Yesterday, in the North Carolina General Assembly, a draft of a bill which proposes to protect drug makers and those selling medications from liability lawsuits was discussed. The drugs and medications protected by this proposed bill must be approved by any state or federal government agency. The bill is expected…
March is Brain Injury Awareness Month and The Brain Injury Association of America is urging everyone to “get the facts” on concussions. “A concussion is a brain injury. Period”, states the organizations website. More from the BIAA website: A concussion is caused by a bump, blow or jolt to the…
Loss of consortium is when there is a disruption in a marriage due to the injuries that someone in the family has suffered. In an injury claim, one may be able to receive damages for loss of consortium. While there are many examples of this, we’ll use one below where you can…
In a late December blog post, we featured a story in the New York Times on a FDA approval process used by DePuy to get the ASR Hip Replacement system to market faster without any clinical testing. To put that blog post in a nutshell, where drugs have to be tested through a…
Yesterday, Hardison & Cochran filed the first of many cases against DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., and its parent company, Johnson & Johnson. In August 2010, Depuy Orthopaedics recalled two of their hip replacement systems. The recall has been issued for approximately 93,000 defective implants after it was found that the device was…
We came across this initiative by the Garner Veterans’ Memorial Committee as we were reading the online version of the News & Observer yesterday. The online article, which can viewed here, is about how Miss Garner, Zellie Brown and Garner’s Outstanding Teen, Lauren Hitchings are seeking sponsors for a golf tournament to raise money for the building of…
Yesterday, we covered number 1-25 in the list of “50 Things to Look For When Visiting a Nursing Home” from our consumer guide, North Carolina’s Guide to Nursing Home Negligence. Let’s take a look at 26-50. Again, all of these points should be answered with a yes or no along with…
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For the second year in a row Hardison & Cochran’s Managing Partner, Benjamin Cochran has been included in the North Carolina Super Lawyers Rising Star list. Along with being a two time North Carolina Super Lawyer, Mr. Cochran is a Board Certified Specialist in Workers’ Compensation Law. The selections for…
In our published consumer guide, North Carolina’s Guide to Nursing Home Negligence, there is a checklist in the last pages that can be taken and completed when you or a loved on tours the facilities of a North Carolina nursing home. Over the next two days we will be sharing…
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