- Brett Emison | December 31, 2010 10:33 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsHappy New Years to all. To celebrate the turning of the calendar, here is a recap of the 10 most popular posts from this year:
10. Darvon, Darvocet Recalls Lead to Voluntary Withdrawals of Generic...
- Brett Emison | December 30, 2010 12:12 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsNew York Times legal correspondent Adam Liptak this week filed an excellent page A1 story on the influence that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has had on recent Supreme Court decisions. In...
- Brett Emison | December 28, 2010 10:30 AM |
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Medical Devices & ImplantsHundreds of cases involving the recalled DePuy hip implant device were consolidated this month by a federal judge in Ohio. The multi-district litigation involves approximately 150 federal cases from...
- Brett Emison | December 27, 2010 1:56 PM |
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Wrongful Deathhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DebhWD6ljZs&feature=player_embedded
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- Brett Emison | December 27, 2010 11:42 AM |
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Wrongful DeathI hope everyone had a merry Christmas! After church is attended, gifts opened, new toys played with, and Christmas dinner eaten... many may unintentionally neglect their principle symbol of the...
- Brett Emison | December 27, 2010 9:47 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsI wrote last week that Toyota would not be permitted to hide the settlement terms of the Mark Saylor case in California. Now, the Associated Press and others have reported that Toyota paid members...
- Brett Emison | December 24, 2010 11:30 AM |
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MiscellaneousTomorrow is Christmas. As this entry posts, I will be surrounded by family and loved ones... I hope you are as well. However, we cannot forget that many are not so fortunate.
I hope we never forget...
- Brett Emison | December 21, 2010 10:25 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsToyota will pay a record $32.4 million in additional fines to settle ongoing investigations into Toyota's handling of sudden / unintended acceleration recalls and other recalls according to a number...
- Brett Emison | December 20, 2010 12:30 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsWe have been investigating a potential case where a simple, but critical, product failed and catastrophically injured our client. Our investigation discovered that the product was made by prisoners...
- Brett Emison | December 19, 2010 7:21 PM |
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Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)Another medical helicopter has crashed -- this time in a small Missouri town. An Associated Press report suggests the helicopter lost an engine on take off and crashed at the landing zone in central...
- Brett Emison | December 17, 2010 11:33 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsA report in the Los Angeles Times suggests a comprehensive auto safety bill may not get a vote in the US Senate. The bill, prompted by the Toyota sudden acceleration recalls, would be the most...
- Brett Emison | December 16, 2010 10:59 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsA lawsuit in the U.S. District Court – Southern District of New York found that executives at drug-giant, Wyeth, were less than forthright about the antidepressant Pristiq. The Court ruled...
- Brett Emison | December 14, 2010 1:30 PM |
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MiscellaneousThere are many, many opinions on the ruling by Judge Hudson out of Virginia finding the individual mandate requirement of the new health care reform law unconstitutional. At least one legal...
- Brett Emison | December 14, 2010 12:25 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous Products
The Northeast Texas Glimmer Mirror just published a news article documenting dangers of toys made in China or other countries. Some toys may be made in foreign countries regardless of what is...
- Brett Emison | December 13, 2010 10:35 AM |
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Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
Recent Department of Transportation studies have shown that more than 90% of railroad-related fatalities occur at railroad crossings. One of the reasons: according to the Federal Highway...
- Brett Emison | December 13, 2010 10:31 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsA report from the Connecticut Health I-Team at the New Haven Independent has shocking news: DePuy Orthopaedics -- the Johnson & Johnson subsidiary responsible for a massive defective hip recall...
- Brett Emison | December 10, 2010 5:03 PM |
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Miscellaneous
A little off-topic this afternoon, but I want to commend UMKC on its solo and small law firm project that assists small-firm attorneys and benefits the community through affordable legal...
- Brett Emison | December 09, 2010 5:19 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsA month after plaintiffs got a victory in a consumer class action over Toyota's sudden acceleration problems, a federal judge has similarly rejected Toyota's attempt to dismiss the claims of those...
- Brett Emison | December 06, 2010 10:20 AM |
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Wrongful DeathPeople hear much from the US Chamber of Commerce and other big business special interest groups about frivolous lawsuits. However, many do not realize that many defendants raise frivolous defenses...
- Brett Emison | December 01, 2010 11:18 AM |
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MiscellaneousThanksgiving has come and gone and now 'tis the season for the obligatory news story about the upcoming office Christmas party. Some news stories mourn the departure of the office Christmas party...