Johnson & Johnson, the U.S. multinational pharmaceutical company based in New Jersey, has lost another major lawsuit filed by a plaintiff who has claimed that the use of the company’s talcum powder over a long period resulted in ovarian cancer. Johnson & Johnson have inexplicably continued to deny any known link between their talc products [...]
Tennessee, like other states, has strict boating laws that are designed to prevent accidents, but some boaters either don’t know what they are or don’t care. There is a tendency for some boat operators to think that they are free from the sorts of rules that are in force on the roads. They are not. [...]
Patients who have undergone open heart surgery may be at risk of a potentially fatal bacterial infection which appears to be associated with a specific type of device known as a heater-cooler device. Complicating the risk is that symptoms of infection may only begin weeks or even months after surgery has been completed, diagnosis is [...]
Multiple people were hurt after a Greyhound bus bound for Nashville was involved in a crash with multiple commercial vehicles on southbound Interstate 65 on Tuesday, January 16, 2017. The crash happened at about 8:40a.m. on Tuesday morning just south of Elizabethtown, KY. Officials with the Kentucky State Police said the collision involved the bus, [...]
The JetBlue flight 50 accident at Boston Airport on Monday 25th December 2017 was a reminder of just how close to disaster it can be when a modern airplane encounters a problem during flight or on the runway. The JetBlue accident fortunately had no serious consequences. No-one was injured or killed when the plane landed [...]
Thankfully, few medical devices have to be recalled because it has been discovered that they were defective, but when this does happen it is usually big news. Although it is normally the Federal Food & Drug Administration (FDA) that has the final authority to order a recall, more often the company that manufactures the device [...]
You got blindsided by an accident - now what? The first step is to reach out to a personal injury lawyer. Personal injury cases can be overwhelming, especially for people dealing with lawyers for the first time. The average compensation for a personal injury settlement is a little over $50,000. With so much money at [...]
Studies show that there are approximately 31 million people hurt each year due to legal personal injuries. These are injuries that can be expensive on one hand, and physically and emotionally life-altering on another hand. Regardless of what sort of personal injury case you're enduring, just know that there's help. Whether you were bitten by [...]
How do you know if you need a motorcycle accident attorney? There are many risks and rewards that come with riding. Riding gives you the ultimate freedom on the road. There's a camaraderie among riders that you can't find anywhere else. Yet, motorcycle accidents are one of the unavoidable risks of enjoying the freedom that [...]
When pharmaceutical companies manufacture and market products that they know are addictive, yet fail to warn their customers, can this be regarded as a “product liability issue”? Are the companied liable for the addiction to the drugs they sell or the misery that follows addiction? Tennessee has certainly seen more than its fair share of [...]
