Lawsuits in California state court against Toyota Motor Corp. related to sudden acceleration of its vehicles should be coordinated so they can be handled more efficiently, a judge said. Judge West said he will recommend to the California Supreme Court’s chief justice that the cases be coordinated in either Los…
A Miami-Dade jury has awarded a Sarasota man more than $14 million after deciding that the asbestos he inhaled in the 1970s caused his deadly abdominal cancer. Jurors found that chemical giant Union Carbide was negligent for selling asbestos fibers to other companies, which had used the fibers to make…
A lawsuit has been filed against CVS and a Chicago store employee who allegedly strangled a man to death for shoplifting crayons and toothpaste. Michael Johnson said in his lawsuit that an unnamed employee chased his son, Anthony Kyser, from the store and put him in a choke hold that…
The city has offered a record-setting $2 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of a man who was killed with a Taser during a confrontation with police last year. The City Council is scheduled to vote on the settlement according to an agenda posted online. It’s the…
The Harris County Commissioner’s Court approved a $167,500 settlement in a lawsuit over a woman who died while in a county jail in 2008. The lawsuit alleged that Margarita Saavedra had begged for medical treatment from the jail staff for a staph infection in the days before she died. She…
Popular birth control pills taken by millions of women might be causing serious side effects, that in some cases have led to death. That’s the claim of a growing number of lawsuits. Yaz and its sister drug Yasmin are big sellers marketed to women under 35. Hormones in all birth…
Scott Wilson, a 23-year-old civil engineer, was killed while driving to his mother’s house in Wellington when his Hyundai Sonata was struck by a black Bentley driven by wealthy polo club owner John Goodman. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office is still investigating whether Goodman, the founder of the International…
Bayer recently released its Annual Report for 2009. The report is 274 pages long. Here are the highlights: * By Bayer’s count, as of February 15, 2010, about 1,100 lawsuits were filed against it by women injured by Yaz or Yasmin. * Yaz and Yasmin are Bayer’s best-selling pharmaceutical products…
Accutane® (isotretinoin or roaccutane) is considered by many dermatologists to be the strongest, most effective weapon against persistent, severe acne. It is a derivative of Vitamin A, and the drug works by reducing the skin’s production of oil. A current Black Box warning on Accutane cautions consumers about its potential…
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., the second-biggest U.S. cigarette maker, must pay $46.3 million to the widow of a Florida man who died from lung cancer in 1995, according to a Florida jury. Six state-court jurors in Gainesville voted unanimously in favor of the widow of Frank Townsend, who started smoking…