Current Events and News, Personal Injury, Product Liability and Class Action News | July 12, 2021
For the 1,300+ Zantac cancer lawsuits already filed in the United States, 2021 has been a busy year. While these Zantac claims are advancing toward a resolution, many more former users of the heartburn medication are filing new lawsuits.
If you’re on the fence about whether to move forward with a Zantac lawsuit claim, here
Personal Injury | June 30, 2021
When a rideshare driver assaulted you, it may have seemed like an isolated, though horrific, situation. The attacker who committed an awful and inexcusable crime against you happened to be a rideshare driver, but as far as you knew, that individual was the only one to blame.
Now, a wave of lawsuits against Lyft has brought to light
Personal Injury, Product Liability and Class Action News | June 22, 2021
A Florida jury’s $1.7 million judgment in favor of the plaintiff on June 18, 2021, handed The 3M Company its second defeat in bellwether trials over hearing loss alleged to have resulted from the company’s earplugs.
That’s more bad news for 3M, which won the second bellwether trial, according to Bloomberg Industry Group,
Current Events and News, Personal Injury | June 21, 2021
The intravitreal (eyeball) injection drug Beovu hasn’t even been on the market for two years, but its history has been eventful.
This medication was meant to help patients with an eye problem known as wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD)—specifically, to offer an option that would allow for less frequent treatments than existing drugs on the market. Shortly after it started clinical use, though, reports emerged that
Current Events and News, Personal Injury, Product Liability and Class Action News | June 17, 2021
Millions of Philips sleep apnea machines and ventilators are being recalled for an alarming reason: a potential risk of cancer or other health issues, according to Reuters.
Here’s what you need to know about the recall and what to do next.
On June 14, 2021, multinational health technology company Philips announced
Personal Injury, Product Liability and Class Action News | June 7, 2021
With $2 billion on the line, the highest court in the nation has refused to hear an appeal that aimed to undo a jury award given to cancer patients and their families. On June 1, 2021, the Supreme Court rejected an appeal by the defendant, Johnson & Johnson, to overturn a judgment awarded in a talc powder lawsuit, the Associated Press reported.
Current Events and News, Personal Injury, Product Liability and Class Action News | May 26, 2021
More than five and a half years after the first Roundup lawsuits were filed, pharmaceutical company Bayer—which purchased Monsanto in 2018—is still in the process of resolving claims. On May 19, 2021, the company appeared before U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco to request preliminary approval of a settlement deal with a total value of $2 billion.
The settlement would go to compensate plaintiffs in
Personal Injury, Product Liability and Class Action News | May 24, 2021
A popular kitchen appliance could be an accident waiting to happen. Electric pressure cookers allow busy people to quickly cook meals using a combination of high pressure and high temperatures.
The problem is that this high-pressure internal environment could set the stage for an explosion if something goes wrong—which happens too often. Hundreds of people across the United States
Personal Injury | March 22, 2021
There are some symptoms that we all – hopefully – know could indicate cancer: excessive tiredness and fatigue, the development of strange lumps on the breast or elsewhere on the body. However, not every cancer symptom is obvious. Some are seemingly minor signs that you might chalk up to another, less serious cause. Others might be so mild that you don’t notice them at all.
Knowing these
Personal Injury | March 22, 2021
If you underwent unnecessary cancer treatments, you could have a multimillion-dollar case.
Most cancer misdiagnosis lawsuits involve the failure to diagnose cancer. The patient has cancer, but the doctor misses the signs or attributes them to some other condition.
But a shocking number of Americans have the opposite experience – and it causes them a great deal of suffering.
Personal Injury | March 21, 2021
When it comes to treating almost any kind of cancer, early detection is crucial. The sooner you start getting treatment, the better your prognosis will be. Yet research has shown that doctors misdiagnosed cancer with alarming frequency. Unfortunately, these are precisely the cancers in which a delay in treatment is often
Personal Injury | March 20, 2021
When does bad bedside manner cross the line into actual medical malpractice? Some doctors are everything you could ask for in a physician – reassuring, personable, and caring. Whether you’re in for a routine appointment or battling a potentially life-threatening condition, these doctors leave you feeling like you’re in good hands.
Other doctors, not so much. But there’s a wide spectrum when it comes to bad bedside
Personal Injury | February 10, 2021
The insurance industry in America makes a staggering $1,000,000,000,000 annually from premiums, according to the American Association for Justice (AAJ). Yes, that is ONE TRILLION dollars.
The AAJ compiled a list of the worst insurance companies in the United States by examining thousands of records about the companies, including court documents, FBI records, and testimony from former insurance employees. Their research identified the companies that work against
Personal Injury, Product Liability and Class Action News | February 9, 2021
In recent years, plaintiffs have filed 125,000 claims alleging that the weedkiller Roundup caused their cancer. Now, thousands of lawsuits are moving forward with trials – and new claims are still being filed. Speak with an experienced Roundup Cancer claim lawyer today about your next steps in getting legal compensation.
Personal Injury, Product Liability and Class Action News | February 8, 2021
Two years after an investigative report uncovered allegations of shocking abuse occurring at a juvenile detention center once known as “the Harvard of reform schools,” Glen Mills sexual abuse lawsuits are still being filed.
Survivors of the horrific acts of violence committed at Glen Mills School have the right to hold accountable the staff members who harmed them and the school that let it happen—but they need