Sunday, August 31, 2014

Lawsuit claims $40 million in damages for injuries caused by police in Ferguson, Missouri

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CNN is reporting that last Thursday five individuals arrested recently in Ferguson, Missouri, filed a lawsuit against Ferguson Police Chief...
Thursday, August 28, 2014

Panel on brand-name and generics manufacturers liability

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Yesterday I posted a comment on a recent decision from the Alabama Supreme Court on the possible liability of a brand-name drug manufacturer...
Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Alabama Supreme Court reaffirms holding that name brand manufacturers can be held liable for defective warnings in generic drugs they did not manufacuture

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Last Friday, the Alabama Supreme Court denied a rehearing in the case of Wyeth v. Weeks thus letting stand the holding that name-brand dr...

GM ignition switch compensation program receives more than 300 claims, including 107 death-related

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For months, I have been following developments related to the recalls, defects, lawsuits, settlement claims and other issues affecting Gener...
Monday, August 25, 2014

Chicago and two California counties sue alleging pharmaceutical companies are responsible for epidemic of addiction

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Back in April I reported on a new study that concluded the obvious:  direct to consumer advertising of prescription drugs results in unneed...
Sunday, August 24, 2014

Propaganda against increasing cap in California is now available

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Back in July of last year I commented on an initiative in California to raise the cap on pain and suffering damages which has not been incre...
Thursday, August 21, 2014

Motorcycle accident

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The other day in class I discussed a hypo based on a motorcycle accident.  Coincidentally, yesterday I saw this video of an actual accident ...
Sunday, August 17, 2014

Court reopens case against GM even though plaintiffs had agreed to settlement

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Last July I reported on an attempt to re open a case against GM based on an allegation that the plaintiffs would not have settled had they ...
Friday, August 8, 2014

Movies with pivotal lessons for lawyers

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As many of you know, I keep a list of recommended movies for lawyers and law students.  It does not includes all the law related movies out...
Sunday, August 3, 2014

Lawsuit filed against GM claims for 29 deaths and hundreds of injuries

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AboutLawsuits.com is reporting here that General Motors faces a new lawsuit filed on behalf of the families of 29 people who died in accide...