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Dr Shezad Malik Law Firm has offices based in Fort Worth and Dallas and represents people who have suffered catastrophic and serious personal injuries including wrongful death, caused by the negligence or recklessness of others. We specialize in Personal Injury trial litigation and focus our energy and efforts on those we represent.

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As a Fort Worth Toxic Tort attorney I am reporting this toxic air and ground water pollution story.

Two Texas environmental groups have filed a lawsuit against Exxon Mobile Corp over excessive pollution from the company’s Baytown refinery. The lawsuit claims the 8 million pounds of pollution released from the refinery over the last five years equates to “over 2,500 violations of the U.S. Clean Air Act.” The lawsuit could result in more than $80 million in fines against Exxon,

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6BD35920101214

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The US Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether generic-drug makers can be sued for not warning patients about the risk of dangerous side effects.

The Court has agreed to hear the lawsuits involving Mylan Inc. and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. These lawsuits by two women allege that they contracted a severe neurological disorder, tardive dyskinesia, as a result of long-term use of metoclopramide.

A federal appeals court let both suits proceed, noting that a 2009 Supreme Court ruling that permitted failure-to-warn suits against brand-name drugmakers.

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As a Fort Worth Wrongful Death Attorney and Car Accident Attorney I am providing this latest update regarding the on going Toyota Product Liability Lawsuits.

The California federal judge said that he is inclined to let personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits against Toyota Motor Corp. move forward.

U.S. District Judge James V. Selna issued a preliminary opinion denying the automaker’s motion to dismiss key causes of action in 51 lawsuits.

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As a Fort Worth Levaquin Tendon Rupture Attorney I am pleased to report the jury verdict of the first Levaquin Bell Weather trial that was recently announced.

A Minneapolis, Minnesota federal court jury announced that Johnson & Johnson must pay $1.1 million in punitive damages to an 82-year-old man who claimed that it failed to properly warn of the risks of Levaquin linked tendon damage.

The jury awarded compensatory damages of $700,000 to John Schedin, who sued J&J and its Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals unit in 2008. Schedin, alleged that he ruptured both Achilles tendons after taking Levaquin, and that the companies failed to warn doctors and patients of the antibiotic drug’s association with tendon damage.

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Wrongful Death Lawsuit Settled Over Chewing Tobacco Death

The Dr Shezad Malik Law Firm is currently accepting and evaluating potential Smokeless Tobacco Wrongful Death claims.

A chewing tobacco manufacturer has agreed to a $5 million settlement with the family of a man who died from cancer, allegedly caused by the product. The man began chewing tobacco at age 13 and died of tongue cancer at age 43. The lawsuit and settlement is the first of its kind related to chewing tobacco.

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Information and commentary provided by Dallas Fort Worth DePuy Hip Injury Attorney Dr Shezad Malik. The Dr Shezad Malik Law Firm can be contacted in Dallas at 214-390-3189. If you or a loved one has been injured from a defective DePuy Hip, please fill out our contact card for a free consultation regarding your defective product liability claim. Click here for Map and location.

A judicial panel has decided that all pretrial proceedings in federal lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson over recalled hip-replacement devices will be overseen by the Federal Court in Ohio. Once pretrial proceedings are completed, the individual cases are sent back for trial in the courts where they were first filed.

U.S. District Judge Katz in Toledo, Ohio, will supervise evidence-gathering efforts in cases over the ASR XL Acetabular System.

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As a Fort Worth Car Accident Attorney I am providing this update on drunk driving related car accidents and fatalities. These incredible statistics reveal why drunk driving is a major public policy issue.

According to Mothers Against Drunk Driving MADD, these are the statistics for 2010 for the State of Texas.

Rank: 45

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As a DePuy Hip Replacement Lawsuit – Hip Recall Lawyer, I updating this information involving 2 Class action lawsuits that were filed recently in Canada against the manufacturers of the recalled defective hip replacement systems.

One of the complaints, was filed against DePuy Orthopaedics and this DePuy ASR lawsuit is seeking to represent all Canadians who received the recalled metal-on-metal hip replacement system.

The other hip replacement lawsuit was filed in Calgary, Halifax and Montreal against DePuy, Zimmer and Stryker. This complaint alleges that these manufacturing companies released the recalled defective hip replacement systems.

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As a Fort Worth Darvon, Darvocet, Propoxyphene Recall Attorney, I have special knowledge because of my cardiology background. Darvon, Darvocet and Propoxyphene can affect your heart electrical activity and rhythm.

If you have suffered from cardiac blackouts, ventricular fibrillation, Torsade De Pointes, cardiac arrest, required CPR or defibrillation, and are taking these medications, your medical condition may be linked to the toxic side effects.

This following information is available from the FDA.

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The first of many hearings on the DePuy ASR XL hip implants lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson was held in Durham, North Carolina on November 18, 2010.

The U.S. Judicial Panel for Multidistrict Litigation, JPML, heard arguments from defense lawyers for Johnson and Johnson and the plaintiffs attorneys for the affected and injured consumers.

This hearing will determine where the lawsuits should be coordinated for pretrial management, and which judge should be assigned to handle the cases.

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