In his latest post to our form’s Railroad Injury/FELA Lawyers Blog, my colleague John C. takes note of the large 2010 profits reported by national freight rail companies, including CSX and Norfolk Southern. John calls on the railroads to dedicate large portions of their profits to protecting their employees and members of the public by,…
A U.S. District Court in Boston tripled a $47 million jury verdict ordering drug maker Pfizer to pay $142 million in damages for violating federal racketeering laws in the marketing Neurontin, an epilepsy drug. The suit stemmed from Kaiser officials claiming that they were intentionally misled by Pfizer representatives into believing that bipolar disorder and…
In a 2009 interview with the New York Times, Virginia Tech biomechanical engineering professor Stefan Duma shared this fact: “More pregnant women die in car crashes than in birthing complications.” Duma explained that steering wheel impacts with the larger-than-normal abdomens and chests of woman carrying children account for a majority of the traffic crash fatalities….
A woman in Seattle was crossing the street in January 2008 when she was hit by a Metro bus mirror. You may be thinking that the woman’s injuries couldn’t be that bad since she did not endure a direct collision with the bus. However, even being hit by the mirror of a mass transit vehicle…
An intensive 10-month investigation into likely causes of unintended acceleration in Toyotas has found no fault in the electronic throttle systems of Toyotas, CNN Money reports. The Department of Transportation hired the help of NASA scientists to test out the vehicles. So far there are three known causes of unintended acceleration in Toyota vehicles: improperly…