At this time, pending in the federal court MDL proceedings in Georgia and 700 cases pending in the California state court consolidated proceedings. There are also more than 800 individual cases pending on a tolling agreement with Wright Medical, which is a contract that suspends the statute of limitations period […]
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Those involved in trucking litigation have become all too familiar with catastrophic injury and loss of life resulting from 18 wheelers (tractor trailers) being operated by drivers impaired by chronic fatigue. Why do we continue to see this problem? In the case of a professional commercial truck driver who rear […]
In August 2005, a patient was implanted with a Bard Recovery Filter System in order to catch blood clots or “thrombi” traveling from the lower portions of his body toward his heart and lungs. Unfortunately, the device failed and migrated to the patient’s heart, perforating the organs and requiring open […]
Benicar is prescribed for high blood pressure and is used to help lower blood pressure. It is based on olmesartan and stops blood vessels from narrowing, which lowers the patient’s blood pressure and increases blood flow. It is manufactured by Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. In April 2002, Benicar received clearance from […]
Memories of Tragedies on the Rails On May 13, 2015, once again tragedy struck as an Amtrak train derailed in Philadelphia, killing six people and injuring more than 130. One of those killed was a Naval Academy midshipman on leave. This shocking and catastrophic derailment brings back memories for Attorneys […]
Consumers Urged To Check Whether Their Vehicle Has Been Recalled More than 17 million recalls. An approximate 100 victims. At least six deaths. The numbers don’t add up. Airbag manufacturer Takata, a worldwide leader in supplying airbag safety features to automakers is to blame, according to a flurry of lawsuits […]
In Hamlet, his mother the queen is quoted as saying, “The lady doth protest too much, me thinks.” In Shakespeare’s time the word “protest” was meant as the lady vows or declares solemnly, too much. So do the devotees of predictive coding, protest too much. A recent article in favor […]
I attended LegalTech 2015 this year in New York. It was a great seminar and another well done project by ALM. One wrinkle, though. Lawyers, vendors and even judges continue to want to shove predictive coding down everyone’s throat. Not “technology assisted review (TAR)”, but specifically predictive coding. With the […]
Searcy Denney Wins $8.5 Million Award for Plaintiff Duped by Leading Concierge Medical Service West Palm Beach, Fla. – (Feb. xx, 2015) – South Florida law firm Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley PA (Searcy Denney) today announced that a Palm Beach County jury found concierge medical service MDVIP responsible for fraud and false advertising, awarding approximately $8.5 million to the estate of Joan Beber, a Boca Raton resident whose […]
New research provides yet another reason to quit smoking. A scientific analysis of 6,000 men showed a propensity for those who smoked to lose their Y chromosome. That’s bad news, according to the Swedish team that conducted the trial. “If cancer, heart disease, and emphysema weren’t bad enough, male smokers […]
