When an employee is injured on the job, the remedies available to him may include workers’ compensation and/or a personal injury lawsuit, but many people do not understand the difference between the two. Workers’ Compensation Workers compensation is an insurance policy administered by the workers’…
On March 17, 2016 a jury awarded over 500 million dollars to 5 plaintiffs who suffered injury caused by a version of the DePuy Pinnacle Hip Replacement System (DePuy is a unit of Johnson and Johnson). $360 million of the award was for punitive damages. …
The Goodyear plant in Danville VA has just experienced its third fatal accident on site in the last eight months, and that prompted the plant to be shut down for several days this week as OSHA investigates. The most recent death was that of Greg…
It was back in January 2016 that we learned Takata was hoping to receive financial aid from automakers as it struggled to get through its air bag debacle. According to Bloomberg, Takata detailed its business outlook at a meeting in January, and hoped to gauge…
Media Advisory April 28, 2016 St. Paul News Conference Today Two Lawsuits Filed Against Recently Reinstated Priest and Monk of St. John’s, Father Timothy Backous Backous Worked in Prominent Roles at St. John’s and Duluth after St. John’s ‘cleared’ him of allegations in 1991…
Many of the attorneys who use the demonstrative aids created by MediVisuals, or by others, are familiar with the technical aspects associated with “Laying the Foundation” of graphics for “Demonstrative Evidence.” Many attorneys using demonstrative evidence for the first time, however, are not so familiar…
If you are like me, you may have seen information circulating on Facebook and other social media sites warning people to be aware of homemade explosive devices found on lawns, in mailboxes, driveways and gardens. While this may sound like an urban legend, it is…
Media Advisory April 27, 2016 St. Paul News Conference Tomorrow Two Lawsuits Filed Against Recently Reinstated Priest and Monk of St. John’s, Father Timothy Backous Backous Worked in Prominent Roles at St. John’s and Duluth after St. John’s ‘cleared’ him of allegations in 1991…
A lawsuit filed in United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois alleges that an Illinois man suffered severe kidney damage after being prescribed Invokana for Type 2 diabetes
With the estimated number of transvaginal mesh product liability and personal injury lawsuits now exceeding 100,000, women across the country who have had this procedure continue to experience new complications from these defective medical devices. Transvaginal mesh (TVM) is a net-like implant used to treat…