Last week I wrote about recent studies into the potential health risks and benefits of e-cigarettes. I also mentioned another hazard involved with vaping: exploding batteries. As more people take up vaping, reports of serious burn injuries continue to pop up. Exploding e-cigarette batteries have…
Duty is a key concept in any personal injury claim alleging negligent acts or omissions of another person or entity. What is Duty? Duty is the legal obligation that one person owes to another to act as a reasonable person would and avoid unreasonable risk…
D’Arcy Johnson Day is actively investigating the events surrounding the recent notice that more than 200 Shore Memorial Medical Center patients received, indicating that they may have been exposed to HIV, Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C through a former employee’s blood. The notices were sent…
The huge popularity of social media cannot be understated. With over a billion users worldwide, it connects friends, family, and cultures spanning the globe, and allows us to share photos and information in real time. It is now also a powerful tool for gathering evidence…
Back in December 2015, Volkswagen (VW) submitted its plan for repairing the “defeat devices” on its diesel vehicles to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The plan addressed repairs only on the 2.0L diesel engines—plans for the 3.0L engines…
A Detroit school bus driver claims she suffered fractures after falling into an uncovered manhole on October 7, 2013. Rose Withers said that after an accident, she stepped off the bus and walked around it to survey the damage. She fell into the uncovered manhole…
An investigation by Canadian safety regulators, into a crash that killed two people, has prompted a massive recall of nearly 2.9 million Toyota SUVs, according to U.S. government documents recently released. Toyota recently announced a recall because the rear seat belts can be cut in…
In a new court filing, GlaxoSmithKline has asked the US District Court of Massachusetts to mandate “product identification,” which would require plaintiffs to identify whether they were prescribed the company’s brand name Zofran product or a generic equivalent manufactured by some other company. In a separate Memorandum,…
Trucks are extremely dangerous machines. With hundreds of laws and regulations designed to make them safer, they still cause far too many horrific injuries. In order to make our roads safer, it is important to identify some of the causes of these crashes. Trucks are…
“Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.” One of the most famous and immortal lines in Shakespeare’s Hamlet, written over 400 years ago. It is an apt descriptor describing the state of affairs at the world’s largest pharmaceutical and medical device maker, Johnson and…