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San Diego Court Awards $7.5 Million in Punitive Damage for Medical Device That Caused Frostbite

A San Diego court recently awarded $7.5 million in punitive damages to a woman who suffered frostbite to her knee from use of a cold-therapy medical device. The lawsuit was based on product defects associated with the medical...more

Pharmaceutical Law Update -- October 2012: Learned Intermediary Doctrine Applies to Failure-to-Warn Pharmaceutical Cases in...

An August 7, 2012 decision by the New Jersey Appellate Division overturned three judgments totaling almost $12 million in damages previously awarded against New Jersey drug manufacturer Hoffman–La Roche, Inc. for injuries...more

Weekly Law Resume - June 7, 2012: Defendant in a Personal Injury Action Must Prove Each of the Elements of a Claim for Medical...

Katerina Chakalis v. Elevator Solutions, Inc., et al. Court of Appeal, Second District (May 18, 2012) In Wylson v. Rittl (2003) 105 Cal.App.4th 361, the court held that a non-party medical doctor cannot be found...more

McReynolds v. Krebs

Georgia Supreme Court Rules on Apportionment of Damages

The Georgia Supreme Court ruled that Georgia's modified comparative fault scheme is to be applied even in cases in which the plaintiff bears no fault....more

Arkansas Supreme Court Strikes Down “Tort Reform” Law

The Arkansas Supreme Court put the state’s legislature in its place with its decision in a recent medical malpractice case. On Jan 19, the state’s highest court struck down provisions of the controversial 2003 Civil Justice...more

How the Health Care and Insurance Industries Work to Limit Your Legal Rights

This is part two of a three-part series. The first part appeared yesterday on the Lawyers.com Blog. Washington, D.C., may seem far away, but a tort reform bill under consideration by Congress will affect you if you are...more

How Your Elected Legislators Have Chiseled Away Your Legal Rights

Part one of a three-part series. There is a battle being fought at the highest levels of government over your right to file a medical malpractice or defective drug lawsuit. On the one hand are pro-business groups that...more

Editor's Choice: Jury Awards Edition - November 4, 2011

These news items are straight from the courtroom. • Motrin drug makers hit with $48.2 million verdict for bad labeling. California jurors delivered a $48.2 million verdict against the makers of Motrin, an...more

Why We Can't Sue Our Way to Prosperity

The House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution held a hearing earlier this week on "Can We Sue Our Way to Prosperity?: Litigation's Effect on America's Global Competitiveness." Speakers included a public...more

Peter J. Gregory Joins McConville Considine Cooman & Morin, P.C.

Peter J. Gregory has joined McConville, Considine, Cooman & Morin, P.C. as an associate attorney in the litigation group where he represents clients in a broad range of civil litigation matters including personal injury law,...more