COMMERCIAL LITIGATION: Vehicle lubricant altered without warrantor's knowledge: Unfair, deceptiv
Gateway Management Services, Ltd. , provides warranties for automobile and truck parts. For years, it had an agreement to distribute and warranty a lubricant manufactured by Advanced Lubrication Technology, Inc. (ALT) that is used in automobiles and trucks. In March 2006, after receiving complaints that the lubricant was allegedly clogging filters and causing significant damage to vehicles, Gateway learned that ALT had changed the lubricant's formula without informing Gateway
PLASTIC SURGERY: Woman Suffers Necrosis Following Breast Reduction - Multiple Additional Procedures
We thank Charles E. Rawlings, attorney for the plaintiff, for sending us a report of this case. The plaintiff, age thirty-three, had significantly large breasts which caused neck, shoulder and back discomfort. The plaintiff was a smoker who had been treated multiple times at an out-patient clinic for treatment of her tobacco use. In January 2008 the plaintiff went to a VA center and consulted Dr. Frank Lansden regarding a breast reduction. Dr. Lansden found the plaintiff to b
EMERGENCY MEDICINE: Failure to Properly Evaluate and Refer to Urologist Following Blunt Trauma to Te
We thank Charles E. Rawlings, attorney for the plaintiff, for sending us a report of this case. The plaintiff went to the emergency room at Cherokee Indian Hospital in Cherokee, North Carolina with acute pain caused by testicular trauma after being hit by a softball. The plaintiff was also urinating blood. The plaintiff was evaluated by family nurse practitioner Michael B. Wiseman, who prescribed hydrocodone and naproxen. The plaintiff was discharged three hours later with ad