According to the New York Times, the FDA "warned consumers not use body-building products that are sold as nutritional supplements but may contain steroids or steroidlike substances, citing reports of acute liver injury and kidney failure."  The FDA acknowledged that it did not know how many products its warning affects but, in general, informed buyers to beware of those products which claim to enhance or diminish the effects of hormones like testosterone, estrogen or progestin." 

If you believe that you or a loved one has been injured by one of these supplements, please contact our firm and we will assist in the investigation and evaluation of your potential product liability claim.   

According to a paper published in the Lancet Oncology, tanning beds may "pose as big a risk as tobacco and asbestos."  The associated press pointed out that "a new analysis of about 20 studies concludes that the risk of skin cancer jumps by 75% when people start using tanning beds before age 30."  According to the associated press, new classifications of ultraviolet radiation mean that  "tanning beds and other sources of ultraviolet radiation are now considered definite sources of cancer."   

Roche Holiding AG, makers of Accutane acne medication stopped selling their product on June 26, 2009.   This follows several juries awarding millions in damages to Accutane users who blamed the drug for Inflammatory Bowel Disease.   Inflammatory Bowel Disease is an ongoing health problem that causes inflammation and swelling in the digestive tract.  It can cause severe abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea.  There are two main types of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis.

If you are a user of Accutane who has been diagnosed with Inflammatory Bowel Disease, you may have a product liability claim.  If so, please feel free to contact our firm and we will assist you with evaluating your potential product liability claim.   

Most likely, yes. In fact, many people have multiple layers of insurance available to them to cover the injuries they suffer in an accident.

First and foremost, Florida law requires that all drivers have personal injury protection or PIP insurance. PIP is available, REGARDLESS OF FAULT, to pay medical bills and lost wages sustained as a result of an accident. In other words, even if you caused the accident, you can recover from your PIP coverage up to a certain amount (typically $10,000) for your medical bills and lost wages.

Medical payments or "med pay" is also available through your insurance carrier. This coverage, like PIP, is available regardless of fault. However, unlike PIP, it is not required by Florida law and is an optional coverage under your policy. Further, unlike PIP, it is only available to cover medical bills and does not cover your lost wages.

If you have health insurance, it typically covers co-pays owed to health care providers after PIP and med pay are applied. Further, once your PIP and med pay are exhausted, your health insurance is available to pay your medical pays in accordance with the terms of your health insurance contract.

This coverage is provided by the insurance company of the person that hit you and caused the accident. It is available to cover all of your injuries and damages including, but not limited to, outstanding medical bills and lost wages and your pain and suffering resulting from the accident. Unfortunately, many Floridians do not carry this insurance or do not carry sufficient insurance to cover all of the injuries and damages you sustain in an accident. Fortunately, you can purchase insurance from your insurance company that protects you in the event that the person that hit you is under insured or uninsured.

This coverage is available through your insurance company. It is not mandatory but our firm highly recommends that you purchase it. As stated above, this insurance will cover you if the individual that hits you is uninsured or under insured (a very common occurrence). This insurance will protect you and pay for any medical bills, lost wages and pain and suffering you sustain as a result of the accident which is over and above the bodily injury insurance available through the individual that hit you.