Thursday, 31 October 2019 / Published in Injuries, Premises Liability
A Florida appeals court has wiped out a $90,000 verdict in favor of a woman who was injured when she fell on a Miami sidewalk, finding that the Google Maps photograph she used to bolster her case had not been properly authenticated. The October 16 ruling from the Third District Court of Appeals came in
Friday, 04 October 2019 / Published in Law, Medical Malpractice
Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings has sued members of the Sackler family, owners of Purdue Pharma, over their alleged role in causing the state’s ongoing opioid crisis, claiming that the family had directed a two-decade-long pattern of aggressive sales and misleading marketing campaigns to boost sales of the dangerous drugs. The lawsuit, filed earlier this
Thursday, 26 September 2019 / Published in Brain Injuries, Car Accidents, Injuries, Truck Accidents
The state of New Jersey has approved a $12.75 million settlement between New Jersey Transit and a pedestrian who was left with traumatic brain injuries after being struck by a bus. The plaintiff, Jason Gillespie, suffered catastrophic injuries, including multiple brain hemorrhages, skull fractures, and a permanent brain injury, when the NJ Transit bus plowed
Thursday, 19 September 2019 / Published in Medical Malpractice
A judge in Ohio has cleared the way for the first federal trial against some of the nation’s top pharmaceutical firms over their role in the opioid epidemic, rejecting key defenses the companies had offered in a bid to dismiss claims that they had caused the crisis. In a September 3 ruling, U.S. District Judge
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