Posts tagged product liability

• Compulsive Gambling and Mirapex Verdict $8.2 Million

  Eddie Farah | August 02, 2008 1:33 PM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  A drug given to treat Parkinson’s disease and restless leg syndrome is the focus of a number of trials underway in the District Court of Minneapolis. More than 200 plaintiffs are taking their case...

• Something Doesn’t Mesh

  Armand Rossetti | August 26, 2008 10:18 AM | 2 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  We live in an age of medical miracles where chemistry, physics, engineering, hi tech manufacturing, and medicine blend together, allowing manufacturers to create cutting edge medical devices....

• Riegel Preemption Does Not Include 510(k) Approved Medical Devices

  Armand Rossetti | September 10, 2008 3:21 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  In Riegel v. Medtronic, 552 US ___(2008), the Court stated that in 2005, the FDA authorized the marketing of 3,148 medical devices under §510(k), and granted premarket approval (PMA) to just 32...

• What Is The Dollar Value Of Human Life? (Oh Yes It Is Calculated)

  Ed Normand | September 17, 2008 9:01 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Most of us proclaim that we would never be able to put a value on a human life. That calculation, however, is done all the time with many different results. Now, you may be thinking I am discussing...

• Peanut Butter Danger Speads To 491 Infected Persons

  Ed Normand | January 25, 2009 8:44 AM | 2 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The food poisoning outbreak related to Salmonella keeps getting larger and larger. According to the the United States Center for Disease Control (CDC) there are now 491 reported cases of people...

• 14 Year Old Tobacco Lawsuit Settled in Florida

  Eddie Farah | April 18, 2008 2:59 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Thousands ofFlorida smokers or their surviving family memberswill be eligible to share in a 600 million judgment against tobacco manufacturers ending more than a dozen years of litigation A 145...

• The Need for Trial Lawyers

  Ed Normand | March 04, 2010 9:30 AM | 1 CommentOrlando, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  With the recent Toyota recall, and the numerous crashes that have resulted in fatalities and serious injuries, the need for trial lawyers has never been more important. Trial lawyers encourage...

• New Chrysler Will Accept Liability Claims, But Not All

  Eddie Farah | August 30, 2009 10:58 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The New Chrysler has reversed itself. After filing for bankruptcy and then emerging fresh from a sale to Fiat, the New Chrysler said it would refuse to accept any product liability lawsuits...

• Medical Device Product Immunity Gets Another Look

  Ed Normand | August 23, 2009 12:20 PM | 1 CommentOrlando, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  In 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court in Riegel v. Medtronic ruled that a manufacturer could not be held liable if its medical device was defective, even when the device is recalled, as long as the device...

• Florida Jury Awards $8 Million To Widow Of Smoker

  Eddie Farah | February 18, 2009 8:22 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Tobacco company, Philip Morris, was dealt an $8 million blow Wednesday when a Fort Lauderdale jury awarded the widow of a smoker $8 million in damages. It took two days for the six jurors to...