Corporate Fraud

Hot coffee, McDonalds and tort reform have become strange bed-fellows since a verdict was delivered against the McDonalds Corporation by a jury; for severe injuries to 79 year old Stella Liebeck, caused by spilled coffee. To people who believe Corporate America needs protecting, the McDonalds coffee case became a poster […]

$4 billion dollars lost (at least temporarily) to fraud. That is both astounding and just a little scary. First, how is $4 billion defrauded from the government? Secondly, who is in a position to defraud the government out of that amount of money? The answer to the second question is […]

Big Tobacco receives two pieces of news that, well, is going to really not make for a merry Christmas this year. Clearly a classic of “beware what you wish for my friend, for surely you shall receive it!” Every time a jury finds against Big Tobacco, their talking heads come […]

I happened over to the website of the American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) for some light reading. These folks have been busy. While trial attorneys have been representing their clients these energetic folks and the US Chamber of Commerce have been writing what can only be logged in the category […]

What lawsuits consume the very most resources in our court system? Lawsuits filed by injured people? Nope. Lawsuits filed by corporations suing corporations? Yep! By far, excluding divorce, we tax payers pay out more to support the court system’s time in handling one corporation suing another than any other type […]

The Food and Drug Administration has proposed a new rule, which includes changes to the warnings on cigarette packaging; warnings that have remained largely the same for decades. These proposed new warnings are obviously intended to be graphic motivation for smokers to quit and for those who have not yet […]

Did you know that the day you were injured, through the negligence of another, you entered a potential red zone? Did you know that your ability to get treatment and compensation may rely on the competence and honesty of insurance company employees? The insurance industry has spent billions of dollars […]

Are 1993 – 2004 model years of Jeep Grand Cherokees killing people? Is Chrysler’s handling of the potential problem with the Jeep Grand Cherokee eerily reminiscent of Ford’s Pinto? Did Chrysler also consult the “bean counters” to determine what a recall would cost them as that relates to the total […]

Internal documents obtained by the New York Times reveal that not only did GSK know of the cardiac risks associated with its drug as soon as Avandia was introduced in 1999, but that it fought intensively to keep those risks from becoming public. According to the Times, in the fall […]

Patients undergoing what should be routine shoulder and knee surgeries are being debilitated for life. In most cases it is occurring to relatively young, active people. The genesis of these severe injuries lies in surgeons’ use of intra-articular pain pumps. The real cause, though, lies in manufacturers’ practice of putting […]