As a comprehensive settlement planner, I work with families every day. Sometimes, our conversations naturally turn to topics that have little to do with their settlement and financial plan. I find out about their children and relatives, what’s on their mind, what their concerns are.…
As December quickly approaches, the news for Virginia is a colder than normal winter this year. To avoid falling victim to a weather-related car accident, it is important to take the time to review some safe winter driving practices. One of the most dangerous of…
Elon Musk stayed true to his word on November 16th; unveiling the first fully electric semi-truck that also comes equipped with Tesla’s semiautonomous technology in addition to automatic braking and lane departure warnings. In Mr. Musk’s own words, the truck offers a “massive increase in…
Inserra Kelley Sewell has given its readership information in the past on the defective Pinnacle metal on metal replacement, with currently more than 9,000 cases filed against Johnson & Johnson and DePuy. A test case recently saw a jury award in Texas for six individual…
Congratulations to Jane Conroy and the entire plaintiffs’ team who secured a $247 million verdict in the bellwether trial over Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy Orthopaedics Pinnacle metal-on-metal hip implants. Yesterday’s win is the third consecutive nine-figure verdict in the multidistrict litigation. The war room in this case was…
Latest J&J DePuy Pinnacle Metal Hip Verdict. Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary DePuy have been whacked again in the latest Texas DePuy Pinnacle Hip Implant case to go to trial. The latest round of Johnson & Johnson DePuy Pinnacle hip failure bellwether trials had just finished…
In North Carolina, 34 of 78 hospitals earned an A grade for hospital safety, but there were a few that earned Cs and Ds, according to a new survey released by The Leapfrog Group last month. The grades for hospital safety are released every six…
The North Carolina Highway Patrol reported a fatal collision that killed two children and injured several others on Oct. 31 in Robeson, County, North Carolina. The fatal North Carolina car accident happened at 9:13 PM on NC 20 outside St. Pauls. The highway patrol stated…
A tractor-trailer driver that was blamed for a deadly truck crash that killed a woman from Spotsylvania County, Virginia will be charged in the accident. The Virginia State Police reported this week that the 62-year-old truck driver from Georgia will be charged with involuntary manslaughter and…
Scientists have recently released data which shows that a drug-based therapy might actually restore breathing to individuals who are paralyzed from the neck down due to a spinal injury—until now, such patients often had to rely on a ventilator to help with breathing. How…