Although Merck had set a policy of fighting every Vioxx suit brought against it, on Friday morning it announced a dramatic turnaround. The company has agreed to a settlement for $4.85 billion dollars, but only if at least 85 % of those filing suit … [Continue reading]
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Times Columnist Attacks Health Care Myths
New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, author of the blog: The Conscience of a Liberal, attacks the excuses put forward by apologists for the current health care system, putting the lie to arguments used to resist health care reform in this country. … [Continue reading]
Trucker Flees Accident Scene
Another sign of how truckers and trucking companies value their schedules over the health and well being of other drivers: a truck driver in Mississippi fled the scene of a nine-vehicle accident on highway I-10 in Mississippi. The accident occurred … [Continue reading]
Jury Awards $20 million in HOS violation accident that killed three teens
On November 2, a Chicago area jury decided in favor of the families of three teens killed in a commercial truck accident on July 6, 2002. The trucker, who had a history of falsifying his log books, and had already exceeded the number of hours he was … [Continue reading]
Montana Jury Gives Largest Award in Railway PI Case
On November 1, a Yellowstone County, Montana, jury awarded $1.7 million in damages to a railway worker who was injured, but fortunately not killed, when five coal cars crashed into a locomotive where he was working. He filed his claim under the … [Continue reading]
$3.6 million dollar settlement against family inappropriate
A Palm Beach County jury recently awarded $3.6 million to a couple whose daughter was killed while driving a friend's ATV. The jury ruled that the wrongful death of the 13-year-old girl was due to the ATV owners' failure to heed the warning stickers … [Continue reading]
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