Catastrophic Injury Lawsuit Ends With $8M Car Accident Settlement
A vehicle crash that occurred in 2014 has led to a $8 million settlement of a catastrophic injury lawsuit. The 2014 Newport News, Virginia vehicle crash involved both a personal injury claim and criminal DUI charges. At the time of the...
Lawsuit: Xarelto Injury Causes Pain and Financial Damages
A Xarelto injury has caused another plaintiff to initiate legal action to recover funds in support of the damages sustained. Xarelto, prescribed to prevent stroke and pulmonary embolism, has been tied to an increasing number of adverse event reports filed...
Advocates Push Opioid Multidistrict Litigation Forward
Advocates and those who have already filed lawsuits want an opioid MDL as soon as possible due the severe impact of the U.S. drug addiction crisis. A judge recently spoke out in favor of moving towards opioid multidistrict litigation because...
Severe Trucking Accident Prompts Personal Injury Lawsuit
A severe trucking accident in Texas led an injured plaintiff to pursue legal action to recover damages. According to the lawsuit, in June 2016 the plaintiff was driving a Toyota Highlander in Bexar County, Texas. The accident happened on the...
Study: IVC Filters Have Limited Success for Treating Pulmonary Embolism
Patients who had IVC filters implanted to treat pulmonary embolism may suffer serious side effects and discover that the device has limited utility, according to a new study. While IVC filters were marketed as one way to prevent pulmonary embolism,...
Family Files Nursing Home Wrongful Death Lawsuit After Woman Dies
The family of a former resident of Brius Healthcare Services nursing home in California says their relative died after staff failed to address fecal matter build-up in the woman over the course of months. The nursing home wrongful death lawsuit...
Idaho Man Alleges Hernia Mesh Bowel Obstruction in Lawsuit
An Idaho man says he suffered from a hernia mesh bowel obstruction after being implanted with Ethicon hernia mesh. The plaintiff alleges that the hernia mesh was used to treat an incisional hernia he developed after surgery in 2010. He...
Lawsuit: Chevy Cruz Drivers at Risk of Unintended Acceleration
The families of two Texas A&M students hit General Motors and Enterprise Rent-A-Car with a lawsuit after the young men died in a car accident. According to the lawsuit, a Chevy Cruz rental car that the men were driving accelerated suddenly and...
Thousands of Lawsuits Allege Xarelto Dangers
Johnson & Johnson and other drug makers have been hit with thousands of lawsuits over the alleged injuries plaintiffs suffered after taking Xarelto. According to the lawsuits, Xarelto dangers include severe bleeding, internal bleeding, hospitalization and even death. In fact,...
Texas Trucking Company Involved in Smuggling Deaths
Investigation into Pyle Transportation, the Texas trucking company implicated in a deadly human smuggling case in July 2017, has revealed a history of numerous safety concerns. The Texas trucking company had advertised itself as an American success story; however, in...
Wrongful Death Nursing Home Injury Lawsuit Settled for $800K
The Devereux Foundation has settled a nursing home injury lawsuit that ended with a wrongful death. The lawsuit alleged that the staff working at a residential behavioral health facility in Pennsylvania failed to recognize infection symptoms in a patient. That...
Georgia Man Joins Bard IVC Filter Lawsuit
A Georgia man has joined the litigation alleging C.R. Bard manufactured defective IVC filters that caused injuries. According to the Bard IVC filter lawsuit, the plaintiff was implanted with the Denali Vena Cava Filter in 2015. According to the complaint,...