According to a product liability lawsuit filed earlier in January, a New Mexico woman claimed that she developed staphylococcus MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) infection following knee replacement surgery. Susan Borroughs filed her personal injury lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota…
Suzuki has issued a recall of more than 68,000 motorcycles in the U.S. due to a battery charging system issue that can cause the bikes to stall. The recall involves 15 Suzuki models from the years 2008 to 2012. According to documents submitted by the…
According to a recent Bloomberg news article this week, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has begun to settle thousands of personal injury and product liability lawsuits filed by women who blame the company’s vaginal-mesh inserts for causing severe injuries. First of Many Johnson and Johnson Ethicon…
High impact law firm continues to grow presence in heavy-industry area of Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia (Pittsburgh, PA & New York City) Jan 26, 2016, Chaffin Luhana LLP, a plaintiff-only national law firm with offices in New York City, Pittsburgh and West Virginia that…
IVC filters are inserted through an artery and deployed with spider-like legs designed to both catch blood clots before they find their way to the lung and cause what could potentially be a fatal pulmonary embolism, and to hold the filter in place at the…
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I have written numerous articles about a host of driver distractions, but today I read an article that goes far beyond any distracted driving incident that I have ever blogged about. The Michigan State Police Department said that a 58-year-old man died after rolling his…
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Imagine – you are an physician expert hired by the insurance company for a defendant in a personal injury lawsuit. You have conducted an independent medical exam (IME) on the plaintiff. The lawyer on the other side has scheduled your deposition. What do you do to…
Honda and Takata wanted to throw out a class-action lawsuit. Though they have already agreed to settlements in six of eight deaths linked to defective Takata air bags, they wanted to end this particular case that claims owners of vehicles with Takata air bags overpaid…
