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Sort by date 16,481 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Attorney Teresa Demchak on Employment Discrimination and Pre-Litigation
Apr-8-08 Oakland, CA: As managing partner in Goldstein, Demchak, Baller, Borgen and Dardarian (GDBBD), a California firm specializing in public interest class actions, Teresa Demchak oversees a busy firm with a large and varied practice. That practice is not strictly litigation, as we'll see. LawyersandSettlements (LAS): Your practice in the past has involved... - Attorney Leonard Aragon: Going after LifeLock
Apr-7-08 Phoenix, AZ: On March 27, the law firm of Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro filed a proposed consumer class action against LifeLock of Tempe, AZ. LifeLock uses aggressive advertising to convince consumers to subscribe to its $10-a-month "proactive identity theft protection" service, claiming to "offer a proven solution that prevents your identity from being st... - Attorney Louis Sokolov on Canadian Wage and Hour Class Actions
Mar-31-08 Toronto, ON Louis Sokolov is a partner in Sack Goldblatt Mitchell LLP (SGM) of Toronto, one of Canada's leading labor law, civil litigation, and criminal law firms. A graduate of the University of Toronto and the Osgoode Hall Law School of York University, he is currently involved in major class actions against the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIB... - Law Professor Roger Baron on Subrogation and ERISA Reform
Apr-6-08 Vermillion, SD: Roger Baron is a recognized authority on insurance law and subrogation. He advised attorney Maurice Graham in the controversial Debby Shank litigation in Missouri. In that case, Shank, who suffered severe permanent brain injuries in a traffic accident, was successfully sued by her employer, Wal-Mart, for recovery of nearly $500,000 in med... - From Diagnosis to Treatment, The Mesothelioma Journey
Apr-5-08 Santa Barbara, CA Lawyers and Settlements spoke to Mary Hesdorffer, Nurse Practitioner and Medical Liaison for the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation . The Meso Foundation funds research on mesothelioma, the incurable cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. In addition, a major part of the organization's energy goes into providing a wealth of suppo... - Tainted Heparin: Yet another Recall Linked to China Supplier
Apr-5-08 Mansfield, MA The heparin scare appears to be reaching crisis proportions as yet another manufacturer has recalled dozens of lots of its pre-filled syringes after a heparin-like contaminant was found in tested heparin. Covidien announced the voluntary recall March 28th of 32 lots of Heparin Lock Flush Syringes containing various concentrations of hepa... - Boca Raton Teen Dies During Surgery, Family Considering Lawsuit
Apr-3-08 Boca Raton, FL: A teenager who was to have routine corrective breast surgery never woke up after an adverse reaction to the anesthesia. Now the family is very angry, heartbroken, and are considering filing a lawsuit against the doctor who says he did all he could to save her. Stephanie Kuleba had an embarrassing birth defect that she always said she wan... - Front-End Collision Leads to Lawsuit Against Van Maker
Apr-3-08 Marshall, TX: Billie R. Price was riding as in a GMC conversion van as a passenger when a pickup truck suddenly crossed the center line and collided with the van. Price was injured in the Texas car crash and she believes that it is the conversion package contained in the van that did not protect her in the crash. On March 20, 2008, a product liabili... - Attorney C. Wes Pittman on Product Liability and Sexual Harassment in Florida Prisons
Apr-1-08 Panama City, FL C. Wes Pittman is a founder and principal in Pittman and Parry, PA , a firm specializing in personal injury and consumer cases nationwide, although primarily in Florida, Georgia and Alabama. A 1976 graduate of the University of Florida's Frederick G. Levin College of Law, Pittman's practice covers a wide and varied range of cases—as we'l... - Tracking Down a Cure for Mesothelioma
Apr-1-08 Santa Barbara, CA LawyersandSettlements.com interviewed Chris Hahn, Executive Director of the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation. Based in Santa Barbara, California, the Meso Foundation has the distinction of being the only US or international organization that focuses exclusively on research for improving mesothelioma. This lesser-known form of canc... - Attorney Laura L. Ho on a Large-scale California Class Action
Apr-1-08 Oakland, CA: Laura L. Ho is a partner in Goldstein, Demchak, Baller, Borgen and Dardarian (GDBBD), a California firm practicing in a broad range of public interest class actions. A 1991 graduate of the University of Washington, Ho received a JD from the Yale University School of Law in 1994. Recently, as co-lead counsel in a California state class actio... - Bankruptcy Debt Help: Interview with Bankruptcy Lawyer
Mar-12-08 Phoenix, AZ: In the wake of soaring credit card debts and subprime loans, a bankruptcy wave is likely to hit the US anytime soon. Nationwide, attorneys are getting more calls from people who are having financial problems; more calls from small businesses; more calls from individuals who have credit card debt and more calls from home owners. Unfortun... - Attorney Maurice B. Graham on Equitable Recovery
Mar-29-08 St. Louis, MO: Attorney Maurice B. Graham is a partner in Gray, Ritter and Graham, PC, a personal injury and complex business and commercial litigation firm. A 1962 JD graduate of the University of Missouri, Graham is former president of the Missouri Bar Association (1988-1989) and has served as a member and chairman of the Supreme Court Advisory Committee... - Did Heparin cause Mother's Death?
Mar-15-08 Tustin, CA "My mum was given Heparin after she had an appendectomy as a blood thinner," says John G. "Maria was fine after this minor surgery but next day she lapsed into a coma—she never left the hospital." Maria was only 68; with the exception of high blood pressure, she was healthy. John's lawyer is now looking into the cause of her death and... - Overcharges at Real Estate Closings: Interview with Lawyer Bob Perkins
Mar-21-08 Washington, DC: Millions of real estate transactions take place yearly in the US. Countless consumers put their trust in Escrow Agents that utilize the HUD-1 Settlement Statement in most, if not all of these transactions. Financial institutions and associated businesses rely on the accuracy of the information inserted into the HUD-1 by the Escrow Agent. B... - Philadelphia Lawyers Win $16 Million Verdict in Syracuse, New York Medical Malpractice Case
Mar-26-08 On March 20, 2008, the Honorable Diane L. Fitzpatrick issued a verdict of $16,033,811 to the family of a now 15-year old girl who suffers from cerebral palsy, mental retardation and seizures as a result of medical malpractice surrounding the management of her mother's high risk pregnancy in January, 1993. The verdict from the State of New York Court of Claim... - Dex Cool Settlement: Interview with Eric Gibbs
Mar-25-08 San Francisco, CA: "From the perspective of our clients, the Dex Cool settlement is quite an achievement," says lawyer Eric H. Gibbs, of Girard Gibbs LLP. "There are over 100 named plaintiffs and hundreds of thousands of class members, making this one of the largest recoveries arising from allegations of automobile defects that I know of." A number of l... - Attorney Charles W. Shipley Speaks on Messing with Farmers and the Environment
Mar-25-08 Tulsa, OK LawyersandSettlements heard from Tulsa attorney Chuck Shipley recently when he alerted us to a recent $21 million class action verdict against OK Foods of Fort Smith, Arkansas on behalf of 300 chicken farmers. When we spoke to him, he was just back from a week off. We didn't need to ask many questions! LawyersandSettlements (LAS): Where have... - Chantix: "How Can You Put a Price On Life?"
Mar-11-08 Macclenny FL Michael and Lamonda M. are living a nightmare. In May 2007, Lamonda was hospitalized because of her asthma. While in the hospital, her doctor recommended she try using Chantix to quit smoking. It was a move that would change Lamonda's life, even though she only took Chantix for a short time. She has since been diagnosed with cognitive brai... - Chantix: One Man's Compelling Story
Mar-17-08 New York, NY One has only to read the revealing essay by writer Derek De Koff in New York Magazine, to get a true appreciation for the risks, and the reality of Chantix —a smoking cessation medication that has resulted in thousands of adverse affect reports to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and several actual suicides. Two deaths in...