A Ventura, California woman received a $20 million civil court judgment against the man that forcibly raped her in 2003. The attacker was recognized weeks later by the victim, after he appeared on the television show “Blind Date.”Ulrick Kevin White was convicted of rape and false imprisonment for th
Merck & Co. was hit with two major legal setbacks over the withdrawn painkiller Vioxx on Thursday when a federal jury in New Orleans ordered the drugmaker to pay $51 million to a heart attack victim, and a state judge in New Jersey overturned a November verdict favoring the company. In New Orleans,
Thousands of consumers who have suffered at the hands of Bausch & Lomb’s ReNu with MoistureLoc have finally received some of the answers they have been looking for. Federal disease control experts and leading eye doctors have formally concluded that ReNu With MoistureLoc from Bausch & Lomb was the o
Imagine being held underwater for a minute and then being allowed to come up for air – briefly – only to be involuntarily dunked underwater repeatedly. Your brain will go without oxygen for extended periods of time, which can cause severe damage to a healthy adult. Now, imagine the same nightmare sc
As Merck & Co. defends itself against a deluge of litigation involving its pain reliever Vioxx, the pharmaceutical giant also is fielding the first of what could be another wave of lawsuits involving Fosamax, its second-biggest seller. The emerging litigation targeting the osteoporosis drug, still i
If you’ve been injured in a slip and fall accident, you may be eligible for compensation depending on the circumstances in which your injury occurred and evidence gathered about the incident.A personal injury case that falls under this category includes:Trip and Fall – an object in the walking path
Haven’t we all heard the rhetoric (and read my previous blog on the subject, no less) about how Plaintiff’s attorneys and “greedy patients” are to blame for the rising cost of health care? Sure, there are countless victims of medical malpractice, but if they seek any type of recovery, then it’s sudd
Did you know that a birth injury could be caused by a wide variety of sources? Claims are not limited to just medical doctors – they can also apply to nurses, hospitals, anesthesiologists, drug (pharmaceutical) companies, and other providers of health care services.While each person on the medical s
A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against Walt Disney World by the family of a 4 year old boy that died after riding Epcot’s Mission: Space ride. An autopsy revealed that the boy’s death was caused by an irregular heartbeat brought about by the stress of the ride on the boy’s body.The ride, Mi
What do we not know about the fast food that we eat? When we run to places and grab a quick order to go, are we ruining our health?A recent lawsuit was filed against KFC in an attempt to stop them from cooking with partially hydrogenated oil which is high in fact and switch to other types of cooking
We’ve all heard the argument: “If greedy families and patients would stop suing, then everyone’s medical bills would decrease.” Let’s set aside the fact that medical errors are a leading cause of death in the U.S. Let’s instead look at one of the factors which is actually causing YOUR medical bills
Many employers will tell employees that overtime will not be paid without the permission of a supervisor.However, supervisors then give employees too much work to be completed in a 40-hour week, which requires the employee to work longer to avoid disappointing his/her supervisor. Then if the employe
