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Jul

Illinois State Trooper sites/default/files Lawsuit

An Illinois state trooper who was seriously injured in an accident on Interstate 88 in which an Illinois Tollway worker died has filed suit against the truck driver who caused the accident. The trucking company the driver worked for is also named in the lawsuit. Ac...

Jul

Settlement Reached in Teen’s Wrongful Death

A settlement has been reached in the wrongful death suit filed by the parents of a 15-year old boy who died after being swept away while on a kayaking and hiking trip in Hawaii. The terms of the settlement between Michael and Marianne Madoff, the boy's parents, an...

Jul

Lawsuit Alleges Cell Phone Use in Fatal Truck Crash

The family of a 4-year old child who was struck by a San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) work truck has filed a lawsuit, claiming that the driver of the truck was using his cellphone at the time of the accident. The 4-year old was one of two children injured in the...

Jul

Judge Dismisses Pelvic Mesh Lawsuit

U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin dismissed a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson filed by Carolyn Lewis, who claimed that the company knew the design of its TVT Retropubic sling implant was flawed and could cause serious injury. Judge Goodwin said that the plaintiff...

Jul

Air Pollution Trial Against Exxon Begins

A lawsuit claiming that Exxon violated federal air pollution laws at a Texas plant began in early February.Exxon, the world's largest publicly traded oil company, faces a lawsuit alleging that they violated federal air pollution laws at their Baytown refinery in Texas. Th...

Jul

Parents of Two Burned Children Settle Lawsuit

The parents of two children burned by a loose wire have settled a lawsuit against CenterPoint Energy. As part of the settlement, the company will also launch a television campaign about potential injuries from broken or damaged guy wires, which are non-electrical tensio...

Jul

Lawsuit Alleges Toxic Waste Caused Medical Conditions

A Louisiana couple claims that contamination from a nearby landfill has led to the development of chronic medical conditions, says Frenkel & Frenkel.An Ascension Parish couple whose home was built next to a former landfill in Louisiana filed a lawsuit alleging that tox...

Jul

Camarena Case Cited as Precedence in Wrongful Death Suit

The United States Department of Justice is citing precedence in a civil case filed by the family of slain ICE special agent, Jaime J. Zapata. According to court documents, the DOJ is using the dismissal of a case in which a Mexican physician, Dr. Humberto Alvarez-Macha...

Jul

BP Targets Special Master in Latest Tactic to Block Claim Payments

Lawyers for BP have targeted Patrick Juneau, the Special Master appointed to administer claims as part of a settlement between BP and businesses along the Gulf Coast injured by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. The oil company sent a letter to FBI Director, Louis Fre...

Jul

Second Lawsuit Filed in Construction Accident that Killed Two

The family of a second man killed in a construction accident on Highway 80 East near Montgomery, Ala., has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. The family of Lomax Phillips filed a lawsuit in January 2014, just a few days after the family of David Lee White filed a similar lawsui...

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