Common Types of Product Liability Cases
The majority of us buy products all the time without giving a second thought as to whether or not they will perform like we assume they will, especially if they come from a brand we trust. [...]
Dangerous Toys Personal Injury Claims in Baltimore
In the United States there are many quality standards governing the production and sale of toys. Child safety is taken very seriously, and many toys, especially those coming from countries like China and Taiwan, do not pass [...]
What Is Tort Law?
The Basics Tort law covers a whole body of law that deals with violations wherein a person’s behavior injured someone else or otherwise caused them to suffer or incur unfair losses. With such a broad definition, this [...]
Winning a Product Liability Lawsuit
The vast majority of us buy products on a regular basis without giving a second thought to whether they will work or not. We certainly don’t imagine that the products we purchase will somehow harm us. After [...]
Toys That Have Been Banned
From the 1950s to the late 90s, many toys came onto the market that seemed great at first – that is until children started getting seriously injured while playing with them. Below is a list of toys [...]
Benicar Lawsuits
Popular hypertension drug, Benicar, has been linked to cases of "sprue-like enteropathy." The drug makers have failed to properly warn patients about the risks associated with Benicar, and, as a result, Benicar lawsuits are now being persuied [...]
Blinds Still Cause Child Stranglings
Sad news out of Utah as yet another child dies due to strangulation on a window blind cord last week. How Serious Are Blind Strangulations? According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, one child dies every [...]
General Mills and Forced Arbitration: A Victory for Consumer Rights.
In 2012, two California mothers got fed up with the use of the phrase "100% Natural" on the General Mills Nature Valley granola bars. They called the marketing deceptive and point out that the products contain dyes [...]
When Corporate Greed Costs Lives – The GM ignition switch.
You’ve probably heard the story. General Motors chief executive Mary Barra (pictured above) is in Washington today to face questioning before members of the House and then members of the Senate about how a faulty ignition component [...]
Vaginal Mesh Jury Verdict: $11.1 Million
The first Johnson & Johnson vaginal mesh case has gone to trial, and the manufacturer lost big—the jury came back with a $3.35 million verdict. Making things worse for Johnson & Johnson, that was only the compensatory damages [...]
Johnson & Johnson: First Defective DePuy Hip Trial
The first trial of about 10,000 cases over Johnson & Johnson’s defective DePuy hip replacement devices has started in Los Angeles, California. These hip devices are from a time when Johnson & Johnson and other hip [...]
New Post-Finasteride Syndrome Foundation offers hope for Propecia victims
Merck & Co. may remain mum on the myriad of persistent side effects precipitated by its popular hair-loss drug Propecia, but victims worldwide should sleep easier tonight knowing that medical pros have banded together in the pharma giant's backyard [...]
Atlantic’s anti-finasteride fanatic slur sinks under a wave of factual reporting
As more news reports link the baldness drug Propecia to persistent male sexual dysfunction, some are questioning the validity of the connection. Writing for The Atlantic, Lindsay Abrams blames “anti-finasteride fanatics” for raising undue alarm among the millions of men [...]
Global news outlets run Propecia horror stories first reported in the Examiner
After months of the Examiner’s exclusive coverage of the severe and persistent side effects of the baldness drug Propecia, ABC News, Time magazine and the UK’s widely distributed The Sun newspaper and Mail OnLine of London have just run stories [...]
Propecia victims furious Bosley knew of drug’s dangers but did not warn patients
When the Food and Drug Administration approved the hair-growth drug Propecia in 1997, a number of doctors and medical researchers voiced their strong concerns about the drug’s severe side effects. One outspoken critic was well-known hair-restoration expert L. Lee Bosley who [...]
Kevin Malley’s hunger-strike at Merck highlights Propecia’s devastating effects
After reading the Examiner's coverage on the devastating side effects of Merck & Co.’s hair-growth drug Propecia, more men are now coming forward to say they are also unsuspecting victims. One victim who says the drug ruined his life is 30 [...]