Case Overview Case Name: Daniel Sullivan v. Robert Snow Robert B. Snow, M.D., P.C., the New York and Presbyterian Hospital New York Weill Cornell Medical Center Case Type: Medical Malpractice – delayed treatment; failure to test; failure to diagnose; post-operative…

A Missouri woman recently filed suit against the cosmetics company, L’Oréal. The plaintiff claims that there’s a link between the company’s hair-straightening products and her uterine cancer. The allegations in the complaint suggest that this case may be the first…

The list of at-risk products for cancer-causing benzene presence includes specific lots of widely-used Dove, Bedhead, Bedhead Rockaholic, Nexxus, Suave, and TRESemmé aerosol dry shampoos. Plaintiff lawyers will need research and expert resources to prevail in the likely onslaught of…

Case Overview Case Name: William Kidd and Elaine Kidd v. WKS Restaurant Corporation dba El Pollo Loco Case Type:  Slip and Fall Premises Liability – Negligence Injury:  Brain damage Traumatic brain injury Subdural hematoma Cognitive impairment Headaches Torn quadriceps Knee…

Law firm Duffy & Duffy, PLLC represented the plaintiff and his family in a negligence case against Jacobi Medical Center in Bronx, New York. “This $80 million verdict is one of the largest in history,” said Michael E. Duffy, managing…

Life care plans are not a prescription for a certain course of medical treatment. They are documents that attempt to ascertain and project the cost of a person’s injuries over the rest of their life. Life care planners investigate the…

Oregon Public Broadcasting reporter April Ehrlich (aka April Fonseca) recently filed suit against the City of Medford, claiming that police violated her rights by arresting her as she attempted to provide journalistic coverage for Jefferson Public Radio. The case raises…

Case Overview Case Name: Makiko Murakami and Jeffrey Tam, as Co-administrators of the Estate of Ryo Murakami Deceased, and Makiko Murakami Ind. v. Lutheran Medical Center and Margaret Kuhn-Basti, MD Case Type: Wrongful Death – Survival Damages Medical Malpractice –…

In October, a jury found Bayer liable for exposing students and faculty at the Sky Valley Educational Center in Monroe, Washington to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). PCB is a banned, synthetic chemical linked to some cancers and other illnesses. Bayer intends…

 A Catastrophic Crash The plaintiff was a 52-year-old Illinois resident who worked as a truck driver. In August 2018, the plaintiff was hauling a load of freight via semi-truck across Wyoming to a recipient in Idaho. As the plaintiff traveled…