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Personal injury blog by Higgins, Himmelberg & Piliponis, PLLC.

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Last Entry: May 22, 2013 at 11:10:18

Hip Replacment Recalls Continue in Tennessee and Throughout the Country

Posted on May 22, 2013
The past few years have been very hard for patients effected by metal on metal hips. There have been hundreds of lawsuits filed in relation to the DePuy Hip and the Stryker Metal hip recalls. In fact the Stryker Rejuvenate and ABG II hip implants have been recalled...

Tennessee Attorney Discusses New GranuFlo Case

Posted on May 15, 2013
The number of lawsuits being filed related to the medical product GranuFlo and NaturaLyte are on the rise. These products are used in the during dialyisis treatment for the purpose creating bicarbonates in the blood. This is necessary for any dialysis treatment but unfortunately it is believed that GranuFlo may have dangerous side effects...

Jury awards $11.5M to family in helmet lawsuit

Posted on May 07, 2013
Tennessee teenagers and teenagers all across the United States are involved in sports such as football each day. According to the Center for Disease Control, there are 300,000 sports-related concussions in the United States each year; most occur in contact sports, such as football, soccer, baseball, boxing and hockey...

Plaintiff Blames Fresenius for Husband?s Wrongful Death in Granuflo Lawsuit

Posted on May 02, 2013
An estimated half a million people in the United States use dialysis, a service that cleans their blood of toxins when their kidneys are failing to work the way they should. There are dialysis centers all over the country, and dialysis patients generally receive this service on a regular schedule that is dependent upon the type of dialysis that they receive and the extent of their renal damage...

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Wrongful Death Lawsuit in Death of Nursing Home Resident

Posted on April 26, 2013
In Tennessee and all across the United States, people put their loved ones in nursing homes every day, expecting that they will be well cared for. However, many patients suffer from abuse, negligent, and in some cases patients even die as a result of medical malpractice and negligence...

Pedestrian in Car Accident Asking For $185,000 in Damages in Russell Brand Lawsuit

Posted on April 19, 2013
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the average rate that a pedestrian is killed in an accident is one pedestrian related death every two hours. The rate a pedestrian is injured is every eight minutes. Also, pedestrians are 1...

Judge Rejects Defendant?s Argument in Stryker Hip Implant Lawsuit

Posted on April 11, 2013
The Stryker hip metal on metal implant recall has affected many patients and their loved ones. These patients who live all across the country and even in Tennessee have suffered with pain, squeaking, popping, and various other complications due to the defective medical devices...

Man Files New Stryker Rejuvenate Lawsuit

Posted on April 05, 2013
Tennessee residents and people all across the United States have heard about the Stryker hip implant recall from the news, television, the internet or some other source. Many people have also been personally affected by these hip implants and may have needed additional surgery to replace the defective hip implant...

Tort Reform Challenge to Tennessee Meningitis Cases

Posted on April 02, 2013
When tort reform was passed in Tennessee a couple of years ago the big selling point was that it would stop "frivolous lawsuits" . This was a great selling point but it was not true. Tort reform does nothing to stop bad lawsuits it only impacts the most tragic cases...

Mahwah-based Stryker Orthopaedics faces lawsuit over hip implants

Posted on March 30, 2013
Tennessee residents and people all across the United States have heard about the Stryker hip implant recall from the news, television, the internet or some other source. Many people have also been personally affected by these hip implants and may have needed additional surgery to replace the defective hip implant...

Leann Rimes Files Dental Malpractice Suit

Posted on March 24, 2013
Famous country music star Leann Rimes has filed a dental malpractice lawsuit alleging that her dentist did a bad job when he tried to correct her TMJ problems. The malpractice complaint alleges that as a result of the poor work she has had a tooth extraction, nine root canals and many other dental unpleasantness...

Texting and Driving Accidents in Tennessee

Posted on March 14, 2013
Our Tennessee Auto Accident Lawyers have handled all sorts of cases over the past 20 years. However, the rise of cases resulting from people texting and driving is border line epidemic. We recently spoke about this problem on TN mornings: As more evidence of the problem you can look at the government statistics below: According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the percentage of drivers who use cell phones (texting or emailing) increased to 0...

Jury ordered Johnson & Johnson's DePuy orthopedic unit to pay more than $8.3 Million in Damages

Posted on March 12, 2013
In Tennessee and all across the country and even the world, we have all heard reports about the Depuy hip implant recall and metal on metal hip recalls. The original Depuy hip recall occured in August of 2010. Since then, many people have experienced pain and problems and even needed additional surgery to fix or replace their implants...

Tennessee Legislature Appears More Concerned about Insurance Companies than TN Workers

Posted on March 07, 2013
A glimpse into the true feeling of the anit-worker Tennessee legislature came to light this week. While speaking to what was believe to be lobbyist or constitutes a representative was heard saying that he was going to "ram" the new Tennessee Workers Compensation Bill through his committee...

Independent Living Company under Fire for no-CPR policy at senior center where woman died

Posted on March 07, 2013
By now you have probably heard about the employee's failure to perform CPR on a resident because it was against the company's policy. Shocking to say the least. We know that families place their elderly loved ones in nursing homes each year. When doing so, they expect that their loved ones will be properly taken care of and looked after...

Lawsuit filed against nursing home for an alleged sexual assault

Posted on March 05, 2013
In Tennessee and all across the country, families place their elderly loved ones in nursing homes each year. When doing so, they expect that their loved ones will be properly taken care of and looked after. Unfortunately, many nursing homes are understaffed, overworked, and improperly trained...

Nashville Area Nursing Home, Imperial Gardens, Scheduled for Closure by Medicare

Posted on February 28, 2013
Imperial Gardens Health and Rehabilitation Center, located at 306 W. Due West Road in Madison, Tennessee has been found by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) to be woefully non-compliant with federal regulations. Our Tennessee Nursing Home Neglect Lawyers are currently reviewing cases from this facility...

Jury awards $5 million verdict in Food Lion personal injury case

Posted on February 12, 2013
Having a Tennessee Injury Law practice we have seen all types of cases. Of course, the most common injuries involve car accidents but that is not the only type of collision that can occur. According to this case, in August of 2006, Ella Cousins, then sixty-four, was pushing her shopping cart down a main aisle of the Food Lion when her empty car was hit head on by a two hundred pound stocking cart...

CORPORATE WELFARE COMING TO TENNESSEE VIA WORKERS COMPENSATION REFORM

Posted on February 06, 2013
Our workers compensation system was established to help people get back to work and provide reasonable financial help to injured workers who suffer from life changing injuries. It simply ensures necessary medical treatment and a modest recovery to help offset loss of future wages...

No FMLA? No Problem. Your May Still Qualify for a Medical Leave

Posted on February 05, 2013
Do you have a serious medical condition and need some time off from work, but you have been told that your employer does not have to comply with the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)? Don?t despair, because there may be other types of job-protected leave that your employer must grant you to give you time off to heal, recuperate or otherwise attend to your personal medical condition...

Toyota Settles Two Sudden Acceleration Cases

Posted on January 31, 2013
Several years has passed since we first heard about the sudden acceleration accidents occurring with Toyota cars. Since then hundreds of personal injury lawsuits have been filed. There has yet to be determined a clear answer as to was the cause of these accidents...

For Profit Nursing Homes Overcharge and Patients Suffer

Posted on January 24, 2013
In Tennessee and all across the country, families place their elderly loved ones in nursing homes each year. When doing so, they expect that their loved ones will be properly taken care of and looked after. Unfortunately, many nursing homes are understaffed, overworked, and improperly trained...

NFL player Suh Settles Car Crash lawsuit

Posted on January 20, 2013
According to Fox 12 news, Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh has a million dollar lawsuit he was faced with after a December 2011 car accident that occurred while he was serving a two day suspension after a Thanksgiving stomping incident. he terms of the settlement were not disclosed...

Nashville Nursing Home Faces $240,000 in fines

Posted on January 15, 2013
In Tennessee and all across the country, families place their elderly loved ones in nursing homes each year. When doing so, they expect that their loved ones will be properly taken care of and looked after. Unfortunately, many nursing homes are understaffed, overworked, and improperly trained...

Most Recent Court Update Reveals that Pradaxa Lawsuits are on the Rise

Posted on January 07, 2013
According to the report from the Judicial Panel on MultiDistrict Litigation the number of Pradaxa cases filed in federal court involving internal bleeding has increased from an estimated one hundred to one hundred and fifty-one. This most recent report was issued on November 14, 2012...

Stores Recalling 150,000 Nap Nanny Recliners Following Deaths

Posted on January 01, 2013
In Tennessee as well as all across the country, people expect that when they buy products especially for use by their babies and infants that these products will be sturdy and safe to use. Unfortunately, however, some products have defective parts that can cause serious injury or in death when used...

Tennessee Bullying Case Affirmed at the Court of Appeals

Posted on December 29, 2012
Last year our office tried a case against Robertson County, Tennessee. The case involved serious injuries that a young boy sustained after being in a skirmish with another student. At trial, we successfully put on evidence about the school system ignoring our client's disabilities and a mother's continued request for help in relation to bullying at the school...

Meningitis cases against New England Compounding Center, sent back to Massachusetts Court

Posted on December 20, 2012
The Tennessee Meningitis Litigation continues. As it does so, we have also been staying on top of litigation in surrounding states. According to information about two cases, having the cases back in the state court will give the clients involved in the lawsuits a clear advantage...

Jury Awards $13 million in Fatal Car Accident Case

Posted on December 18, 2012
Senseless Tennessee car accident cases that involve alcohole have seem to become common place. The anger directed at these avoidable tragedies is often reflected in the jury awards According to this case, Duane Arlen Clark struck Keara Kroelinger after she was stopped at a light and pulled out when it turned green...

Tennessee Accumulated Sixth Most in Nursing Home Fines

Posted on December 18, 2012
In Tennessee and all across the country, families place their elderly loved ones in nursing homes each year. When doing so, they expect that their loved ones will be properly taken care of and looked after. Unfortunately, many nursing homes are understaffed, overworked, and improperly trained...

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