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Cerebral Palsy , also called Little's Disease or static encephalopathy, is a group of chronic disorders impairing control of movement. It is a condition that can develop during pregnancy or child birth or the first few years of life. Cerebral Palsy can be caused by a birth injury , possibly as a result of medical malpractice or human error. ... - Whistleblowers from Outcasts to Heroes
Apr-21-09 Washington, D.C. It is late on a Friday afternoon and you might expect lawyer Erika Kelton from the renowned Washington firm of Phillips & Cohen to be out celebrating. Just 24 hours earlier Kelton and her client, a California scientist and businessman, learned the case judge had approved a $302 million settlement against Quest Diagnostics—the largest qu... - Patrick Perotti -- The Good Lawyer
Apr-16-09 Cleveland, OH You might think of attorney Patrick Perotti as the Ohio legal profession's very own Robin Hood with a few modifications. Over the last several years Perotti and a band of fellow lawyers has distributed millions of dollars to charities, but there's no sheriff breathing down their necks and they didn't steal the money. They won it fair and squa... - One Homeowner’s Forced-Placed Insurance Tale of Woe
Mar-7-16 Turners Falls, MA: The potential limitations of Force-Place Insurance and the added cost is reflected in the sad story of one homeowner from Turners Falls who experienced a fire in her home. Lender Insurance , as it has been widely reported, tends to be more expensive and offers less coverage than more traditional insurance products. According to Th... - Olympus Corp On the Hook for $646 Million, Endoscope Infections Still a Concern
Mar-6-16 Washington, DC: A damning report issued at the beginning of the year by Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Washington) paints a troubling picture reflective of the risks and realities inherent with endoscope infection , and specifically the increasing difficulties in keeping such complex medical... - Auction Rate Securities "Class Action is Dead"
Apr-6-09 Kansas City, MO If you have been waiting for a class action lawsuit to compensate you for money lost in Auction Rate Securities it might be time to consider filing an arbitration. According to Diane Nygaard, founder of the Nygaard Law Firm, it appears that class action lawsuits will not help clients who had money in the auction rate securities market. Un... - 1% of Physicians Account for One-third of Paid Medical Malpractice Claims
Feb-25-16 The New England Journal of Medicine has analyzed some appalling data that 1% of physicians account for approximately 32% of paid medical malpractice claims. The data - which was pulled from the National Practitioner Data Bank - shows that over a recent 10-year period, a small number of physicians with distinctive characteristics accounted for a dispr... - Employees May Work 6 Years Longer when Employer Skims Fees off the Top of 401k Plan
Jan-22-20 Collingswood, NJ On November 5, former employee, Young Cho, filed a class action ERISA lawsuit (ERISA) in the District Court for the District of New Jersey alleging that fiduciaries of the Prudential Insurance Company 401k plan breached their duty to plan participants by selecting and managing investment options to benefit Prudential, rather than retirem... - Healthcare CEO Files Whistleblower Lawsuit
Feb-5-16 Roseburg, OR: As one healthcare fraud lawsuit is settled, another healthcare whistleblower lawsuit has been filed alleging a worker was fired for reporting improper payments. The lawsuit was filed by the former CEO of a healthcare provider, and alleges the plaintiff was fired for reporting fraudulent Medicare payments. The Oregonian (1/26/16) repo... - Mother of 10 Wins Bad Faith Insurance Case, Awarded $1 Million
Feb-16-09 St. Louis, MO In a classic example of bad faith insurance , Allstate has been handed a $1 million judgment by the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District for indiscretions originating from a bad faith insurance claim. The case has kept insurance bad faith attorneys working pretty steadily, up to and including the final judgment in the case. The cas... - Unpaid Overtime Hitting All Sectors
Jan-19-09 New York, NY Although Sprint is not compelled or required to admit any wrongdoing, the communications company is nonetheless required to pay $8.8 million as part of an unpaid overtime settlement relating to a trio of lawsuits brought against the company by call center workers. The employees allege that Sprint failed to pay overtime, and other compensati... - Zonolite Attic Insulation and Asbestos Mesothelioma
Jan-14-09 Washington, DC On December 1 2008, a tentative $140 million settlement was reached in a class action lawsuit against WR Grace & Co, the makers of Zonolite Attic Insulation, a product which contained the extremely carcinogenic tremolite asbestos. Zonolite insulation was sold extensively throughout the US and Canada from the 1920s to the late 1970s. In... - Tommie Copper Settlement Announced, Other Lawsuits Pending
Jan-7-16 New York, NY: People dealing with chronic pain from arthritis might be tempted to believe a specialty clothing could help prevent severe pain and inflammation. But as Tommie Copper lawsuits suggest, wanting to believe something doesn’t make it true. Further, companies can’t prey on consumers by making up claims about the health benefits of... - Fly Ash the Latest Win for the Billy Murphy Firm.
Nov-29-08 Baltimore, MD The Murphy Firm has a long and distinguished list of achievements in the history of the American legal system and the $45 million settlement it just negotiated on behalf the small community in Maryland represents yet another milestone. The settlement still needs to be certified, but the 250 people of Gambrills have every reason to believe the... - Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuit Update: Good News for Victims
Nov-23-15 Houston, TX: In the first Avaulta transvaginal mesh to go to trial, the plaintiff has been awarded damages of $3.6 million rather than a settlement - another first. The jury’s first verdict against C.R. Bard, the manufacturer of Avaulta TVM, awarded the plaintiffs $5.5 million but later found the doctor who implanted the mesh to be 40 perc... - Bad Faith Insurance: The Art of Unfairness
Oct-2-08 New York, NY There's something fundamentally devious about the provider of a service that refuses to deliver what you've already paid for. Such is the basis for bad faith insurance , and a bad faith insurance claim brought against AXA Equitable Life Insurance Co. of New York by a former New York chiropractor. After being snubbed by his insurer, the man... - Attorney Eric Gibbs: Dex-cool Case an Example of our Philosophy
Sep-30-08 San Francisco, CA "We've focused on a fairly diverse type of case load that involves product liability , securities, consumer fraud , individual and institutional investors and antitrust cases ," says Co-Counsel Eric Gibbs, from the firm Girard Gibbs in San Francisco. And one case is a factory equipped engine coolant called Dex-Cool . Owners of ce... - Plane Crash: Wrongful Death Lawsuit Settled
Sep-29-08 Glandorf, OH The family of a man who was killed in a plane crash has settled their lawsuit with NASCAR for $2.4 million. The family filed the wrongful death lawsuit after an airplane crash took the lives of 2 people in the plane and 3 people on the ground, who died when the crash started a fire in 2 homes. The 2 men in the plane had been on a flight... - The Class-Action Ban-Wagon and What It Means to Consumer Protection Laws
Nov-8-15 Rohnert Park, CA: Consumers are becoming increasingly affected by a massive change in the options people have to fight unfair practices like consumer fraud undertaken by corporations and service providers, without even realizing it. What’s more, the legal pathway that provides corporations with what many pundits call a “get-out-of-jail-card” begi... - Healthcare Fraud Whistleblowers to Split $38 Million
Nov-2-15 Washington, DC: On the surface, the payday for two healthcare fraud whistleblowers may seem excessive at a combined $38 million. But when the depth and breadth of the alleged healthcare fraud is factored in, it soon becomes clear the contributions of the two lead plaintiffs were integral in what has been described as one of the largest examples of alle...