Kennedy Hodges, L.L.P. Legal Blog

A jury has awarded a little boy $6.5 million who was severely injured due to a seatbelt defect. The jury found that Ford Motor Company caused the injuries via an adult seat belt installed in a Mercury Grand Marquis. Lawrence Buser, Memphis Commercial Appeal 11/13/2009

If you are looking for a Houston seatbelt attorney, please contact us.

An engineer has filed a Qui Tam action against Lockheed Martin Corp. alleging that the company knowingly used defective stealth coatings on its F-22 Raptor aircraft. The engineer is seeking $50 million for each of the 183 aircraft built under the contract with the U.S government. Greg Bluestein, AP

If you are looking for a Houston whistle blower lawyer or a Houston False Claims Act attorney, please contact us.

Kennedy Hodges is reviewing cases involving the False Claims Act (Qui Tam), a 146 year old federal law that often ensnares health care providers and drug manufacturers. The pharmaceutical industry has been a popular target of whistle blowers in recent years. Accordingly, Kennedy Hodges is reviewing cases involving pharmaceutical sales in addition to individuals and institutions who seek reimbursements for health care, medical devices, testing, etc.

Because the government is paying more for individual health care - through Medicare, Medicaid, the VA - there are more false claims being made involving the health care industry. Accordingly, doctors, hospitals, drug makers, device makers and other health care providers are increasingly becoming the target of Qui Tam actions. However, our firm's inquiry is not limited to the medical industry as we are also seeking cases involving government contracts, including defense contracts.

Whistle blowers usually receive from 10 to 30 percent of the recovery due to the federal government. In many cases, a whistle blower can receive tens of millions of dollars from a single Qui Tam action.

If you are looking for a Houston Qui Tam attorney or a Houston False Claims Act attorney, please contact us. We will also review cases originating outside Texas and throughout the United States.

Pfizer has been ordered to pay $75 million in exemplary damages to a lady who developed cancer following hormone replacement therapy. Jurors has already awarded her $3.7 million in compensatory damages due to her injuries from taking Prempro. Jef Feeley, Bloomberg 11/05/2009

Rhode Island's largest hospital has been order to pay $150,000 and install cameras in every operating room following the fifth wrong site surgery in the past two years. In the most recent act of medical malpractice, doctors performed a procedure on the wrong finger of a patient. Felice J. Freyer, The Providence Journal 11/03/2009

If you are looking for a Houston wrong site surgery attorney, please contact us.

A jury awarded $43.5 million to a woman who suffers cerebral palsy as a result of negligence during her birth. In 1984, the victim was deprived of oxygen because hospital staff failed to properly resuscitate her as a newborn. Robert Gavin, Alabany Times Union 10/09/2009

If you are looking for a Houston birth injury attorney, please contact us.