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New Trucking Technology Can Aid Accident and Crash Victims

Posted on July 27, 2008
Trucking companies have started using a variety of hi-tech devices, such as GPS systems, on-board computers, electronic logging and satellite and wireless tracking, which are changing the face of trucking litigation. These devices can provide a plethora of information about an accident and the history of the vehicle and driver...

Hypocrisy of the Tort Reformers - Giuliani's son sues to get on Duke golf team

Posted on July 24, 2008
I'm always amazed at the hypocrisy of some people who claim that the tort system needs to be completely reformed. In my experience, those people are the very first in a lawyer's office when something goes wrong -- no matter how trivial. ESPN is reporting that Giuliani's son is suing to get back on the Duke golf team...

Big Changes In The Economics Of Civil Litigation?

Posted on July 15, 2008
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has much to be happy about after the Supreme Court decided to cut the punitive damages in the Exxon Valdez oil spill case to only a week's worth of Exxon profits after years of Exxon continuously appealing jury's damage awards...

New Cases Before Supreme Court Could Limit Liability Lawsuits

Posted on July 15, 2008
Diana Levine, a Vermont musician, won a settlement against pharmaceutical manufacturer Wyeth when she had to have part of her arm amputated due to an anti-nausea drug being improperly injected. Wyeth claims its product was sufficiently labeled, which included warnings about the potential risk of gangrene if the drug was improperly injected...

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$11 Million Lawsuit For Va Tech Massacre Families

Posted on July 08, 2008
Circuit Court Judge Theodore J. Markow has approved an $11 million state settlement with families of nearly all of the victims in the Virginia Tech massacre. The families of twenty-four of the thirty-two people killed by Seung-Hui Cho will be compensated by the agreement...

Supreme Court Decreases Damage Award in Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Disaster

Posted on July 07, 2008
The Supreme Court has decreased the punitive damage award in the Exxon Valdez disaster from $2.5 billion to $500 million. The Court, however, split on the decision of whether or not punitive damages should be awarded at all, which leaves the appeals court decision ruling Exxon liable...

Advocacy Group Sues FDA Over Prescription Painkiller

Posted on July 01, 2008
Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy group, has sued the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) due to a prescription painkiller sold under such names as Darvon and Darvocet. They claim this drug is too risky to stay on the market. The drug contains a narcotic, known chemically as propoxyphene, which can cause a slowed heartbeat and other serious cardiac effects, even when used properly...

High-Performance Aluminum Bat Blamed In Lawsuit

Posted on June 30, 2008
A New Jersey teen, Steven Domalewski, and his family sued Hillerich & Bradsby Co., claiming an aluminum bat manufactured by the company caused him serious injuries. The lawsuit also named Little League Baseball Inc., who approved the bat for play, and Sports Authority, the company who sold the baseball bat, as defendants...

Some Artificial Turf Athletic Fields Found To Contain Lead

Posted on June 27, 2008
The federal Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have asked that artificial turf athletic fields containing worn or faded turf blades made out of nylon or nylon-blend fibers be checked for lead, as well as nylon fields with visible dust. These guidelines were established after New Jersey health officials discovered unexpectedly high levels of lead in the turf fibers of three athletic fields...

Federal Judge OKs W.R. Grace Settlement of $250 Million For Town Contamination

Posted on June 27, 2008
A U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, Judith K. Fitzgerald, has approved an agreement for W.R. Grace & Co. to reimburse the federal government $250 million, within thirty days, for the investigation and cleanup of asbestos contamination in a Montana town. Exposure to asbestos in the town is believed to have caused lung-scarring asbestosis and mesothelioma, a cancer, directly linked to asbestos exposure, which attacks the lungs...

Federal Judge OKs W.R. Grace Settlement of $250 Million For Town Contamination

15 Passenger Vans More Prone To Rollover In Summer Months, According To NHTSA

Posted on June 27, 2008
A safety advisory has been issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) warning consumers of the high risk of rollovers in fifteen passenger vans. The warning comes after research shows summer months (June-August) are the deadliest time of year for passengers in these vans...

Former KBR Employees Looking For Day In Court

Posted on June 24, 2008
The claims of civilian truck drivers injured or killed in Iraq may finally receive a thorough hearing in court. The drivers at the center of the issue have filed a lawsuit against former employer, Houston-based company KBR. An appeals court decision, sending the case back to the lower court that dismissed it two years ago, may finally give the drivers the chance to get their case heard The lawsuit was created on behalf of drivers whose fuel convoy was ambushed in April 2004, leaving fifteen drivers injured, six killed and one still missing...

New Study Links Rise In Premature Births To C-Sections

Posted on June 23, 2008
Researchers are reporting that premature single births are on the rise in the United States, mostly among infants delivered by Caesarean section (C-section). They say part of the increase might be due to C-sections that are not medically necessary...

Nuclear Plant Contractors Ordered To Pay Damages

Posted on June 22, 2008
Dow Chemical Co. and Rockwell International Corp., two companies that were contractors at the now defunct Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant, have been ordered to pay $925 million to residents who claimed plutonium contamination from the facility has endangered their health and devalued their property...

Experts Concerned About Surge In C-Sections

Posted on June 22, 2008
Although it used to be the delivery of last resort, Caesarean sections (C-section) are now becoming all the rage. Almost one in three pregnant women underwent a C-section in 2006, while only one in five had the procedure a decade earlier. Supporters think the surgery removes the rare but terrifying complications of vaginal delivery that can result in a baby's injury or even death...

Little Tikes Toy Cell Phones Recalled - Choking Hazard

Posted on June 18, 2008
The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in cooperation with Kids Station Toys, has announced a voluntary recall of the Little Tikes brand Chit 'N Chat Toy Cell Phone. The phone is sold in department stores, toy stores, and drug stores nationwide from June 2006 to March 2008 for about eight dollars individually and twenty dollars for a set...

FDA To Increase Scrutiny Of Drug Risks With Sentinel System

Posted on June 17, 2008
Because there have been repeated instances of popular medications proving to be deadly, federal health officials have announced a major effort to use information on Medicare claims to evaluate the risks of pharmaceuticals already on the market...

Active Ingredient In Accutane Can Cause Depression

Posted on June 16, 2008
According to a recent study, the use of isotretinoin, the active ingredient in the acne medication Accutane, more than doubles the risk of depression. However, researchers emphasize the absolute risk is probably small. This study is the first to find a statistically significant correlation between depression and isotretinoin...

Jury Finds Awards $7 Million In Asbestos Death

Posted on June 16, 2008
A jury from Allegheny County in Pennsylvania has awarded $7 million dollars in damages to the family of Alfonse Tripoli who died of mesothelioma, a cancer formed by exposure to asbestos. Tripoli was exposed to the hazardous substance while working as a union contractor in the Koppers, Dravo and Fisher Scientific buildings...

New Study Shows Lower Malpractice Premiums For Most Mass. Doctors

Posted on June 09, 2008
A new study shows Massachusetts doctors are paying less in malpractice suits today than they were in 1990, when adjusted for inflation. This conclusion refutes the assertion that high malpractice rates are sending doctors out of the state of Massachusetts, which ranks fourth in the nation for money paid to settlement cases...

Lawsuit By Dennis Quaid Battling Federal Preemption

Posted on June 08, 2008
Recently, actor Dennis Quaid and his wife filed a lawsuit against drug manufacturer, Baxter Medical Corp., after a hospital unintentionally injected their newborn twins with the wrong dosage of a blood-thinning medication. The drug maker is contesting the lawsuit on the grounds that it is immune from liability...

Nanotubes May Lead to Cancer

Posted on June 04, 2008
High-tech, microscopic nanotubes, which are being manufactured for use in a variety of consumer products such as electronic components and sporting goods, have been found to cause the same damage to a body as asbestos, according to a study in mice. Within days of the nanotubes being injected into the mice, a cellular reaction was triggered that over a period of years, typically leads to mesothelioma, the fatal form of cancer also caused by asbestos...

Safeguard Americans' Right to a Day in Court - Lawsuits Can Potentially Save Lives

Posted on June 03, 2008
A recent report from the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) stated many of the published scientific studies used to establish the effectiveness and safety of Vioxx, a painkiller taken by millions of Americans, was "ghostwritten" by the manufacturer...

Baxter Corp. Spent $730,000 Lobbying Fed. Government In First Quarter

Posted on June 02, 2008
Baxter Healthcare Corp., a drug and medical device maker, spent $730,000 lobbying Congress, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Homeland Security on health care issues in the first quarter. Baxter manufactures the blood-thinner heparin, which is used by kidney patients to prevent blood clotting during dialysis...

Bush Administration Finding Quieter Way To Limit Lawsuits

Posted on June 01, 2008
Due to an unfriendly Congress, the Bush administration is finding another, quieter way to make it difficult for consumers to sue businesses over faulty products. It is rewriting the bureaucratic rulebook. Since 2005, lawsuit limits have been included in fifty-one rules proposed or adopted by agency bureaucrats...

Stryker Ceramic Hip Replacements Making Noise - The Squeaky Hip

Posted on May 29, 2008
Although an artificial hip can occasionally make a variety of noises, until Stryker, a medical products company, began marketing its ceramic hip replacements, squeaking was rare. With the advent of these ceramic hip replacements, however, hundreds of patients using the product have discovered that their hips are making squeaking noises very frequently...

Recent Evenflo Child Safety Seat Recall Brings 2004 Investigation Into Question

Posted on May 28, 2008
The federal government recently recalled about one million Evenflo Discovery child safety seats after it was proven that they could come apart in a side-impact crash. This decision was made even though there is no specific standard that specifies the level of protection a safety seat should provide to a child in a side crash...

Twelve Oil Companies Settle Lawsuit Over Water Contaminant

Posted on May 27, 2008
BP Plc, Chevron Corp., and ten other oil companies have tentatively agreed to pay $423 million to settle lawsuits in seventeen states, including Virginia, due to contamination claims involving the gasoline additive methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE). Though it is now banned in most states, MTBE was once used to reduce air pollution by making the gasoline burn more completely in a car's engine...

New White House Policy Prolongs EPA Chemical Review

Posted on May 26, 2008
Officials with the Government Accountability Office are criticizing the Bush administration after they changed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reviews in a way that will delay scientific assessments of health risks and open the review process to politicization...

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