As Published By ALAN S. RIPKA, ESQUIRE Anastomic Failures If you’ve had abdominal surgery, or an intestinal-bowel-colon resection and it failed, it may be due to medical malpractice, product liability (such as the device that seals the ends malfunctioned or has a defective design), or both. Increasingly mechanical staplers are used in the anastomosis, or…
As Published By ALAN S. RIPKA, ESQUIRE Glass Flakes Found in Anemia Drugs On September 24, 2010, Amgen announced that certain lots of anemia drugs Epogen and Procrit vials are being voluntarily recalled because they may contain glass flakes. These drugs are used to treat anemia related to HIV therapy, chronic renal failure, and chemotherapy….
As Published By ALAN S. RIPKA, ESQUIRE Agreeable, Amenable and Malleable to Win In order to consistently prevail you must be agreeable, amenable, and malleable. These characteristics make it possible to gain trust, show compromise, and restructure deals. It is so easy, and similarly, adolescent to stand firmly on your position and refuse to yield….
As Published By ALAN S. RIPKA, ESQUIRE Treacherous Taxicabs Treacherous taxicabs cause accidents because of their reckless driving. Yellow cab drivers seem to believe that they have the right to break every rule of the road since they make a living driving, says Alan Ripka, Esq. Whether it is speeding, changing lanes suddenly, stopping in…
