Brandon Smith is a partner at Childers, Schlueter & Smith (CSS) in Atlanta, Georgia. He represents individuals nationwide in pharmaceutical litigation, mass torts, product liability, and serious personal injury cases.
A former star on Prison Break, a Fox drama series television show, Lane Garrison, has recently been charged felony vehicular manslaughter and DUI after his vehicle slammed into a tree killing his 17 year-old passenger. Garrison, in the television series, played the part of David “Tweener” Apolskis w
Due to elevated levels of iron in 12 different lots, Bausch and Lomb has issued a limited recall on its ReNu MultiPlus lens care solution. The affected lots are said to have been manufactured in Greenville, South Carolina. Over 1 million of the bottles from 9 of the 12 lots were distributed in the U
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced last Friday that it no longer intends to publish a public list of potentially dangerous prescription drugs that was going to warn the consuming public of potential safety concerns and risks. The idea was discussed and proposed by the FDA after the with
Ford has issued a nationwide recall relating to many of its vehicles after discovering a common cruise control defects in them that can cause the vehicle to catch on fire. The effected vehicles in this recall are 2000-2002 Excursions, 1994-1996 Econoline vans, 1994-2002 F-250 through F-550 F-Super D
According to Greenville South Carolina authorities, the driver of a tractor trailer that struck a man in a wheel chair could face felony charges after causing the man’s death. According to eyewitnesses, John Wesley Holtzclaw, a sixty nine year old man, was operating his wheel chair on the side walk
Students at Blessed Trinity Catholic High School were forced to evacuate their school earlier today after an unknown agent caused many to experience problems breathing and very itching skin. Seventeen students had to hospitalized at five different hospitals including North Fulton County for their co
If you have ever thought there was an insurance crisis going on and that insurers where losing so much money to all those “frivolous lawsuits” being filed, you need to look no further than to the Chicago Tribune wherein it discusses State Farm’s projected profits of over $5.3 billion, yes billion, f
Do you use or rely on a medical devices or equipment for your medication, oxygen or for some other necessary reason? If so, you ought to read this warning published by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration over concerns that specific devices might cause adverse events due to the upcoming Daylight S
The National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Kitty Higgins has recently said that there were no mechanical problems with the tour bus that was carrying a college baseball team from Ohio which tragically crashed in Atlanta, Georgia early Friday morning. In the initial stages of the fatal Atlant
Despite a federal investigation launched by the National Transportation Safety Board, Georgia’s Department of Transportation said they have no immediate plans to close, change or alter in any way the Northside exit ramp where six people lost their lives in a fatal Atlanta bus accident that was carry
Jack Landskroner, a fellow InjuryBoard partner and Cleveland Personal Injury Lawyer recently brought up an important aspect concerning the Atlanta Georgia bus accident that resulted in six deaths and dozens of other injuries: Highway Design Defects. His post questioning a possible highway design def
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel has set out to review Arcoxia, Merck & Co. Inc.’s replacement pain reliever drug for Vioxx which was recalled back in 2004. In a meeting set for April 12, 2007, the panel expects to discuss the safety and effectiveness of Arcoxia which is being heavily pus
