Last week, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that General Motors (GM) cannot bar plaintiffs from suing the company because of GM’s bankruptcy filing. In 2014, GM was forced to recall 2.6 million vehicles over faulty ignition switches that caused over one-hundred deaths, close to three-hundred injuries, and thousands of claims of car devaluation resulting […]
Last month Ikea issued a massive recall of over 29 million dressers after reports of six child deaths and 36 injuries. The dressers can easily tip over and crush of suffocate children. Ikea officials say they have done everything possible to prevent the injuries including warning consumers about the dangers and distributing 300,000 wall-anchoring kits […]
The decision to place a loved one in a nursing home is never easy. But when a loved one requires more care than their family is able to provide, nursing homes should provide a safe, trusted, and nurturing environment. Unfortunately, many elders suffer abuse and neglect at the hands of their nursing home caregivers. Approximately […]
A man is suing the City of Pittsburgh for using a hand-held magnetic security wand too close to his pacemaker, causing it to fail. Vince Kelly says that when he arrived at Pittsburgh Municipal Court in June of 2014 2014 he cautioned the guard that the metal detector could interfere with his pacemaker. The guard allowed Kelly […]
Imagine turning on your television and watching your significant other dies before your eyes. This may seem like the plot of a TV show but it actually happened to Anita Chanko in 2012. Chanko was up late one night because she couldn’t sleep. She turned on her TV and put on the ABC program, “NY Med.” […]
Star Wars actor Anton Yelchin was killed by his jeep when it rolled backward and crushed him in his front yard. The actor’s Jeep Grand Cherokee, manufactured by Fiat Chrysler, was singled out last August for problems with its gearshift. Last August, the U.S. National Highway Traffics Safety Administration (NHTSA) began an investigation of 408,000 Jeep […]
Accidental deaths have reached a record high in the United States, according to a new report by the National Safety Council. Accidental poisonings, vehicle crashes, and falls are now among the leading causes of accidental deaths. The report found that in 2014, about 136,000 Americans died from an accidental incident. The new number is 4.2% higher […]
When someone suffers an injury due to another party’s negligence, the victim reasonably assumes that the injuring party is responsible for the accident and resulting damages. But many states have comparative liability laws that take the victim’s liability into account and deduct compensation payments based on the amount of responsibility attributed to the injured person. […]
A pharmaceutical company that produces OxyContin, a powerful opioid painkiller, is under investigation by the New Hampshire Attorney General’s office for deceptive marketing practices. The Connecticut-based company, Purdue Pharma, has refused to comply with a subpoena for documents that detail its marketing practices in New Hampshire, arguing that the government’s use of a private law […]
Last week a Pennsylvania road worker was denied an appeal to her dismissed case. Alice Ward was working as a traffic controller at a construction site on a Pennsylvania road when she was struck and seriously injured by a driver under the influence of heroin. Nicolas DeSimone, the driver who struck Ward, was driving home from a […]