Blog Posts in November, 2009
Posted on Nov 18, 2009 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
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 ...
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Posted on Nov 16, 2009 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
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 ...
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Posted on Nov 10, 2009 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
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 ...
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Posted on Nov 5, 2009 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
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 ...
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Posted on Nov 5, 2009 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
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 ...
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Posted on Nov 2, 2009 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
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 ...
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