After one child died, one suffered significant brain injury, and many other children were injured, a Safety Commission warned people with children and pets to immediately cease use of Peloton’s Tread + treadmill. The Peloton Tread + poses a fatal risk to children and pets,…
Whether you read The Civil Justice Advocate as a member of the legal industry or you’re in another field, you’ve probably noticed that I often talk about settlement. And while my trial lawyer colleagues might use this newsletter to keep the pulse on the latest…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced the nationwide recall of Sagent Pharmaceuticals phenylephrine hydrochloride injections because they aren’t guaranteed to be sterile. Administrating a non-sterile drug could result in a serious infection that could be life-threatening. Sagent Pharmaceuticals Recalls Treatment Drug for…
Beginning July 1, 2021, Virginia’s General District Court limits will increase from $25,000 to $50,000 for cases that do not involve “any claim to specific personal property or to any debt, fine or other money, or to damages for breach of contract or for injury…
By Guest Author, Anthony F. Prieto, CFP(R) President of Synergy Settlement Services Trial lawyers have been deferring fees into structured settlement products dating back to the early 1990s. The IRS challenged fee structure arrangements in Childs v. Commissioner.[1] In this seminal 1994 tax case, the…
By Guest Author, Evelynn Passino, J.D. – Executive Director of Settlement Solutions National Pooled Trust At its most basic, a Qualified Settlement Fund (“QSF” or “468B trust”) is a temporary holding tank for settlement funds. Its purpose is to allow both parties to wrap up…
By Guest Author Rasa Fumagalli, J.D., MSCC, CMSP-F – Director of MSP Compliance Services Medicare Secondary Payer compliance issues in workers’ compensation cases are generally straightforward when the parties seek review of the Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside (WCMSA) proposal and proposed settlement by the Centers…
State lawmakers have passed a landmark piece of legislation that will provide an opportunity for sexual abuse survivors who were abused as minors to seek justice in civil courts. Senate Bill 73 pass the state Senate and the bill is now on its way to…
A North Carolina woman recently filed a new NuWave pressure cooker lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. She claims the pressure cooker malfunctioned while she was using it, causing her to suffer from serious injuries. She seeks both compensatory…
Over the past few years, we’ve seen strides in the protection of people who have been sexually assaulted and abused as children. State legislators are increasingly responding to the fact that a statute of limitations of just a few years is often not enough for…