My law partner Rick Shapiro wrote an article on the Norfolk InjuryBoard blog about the horrendous effects of popular dietary supplement Hydroxycut and the numerous imitators still on the market. These supplements have been linked to liver damage, jaundice, and other ailments. To learn more about Hydroxycut and Hydroxycut imitators, please click here.
According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, the antibiotic Levaquin is at the center of three civil suits against the company Johnson & Johnson. The suits claim that Levaquin, which was supported by Johnson & Johnson and its Ortho McNeil division for use in the treatment of bacterial infections, was known by the…
I took the time to interview a top injury trial lawyer named James Orr, of Texas, about his trial experience in pursuing wrongful death recoveries for families whose loved ones died from fentanyl/duragesic pain patch overdoses–overdoses that were accidental but preventable. Click here for more information about this dangerous drug and our full interview.
In a closely watched decision handed down on March 4, 2009, the United States Supreme Court in the case of Wyeth v. Levine, denied the drug manufacturer’s defense that federal regulations completely preempted state injury law claims filed by consumer Diana Levine, who was a musician and suffered amputation of a part of her arm…
This news item focuses on a jury award being reduced by a judge in Texas.