Sitting in an armchair or lying on a sofa isn’t ordinarily considered a hazardous activity. But for well over 1,000 people in several European countries, it allegedly was.
A 10-year-old lawsuit filed by Missouri hospitals against cigarette makers seeking $1 billion for the cost of treating tobacco-related illnesses has been stalled in discovery.
A hedge fund affiliate claims that it did not assume the legal liabilities of a troubled baby furniture maker, Simplicity for Children, when it purchased its assets in an April…
An Illinois law firm that specializes in plaintiffs asbestos litigation reportedly has close ties with Sen. Joe Biden, the expected running mate of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, and…
George Damaa doesn’t remember the accident that put him in the hospital in a coma, with multiple injuries, and killed three other people, including his girlfriend, in 1995.
A federal judge’s order is leading to speculation that Pfizer has quietly settled several of 3,000 pending cases claiming injuries from the painkillers Bextra and Celebrex.
From $98 million to $20 million to $13.3 million to zero and now back to $13.4 million again, the value of a closely watched Tennessee wrongful death case against an…
A Los Angeles woman’s lawsuit against Victoria’s Secret for a thong injury didn’t seem quite as titillating when her lawyer appeared with her on NBC’s Today show.
Well-known Cincinnati plaintiffs lawyer Stan Chesley criticized three fen-phen lawyers in trial testimony today for failing to set up escrow accounts to hold settlement money.
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