Blog Posts in November, 2007
Posted on Nov 26, 2007 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
The annual Stella Awards, which lists the most extravagant lawsuits of the year, has once again made the rounds on the Internet and in in-boxes. However, this year's top lawsuit was nothing more than ...
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Posted on Nov 26, 2007 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
Boston Scientific Corp. has agreed to increase the amount of a proposed settlement offer stemming from a potentially faulty defibrillator. It has announced that it would pay $240 million to settle ...
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Posted on Nov 16, 2007 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
The family of girl who was severely injured after sitting on an open drain in a country club wading pool has filed a lawsuit against the club and Sta-Rite Industries, the pool equipment manufacturer ...
Continue reading "Girl Disemboweled by Pool Drain Sues" »
Posted on Nov 15, 2007 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
An Illinois woman whose child died after taking children's cough medicines has filed a lawsuit alleging that drug makers should have warned of the medicines' dangers sooner. The lawsuit names Walgreen ...
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Posted on Nov 15, 2007 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
The Food and Drug Administration has ordered GlaxoSmithKline to include a "black box warning" for prescriptions of its best-selling diabetes drug Avandia . The warning will include information that ...
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Posted on Nov 14, 2007 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
Too bad we don't have an appellate system in Texas which would rule Texas' medical malpractice caps unconstitutional. In fact, rather than having a $1 million cap, Texas has only a $250,000 cap. ...
Continue reading "Illinois Judge Rules Caps Unconstitutional" »
Posted on Nov 14, 2007 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
Two Kansas plaintiffs have filed a class action lawsuit against a heart defibrillator company. In the lawsuit, Kenneth Carlile and Phillip S. Brown contend that Medtronic Inc. failed to warn patients ...
Continue reading "Medtronic Subject of Class Action Due to Sprint Fidelis Leads" »
Posted on Nov 13, 2007 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
Rather than invent the facts, someone actually did some research regarding frivolous lawsuits - and guess what? They are a very rare event and many judges don't see even see one for years at a time. ...
Continue reading ""Tort Reform" Was Never Needed" »
Posted on Nov 12, 2007 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
Two drug makers have announced stronger warnings for their popular anemia drugs due to concerns that the medicines could cause heart attacks, cancer complications and death. The new labeling warns ...
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Posted on Nov 12, 2007 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
What happened in California could happen in Texas. In Texas, health care providers who work in an emergency room enjoy near-immunity from suits due to "tort reform." To succeed, a plaintiff must show ...
Continue reading "Family of Woman Ignored at ER Files Suit" »
Posted on Nov 5, 2007 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
With the insurance industry actively practicing its "delay, deny, defend" procedure, it is likely that California homeowners will have to sue insurance companies in order to rebuild their fire-ravaged ...
Continue reading "California Wildfires Likely to Lead to Litigation" »
Posted on Nov 2, 2007 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
The recall of Jeno's Pizza is yet another example of how the lack of government oversight of corporations is harming America. In the face of deregulation, companies are doing less to protect ...
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