More than 4,500 former football players and their families will be eligible to be included in a tentative settlement with the National Football League reached on Thursday in a landmark lawsuit that scrutinizes concussions and their enduring impact on the brain.
Johnson & Johnson will soon add new red warning labels to Tylenol bottles sold in the U.S. – alerting users to the serious risks of taking too much of the popular pain reliever.
The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPMD) has rejected a request to consolidate the growing number of cases against Pfizer Inc. – manufacturer of the controversial cholesterol drug Lipitor – into multidistrict litigation.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 54 million Americans — nearly 20% of the population — had difficulty paying medical bills in 2012. Center For Disease Control
Typically, if a bill has not been paid after 120 days, a physician or hospital will turn over the unpaid debt to a collector.
Representing a plaintiff whose hip implant case was assigned to the coordinated DePuy ASR proceedings in San Francisco Superior Court, CaseyGerry opposed a motion by manufacturer Biomet to remand claims based on alleged defects in its products to another trial court.
As we head into the dog days of August, don’t get complacent about your kids and their safety!
Unfortunately, summer is a dangerous time of year for youngsters. Children have more free time and are less supervised during summer months, so tragedies peak.
Asbestos has killed hundreds of thousands of people and injured millions more. In fact, an estimated 1.3 million workers may end up with deadly diseases – including mesothelioma, asbestosis or lung cancer – as a result of exposure to this toxic product.
The legal battles related to labeling for generic drugs rage on.
In 2011, The United States Supreme Court decision, PLIVA, Inc., et al. v. Mensing, gave more power to drug companies – ruling that generic makers cannot be held responsible for failure to warn about a drug’s side-effects, since the generic maker is only making a “copy” of the brand drug and must follow the brand name’s label.
