The Indiana Supreme Court sent back to the trial court last week a wrongful death medical malpractice action involving the tragic death of a child after surgery for an undescended left testicle. The boy was just 13 months old. Just awful. The issue in Alsheik v. Guerrero was something far…
After a week-long wrongful death trial in Minnesota, the family members of a twenty-two-year-old college student killed on a bicycle have said that while they are grateful for the jury award of $591,000. However, they would have preferred that the two men they blame for their son’s death be forced…
Trying to tell the difference between a product and a service may not be harder than deciding if a glass is half full or half empty, or if a tomato is better characterized as a fruit than as a vegetable, but it is certainly not easy.” Whitaker v. T.J. Snow…
Statins are a group of drugs used to lower cholesterol by inhibiting the enzyme HMG-CoA reductase. HMG-CoA reductase plays a role in the synthesis of cholesterol in the liver. Increased blood levels of cholesterol are associated with cardiovascular diseases. Statins have shown benefit in treating people with hypercholesterolemia (high cholesterol),…
One thing I think we can all universally agree on it that there are just too many pedestrian accidents and deaths. Clearly, Chicago is not an exception. A report of pedestrian and vehicle crashes released by Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) in 2011, focused on this problem and the types…
New Jersey recently wrestled with a question of interest to all pet lovers. In McDougall v. Lamm, the plaintiff asked the court to decide what her pet was worth. The facts of the case are simple, and our law firm frequently responds to calls like this. (We don’t handle them…
The purpose of uninsured motorist coverage – which most of us blindly have because our state requires it – is so we have protection in the event that we get hit by a driver with no insurance or not enough insurance to provide compensation for our injuries. Most uninsured motorist…
CPSC Suit Against the Manufacturer of Buckyballs The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has asked Buckyball manufacturer, Maxfield and Oberton, to stop sales of the Buckyball product, and to alert consumers that it is defective. Not only have they asked Maxfield and Oberton to stop sales, they have gone so…
This blog post is about defective Windows made by MI Windows and Doors. I am writing about this because I find it interesting. There are lawyers handling these cases all around the country. Our law firm is not handling these cases. So while you are always welcome to call us,…
Biomet Hip Defect Lawsuits Have Many Chapters Biomet is one of the manufacturers of the much-maligned metal-on-metal hip implants. It makes the M2A Magnum, an all-metal implant that plaintiffs and scientists believe causes serious medical problems, including failure and blood poisoning. In late June 2012, plaintiffs in several federal Biomet…