For years, dogs have been referred to as “man’s best friend”; however, each year over 4.5 million people, half of them under the age of 13, are bitten by dogs in the United States. Eighty percent of those incidents involve dogs that the victim knows and interacts with regularly. Because children tend to get excited […]
Slip and Fall in Wal-Mart Results in Lawsuit
A man who claims he was injured in a slip and fall accident on water near a restroom in a Wal-Mart is seeking over $50,000 in damages. According to the lawsuit, Timothy Smith claims that on April 17, Wal-Mart allowed a certain amount of water to accumulate around the men’s restroom causing him to slip […]
Woman Given Wrong Drug Sues for Premature Birth
A Texas woman has filed a lawsuit in a Texas court claiming that CVS Pharmacy gave her the wrong drug when they filled her prescription and that the error caused her child to be born prematurely. The prescription error happened in 2005 when she went to get a prescription filled for an antibiotic but was […]
Deadly Mesothelioma Devastates Lives of Blue Collar Workers
Mesothelioma is a form of cancer that is almost always caused by previous exposure to asbestos. With this disease, malignant cells develop in the mesothelium, a protective lining that covers most of the body’s internal organs. Its most common site is the outer lining of the lungs and chest cavity, but it may also occur […]
Faulty Defibrillators Spark Thousands of Lawsuits
In mid-July 2007, Boston Scientific Corporation announced it has reached an agreement to pay $195 million to settle claims related to faulty defibrillators and pacemakers manufactured by Guidant, the company it acquired in 2006. Guidant had to recall over 100,000 cardiac-assist devices in 2005 after a defibrillator malfunctioned. The settlement dealt with approximately 4,000 individual […]
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