You may hate tobacco lawsuits and lawyers who bring them. But you cannot help but agree that the tobacco industry is absolutely despicable. How the executives of the industry who lied to the country and the government for years can sleep is beyond me. There are lots of people who…
The jury returned a verdict for the defendant today in the retrial of the first federal court Vioxx trial. A mistrial was declared the first time the case was tried. This time a New Orleans jury went for the defendant. The lawyer for the plaintiff said that “the biggest problem…
Are you looking at a rollover case? ATLA has information that will help. For example, the ATLA link says that “[n]ow public General Motors internal documents show that the auto industry knew as early as 1966 that their roof design was so weak that in rollover accidents it crushed occupants…
This news article informs us that a jury was seated in the re-trial of the federal court case mis-tried several months ago. The last trial of the case took place in Houston; this trial is in New Orleans. Here is an article about the events of the first day. How…
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals has cut a punitive damage award in a products liability case. A jury determined that the defendant produced a defective product that caused the death of the occupant of it. The jury awarded, and the trial judge affirmed, a $3,000,000 punitive damage award. The…
Here is a good article from the Washington Post that summarizes where we are and what lies ahead in Vioxx litigation.
A Washington state court judge has entered a default judgment against Hyundai for failure to give accurate information concerning past claims. Read more here.
You would think that I would react differently. After all, I am 49 years old. I have practiced law for over 24 years. I paid my way to college and law school mowing lawns, delivering newspapers, and sacking groceries. I supplemented those earnings with work as a meat cutter, a…
I wrote a post the other day about the efforts by the FDA to limit lawsuits by consumers injured by drugs. Here is an update.
The Missouri Court of Appeals has reversed a jury verdict entered in favor of a brain damaged woman and her husband. The two argued a 1993 Cutlass had a defective cruise control which caused a wreck that injured the woman. The appellate court held that the trial judge should not…