Addressing the deadly Washington D.C. train crash Debbie Hersman of the National Transportation Safety Board said the operator of the train that “slammed into a stationary train in front of it apparently had activated the emergency brakes in a failed effort to stop before the accident.” as reported in the Washington Post. Hersman said the “emergency brake button, known as the ‘mushroom,’ was depressed, and the steel rails showed evidence that the brakes were engaged.”

Johnson & Johnson unit ” marketing run amock”?
Did Johnson and Johnson’s attempt to convince doctors that metal on metal hip implants were safe amount to “marketing run amok? J&J pushed its pinnacle hip implants, promoting the devices to doctors, plaintiff’s attorney Mark Lanier told jurors yesterday, also that the pinnacle hip implants suffered from design