After a three-week trial, an Alabama jury returned a $9.9 million verdict against Mazda in a 2010 auto accident that killed a passenger and left the driver with severe burns requiring multiple skin grafts. The 16-year-old driver lost control of her 2008 Mazda 3 and…
The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) is being asked to centralize approximately two dozen Xarelto lawsuits before one judge in the Southern District of Illinois. The cases are currently spread across the U.S. in several different U.S. District Courts. Consolidating them is expected…
Priscila “Precy” Moreta, a 68 year old San Francisco resident and accountant with the City and County of San Francisco, was struck down and fatally injured while she was walking in the crosswalk on Polk Street right in front of City Hall. This crosswalk is a busy San Francisco…
In Fremont, California a 61 year old motorcyclist was killed last Wednesday after a semi-truck driver struck the bike on Mission Boulevard near Interstate 880. The semi-truck driver did not stop, according to a spokesman from the California Highway Patrol. The name of the motorcyclist who was killed is pending…
A voluntary, nationwide recall of baby wipes, was announced by Nutek Disposables, Inc. due to the presence of a bacteria, called Burkholderia cepacia (B. cepacia), in some of these products. The baby wipes were sold under several brand names and include: Cuties, Diapers.com, Femtex, Fred’s,…
The historic disclosure of 17 new names this past week from the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis included the names of 4 that were also in the Diocese of St Cloud. Troubling is that 2 of those names are not on any list that…
After an 8-week trial and twelve hours of deliberation over three days a Dallas jury returned a defense verdict in the first DePuy Pinnacle bellwether trial. The jury in this case concluded that the metal-on-metal Pinnacle hip was not defective and that the injuries suffered…
A pedestrian is dead after being struck by a car this past Monday afternoon in another fatal pedestrian accident in Santa Rosa, California. First of all, I want to extend my deepest sympathy to the family of the person who was struck and killed while crossing the street. The driver, a 73…
There are numerous medical conditions that require anticoagulation therapy, including deep vein thrombosis (DVT), heart rhythm disorders and atrial fibrillation, among others. Coumadin, known also as Warfarin, was the only option for an anticoagulant, until recently. Anticoagulants (blood thinners) prevent the clotting of blood to…
As a Virginia Beach-based personal injury and wrongful death attorney, I primary help victims of workplace accidents and car crashes. My specialty is actually railroad safety, in particular representing individuals who contract life-threatening diseases from on-the-job exposure to chemicals and cancer-causing materials like asbestos. So…