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Plum Organics Baby Food Recalled for Possible Botulism Contamination

Posted on October 21, 2009
On October 20, 2009, Plum Organics, a california-based organinc baby food brand, voluntarily recalled a particular batch of its 4.22 oz. Apple & Carrot Pouch baby food. The pouches at risk of being contaminated with Clostridium botulinum, the bacteria that causes botulism, have a best by date of May 21, 2010 and all contain the following universal product code ("UPC") code: #890180001221...

Insurer Ordered to Pay $10,000,000.00 for Bad Faith Termination of Health Insurance Policy

Posted on October 14, 2009
On September 14, 2009, the South Carolina Supreme Court upheld a jury verdict against Fortis Insurance Company, now known as Assurant Health or Time Insurance Company, for wrongfully terminating Jerome Mitchell, Jr.'s health insurance coverage after he was diagnosed HIV positive...

Spangenberg Attorneys Obtain $2,000,000.00 Verdict for Motor Vehicle Collision

Posted on October 13, 2009
On August 27, 2009, a Toledo jury returned a verdict in federal court in favor of the family of Thomas and Therese Lee in the amount of $2,000,000.00 plus funeral expenses. Tom and Tess Lee were killed on August 31, 2007, while traveling on the Ohio Turnpike to attend a family wedding in Cleveland...

Three Ohio Women Killed in Head-On Collision in Oklahoma

Posted on October 12, 2009
Today, October 12, 2009, we are reminded how dangerous, and deadly, a driver's inattention or inability to stay awake and alert behind the wheel can be. Tragically, the lives of four motorists, including three women from Ohio, were taken today in a head-on collision near Barndall, Oklahoma...

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Faced With More Claims, Long-term Care Insurers Deny Benefits

Posted on September 02, 2009
As Baby Boomers aged, there was a boom in the sale of long-term care insurance during the 1990's. Now, however, an ever increasing portion of our population, which is living longer and longer, is seeking protection under their long-term care policies...

Yaz and Yasmin Birth Control Linked to Serious Injuries

Posted on July 29, 2009
For several years, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, the manufacturer of the popular birth control pills Yaz and Yasmin, marketed the oral contraceptives as not only effective in preventing pregnancy, but also as the solution to a variety of other conditions associated with menstruation, such as acne, body aches and mood swings...

Boating Safety in Ohio

Posted on June 22, 2009
According to the Ohio Division of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Watercraft, there were 155 boating accidents in 2007 in Ohio. Out of the 155 accidents, there were 80 injuries and fourteen fatalities. Twelve out of the fourteen victims who died as a result of a boating-related accident were not wearing lifejackets...

Ohio Spangenberg Attorney Settles ATV Injury Case Pre-Suit

Posted on March 14, 2009
When used for recreation, ATVs can be a lot of fun. Furthermore, they have a wide range of utility for industrial use. As with any vehicle, however, there are dangers associated with ATVS. Understanding those dangers allows us to take the necessary precautions, including safety equipment, training, maintenance, and safe operation, to name a few...

New Nursing Home Quality Rating - Get Informed

Posted on March 13, 2009
The U.S. government's Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently instituted a quality rating system for all nursing homes that are eligible to receive federal funds through Medicare or Medicaid. The scoring is based on a 5-star quality rating system, with 5 out of 5 stars being the highest rating...

Spangenberg Attorneys Begin Distributing Vioxx� Settlement Payments to Clients

Posted on February 04, 2009
The product liability attorneys at Spangenberg, Shibley & Liber, LLP have begun distributing partial payments to several clients who sued drug maker, Merck & Co., Inc., over injuries allegedly caused by the once popular pain medication, Vioxx®...

Family of Ohio State University Freshman Who Was Crushed to Death by Elevator Sues University

Posted on January 22, 2009
The civil justice attorneys at Spangenberg, Shibley & Liber, LLP have filed suit against the Ohio State University over the death of freshman, Andrew K. Polakowski, who was crushed to death by a dormitory elevator on October 20, 2006. While descending with students inside, the elevator unexpectedly stopped with its doors open in between floors...

Cleveland Injury Attorneys at Spangenberg, Shibley & Liber, LLP Among 'The Best Lawyers in America'

Posted on January 16, 2009
Five lawyers from Spangenberg, Shibley & Liber LLP were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best lawyers in America® 2009. The recognition highlights the medical malpractice and personal injury expertise of the law firm. Cleveland, Ohio - December 2, 2008 -- Five Cleveland lawyers concentrating their practice on personal injury and medical malpractice have received singular recognition for their work on behalf of aggrieved consumers and corporations...

Mentor Ob Tape Vaginal Sling Removed From Market

Posted on January 15, 2009
Vaginal Slings Vaginal Sling: A hammock-like implant device that was supposed to relieve women from embarrassing urine leaks has instead caused serious medical problems - some painful and irreversible. Vaginal Sling Leads to Pain... and Scarring The Mentor ObTape® Vaginal Sling transobturator device went to market in 2003 with promises it would replace weakened or ineffective muscles in the urethra and thereby control bladder incontinence...

Cleveland Law Firm Says Zimmer Durom� Cup Hip Replacement Component Lawsuits Continue

Posted on January 14, 2009
After discovering an unexpected number of hip implant failures, Zimmer Inc. voluntarily recalled one of its artificial hip implants, the Zimmer Durom® Cup. Some of the patients who must now undergo expensive and painful revision surgery have filed product liability lawsuits against Zimmer Inc...

The Dangers of Coumadin

Posted on January 05, 2009
Spangenberg partners, Rhonda Baker Debevec and Stuart Scott, recently handled two separate malpractice cases for clients who suffered severe bleeding complications related to a commonly prescribed anti-coagulant or “blood-thinner” called Coumadin...

Spangenberg Lawyers File Wrongful Shooting Case Against Hancock County Sheriff

Posted on December 24, 2008
On December 10, 2008, the lawyers at SS&L filed suit in federal court in West Virginia against the Sheriff of Hancock County on behalf of Charles Penson, a 37-year old Ohioan who was shot multiple times in the neck and back rendering him permanently quadriplegic...

Hazing Kills

Posted on December 11, 2008
All of us have likely seen or been involved in some form of hazing over the course of our lives. Indeed, making the new guy or gal earn his or her stripes is tradition in school, fraternities and sororities, sports, the military, and even the workplace...

Hospital Acquired Infection Lawsuits on the Rise

Posted on December 02, 2008
The Wisconsin Law Journal reports that a new type of medical malpractice lawsuits are on the rise. These suits allege hospital negligence in failing to prevent hospital acquired infections. Multi-million dollar awards have been reported in these types of cases...

Research Shows that Foreign Manufacturers Enjoy Favorable Status in U.S. Markets Forcing Society to Pay a High Price for Their Dangerous Products

Posted on November 20, 2008
The American Association for Justice (AAJ) has recently released two research papers concluding that foreign manufacturers enjoy favorable status in American markets that imposes high costs on Americans. The first paper, Defective Foreign Products in the United States: Issues and Discussion, argues that foreign producers "are protected by the complex web of laws, policies, and practices that make it difficult if not impossible to sue successfully foreign manufacturers in domestic courts...

Recall for Oversized Narcotic Tablets

Posted on November 11, 2008
Ethex Corporation and the FDA recently issued notice of a voluntary recall of five generic narcotic tablet products because they may be oversized and contain more than twice the intended level of the active drug ingredient. This can result in patients receiving as much as twice the expected dose of the drug which could cause serious life-threatening consequences...

U.S. Department of Justice Study Shows that Plaintiffs Win More than Half the Time In State Courts

Posted on October 29, 2008
A new U.S. Department of Justice report shows that Plaintiffs win 56% of the time in civil trials tried in state courts in 2005. D.O.J. statistics suggest that Plaintiffs fare better when a judge decides their case with judges ruling in their favor 68% of the time while juries found for the Plaintiff only 54% of the time...

Allstate Hit With $16 Million Bad Faith Award

Posted on October 14, 2008
Demonstrating why the American Association for Justice has named Allstate the worst insurance company in America, a Missouri appellate court has upheld a $16 million judgment against it for failing to settle for the $50,000 policy limits in a clear cut case of its insured's liability...

Medicare, Others Won't Pay for Medical Errors

Posted on October 03, 2008
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will no longer pay for care resulting from certain medical errors widely seen as preventable, including certain "never events." For example, Medicare will not pay a hospital or physician for a surgical procedure performed on the wrong patient or on the wrong body part...

Doctors Agree Lawsuits Protect Consumers

Posted on October 02, 2008
In an issue set to come before the United States Supreme Court this fall, the editors of the New England Journal of Medicine have weighed in. The case Wyeth v. Levine will be heard later this year and will decide the issue of whether the manufacturer of a drug approved by the FDA can be sued under state tort law for injuries caused by that drug...

Health Insurance Costs Continue to Rise

Posted on September 26, 2008
According to a recently published report by the Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Research & Educational Trust, health insurance premiums have doubled since 1999 and will continue to skyrocket in the future. This is bad news for employers and employees alike...

Former Allstate CEO to Run AIG - Yikes!

Posted on September 19, 2008
Next in line for a government, i.e taxpayer, bailout is the biggest insurance company in the world, American International Group, Inc. ("AIG"). The United States government has been forced to supplement the premiums AIG collects from us with $85 billion of our tax dollars...

New Proposal on Railroad Crossing Safety Will Do More Harm Than Good

Posted on September 05, 2008
The American Association for Justice (AAJ) reports that the Federal Highway Administration has proposed a policy that will require yield or stop signs at every railroad crossing in America. This policy may seem like a good public safety measure, but in reality it is anything but...

U.S. Census Bureau to Release Report on Number of Uninsured in America

Posted on August 28, 2008
The United States Census Bureau announced it will soon release a report estimating the number of Americans who are without health insurance coverage. And while different surveys arrive at different figures, no one disagrees that the number of Americans who have been without health insurance for at least one full year is greater than 30 million (millions more are uninsured at a particular time)...

Nursing Home Neglect and Ohio's Nursing Home Residents' Bill of Rights

Posted on August 27, 2008
As the population ages, more and more people are entering nursing homes and long term care facilities. Before you place a loved one into one of these facilities, however, you want to make sure it is reputable and that your loved one will be well taken care of...

Who should pay for "never events," medical errors so obvious that they should never occur?

Posted on August 21, 2008
The term "never event" is used to describe obvious and easily preventable medical errors that cause serious and costly injury and death to their victims. They received their name because these mistakes should never happen. Never events include surgery on the wrong body part, performing a surgical procedure on the wrong patient, mismatched blood transfusions, and foreign objects left in a patient after surgery...

Concerns Over Chemical Found in Plastic Bottles Prompts Congressional Action and Lawsuits

Posted on August 11, 2008
A chemical known as bisphenol A (BPA) commonly found in plastic bottles may cause a variety of health problems. Numerous studies have documented the presence of BPA in human tissue and blood. A study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that almost 93 percent of those tested had detectable levels of BPA in their urine...

Nurse to Patient Ratios and Quality Health Care in Ohio

Posted on July 30, 2008
In 2004, California passed a law setting minimum nurse to patient ratios for hospitals. The law was passed in response to studies and data suggesting that the more patients a nurse has to care for, the more likely one of his or her patients will receive substandard care and attention, and suffer injury, complications, or even die...

House Bill Would Subject Foreign Manufacturers to Liability in U.S. Courts for Defective Products Sold in the US

Posted on July 24, 2008
Many recent news reports have documented the recurring problem of defective goods manufactured in China that are being sold in the United States and injuring Americans. A recent article published in the Ohio State Bar Association's magazine, Ohio Lawyer, by Douglas Oliver entitled "China's shortcomings with product safety and satisfaction have left Ohio lawyers turning to Ohio's product liability law for answers" explains that Chinese products account for a disproportionately high percentage of U...

Report Lists Top Ten Worst Insurance Companies

Posted on July 18, 2008
And the winner is... Allstate Insurance Company! Congratulations to Allstate for topping the list of the worst insurance companies in the United States. According to a recent report published by the American Association for Justice ("AAJ"), a pro-consumer assocaition of civil justice attorneys, Allstate is the "poster child for insurance industry greed...

Stun Gun Maker Says Tasers Don't Kill

Posted on July 16, 2008
The maker of Taser stun guns, Taser International, Inc., took Summit County Medical Examiner Dr. Lisa Kohler to court to challenge her conclusion that electrical pulses administered by its Tasers contributed to the deaths of three men. Dr. Kohler concluded that law enforcement officers' use of tasers to subdue these men was one of the contributing causes to their deaths...

Defective Vehicle Owners Have No Recourse Until Its Too Late

Posted on July 10, 2008
What legal recourse do you have if you learn that the vehicle you own has a common defect that has resulted in serious injury or even death to operators of the same type of vehicle? Unless you have already had a problem with that vehicle, the unfortunate answer is nothing...

Post Claim Underwriting: Canceling Insurance Coverage When It's Needed Most

Posted on July 02, 2008
Insurance coverage is supposed to provide peace of mind. Peace of mind that an unfortunate event will not bankrupt you. Indeed, when we buy insurance, in reality we are paying for the carrier's promise to pay. All of us hope we will never be required to call upon our insurance providers to make good on that promise...

Punitive Damages: Why predictability is not necessarily good

Posted on June 27, 2008
The law generally recognizes two types of damages. Compensatory and punitive damages. Compensatory damages are designed to make an injured person "whole." In other words, these damages are intended to put the plaintiff in the same position as they would have been if they had not been injured by the defendant...

Study Finds Individual Health Insurance Is Abusive

Posted on June 26, 2008
The availability of affordable health insurance coverage is a hot button topic in this country. Millions of americans cannot afford insurance and go without coverage. In this election year, some are proposing the individual health insurance market as a a solution to America's health insurance crisis...

THE CONTINGENCY FEE ALTERNATIVE FOR COSTLY LEGAL SERVICES

Posted on June 19, 2008
With legal fees and litigation costs soaring, small businesses unfortunately must opt to pay the high costs, or altogether forego pursuing potentially valuable claims because of the financial burden imposed. An alternative, however, does exist...

What is a statute of limitation and why is it important?

Posted on June 13, 2008
One of the first questions a lawyer contemplating filing a lawsuit on behalf of an injured person asks him or herself is when does the statute of limitations expire for this case.Why? Because the statute of limitations establishes the timesomeone has to file a lawsuit before they will be forever barred from ever bringing that suit...

Gadolinium- based MRI Contrast Agents Linked to Severe Skin Disorder NSF/NSD

Posted on June 04, 2008
Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF) or Nephrogenic Fibrosing Dermopathy(NFD) is a skin and joint disease associated with the use of gadolinium based contrast agents in patients with renal insufficiency. The Clinical Journalof the American Society of Nephrologystates that "NSF is a fibrosing disorder that involves predominantly the skin but also affects systemic organs, such as the liver, heart, lungs, diaphragm, and skeletal muscles...

How do I know if I have a medical malpractice case?

Posted on May 23, 2008
Determining whether someone has a case for medical malpractice can be a complex and costly process. Some medical errors are obvious. Examples of these obvious mistakes are surgical instruments left inside a patient or amputating a perfectly healthy right foot when it was the left foot that should have been amputated...

Apologies from Doctors for Medical Errors Reduce Lawsuits

Posted on May 21, 2008
People who believe they have been injured by another's negligence or reckless conduct often want an apology from the responsible party. Too often, however, as a lawyer, I have to advise clients that the civil justice system does not compel apologies or acknowledgement of wrongdoing, and that if they are looking for an apology, they won't get one by way of a lawsuit...

Fortis/Time/Assurant Health Insurance Denials and Rescissions

Posted on May 17, 2008
Fortis Insurance Company, now known as Time Insurance Company, and which also uses the name Assurant Health, is one of the largest individual health insurance providers in the United States. Time/Fortis' conduct with respect to accepting applications, underwriting policies, refusing to pay claims, and canceling coverage has come under increasing scrutiny over the past several years...

Benefits of Class Action Lawsuits

Posted on May 13, 2008
Class action lawsuits frequently get a bad rap as benefitting only the lawyers who bring them with little to no financial benefit for class members. Reports of class action attorneys receiving millions in fees while their clients receive only nominal compensation like merchandise coupons have tainted the public's perception of class action lawsuits...

Ohio Mortgage Fraud Victims Should Pursue Their Rights

Posted on May 11, 2008
Ohio has been rocked by the sub-prime mortgage crisis. Scores of families and people have lost their homes to foreclosure, and entire communities have been blighted as a result of increasing numbers of abandoned homes. Others have had their credit ruined or lost the equity in their home...

Tips On Choosing a Lawyer in Ohio

Posted on May 07, 2008
Choosing a lawyer to serve as your legal representative in a dispute or negotiation is a big and important decision. After all, your lawyer, in addition to advising you, acts as your face and mouthpeice. Your attorney should be someone who understands the law relating to your needs, who explains things to your understanding and satisfaction, and who will fight for your rights and interests ...

Cell Phone Distraction Causes Thousands Of Car Crashes and Injuries Every Year

Posted on May 01, 2008
Cell phones have become mandatory for any professional adult. Once a high tech luxury gadget, now almost everyone has a cell phone, and increasingly more people have two. Cell phones have made modern life more convenient, allowing us to keep in touch and remain available at all times...

Prepayment Penalties - Are You Overpaying?

Posted on April 28, 2008
By now all of us are at least marginally familiar with the problems stemming form the "Sub-Prime Mortgage Meltdown" in the United States. Those of us in certain areas of the counrty have seen the fallout first-hand - record high foreclosure rates, people losing their homes and neighborhoods plagued by increasing vacant boarded-up houses...

Ohio Damage Caps - An Assault on Our Right to Trial by Jury

Posted on April 25, 2008
One of the things that makes the United States such a great country is our jury system. Our jury system constitutes the most direct form of self-governance in the world. Not even our votes at the ballot box have as an immediate, direct and consequential impact as do our votes in the jury box...

Whistleblower Suits - Overview of the Federal False Claims Act

Posted on April 24, 2008
The federal False Claims Act (FCA) authorizes a private citizen with knowledge of fraudulent claims against the government to file suit on behalf of the government against the party who submitted the false claims. A person who files an FCA law suit is referred to as the "relator" or more commonly as the "whistleblower...

Is Ohio home-intruder law a good idea?

Posted on April 19, 2008
On April 16, 2008, Ohio's Senate unanimously passed Senate Bill 184 which presumes that a home's resident acted in self-defense if he or shes uses force against someone who unlawfully enters his or her home. This bill would also prohibits anyone from suing civilly if they are injured while committing a crime...

Us Ohioans Pay Too Much for Our Medical Records

Posted on April 17, 2008
Health care costs in the United States are rising at an alarming pace. Millions of Americans cannot afford adequate health care. Adding insult to injury, Ohio authorizes doctors, hospitals and medical records services to charge us for OUR medical records! Ohio permits our health care providers and copying services to charge us as much as $2...

Ohio Prohibits Insurers from Denying Claims and Cancelling Coverage Unless They Clearly Prove Fraud By The Insured

Posted on April 14, 2008
Every day Ohioans join the ranks of the uninsured and are denied health insurance benefits because carriers allege they misrepresented their health histories on insurance applications. Indeed, many insurance companies devote entire departments to investigating misrepresentations to determine their "liability" for claims submitted under a policy...

Ohio's New Minimum Wage Laws

Posted on April 08, 2008
On January 1, 2007 Ohio's new minimum wage law went into effect. This law raised the minimum wage to $6.85 per hour with built in yearly increases. Every year, the minimum wage changes to reflect the rate of inflation for the past twelve months...

Trucking Industry Poses Serious Hazards for Motoring Public

Posted on April 04, 2008
United States Department of Transportation Statistics show that tractor-trailers are involved in over 300,000 accidents per year resulting in the death of approximately 5,000 individuals. Given the immense size and weight of these vehicles and their cargo, the consequences of these accidents can be disastrous...

Nursing Home Residents Beware

Posted on March 26, 2008
Nursing home residents are particularly susceptible to being the victims of negligent and improper care. Congress and state legislatures have enacted laws designed to protect these residents who frequently cannot speak out on their own behalfs. Despite the exitence of these laws, abusive and negligent practicies persist...

Baxter Heparin Recall Demonstrates Limitations On FDA's Ability To Adequately Protect Patient Safety

Posted on March 05, 2008
On February 28, 2008, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued its most recent Public Health Advisory concerning a popular blood thinner, Heparin, manufactured by Baxter Healthcare Corporation. An unusually high number of severe allergic reactions have been associated with this product when it is administered in high doses over short periods of time - commonly referred to as a bolus...

Baxter Heparin Recall Demonstrates Limitations On FDA's Ability To Adequately Protect Patient Safety(3)

Baxter Heparin Recall Demonstrates Limitations On FDA's Ability To Adequately Protect Patient Safety(2)

Recovery Against Bars for the Conduct of Drunk Patrons

Posted on February 26, 2008
Ohio law permits recovery against liquor permit holders for injuries caused by their intoxicated patrons under certain circumstances. Whether the injury was the result of a bar room attack perpetrated by an intoxicated customer or a traffic accident caused by a drunken driver, Ohio law may allow recovery against a bar or restaurant that negligently served alcohol to an already intoxicated individual...

Victims of Dangerous Railroad Crossing Can Once Again Sue Negligent Railroads

Posted on February 26, 2008
In August of 2007, Congress passed an amendment to the Federal Railroad Safety Act (FRSA) that will once again permit state tort law claims against negligent railroads that kill or maim citizens and pollute the environment.

State of Florida Suspends Allstate's Insurance License

Posted on January 23, 2008
The state of Florida is in a big fight with Allstate right now, and Allstate is not cooperating, refusing to turn over subpoena ordered internal documents (particularly something known as "The McKinsey Report") which demonstrates a systematic denial of claims - read the story of Allstate's potential bad faith actions in Florida...

Shims Bargain Inc. Recalls Pacifiers Due to Choking Hazard

Posted on January 10, 2008
Shims Bargain Inc., in conjunction with the CPSC, is recalling about 45,000 "BabyTown" Pacifiers due to a choking hazard. These pacifiers fail to meet federal safety standards for pacifiers. The pacifier shield is too small and could easily enter the mouth of an infant...

Truck Crashes Into Ohio Bridge

Posted on December 19, 2007
On Tuesday, December 18 a cargo container truck crashed into a Ohio Bridge, killing the driver of the truck and rupturing a gas line. Because of the gas line six homes had to be evacuated. Part of the bridge was damaged and is still closed until inspected...

Gadolinium Based Contrast Agents Pose Risk for Kidney Patients

Posted on December 10, 2007
Earlier this year the FDA released an alert about gadolinium-based contrast agents, announcing its decision to ask all manufacturers of these agents to place black-box warnings on these contrast agents. Gadolinium-based contrast agents are used by diagnosticians to heighten the image quality of a magnetic resonance image (MRI)...

Peter Brodhead, Attorney at Law

Posted on December 05, 2007
Peter Brodhead joined the firm in 1980 and has been a partner since 1988. He is a certified Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and a Fellow of the International Society of Barristers. He served as President of the Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers for the 2003-2004 term...

ConAgra Reintroduces Peter Pan

Posted on August 09, 2007
After several months off the shelves, Con Agra Foods announced today it would introduce Peter Pan, its flagship brand of peanut butter, back into the market place. Consumers will recall that a salmonella outbreak in February 2007 caused millions of jars to be pulled from shelves...

Sherwin-Williams Recalls Aerosol Cans Due to Risk of Serious Facial Injury

Posted on August 03, 2007
The CPSC and The Sherwin-Williams Co. are recalling about 3,000 Hi-Heat Aerosol Coating Cans because the cans can over-pressurize and explode, which poses a risk of serious facial or other injuries to consumers. So far Sherwin-Williams has received one report of a consumer who has suffered injuries...

New Brain Center to Open for Children in Cleveland

Posted on July 19, 2007
Brain tumors are the leading cause of cancer death in children. More than 2,200 cases of pediatric brain tumors are diagnosed each year. This week Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital of Cleveland announced it will will use one of its most significant gifts ever "to establish a pediatric brain tumor center, aiming to make the hospital a national research leader...

Shareholders Face Uphill Battle in Recovery of Losses From Securities Fraud

Posted on June 27, 2007
This week the United States Supreme Court issued an opinion which affirms the heightened standards that shareholders must meet in order to prove securities fraud against a publicly held corporation or its officers in the sale of its securities. Investors that want to sue companies like Enron, Worldcom, Tyco and others who have left investors high and dry after making false and misleading statements about the success and outlook for the company will continue to have their hands tied in efforts to obtain recourse against these wrongdoers...

Supreme Court Blocks Faith Based Initiative Suit

Posted on June 25, 2007
The US Supreme Court had yet another opportunity to show its Bush-based republicanism today when it refused to allow taxpayers to challenge the use of federal funds to support religous organizations and charities. A group of eight individuals brought the action hoping to reestablish the separation of church and state by preventing religious organizations from applying from federal money...

U.S. Supreme Court Makes It Harder to Sue Companies for Defrauding Investors

Posted on June 22, 2007
In a painful example of the pro-business, anti-consumer attitude of the current US Supreme Court, the Court ruled that investors who want to sue companies and executives for fraud have a higher burden to meet to get their case to court. The court on Thursday waded into the debate on the defendants' side...

Court of Claims Hears Evidence on Link Between Childhood Vaccinations and Autism

Posted on June 05, 2007
On June 11, the Federal Court of Claims will hear a case on which looks to establish a clear link between childhood vaccinations, specifically vaccinations which contain thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative, and autism. If the court makes the connection, it will prove what many parents of autistic children have already believed to be true: that their child's autism is from the injection of mercury in the child's infancy...