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by American Association for Justice
on May 16, 2011
According to a major new research study, if a baby is delivered early or late, it increases the odds that the infant will develop cerebral palsy (CP). Although premature birth has long been known as a factor in cerebral palsy, this is the first study that links past-term delivery to higher CP risk.
by American Association for Justice
on May 13, 2011
Avandia Drug Testing Bogus The FDA must strengthen drug testing requirements for pharmaceutical companies to prevent the kind of sleight-of-hand used by GlaxoSmithKline to win approval for Avandia, the popular diabetes drug prescribed to millions. Use of Avandia has been associated with increased heart attacks, strokes and heart-related deaths – evidence buried by GSK. [...]
by American Association for Justice
on May 10, 2011
“Women and children first” — a time-honored cry intended to proclaim that our society believes that protecting this segment of our population from harm should be priority number one. Apparently, Republican leadership and the vast majority of their rank and file members of congress think otherwise. It is women and children, together with seniors and [...]
by PR News Wire
on March 3, 2011
“This is an important victory for the citizens of Jersey City. They are now one giant step closer to telling their story to a jury. It’s a story of large companies putting profits over people in the worst way. It’s a story of two companies that dumped massive quantities of toxic waste in the middle of a city, let it remain there for decades, delayed cleanups and put so many lives at risk,” said Howard Janet.
by American Association for Justice
on January 23, 2011
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recovered a record $2.5 billion in health care fraud in fiscal year 2010, most of it in prosecutions that began as whistleblower cases filed under the False Claims Act, the agency announced last month.
by gsalcher
on December 1, 2010
The nation was stunned in 1999 when the first land mark report on hospital safety in the U.S. found that 98,000 patients die every year in hospitals from largely preventable medical errors. The hospital industry declared it would make changes, and make them fast.
by US News
on October 4, 2010
U.S. News and World Report and Best Lawyers have released the 2010 Best Law Firms rankings, marking the inaugural publication of this highly-anticipated annual analysis.
by jgodwin
on December 27, 2009
Maryland lawyer Robert K. Jenner and Indianapolis attorney Irwin B. Levin file Multidistrict Litigation petition in Minnesota. Baltimore, MD (PRWEB) December 1, 2009–Attorneys who are suing over the use of pain pumps that left patients with crippling shoulder pain have renewed their application to consolidate more than 150 federal lawsuits. The latest court filing [...]
by PR News Wire
on October 30, 2009
A Washington, D.C. Superior Court jury ordered the District government yesterday to pay $24.2 million to a brain-damaged 7-year-old girl whose heart stopped after she received poor treatment at D.C. General Hospital.
District attorneys plan to appeal the amount of the award, which includes $8 million for Lynteakia Beal’s future care and $16 million for her pain and suffering.
by American Association for Justice
on October 30, 2009
Thanks to a $15.5 million jury award, Minnesota taxpayers won’t have to foot the bill for a lifetime of care for a child permanently disabled by birth injuries due to medical negligence, his lawyer said today.
“The economic burden will fall on those responsible for his condition, not on public health services, which often pick up the tab in catastrophic situations. This is not only justice for the child and his family, but for society as a whole,” said Howard Janet, of Janet, Jenner & Suggs, LLP, Baltimore, MD.
