. These business owners believed that common law justified their actions. However,...
The wrong medication can harm you in 2 ways
Among the many potential mistakes that a medical professional can make is a medication error. They could prescribe the wrong medication for your condition or for yourself based on your own personal characteristics. This is a serious error, and you as a patient may...
Agency, troopers urge caution while driving over holidays
As we head into the holidays, the Georgia Department of Public Safety’s commissioner appeals to the public to practice safe driving to save lives. He states, “As more people travel the roadways to visit family and friends, Troopers and Officers will continue to focus...
What has led to the rise in food recalls?
If it seems like there are an increasingly large number of products being recalled from grocery store shelves, that’s in part because there are. It’s not necessarily that food is more dangerous than it used to be. We’ll look at some of the reasons here. Food products...