the tabor blog

• Nov 16, 2011

  2011 Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum

  Roy Tabor will be speaking at the 2011 Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (ICLEF) on December 6^th at the Ritz Charles Meeting Facility in Carmel, Indiana. This will be Roy’s eleventh year as a guest speaker at the ICLEF Year in Review. Roy is truly honored that he has been invited again as a speaker to talk about current issues in personal injury and wrongful death law.

  ICLEF brings hundreds attorneys together each year to provide continued education and law updates to Indiana attorneys on a variety of topics of interest to lawyers.

  Tabor Law enjoys conferring with attorneys around the state and stands ready to serve as co counsel on cases. For more information on Roy serving as co counsel on your client’s case, call 1.800.266.7103.

  For more information on this event, visit ICLEF.org It’s not too late to register and attend!

• Nov 16, 2011

  wrongful death: our experience

  Over the past 30 years, Tabor Law Firm has assisted hundreds of families in handling wrongful death cases. Below is an example of a wrongful death cases that Tabor Law has recently settled.

  Dudley v. Towne Air Freight

  Indiana State Police Lieutenant Gary Dudley helped coordinate and annually participated in a charity bicycle ride around the state of Indiana to benefit C.O.P.S. (“Concerns of Police Survivors”), an organization that provides support to families of officers who are killed in the line of duty. In 2006, Gary was riding his bicycle in the charity ride with a group of other police officers southbound on State Road 63 in Vermillion County when the riders’ support motor vehicle was rear-ended by a truck being driven by an employee of Degendant Towne Air Freight. As the truck collided with the support motor vehicle, both vehicles were propelled forward and Gary was struck and killed. Tabor Law Firm successfully represented Gary’s wife, Carolyn, in an action for his wrongful death. Our investigation revealed evidence that the Defendant driver failed to keep a proper lookout, was speeding, and was following too closely before he hit Gary.

• Nov 09, 2011

  New Cases Emerge from FDA findings

  Recent findings from the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) have been leading to new types of cases across the country. Three specific types of cases brought to Tabor Law’s attention include Transvaginal Mesh & Bladder slings, Metal-on-Metal Hip Replacement Parts, and Actos, a medication used to treat diabetes.

  The FDA is also now warning doctors and patients about the placement of surgical mesh (transvaginal mesh/bladder sling) through the vagina to treat pelvic organ prolapse or incontinence may present a greater risk to the patient than other types of treatment. The FDA has reported multiple complications with surgical mesh, and has now issued a warning to doctors.

  Metal-on-Metal hip replacement parts have been ordered into review as well by the FDA due to problems including: loosening, fracturing, and dislocating of the device.

  Actos, a drug usually prescribed to treat Type 2 diabetes, now has a new label mandated by the FDA stating that using the drop for more than one year may be associated with increased risk of bladder cancer. Following these findings, France & German heath officials have now banned Actos.

  These are just several recent findings from the FDA which have led to lawsuits across the country. If you or a loved one have experienced difficulty with any of the treatments mentioned above, contact Tabor for a free consultation.

  Stay up to date with recent FDA warnings by visiting: http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/default.htm