Miscellaneous

• Debate Over Defibrillator Implant Training

  Jamie Sheller | August 01, 2006 3:24 PM | 0 CommentsPhiladelphia, PA

  Until recently, electrophysiologists, highly trained specialists, performed most defibrillator implants. Defibrillators are devices that treat heart rhythm problems. These devices are implanted in a patient's body, near their heart. After the federal government recently increased the number of patients for which it would pay for defibrillator implants, there was a rush by more cardiologists...

• Pennsylvania Ruling Against Eminent Domain

  Jamie Sheller | February 08, 2006 1:27 PM | 0 CommentsPhiladelphia, PA

  In In re 1839 North Eighth Street, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court reversed a lower court and ruled that private property marked as blighted could not be taken by the Redevelopment Authority of Philadelphia and given to a private religious organization. According to the Court, "nothing in the Constitution authorizes a taking of private property for a private use." The Court added that this...

• Guidant Reports More Deaths Linked to Heart Devices

  Jamie Sheller | December 16, 2005 9:25 AM | 0 CommentsPhiladelphia, PA

  Guidant Corporation has provided the FDA with reports about several recent patient deaths connected to recalled Guidant heart devices. The new reports raise the number of deaths from those devices to seven. According to agency records, those deaths resulted from short circuits in the devices, and they occurred after Guidant issued a recall of several devices in June 2005. The electrical...

• Over-the-Counter Eye Drops and Pain Medication Pulled From Market

  Jamie Sheller | December 01, 2005 12:09 PM | 0 CommentsPhiladelphia, PA

  MBI Distributing, Inc. has been ordered to stop manufacturing its over-the-counter (OTC) eye drops and pain relief drugs. The FDA found that manufacturing deficiencies resulted in the company being unable to ensure that its eye drops were sterile. Also, the FDA determined that two of MBIs eye drop brands, Visitein and Clarity Vision for Life, are unapproved drugs. Further, the FDA found that...

• New Warnings Needed for Asthma Medications

  Jamie Sheller | December 01, 2005 12:06 PM | 0 CommentsPhiladelphia, PA

  The FDA has required new warnings for Advair Diskus, Foradil Aerolizer, and Serevent Diskus asthma medications. The manufacturers must alert health care providers and patients that these medications may increase the chance of severe asthma episodes, and death when those episodes occur. The affected products contain medicines known as long-acting beta 2-adrenergic agonists (LABA), which help...

• Humana Settles Class-Action Suit

  Staff Writer | October 19, 2005 4:20 PM | 1 CommentPhiladelphia, PA

  Humana settled a class-action suit filed by more than 700,000 doctors who claimed the company, along with several other insurers, was delaying payments as well as shortchanging the doctors when they did pay. Humana was the sixth of ten companies to settle, agreeing to pay up to $58 million - $40 million to the doctors and $18 million in legal fees. The Louisville Courier-Journal provides more...

• Sheller Law Firm

  Staff Writer | October 15, 2005 5:34 PM | 0 CommentsPhiladelphia, PA

  Founded in 1977, Sheller, P.C. is a law firm committed to the aggressive and passionate representation of its clients. One of the largest plaintiff's personal injury and class action law firms in the Eastern United States, we maintain a national practice concentrating in areas of consumer fraud, drug product and medical device liability, medical malpractice, toxic tort and complex catastrophic...

• Jamie Sheller - Philadelphia Personal Injury Attorney

  Staff Writer | October 15, 2005 5:26 PM | 1 CommentPhiladelphia, PA

  Jamie Sheller currently handles and supervises an extensive caseload including medical malpractice, medical device, and drug product liability cases, complex product liability cases, Multi-District Litigation and Class Action Litigation for breast implant, tobacco, fen-phen and Norplant, as well as general personal injury cases. She works on all aspects of the litigation from initial client...

• Disclaimer

  Staff Writer | March 02, 2005 11:57 AM | 0 CommentsPhiladelphia, PA

  The information found on this website should not be construed as legal advice and is not a substitute for professional legal consultation. You should not base your legal decisions solely on the information found in this site and you are encouraged to seek the counsel of an attorney regarding your specific questions or situation. The information found herein may represent the opinions or...