Tag Archives: personal injury

DePuy Orthopaedics continues to be sued for its hip replacement devices. One type – the Articular Surface Replacement (ASR) – has already attracted lawsuits across the country based on allegations that it fails too soon and causes metal to enter patients’ bloodstream. Now it must defend another metal ball and socket device, the Pinnacle.   Virginia Man Struggles with Revisions Personal injury law firm Alonso Krangle on Apr. 15 announced that it had filed a new suit in the Dallas multidistrict …

  Hernia patients have filed lawsuits against the manufacturers of AlloDerm, a product made from the skin tissue of cadavers. They claim once implanted, the AlloDerm stretches and fails, resulting in serious and painful abdominal injuries, often requiring additional surgery. A hernia is a painful condition that occurs when an organ or tissue bulges through a weak spot in muscle of the structure that contains it. Often it’s an intestine that protrudes through the stomach wall. Surgeons will patch up …

  Millions of patients take selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) for depression, anxiety and other disorders. One out of 10 people in the United States use  antidepressants, making them one of the most widely prescribed medications according to a 2011 National Center for Health Statistics report. In our news video, Lawyers.com Editorial Director Betsy Kim interviews attorney Harris Pogust, a partner at Pogust Braslow & Milrood in Conshohocken, Penn. He claims patients on SSRIs such as Celexa, Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft …

It’s called “tort reform.” The state of Mississippi limits the amount juries can award people for pain and suffering in personal injuries to $1 million. A federal appeals court recently upheld this cap. Lisa Learmonth was injured in a car crash with a Sears Roebuck van. A trial judge lowered the jury’s damages, limiting her non-economic losses (those beyond hospital bills and lost earning capacity) to $1 million, based on Mississippi’s cap on damages. On appeal to the 5th Circuit, …

  A minor league baseball fan cries foul when a foul ball hit her in the head, causing severe and permanent injuries. Now with spring training underway, in today’s Newsbreak Lawyers.com Editor-in-Chief Larry Bodine tells you about a case involving dangers of sitting at the wrong place in the wrong time. What are your rights if you’re injured by a baseball that flies into the stands? At a South Shore RailCats game in Gary, Indiana, a ball hit Juanita DeJesus, …