The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit took on this challenging question in Dahn v. Amedei, No. 16-1059 (10th Cir. 2017). Here, a foster child, James Dahn (“Dahn”), sued two Colorado social workers responsible for investigating reports that he was being abused,…
St. Petersburg Birth Injury Lawyers Ensuring that Victims Receive the Compensation They Deserve Birth injuries affect thousands of people each year. They can range from minor events, such as a bump or a bruise that causes discomfort and pain, to much more serious injuries that…
Why would a jury award 417 million dollars to one woman who used talc? The answer is justice and economics. In order for a jury to award a sum of money so large, the jurors must have heard evidence during the trial that offended their…
With the recent $417 million dollar jury verdict against Johnson & Johnson in the California suit alleging the company’s talc-based baby powder causes ovarian cancer, many in the legal community will be closely watching the Cook IVC bellwether trials which are scheduled to begin in…
In yet another striking loss, Johnson & Johnson was ordered by a Los Angeles jury to pay $417 million to a terminally ill woman who says the company’s baby powder caused her to develop ovarian cancer. Echoing earlier talc lawsuits the plaintiff, Eva Echeverria,…
The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) has recently initiated a marketing campaign aimed at informing pedestrians that crossing roadways while distracted can be deadly—and they’re getting people’s attention through the use of some undeniably attention-getting images. Sidewalk decals, similar
Johnson & Johnson baby powder with Talc would be a product that most consumers would assume to be safe. But the evidence presented to the California jury in Los Angeles over the last three weeks demonstrated that J&J had known for years that the talc…
While Owners offered objective factors that could demonstrate a lack of impartiality, it pointed to no action, decision, or analytical choice made by Haber in rendering her appraisal report that showed a subjective lack of impartiality.
August is a time when most young children around the nation go back to school, and, for the first time since 2012, parents will be less worried about their safety. According to a recent Gallup poll, only 25 percent of parents responded that they were…
Just this month, two Nevada Highway Patrol (NHP) troopers were on the side of westbound I-80 working a crash when a car rammed at high speed into the back of their parked patrol car. Neither trooper was hurt. In June, a BMW hit an NHP…
Imagine being a corporate executive awakening on Sunday morning to a Tsunami of media images of White Supremacists, KKK and Neo-Nazis embroiled in violent protests and, right there on the internet, newspapers, magazines and TV is your company’s trademark logo being worn as a symbol by these…
On August 10, President Trump declared our current opioid crisis a national emergency. He added to his statement by saying, “We’re going to spend a lot of time, a lot of effort and a lot of money on the opioid crisis. It is a serious…
