http://www.tennesseelawblog.com/ en-us 2008-05-08T20:20:04-05:00 http://www.tennesseelawblog.com/2008/05/fda_recall_digitek_medication.html FDA officials announced a nationwide recall of the heart drug Digitek (digoxin), last week. Nashville patients with heart problems were made safer by the recall of these generic heart drug tablets used to treat abnormal heart rhythms and heart failure.... Defective Drugs jim 2008-05-08T20:20:04-05:00 http://www.tennesseelawblog.com/2008/05/new_tennessee_medical_malpract.html For years the medical and insurance lobby in Tennessee has been trying to place financial caps on medical malpractice cases. In attempting to sell this legislation the lobbyist argued that it would stop "frivolous" lawsuits. Our legislature, however, realised that... Medical Malpractice jim 2008-05-01T19:11:40-05:00 http://www.tennesseelawblog.com/2008/04/tennessee_nursing_home_in_trou.html Nursing homes in Tennessee are regulated by the Tennessee Department of Health (TDOH). TDOH takes an active role in investigating complaints made by nursing homes residents and the friends and families of residents. TDOH also performs annual surveys on nursing... Nursing Home Neglect jim 2008-04-18T18:09:12-05:00 http://www.tennesseelawblog.com/2008/04/some_laid_off_tennessee_worker.html Aluminum manufacturer Aleris International Inc. announced that it will close its alloy facility in Shelbyville, Tenn. Unfortunately, this is just another plant closing in Tennessee. It is important to note that some of the workers who lost their jobs and... Workers Compensation jim 2008-04-17T21:38:34-05:00 http://www.tennesseelawblog.com/2008/04/tennessee_nursing_home_punishe.html This week the Tennessee nursing home industry pushed legislation to give them limited liability for the neglect of residents. It is amazing that the industry has the guts to ask for a special law created just to limit their liability... Nursing Home Neglect jim 2008-04-09T19:14:59-05:00 http://www.tennesseelawblog.com/2008/03/tennessee_age_discrimination_c.html After the past few years the state of Tennessee and my office has seen more age discrimination cases. There is some debate as to why. The most commonly given reason I hear for the rise in job related age discrimination... Employment Issues jim 2008-03-31T21:46:43-05:00 http://www.tennesseelawblog.com/2008/03/right_to_reopen_a_tennessee_wo.html There are many considerations in determining the value of a workman's compensation claim. One of the most crucial factors is whether the "cap" applies. The is a limit in Tennessee on an award if the employer goes back to work... Workers Compensation jim 2008-03-25T21:31:03-05:00 http://www.tennesseelawblog.com/2008/03/baxter_heparin_recall_update.html Baxter International Inc. has announced the recall of all remaining, potential lethal doses of its heparin products including its possibly defective: Sodium injection multi-dose Single-dose vials HEP-LOCK heparin flush This completes the series of heparin recallsTennessee Law Blog has been... Defective Drugs jim 2008-03-04T21:14:12-05:00 http://www.tennesseelawblog.com/2008/03/school_assaults.html This week I was interviewed by a local news station, Fox 17, to discuss the sexual assaults which recently occurred on school buses. Unfortunately, my office has handled several inadequate security cases and school liability cases. These cases never come... Inadequate Security jim 2008-03-04T19:09:25-05:00 http://www.tennesseelawblog.com/2008/02/two_big_qui_tam_cases_settle_t.html Amendments to The False Claims Act in 1986 as well as Tennessee’s own Tennessee Medicaid False Claims Act (TMFCA) allow qualified whistleblowers to earn a portion of the government’s recoveries (called “qui tam provisions”) when whistleblowers, known as “relators,” appropriately... Employment Issues jim 2008-02-23T16:32:13-05:00