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Affordable, At Home Genetic Testing for Breast Cancer is Now Available
In 2013 Angelina Jolie announced that she had her ovaries removed and a preventative double mastectomy after learning that she had a BRCA1 genetic mutation, which meant that she had an 80% chance of getting breast cancer and 50% chance of getting ovarian cancer. The decision sparked a national debate about access to genetic information.…
Read MoreNew Information Surfaces about Horrific Amtrak Derailment
The National Transportation Safety Board has released its preliminary findings regarding the devastating derailment of an Amtrak train heading from Washington, D.C. to New York on Tuesday. The NTSB reports found that the train was traveling at about 106 miles per hour around a curve, more than twice the legal speed limit. The train was…
Read MoreNace Law Group Sends its Thoughts and Prayers to the Victims of the Philadelphia Amtrak Accident
As a longtime Washingtonian, I have traveled Amtrak’s Northeast Regional train on many, many occasions. So it was horrifying to read about the accident near Philadelphia last night. The pictures were extraordinarily frightening, in part, because the café car, seats, and the train cars are so familiar. Tragedies like this often hit home with those…
Read MoreHow to Get Compensation for Vaccine Injuries and Adverse Immunization Reactions
Between the day children are born and the age of six, the U.S. government mandates that children receive 49 doses of 14 vaccines. Vaccines can be beneficial and they are responsible for almost completely wiping out diseases such as measles and saving the lives of millions of children every year. The World Health Organization (WHO)…
Read MoreWinchester Defective Shotgun Recall
There is a viral video that is garnering a lot of attention, and it seems to have prompted gun maker Winchester Repeating Arms to issue a recall of a defective shotgun model SXP, or Super X Pump shotguns with a 3 1/2″ chamber. The video, which has more than 819,800 views so far, was supposed…
Read MoreAnemia Drug Feraheme Assigned Boxed Warning by FDA
The Food and Drug Administration has assigned a boxed warning – the highest level there is – for Feraheme (ferumoxytol), an anti-anemia drug. Feraheme has been found to increase the risk of “serious, potentially fatal allergic reactions” specifically for “patients who have had an allergic reaction to any intravenous (IV) iron replacement product” according to…
Read MoreWho is to Blame When Defective Products Cause Harm?
Manufacturers owe a duty of care to consumers, to make sure that their products are as safe as possible. In the case of products that have an inherent danger, the manufacturer owes a duty to the end user to warn them of the possible dangers associated with using the product. Millions of consumers are injured…
Read MoreIs Your Online Presence Disrupting Your Life?
What happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas, but what happens online can be found anywhere. Every time you check your email, search a website or use your smart phone through WiFi, your personal information is being disseminated all over the web. And that information can keep you from the home, the car and the…
Read MoreDrunk Doctors and Damages for Botched Procedures
Doctors are among the most trusted professionals in our lives. When you are wheeled into the emergency room for surgery you are literally placing your life in the doctor’s hands. You are placing your trust in the knowledge, skill and acumen in those hands. Never would you think that those hands might be shaky because…
Read MoreEntire Family Killed Tragically by Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
In a devastating turn of events, an entire family of eight died on Tuesday, April 7th when carbon monoxide filled the home of Rodney Todd and his seven children while they slept. The Washington Post reports that the family had been using a generator to heat their Princess Anne home, after Delmarva Power removed their…
Read MoreIntentional Torts — A Civil Injury Case after a Criminal Assault
Imagine that you are walking down the street one day looking down at the screen of your phone and the next thing you know you feel a whack on your head. You look up to see a man unloading two by fours from a truck and carrying them into a building where some renovations are…
Read MoreWhat is in Your Weight Loss Supplements?
As of 2013, the U.S. segment of the global market for weight loss products is more than $60 billion, with $2.69 billion for meal replacements and weight loss supplements. About half of American adults were trying to lose weight, according to a Marketdata Enterprises Inc. report. Millions of Americans take weight loss supplements in an…
Read MorePersonal Injury Basics: Washington, D.C.’s Contributory Fault Laws
It is a common misconception that any time a person sustains a serious injury, that victim may sue another person or entity for compensation. In fact, you can only start a personal injury lawsuit in Washington, D.C. if your injury was the direct result of another person’s negligence. For example: if you are sitting backwards…
Read MoreMedical Malpractice Basics: Do I Have a Case?
Filing a medical malpractice lawsuit takes skill and resources because it is a complex area of the law. If the outcome of a procedure or medical regimen is not what was planned, that does not mean that you are a victim of medical malpractice. A solid definition of medical malpractice is the “improper, unskilled, or…
Read MorePut Down Your Phone and Save a Life
By now most Americans have gotten the message – no pun intended – that texting behind the wheel kills. You have heard the mind-boggling statistics about how texting while driving is quickly eclipsing drunk driving as the leading cause of death in car accidents for teen drivers in the U.S. You have probably heard that…
Read MoreSecret Settlements – Confidentiality Agreements in Medical Malpractice Lawsuits
Debbie Pennington went in to surgery 20 years ago for a partial hysterectomy and a surgical sponge the size of a pack of cigarettes was left in her body after the surgery. Pennington suffered years of pain and five additional surgeries that were required to fix the mistake, but she was unable to speak of…
Read MoreTakata Airbag Injuries – Airbag Recall Details
In February 2015, The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration levied fines of $14,000 a day on airbag manufacturer Takata Corp. for their lack of cooperation with the Department of Transportation’s investigation into the company’s defective airbag inflators. According to the NHTSA and the DoT, those airbags –which have a tendency to explode, showering drivers and…
Read MoreZofran Birth Defects Lawsuits
Zofran (Ondansetron) is a drug manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline, which was approved by the FDA in 1991 to prevent nausea and vomiting caused by cancer chemotherapy, radiation therapy and surgery. Ondansetron is a 5-HT3 receptor antagonist, which blocks the action of serotonin in the brain which is thought to cause vomiting and nausea. After Zofran was…
Read MoreHow Clean is Your Local Hospital?
Patients in hospitals face an increased risk of contracting an infection or illness while they are there, even under the best of circumstances. But when a hospital does not follow protocol to keep its equipment sterile and in proper working order, the risk to patients increases exponentially. This is what appears to have happened to…
Read MoreWoman Sues Walmart on Behalf of D.C. Population Over Deceptive Labels
A District of Columbia woman is suing Walmart on your behalf related to unfair and deceptive trade practices perpetuated by the retail giant. The complaint, filed on February 4, 2015 by three law firms including Nace Law Group, demands a jury trial against the retailer in a lawsuit claiming deceptive trade practices because of the…
Read MoreWest Virginia’s New Legislators May Start Pushing Tort Reform this January
The West Virginia legislature, both the House of Delegates and the State Senate, starts its first 2015 session on January 14th. According to the West Virginia Record, tort reform is high on the list of priorities this year because Senate President Bill Cole does not want the state to be labeled a “Judicial Hellhole” by…
Read MoreNace Law Group Named “Angels” by Corazón de Vida Foundation
When we founded our law firm more than 40 years ago, we did so because we believed that the under-represented deserved a better chance for a better future. We are proud to say that we have helped countless families throughout Washington, D.C. and West Virginia obtain those better futures. But we also know that not…
Read MoreHonda in Hot Water for Failing to Report More Than 1,700 complaints
A multitude of reports and investigations into the auto industry throughout 2014 led to millions of dollars’ worth of fines and recalls. That trend is continuing in 2015, as Honda has just been fined $70 million for failing to report 1,729 injury and wrongful death claims stemming back as far as 2003. The fines come…
Read MoreEmerging Technologies May Help Spinal Injury Victims Walk Again
The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation reports that of the nearly 6 million people who suffer paralysis in this country, 1.275 million of them have a spinal cord injury of some kind. But a new neural implant in the first stages of laboratory testing may allow those people to walk again. The report is published…
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