Oct 24, 2018 | Personal Injury
Halloween brings candy, costumes and fun. Sadly, it also means danger. According to the National Safety Council, children are more than twice as likely to be hit by a car and killed on Halloween than on any other day of the year. As parents, we all want our...
Oct 18, 2018 | Medical Malpractice
Many nursing home residents suffer neglect and abuse–and choosing the right nursing home is a difficult and emotional experience. Concerns about an aging parent, and protecting her safety, can be scary. With so many different long-term care facilities,...
Aug 17, 2018 | Products Liability
A California jury awarded nearly $290 million to a groundskeeper who claimed his cancer was caused by Roundup, a weedkiller manufactured by Monsanto. The plaintiff, 46-year-old Dewayne Johnson was diagnosed the terminal non-Hodgkin lymphoma after using Roundup as a...
Jul 14, 2018 | Products Liability
A St. Louis jury has awarded a multi-billion dollar verdict to 22 women who suffered ovarian cancer after using Johnson & Johnson’s talcum powder products. Talcum powder ovarian cancer has been claimed by more than 9,000 woman across the United States....
Jun 12, 2018 | Medical Malpractice
Nursing home resident’s rights are often compromised upon admission to the facility. Why? Because nursing homes often require unsuspecting residents to sign arbitration agreements — agreements that extinguish the right to trial by jury if the resident...
Jun 5, 2018 | Defective Medical Devices
On May 22, 2018, Stryker Orthopedics updated its Stryker LFIT V40 Femoral Head Recall to include eight (8) additional catalog numbers. The original recall occurred in August 2016 and included seven (7) catalog numbers which represented close to 45,000 devices in...
Apr 20, 2018 | Medical Malpractice
Errors in emergency rooms can lead to catastrophic injury or death. According to the Centers for Disease Control, there are more than 140 million emergency room visits each year. If only a small percentage of these visits involve medical errors, the result would be...
Apr 11, 2018 | Products Liability
On April 11, 2018, a jury in New Jersey awarded $80 million in punitive damages against Johnson & Johnson and its talcum powder supplier. This award came a week after the same jury awarded $37 million in compensatory damages. The plaintiff claimed that his...
Feb 12, 2018 | Products Liability
Talcum powder can be a known ovarian cancer risk. Talcum powder is widely used in consumer products, including baby powder, adult facial and body powders, and other cosmetic products. It is useful because it absorbs moisture well and helps cut down on friction,...
Dec 4, 2017 | Articles, Published
This article, authored by Glen Pritchard, originally appeared in the Fall 2000 edition of the Ohio Association for Justice, Ohio Trial magazine. The cost of lost earning and medical claims has steadily increased while the minimum insurance limit of liability has...
