A federal appeals court reversed a $3 million judgment in favor of a personal injury plaintiff who alleged a defective vehicle caused him to suffer serious injuries in a 2012 car accident. The court ruled that expert witness testimony pertaining to the speed control cable should not have been admitted.…
A federal product liability lawsuit has been filed against the manufacturer of Physiomesh, a medical device surgically implanted in patients suffering from hernias. Plaintiff in Quinn v. Ethicon, Inc. and Johnson & Johnson, before the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, is seeking more than $75,000 in damages…
It seems such a common-sense measure for rental car companies: Don’t rent out vehicles that have been recalled until they’ve been repaired. But until June 1, 2016, there was no law stopped from them from doing so. Many rental car companies routinely rented to customers vehicles they knew were unsafe.…
Johnson & Johnson, along with its subsidiary DePuy, recently lost a $500 million lawsuit in a consolidated case of five Texas patients who suffered serious injury as a result of defective hip implants. The patient accused the company of concealing the design flaws and dangers of its Pinnacle artificial hip…
A Naples man has filed a product liability lawsuit against the manufacturer of an electronic cigarette (or e-cigarette), which he said he was using normally when it literally exploded in his face. His eyebrows were burned off and flames were sent shooting into his mouth, quickly burning his throat and…
The Florida Supreme Court has reinstated a $6.6 million verdict in an asbestos liability lawsuit, quashing an earlier ruling by the Third District Court of Appeals that reversed a trial court’s judgment. The case, Aubin v. Union Carbide Corp., is one of a string of lawsuits against the Texas-based producer…
An adult portable bed handle is defective, and has proven fatal in at least three instances. Yet since the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall in May 2014, there has been a response rate of under 1 percent. Approximately 113,000 of these devices were sold from 1994 through 2007.…
The General Motors ignition switch defect linked to 124 deaths and many more injuries resulted in a criminal case by the U.S. Department of Justice, which is now being settled for $900 million. That may sound like a lot of money, but those who have lost loved, were injured or…
Treestand ratchet straps are one of the leading causes of injury to hunters. A 2014 study published in the World Journal of Clinical Cases revealed tree stand falls were a persistent cause of neurological injury while hunting. The study period lasted eight years, and revealed this to be a significant…
Patients who endured pain, suffering and additional surgeries as a result of faulty hip replacements manufactured by medical device maker Stryker will receive an average of $300,000 in a landmark mass tort settlement wherein payout is expected to exceed $1 billion. According to media reports, the settlement is on behalf…