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by staceyb
on May 17, 2013
“M.C.”–as the child is called for privacy reasons–was born at Greenville Memorial Hospital in 2004 as an intersex child, a condition formerly known as hermaphroditism. The child was born with both male and female genitalia, but at 16-months-old while still an orphan, the Crawfords’ lawsuits allege the state performed gender-selective surgery on M.C., effectively turning the child into a female by removing his male reproductive organs.
by staceyb
on May 14, 2013
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Advocates for Informed Choice (AIC) and pro bono counsel for the private law firms of Janet, Jenner & Suggs and Steptoe & Johnson LLP filed a lawsuit today against the South Carolina Department of Social Services, Greenville Hospital System, Medical University of South Carolina and individual employees for performing an irreversible and medically unnecessary surgery on an infant in the state’s care.
by staceyb
on May 14, 2013
A Columbia couple is suing the S.C. Department of Social Services, social workers and doctors for having sexual-reassignment surgery performed on a toddler who was born with “ambiguous genitals,” and both male and female internal sex organs.
by staceyb
on May 3, 2013
The lawyers for the only Jerry Sandusky victim pursuing damages against Penn State in court are arguing against the university’s latest attempt to thwart the case. Led by Baltimore attorney Howard Janet, they fired back in the court papers and told federal Judge Anita Brody that the allegations are specific enough to move forward to the discovery phase of the lawsuit.
by staceyb
on April 18, 2013
Penn State was rebuffed in another attempt to have a lawsuit filed by one of Jerry Sandusky’s abuse victims put on hold, and lawyers for The Second Mile charity went on the offensive to have the lawsuit tossed.
by staceyb
on April 11, 2013
On April 9, Judge Saylor of the U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, announced the Plaintiffs Steering Committee for In re: New England Compounding Pharmacy, Inc. (MDL No. 1:13-md-2419-FDS) Kim Dougherty, an attorney and Manager of the Boston office of Janet, Jenner & Suggs, LLC, has been appointed to the Plaintiffs Steering Committee (PSC) in litigation [...]
by staceyb
on March 11, 2013
Last fall, 17,000 vials of a steroid were shipped to clinics and hospitals in 23 states. The drug had to be sterile because patients would have it injected into their joints or their spines to relieve chronic pain. What happened next is the worst pharmaceutical disaster in decades.
by staceyb
on March 8, 2013
A lab technician tells Scott Pelley he warned his supervisor at the New England Compounding Center that their drugs were going to harm people a month before a medication the pharmacy produced began killing patients.
by staceyb
on March 6, 2013
The civil lawyers for Victim 6 in the Jerry Sandusky child abuse case are challenging Penn State’s request to put his lawsuit on hold, saying the young man has already “suffered a delay of justice of more than a decade.”
by staceyb
on February 20, 2013
BOSTON – A ruling by the Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation that consolidates all federal lawsuits against the New England Compounding Center (NECC) for its role in a national fungal meningitis outbreak holds some distinct advantages for plaintiffs, says Robert K. Jenner, attorney with Janet, Jenner & Suggs. “We are representing more than 50 families [...]
