Monsanto Secretly Funded Internet Trolls to Downplay Roundup Risks
Monsanto is yet again trying to convince the public that glyphosate, the active ingredient in the company’s popular herbicide Roundup, doesn’t cause cancer. Last month, this blog published an article detailing Monsanto’s attempts to directly interfere with scientific literature on the subject as well as an EPA investigation into the...
Continue ReadingEstates, Personal Representatives, and Wrongful Death Claims
DO YOU NEED AN ESTATE TO PURSUE YOUR CLAIM? In many states, including Alabama, in order to bring a wrongful death claim on behalf of a deceased loved one, you must first be appointed the personal representative of the estate of the deceased person by the local probate court. If...
Continue ReadingWhat to Do If You Are in a Hit and Run
Hit and run wrecks happen often, despite the fact that fleeing the scene of a wreck is illegal in Alabama. Being in a hit and run wreck can be a trying time which is why we have composed a list of steps to take if you or a loved one...
Continue ReadingEliquis® Lawsuits Consolidated Into MDL
Eliquis® (apixaban) is the latest of the new-age blood thinners to have lawsuits against its manufacturers (Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer) consolidated into a multi-district litigation (MDL). On February 7, 2017, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation agreed to centralize the Eliquis lawsuits before Judge Denise Cote in the Southern District...
Continue ReadingFraternity Hazing and University Liability
A fraternity ritual, also known as hazing, begins around 9 pm on February 2, 2017, at the Beta Theta Pi fraternity at Penn State University. At approximately 10:45 pm, after being forced to consume large amounts of alcohol, an intoxicated pledge, Timothy Piazza, falls down the basement steps at his...
Continue ReadingJohnson & Johnson Hit Again With A $110 Million Verdict
Johnson & Johnson Hit Again With A $110 Million Verdict Another week, another verdict against Johnson & Johnson for its talc-based products and their link to ovarian cancer. This week a St. Louis, Missouri, jury awarded $110.5 million to a Virginia woman who sued Johnson & Johnson, along with its...
Continue ReadingNew Documents Reveal Monsanto’s Attempts to Cover up Roundup Risks
Judge Vince Chhabria of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California recently unsealed important evidence in the pending Multi-District Litigation against Monsanto in which the Plaintiffs allege that exposure to Monsanto’s popular Roundup branded herbicide products. WHAT DOES THIS EVIDENCE SHOW? The unsealed evidence includes both...
Continue ReadingDistracted Driving is Deadly
April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month and few things are more distracting when driving than using your phone. Let’s be honest, for most people their smartphone may as well be another appendage. Many of us take our phone everywhere. Smartphones are virtually a necessity in the world we live in...
Continue ReadingHow Case Law Impacts Title IX
Sexual assault survivors across the country are filing Title IX lawsuits in a brave pursuit to hold their universities accountable. Through Title IX lawsuits, survivors inspire discussion and prompt positive changes in legislation and schools Title IX policies and procedures. To establish a Title IX claim in a civil lawsuit...
Continue ReadingWhat You Should Never Say to a Sexual Assault Survivor
A sexual assault is never the fault of the survivor. It takes great courage for a survivor to speak about a sexual assault or reach out for help, and they should always be believed and supported. Sometimes it is hard to find the right words to say, but there are...
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