After being admitted to the hospital for injuries sustained from falling down the stairs in her own home, a 79 year old woman fell again, while at the hospital, and suffered a spinal fracture alleged nursing negligence. The woman was supposed to be classified as a...
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Product Liability Lawsuits Filed In Chicago and Two California Counties Over Drug Industry Marketing Tactics
The City of Chicago and two California counties, Orange and Santa Clara, are filing two separate product liability lawsuits that claim five drug companies used aggressive marketing tactics which ignored the dangerous, addictive side effects of opiod pain killers....
Affected Patients Could Sue For Hospital Negligence In Community Healthcare System Hack
According to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), information lost in the recent Community Healthcare System hack is protected by law, and patients could sue for hospital negligence. According to HIPAA, any organization that moves any sort...
Man receives wrong artificial disc in neck surgery due to surgeon’s negligence; Settled for $800,000
A 32-year-old male, who had been involved in a car accident, underwent surgery to replace a damaged disc in his neck. Due to surgeon’s negligence, he was given the wrong type of artificial disc at the wrong location. The mistake was due to a scheduling error resulting...
California Judge Denies Request For Dismissal In Whole Foods Product Liability Lawsuit
A California judge has ruled against a request for dismissal by Whole Foods in a product liability case, originally filed in November 2013 by plaintiff Mary Garrison, alleging that the high end grocery chain unlawfully put misleading labels on muffins and other baked...
More Than 100 Claims Filed For Wrongful Death Compensation To GM’s Ignition Switch Fund
As of this week, General Motors has received more than one hundred wrongful death claims regarding victims of car accidents caused by a defective ignition switch. GM, who developed a fund for the wrongful death claims beginning on August 1st has received more than 300...
Federal agency receives dozens of retaliation reports from whistleblowers in VA scandal
The Huffington Post reports that a federal investigative agency tasked with probing the recent healthcare scandal plaguing the Department of Veterans Affairs is currently investigating 67 claims of retaliation from supervisors against whistleblowers who have reported...
Firm Partners Listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2015
Attorneys Daniel Hodes and Jeffrey Milman were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2015 for their plaintiff work in Personal Injury and Product Liability Litigation. Mr. Hodes was also recognized for his work in Medical Malpractice...
BMW air bag recall affects more than 1 million cars
Luxury automaker BMW has recalled approximately 1.6 million cars worldwide, including 574,000 in the United States, due to the possibility of injury from defective passenger-side air bags, reports the New York Times. The recall, which applies to BMW 3 Series cars from...
$2,500,000 Settlement: Lack of adherence to protocol causes premature triplets to contract infections killing two of the infants and severe brain damage to the third infant
A 30-year old woman, pregnant with triplets, was admitted to the NICU due to pregnancy complications, stemming from in-vitro fertilization. After an extremely premature birth, all three infants contracted infections due to staff’s failure to observe proper hospital...