Farmers Insurance Settles Class Action Lawsuit for $140M
Posted on Thursday, December 15th, 2011
Farmers Insurance has settled a class action lawsuit for close to $140,000,000 for mishandling claims made by hundreds of people injured in car crashes. Because of its claims adjustment procedures, Farmers either didn’t pay at [...]
continue readingFeds Sue NY Personal Injury Law Firm for Disallowing Dog in Office
Posted on Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
A federal prosecutor has sued an upstate New York personal injury law firm, contending that it banned a client from bringing her service dog into its offices.
A lawsuit filed in White Plains today by the [...]
FDA Drug Industry Conflict Rules May Be Weakened
Posted on Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
The financial relationships between the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and the industries it regulates have led to enormous controversy in the past, one result of which was the implementation of strict conflict-of-interest rules [...]
continue readingMacy’s to Pay CPSC Penalty Over Drawstrings in Children’s Clothing
Posted on Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
Macy’s of Cincinnati, Ohio, just agreed to pay a $750,000 civil penalty for failing to report drawstrings in children’s outerwear, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced. As we’ve long explained, drawstrings pose strangulation [...]
continue readingNew ‘documentary’ Pushes Personal Injury Lawyer Agenda
Posted on Monday, June 27th, 2011
You may have heard about the documentary, “Hot Coffee,” which is airing on HBO tonight at 8 p.m., Central Time. What some viewers may not know is that the movie was made by personal injury [...]
continue readingBPA Levels in Americans Double Those Found in Canadians
Posted on Monday, February 28th, 2011
For reasons that remain unclear, it seems that Americans have greater levels—about twice as much—of the estrogenic plastic polycarbonate chemical bisphenol A—BPA—in their bodies than Canadians, said the Globe and Mail.Scientists are looking into why [...]
continue readingPublix Recalls Ice Cream
Posted on Monday, January 31st, 2011
Publix is recalling a batch of ice cream that could cause a fatal reaction for people allergic to almonds.
The product lot code on the bottom of the carton is ‘Sep 12 2011 B7 PLT 12-444,’ [...]
Large Scale Personal Injury Claims Up 72% in London
Posted on Wednesday, January 26th, 2011
The number of large-scale personal injury claims brought in the High Court in London has increased by 72% during the past five years, according to new research released Wednesday.
The number of personal injury claims launched [...]
UK: Importance of Personal Injury Claims Highlighted
Posted on Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
The “myth” of compensation culture and the importance of people making personal injury claims when an accident was not their fault as been highlighted.
Andrew Penman wrote in the Mirror that the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government [...]
Docs Urge Shots as Flu Season Grabs The South, NYC
Posted on Tuesday, January 11th, 2011
Flu season’s arrived with lots of coughing and fever in the South and New York City, and it’s sure to spread to the rest of the country. The good news: There’s still plenty of vaccine [...]
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