We're back to the subject of transvaginal mesh litigation involving thousands of plaintiffs and some very large medical device manufacturers, including Johnson & Johnson. When we left off in January, we had talked broadly about the product liability claims, and we...
Premises liability, as some of our readers may know, is the area of personal injury law dealing with the liability of property owners and businesses for injuries suffered on their property. Although premises liability is often referenced under the banner of...
Remember that headline? It was printed in the New York Times about a year and a half ago. It came as something of a surprise to many: suing nursing homes doesn't result in better care? How can that be, they wondered.The conclusion came from an exhaustive study...
The plaintiffs in the lawsuits against manufacturers of transvaginal mesh have terrible stories. These women went into surgery believing their doctors had a solution for urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. After the surgery, though, they developed even...
A fatal accident in New York City should serve as a reminder of how important it is that landlords maintain commercial and residential buildings.The victim was one of two mechanics working in a luxury high-rise. He was inside an elevator shaft when the car moved down...
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released its analysis of 2013 motor vehicle accident data in December. It seems that 2013 was the safest year ever on American highways. Unless, of course, you were involved in a crash with a tractor-trailer. The...
Putting a loved one in a nursing home is a very emotional time for families, and it is normal for them to be worried about their family member's care. In some cases, however, this worry can be taken too far, and a nursing home or other health care facility can quickly...
Trucking accidents can happen for myriad reasons, and in many cases, the contributing factor may not be the fault of the truck driver or trucking company at all. Because of the high level of regulations and the specialized training drivers must go through,...
We are talking about a lawsuit filed by the New Mexico Attorney General's office. The suit accuses a multi-state nursing home chain of deliberately understaffing its care facilities in order to maximize its profits. That skewed staff-to-patient ratio is responsible...
The 10th largest nursing home chain in the U.S. is under fire in a federal lawsuit filed by the New Mexico Attorney General's office. The complaint takes the unusual approach -- one that the attorney general hopes will be easier to prove -- that the organization...
