Personal Injury Law

Defective Drugs: Are You Afraid of Your Medication
Minneapolis, MN: With the recent focus on defective drugs and drug recalls, you can be forgiven for hesitating for a moment before you take your medication. After all, lately it seems as though it is not a case of IF a drug will be recalled, but WHEN the recall will occur...

Hope for Victims of Defective Medical Devices
Washington, DC: Patients who have been injured by defective medical devices are hoping that a hearing into medical device safety will result in the reinstatement of their lawsuits against medical device makers...

Defective Drugs Can Cause Serious Harm
Salt Lake City, UT: Anyone who has suffered harm from a defective drug knows how serious the side effects can be. Many a defective drug lawsuit has been filed alleging that a medication has caused severe injury and even death...

Chrysler Bankruptcy Leaves Auto Defect Plaintiffs Hanging
Washington, DC: Ever since the first Model T came off the assembly line, the auto defect has been a part of automotive life for both manufacturer and consumer. For the latter a defective automobile is not only a frustration, it can also be injurious and defective auto lawsuits are commonplace...

Is Sudden Death of Children a Risk in ADHD Drugs
Washington, DC: The jury is still out as to whether or not an ADHD drug could be viewed as a defective drug due to concerns with regard to the potential for sudden death in some children...

FDA Issues a Recall on Class of Bone Drugs
Although a defective drug recall has not been issued at this time, the FDA has issued an alert regarding a class of bone-density drugs known as bisphosphonates. It appears the drugs can cause severe bone, joint and/or muscle pain.

Should Preemption Laws Differ for Drugs and Medical Devices
Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on two cases that have serious implications for defective drug and defective medical device lawsuits in our country. Interestingly, the two decisions were rather contradictory -- one expanded the rights of victims while the other limited their ability to receive compensation for their injuries...

Drug-Injury Lawsuits Supported in 6-3 Supreme Court Decision
Tennessee drug injury liability lawsuits, drug injury lawyers, and those injured by prescription drug side-effects across the U.S. received surprising support with last week?s Supreme Court decision ruling against drug manufacturer Wyeth...

Premarin and Prempro: Lawsuits
Wyeth has settled lawsuits with two women who developed breast cancers. The drug maker of Premarin and Prempro is facing more than 5,000 lawsuits. Hormone replacement therapy is used to treat symptoms that accompany menopause...

Lawsuits Consolidated against Manufacturer of Defective Urinary Device
I wrote a blog last month about the FDA’s quick review of certain medical devices and I referenced a “fast-track” approved device meant to help women with urinary issues but the device ended up being recalled...

Employee Lawsuits (An Introduction and Topic Overview)
How employers can cope with the siege of employee lawsuits

Employee Lawsuits: Negligent Hiring and Retention
Employers must check references, criminal records, other background material.

GlaxoSmithKline Pays $750 Million Over Defective Drugs
GlaxoSmithKline Pays $750 Million Over Defective Drugs

Hormone Replacement Therapy Lawsuits See Multi-Million Dollar Settlements
HRT Lawsuits Pharma Faces Multi Million Dollar Settlements

Countrywide Financial Corp
Served with Two Lawsuits

Comcast
facing lawsuits from BitTorrent Throttling

Furloughed Workers
File Employment Lawsuits

Two Kentucky Counties
settle strip search class action lawsuits