A lawsuit filed by inmates in Missouri has been class-certified by a US District Judge, which opens the door to thousands of potential claimants joining the suit. The lawsuit alleges that the Missouri Department of Corrections (MDC) failed to properly treat the Hepatitis-C-positive prison population. Hepatitis C is a viral infection that attacks the liver […]
A change to the statute of limitations related to missed cancer diagnoses has opened the door for claims that would have previously been barred having an opportunity to move forward. Under New York State’s previous statute, any claim for a missed diagnosis must have been filed no later than two and a half years after […]
Alex Jones “is a carnival barker, up there with a dog and pony show, and he’s profiting. He’s profiting off of the lies he tells…. It needs to come to an end; there needs to be consequences for the lies that he’s told.” Conservative wingnut Alex Jones has been widely criticized for years for propagating conspiracy […]
One year after his death, Honda says that a Florida man was killed by a defective Takata airbag. What makes this tragedy different from the other deaths attributed to these airbags is that the victim was not even driving the vehicle at the time. According to a statement issued by Honda, in June 2016, the […]
More than 160 lawsuits have now been combined into a multidistrict litigation (MDL) against several manufacturers of heartburn medications, referred to as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs). The combining of the lawsuits means the litigation should move faster through the civil court process. The drug manufacturers named in the lawsuit are AstraZeneca, which produces Nexium and […]