On August 21, 2017, a California jury ordered Johnson and Johnson (J&J) to pay $417 million to a woman who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer after decades of using J&J’s talc products for feminine hygiene. It is the largest award so far, in a talcum powder lawsuit. Previously, J&J lost ...
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Actemra Fails to Warn of Dangerous Side Effects
Stag Liuzza is evaluating potential Actemra lawsuit filings on behalf of individuals who suffered serious complications allegedly related to its use, including heart attacks, heart failure, stroke, lung disease, and death.
Actemra (tocilizumab) is prescribed to treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and ...
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Taxotere Injury Claims
Taxotere (docetaxel) is chemotherapy drug used to treat breast cancer and other types of cancer. It can cause permanent hair loss. Women who have suffered permanent alopecia as a result of using Taxotere are suing the drug maker Sanofi-Aventis for failure to warn about this side effect, among other ...
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IVC Filters
Retrievable inferior vena cava (IVC) filters are used to prevent deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) in patients who are at temporary risk for the potentially fatal blood clots and cannot use anticoagulant drugs. However, a defective IVC filter can cause permanent or fatal ...
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Struck on a Crosswalk – What to Do
Crosswalks are meant to be safe places for pedestrians to cross busy roads. Unfortunately, more and more, they are also the scenes of serious injuries. Motor vehicles and bicycles both are injuring and killing pedestrians in record numbers.
Right of Way
In Louisiana, pedestrians almost always have ...
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HOW DO YOU BENEFIT FROM A FAIR TORT SYSTEM?
American civil courts hold parties and their insurers responsible for the torts, wrongful or negligent acts, which they commit. How do you benefit from a fair tort system? Here are three ways:
1. YOU ARE SAFER. A fair tort system holds negligent parties responsible and deters future negligence. ...
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North Tonawanda Residents’ Homes Impacted by Nearby Landfill
Neighbors near the Niagara Sanitation Landfill have said enough is enough. Residents in North Tonawanda unknowingly lived near a significant amount of toxic waste that was removed from the Love Canal dumpsite in the late 1960s and disposed of in their community. Many neighborhood children played on ...
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Mike Stag selected for City Business 2017 Leadership in Law
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ConocoPhillips to pay $39 million for MTBE case
ConocoPhillips Co. will pay $39 million to settle its part of a long-running lawsuit by New Jersey for environmental damages from groundwater contamination from MTBE.
Methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) is a gasoline additive used as an oxygenate and to raise the octane number. It has polluted ...
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Dow Chemical Loses Key Ruling Related to Statute of Limitations in Dioxin Case
Too often environmental contamination is hidden from those who are most impacted. In many states, the judicial system protects those people by finding that impacted people can bring lawsuits within a certain time from when they knew or should have known of the contamination. Property owners in ...
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