Two former paperboys in Rochester, New York recently filed a new child sexual abuse lawsuit against the newspaper they worked for about 40 years ago. They claim that a district sales manager repeatedly molested them when they were between 11 and 13 years old. This…
As e-scooters become more popular around the country, injuries are also becoming more numerous. Between 2014 and 2018, emergency room physicians treated nearly 40,000 broken bones, head injuries, and cuts and bruises resulting from scooter accidents, according to a study published in the scientific
The New York Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre on Long Island recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, citing the costs of lawsuits filed by child sexual abuse victims. The state’s Child Victims Act, which took effect in August 2019, allows survivors a one-year “look back”…
Did the Catholic Church use Native American communities to hide pedophile priests? That’s what one plaintiff’s attorney said recently in a statement related to a new lawsuit. The plaintiff in the case claims an Indiana priest who worked at his high school in Northeastern Arizona…
While the NuVasive Magec System—a treatment for child scoliosis—remains on the market in the U.S., it has been banned in the United Kingdom (UK) because of safety concerns. What is the Magec System? Traditional treatment for children with scoliosis (curvature of the spine) involves inserting…
As the deadline to file a Boy Scouts of America (BSA) sexual abuse claim approaches, a recent report in the New York Post estimates that as many as 50,000 alleged victims are likely to come forward. Because of an increasing number of lawsuits and decreasing…
Back in 2016, CVS Pharmacy agreed to pay $450,000 to settle charges that it sold expired over-the-counter drugs, infant formula, and dairy products in Pennsylvania stores. The case resulted from an investigation by the Health Care Section of the Attorney General’s office. During that investigation,…
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) recently reached a settlement agreement to resolve about 1,000 talcum-powder lawsuits. According to Bloomberg News, the move signals that the company “is trying to get ahead of the burgeoning litigation, with some 20,000 lawsuits still pending…” This news comes about the…
A Las Vegas man who claims to have been sexually abused by a Boy Scouts of America (BSA) scoutmaster for years recently filed a complaint against the organization. He joins the more than 100 other Nevada residents and tends of thousands of victims nationwide who…
On October 2, 2020, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation centralized all federally filed JUUL lawsuits into one court in the Northern District of California. U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick was assigned to oversee the pre-trial proceedings. Currently, the parties are working tow
Three more plaintiffs have filed Elmiron lawsuits, claiming the interstitial cystitis (IC) medication caused serious vision problems. Alabama Woman Takes Elmiron for 18 Years, Then Suffers Vision Loss The first plaintiff is an Alabama woman who filed her case in the U.S. District Court for…
On July 13, 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) alerted healthcare professionals and patients of a voluntary recall of several drug products containing the active ingredient valsartan, which is used to treat high blood pressure and heart failure. An impurity called N-nitrosodimethylami
