Mass Torts

On September 27, 2016, the Department of Health Therapeutic Goods Administration (the Australian equivalent of the Food & Drug Administration) issued a hazard alert relating to LFIT Anatomic CoCr V40 femoral heads manufactured and marketed by Stryker. The LFIT V40 femoral heads are made of a cobalt and chromium alloy and […]

There have been some very recent developments in the national litigation regarding the erectile dysfunction (ED) drug Viagra and the allegation that its use increases a patient’s risk of developing melanoma. Judge Seeborg, the federal judge appointed to oversee all of the Viagra cases filed in federal court from across […]

This is in response to the article in the Daily Business Review, Opponents of New Expert Witness Rule Rely on Outdated Authority [COMMENTARY] by Christopher Johnson, Daily Business Review. This recent article claims that the opponents of the proposed New Expert Witness Rule rely on outdated authority as their basis […]

Florida lawyers are once again at the forefront of litigation against Big Tobacco, as last week a class action lawsuit against the maker of American Spirit cigarettes, and its parent company, was filed in Federal Court in Miami. American Spirit cigarettes are made by Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company (SFNTC), […]

Before its civil war began in 2011, Syria had a population of 23 million people.  In the ensuing four years, 11 million Syrians have died or fled their homes, and nearly four million of Syria’s citizens fled the country altogether, many now seeking refuge in Europe.  11 million people. But […]

I have never been to Hawaii.  But as I understand it, “aloha” is used to say hello and goodbye.  And starting soon, aloha will mean goodbye to cigarettes if you are under the age of 21, as last week Hawaii became the first state in the nation to ban smoking […]

One of our own, Brenda S. Fulmer has contributed a substantial chapter  titled “Mass Torts:  The Bird’s-Eye View” to the recently released book “Anatomy of a Personal Injury Lawsuit, 4th Edition” which is a comprehensive and up-to-date resource for practicing plaintiffs’ attorneys and their staffs. The book is full of […]

Concerns are growing faster than the grass that used to cover school athletic fields across the country. That’s because more than 10,000 fields now comprise artificial turf mixed with “crumb rubber” – vulcanized tires spread across swaths of land on which baseball, football, lacrosse, soccer, softball and other sports are […]

Takata airbags have been a ticking time bomb and we are only now finding out they have been that way for longer than first suspected. What we know for certain is, there have been four deaths and more than 30 injuries linked to the defective airbags manufactured by the Japanese […]

Earlier this week, a Missouri appeals court issued an opinion that will hopefully have a significant impact on ongoing litigation against the manufacturers of metoclopramide, the generic version of Reglan.  In this latest case, the appeals court found that plaintiffs Franzman and Niceley, both of whom suffered tardive dyskinesia after […]