Pain pumps provide pain medication directly to an area of injury that is causing chronic, severe pain. Those pumps were approved for use in areas such as spinal pain in the back. The manufacturers of the pain pumps also applied for, but were denied, FDA approval for the use of pain pumps in an enclosed area such as the shoulder. Nonetheless, the manufacturers, including Stryker and IFlow, advised doctors that there were no risks involved with such a use. In fact though, shoulder Pain Pumps cause permanent damage to the cartilage leaving thepatient, now victim,in permanent, severe pain. Begam, Lewis & Marksis working closely with national leaders in the pain-pump litigation across the country and handling a number of cases right here in Arizona. If youor a loved one has been injured by an intra-articular pain pump or are having severe joint pain after installation of ones of these types of pumps, you may have a legal right to compensation. Please contact us for a free consultation.

A Seattle-area construction company has agreed to pay an undisclosed sum to settle a lawsuit by the family of cyclist crushed by a dump truck in 2007. Bryce Lewis died after a Nelson & Sons dump truck turned suddenly while he and another cyclist were riding in a bike lane near the University of Washington.

Begam, Lewis &Marks has a long history of handling bicycle crash cases involving trucks and cars, as well as involving bike manufacturing defects and negligent roadway and bike lane designs. Please call for a free consultation.

Read the full article in the Seattle Times: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009138622_webbikedeath28m.html

Federal safety investigators criticized the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Monday for failing to enact tougher standards for the commercial bus industry. Citing a deadly 2008 rollover crash in Utah, The National Transportation Safety Board, the federal agency charged with investigating major transportation accidents, said the NHTSA has been to slow to implement longstanding safety recommendations for commercial buses. The 2008 bus accident killed nine passengers and injured 43 others. Begam, Lewis & Marks has particular expertise in handing interstate trucking and bus crash cases. If you or a loved one has been injured in an interstate truck or bus crash, call for a free consultation.

Read Article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/21/AR2009042103494.html

In an opinion upholding a jury verdict finding a worker's compensation insurance carrier's IME physician liable for medical malpractice, the held that even absent a formal doctor-patient relationship, a doctor conducting an Independent Medical Examination owes a duty of reasonable care to the patient. The IME doctor wrote a report that the patient was stable, not in need of further treatment, and could return to work, despite the fact that the patient was suffereing from a spinal cord compression injury. The compensation carrier denied him any further treatment. By the time the patient was able to get care from other sources, he had suffered a permanent injury, which ultimately resulted in his death. Begam, Lewis & Marks handles medical malpractice cases and has more than 40 years experience. Call for a free consultation.

To read the full opinion: http://www.cofad1.state.az.us/opinionfiles/CV/CV080099.pdf

Citing potentially serious conflicts of interest, a report from an influential medical advisory group has urged doctors to sever many of their ties with drug and medical device makers. The report, produced by the Institute of Medicine, said the acceptance of the money, gifts and free drug samples by doctors threatens public trust in medicine. Additionally, the report called for lawmakers to pass legislation that would force drug and device makers to disclose all payments made to doctors. Gardiner Harris, The New York Times.

Read Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/29/health/policy/29drug.html?_r=2&hp