Koskoff is honored to be a part of last week's incredibly important decision by the Connecticut Supreme Court, which ruled in favor of ten Sandy Hook families and revived their case against Remington Arms Company, the manufacturer of the AR-15 used in the 2012 Newtown...
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FDA Investigating Deaths Following Injections of Zyprexa
The FDA announced this week that it is investigating the deaths of two patients who died several days after receiving intramuscular injections of the long-acting antipsychotic drug Zyprexa Relprevv (olanzapine pamoate). According to the investigation, both patients...
Pradaxa Linked with Bleeding Deaths
According to a recent article in the New York Times, the anti-clotting drug Pradaxa has been linked with more than 500 deaths in the United States. Pradaxa is used to prevent strokes in people with atrial fibrillation, a heart-rhythm disorder.On the market only two...
Unreliable Child Safety Devices
CNN recently reported that the federal government has ruled that devices intended to prevent children from dying of heat stroke in parked cars are unreliable. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration does not want these devices to lull parents and caregivers...
E. Coli O145 Outbreak
In the past few months, authorities have identified 14 people in six states (Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Tennessee) as being sickened by the same strain of E. coli. This strain, STEC-O145 (Shiga toxin-producing E. coli), is less common than...
Chainsaw Accident in Cheshire
There is a great article in the New Haven Register this morning about a Cheshire teenager who saved the life of one his neighbors who was cut by a chainsaw after falling from a ladder. Unfortunately, many power tools are still manufactured today without a kill switch...