Background: On July 1, 2018, a Utah storyline read “Husband runs over wife, kills her in what police call a terrible accident”. Salt Lake City’s CBS affiliate (KUTV-2) went on to report: “Investigators said the woman, in her 90’s, got out of the family car to…
On June 19th, 2017 the United States Supreme Court fundamentally changed the rules governing where corporate defendants can be sued and reshaped the definition of jurisdiction. In Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court, No. 16-466, the Supreme Court found that California courts could hear…
In Olivero v. Trek Bicycle Corporation, United States, the Plaintiff filed a lawsuit against Wisconsin-based Trek Bicycle Corporation alleging that a defective product caused the Plaintiff serious injury. The lawsuit was filed in the state of Colorado. According to the Plaintiff’s complaint, the for
In the aftermath of the Cardinal McCarrick revelations, it’s easy to forget that two other US cardinals have been publicly censured as a result of their involvement in the priest sex abuse scandal. The first was Cardinal Bernard Law of Boston who resigned in disgrace…
In Rains v. Barber (Case No. 17SA248.), the Supreme Court of Colorado analyzed whether the trial court was wrong to grant the plaintiffs a new trial after the jury concluded that the defendants, two pilots, were not negligent in a fatal plane crash. First, the…
Since the Los Angeles Times reported in May that the University of Southern California had let George Tyndall – a former gynecologist at the school’s student health clinic – continue to treat students despite complaints about his behavior, hundreds of women came forward to report misconduct.…
Upcoming changes to federal reporting on hospital infection rates could keep patients uninformed about the safety of their healthcare facility. Dangerous infections such as MRSA affect one in 25 patients every day and can quickly lead to long term injury or death without the correct…
California Civil Code Section 846 provides broad immunity for landowners where a person is engaged in recreational activity such as camping, hiking, sightseeing, picnicking, etc. An exception to this immunity is where the landowner has charged a fee for use of the land. This statute…
In the latest lawsuit filed against the University of Southern California and George Tyndall – the university’s on-campus gynecologist – the victim has claimed that Tyndall penetrated her with his ungloved fingers, took pictures of her genitalia, and made inappropriate sexual comments, asking what s
Septic shock is a deadly, life threatening complication affecting many hospital intensive care patients that can bring about a life-threatening drop in blood pressure and cause respiratory or heart failure, stroke, organ failure and even death. Once septic shock occurs, the death rate can be…
Public outrage – and now lawsuits against the University of Southern California – continues to grow. The University has been accused of allowing George Tyndall, a former campus gynecologist, to continue practicing despite multiple complaints by patients of sexual harassment and assault. A report in…
On June 15th, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) issued a report on pending MDL dockets currently active in all U.S. District Courts. The document shows more than 200 lawsuits pending in the Eastern District of Kentucky for the drugs Onglyza and Kombiglyze XR—a…
