In Apkan v. Life Care Centers of America, Inc., the court of appeals of Nebraska affirms a case involving Life Care’s negligent care of Musa Gwelo. David Apkan, the special administrator of Gwelo’s estate, filed the action against Life Care, as well as Consolidated Resources…
A San Francisco jury has ruled in favor of a California man who says the cancer he contracted was caused by the popular weed killer Roundup. In the first of thousands of Roundup lawsuits, the jury awarded $289 million-$39 million in compensatory and $250 million…
On August 6th, the American Bar Association officially approved the industry’s first board certification program for attorneys who handle semi-truck accident cases. The only such accreditation in the country, the Truck Accident Law certification will soon be offered by the National Board of Trial Ad
Embattled University of Southern California President C. L. Max Nikias has resigned amid a sex abuse scandal involving former campus gynecologist Dr. George Tyndall. His resignation came after repeated calls from students and faculty claiming Nikias had failed to protect students from Tyndall’s sexu
New York University Langone Orthopedic Hospital has halted the use of the Stryker Tritanium hip implants. This action was based upon findings in a new study published in June 2018 by doctors and scientists at the hospital. The study documented several performance failures of the…
In Dimick v. Hopkinson No. S-17-0318, the plaintiffs Skylar and Jenny Dimick raise five issues on appeal to the Supreme Court of Wyoming. The appeals involve the main question of whether or not the district court wrongly granted summary judgments to the Hopkinsons, and also…
ALERTA Después de años en que las mujeres informan lesiones u otros efectos secundarios como consecuencia del uso del método de esterilización con espiral Essure, Bayer, el fabricante del dispositivo, ha anunciado que discontinuará la venta de los dispositivos anticonceptivos Essure en los Estados U
¿Sabía usted que Nueva Jersey tiene una de las leyes más estrictas sobre violencia doméstica del país? ¡En Nueva Jersey, las órdenes de alejamiento son para toda la vida! Sí, escuchó bien. En la mayoría de los estados, como California y Nueva York, las órdenes…
Did you know that New Jersey has one of the strictest Domestic Violence laws in the nation? In New Jersey, restraining orders are for life! Yes, you heard that correctly. In most states, like California and New York, restraining orders are usually granted for five…
The Supreme Court of Nevada viewed a case involving Nicole Gabrielle Cote and the State of Nevada. This is a direct appeal from a judgment of conviction of two counts of driving under the influence causing “substantial bodily harm” and two counts of “reckless driving…
Bayer has announced that after December 31, it will no longer distribute or sell the controversial Essure permanent birth control device in the United States. Essure, the only non-surgical permanent form of birth control for women marketed in the US, is inserted into the fallopian…
More lawsuits continue to pile up against the University of Southern California. On July 23, 51 women filed lawsuits against the University of Southern California over decades of alleged sexual abuse by Dr. George Tyndall. They accuse the former campus gynecologist – who treated thousands…
