Pradaxa is a prescription medicine used as a blood thinner. It was intended to be used to prevent strokes in people with atrial fibrillation and was designed to replace the blood thinner warfarin (known by brand names Coumadin, Jantovin and Marfarin). Recently, Pradaxa has been implicated in several reports of bleeding fatalities. Patients with impaired renal function are particularly susceptible to its adverse side effects because their kidneys are unable to completely flush the drug from their system. If you or a loved one has suffered dangerous side effects of […]
Kathleen A. DeYoung
If your business provides information on your deadbeat clients to any one of a number of credit reporting agencies, such as Equifax, Experian, or TransUnion, you are regarded as a furnisher under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The FCRA regulates the collection and disbursement of personal credit information and dictates the duties and responsibilities of those who furnish that information, including creditors and debt collectors. As enacted, the FCRA provided near-blanket immunity from common law tort liability (defamation, invasion of privacy, negligence) to furnishers in order to facilitate full […]