Justice was served in Philadelphia today and it came with a whopping bill. Johnson and Johnson hit with $13.5M pelvic mesh verdict. The case involved claims that J&J’s pelvic mesh implants caused a woman almost constant pain & discomfort and left unable to have sexual relations.
Once as a law clerk I was asked by an associate in the firm I worked for to take a trip to a nearby university medical library and do a little research. Her client had jaw cancer, and she wanted to know whether benzene, an ingredient in the client’s denture cream, was a carcinogen. In
Care for Crash Victims, an advocacy project for the betterment of automobile and highway safety, recently announced that NHTSA released its latest data in two different publications.
Honda has upgraded its last recall increase from an expected 1.7M vehicles. Honda recall increased to 2.2M vehicles over Takata airbag defects. This increase is roughly 500,000 more vehicles than originally expected and a different airbag issue will add another 341,000 recalls.
The U.S. Supreme Court draws the line at child slavery. Almost always in the corner, if not the vest pocket, of big business, the court on Monday rejected a bid by Nestle and other food giants Cargill and Archer-Daniels-Midland to dismiss a suit brought by plaintiffs from Mali who had been child slaves in Ivory
The U.S. House Oversight Committee grilled federal and State of Michigan officials Wednesday on their roles in the poisoning of Flint’s water. As you would expect, the finger-pointing was impressive. “It’s the question of the day,” said Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) Director Keith Creagh. “Who made what decision when?” That question may be
The FACT Act imposes unacceptable reporting requirements on those seeking compensation from the asbestos trusts. Veterans, teachers and first responders all agree that it opens them up to potential identity theft. The Ranking Member of the Committee issued a press release yesterday stating his position on the matter. I give you Sen. Patrick Leahy on need for transparency in asbestos trusts.
U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV said, “No!” to GlaxoSmithKline PLC’s latest move in the MDL the Big Pharma giant is in over its anti-nausea drug, Zofran. The plaintiffs claim that the “off-label” use of the drug for morning sickness caused birth defects. The GSK motion to dismiss in Zofran MDL denied.
Ever seen this? Any dispute arising from the performance of this contract will be submitted to binding arbitration. Employee waives all rights to a trial in a court of law. If you’ve gotten a job or a credit card in the last several years, you probably have seen this bit of legal bullying. And you’ve
When future generations look back, if future generations there will be, they will see a time when corporations ruled the earth and, in a little over a century, brought its devastation. Rising sea levels, not to mention tides and storms, will inundate countless seaside cities worldwide in our children’s lifetime. Acidification of the oceans is