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• Cases Against Manufacturer of Alleged Defective Hernia Patch Consolidated in Rhode Island

  Amy Rothschild | September 11, 2007 10:16 AM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  The Kugel Mesh Hernia Patch, was recalled because hundreds of individuals were hurt as a result of using the device. The patch was supposed to help give hernia patients relief from their pain. By 2005, however, it was clear that there was something wrong with the patch. It appears that the recoil ring that opens the patch can break. When the ring breaks, users suffer from bowel perforations...

• A Wrongful Death Suit is Initiated Against General Motors Corporation

  Amy Rothschild | September 11, 2007 10:05 AM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  In Jackson, Mississippi, the family of Martha Burns initiated a wrongful death case against General Motors Corporation. Ms. Burns, an educator who was committed to children with disabilities and special needs, died in a one-car accident in Alabama about five years ago. Ms. Burns' family's lawyer claims that Ms. Burns died because and interior switch improperly opened the door when it was hit...

• Mother Files Wrongful Death Action Against Manufacturer of Exploding Gasoline Container

  Amy Rothschild | September 04, 2007 11:58 AM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  Rene Green, the mother of twenty (20) year old Jonathon Green, filed wrongful death and survival actions on August 28, 2007, against Blitz, USA, in the Eastern District of Texas. In late winter in Texas, Ms. Green's son was burning brush in a barrel. He tried to pour additonal gasoline onto the brush but the gas container manufactured by Blitz, USA, exploded resulting in the boy becoming...

• Terrible Motor Vehicle Accident Involving a Tractor-Trailer In Colleton County in South Carolina Sends Victim to Trauma Center

  Amy Rothschild | August 28, 2007 9:38 AM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  On August 19, 2007, the Colleton County Fire-Rescue in South Carolina responded to a two-vehicle accident on I-95 at the 59-mile marker. A northbound tractor-trailer, which was traveling at a high rate of speed through a work zone, struck a painting truck in the rear end. This was after the same tractor trailer nearly sideswiped a State Trooper. Despite being equipped with an impact cusion, the...

• Individuals Sue Merck Pharamceutical Company Alleging Fosamax Drug is Defective

  Amy Rothschild | August 28, 2007 9:19 AM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  Seven (7) residents of Texas have filed suit against Merck Pharmaceuticals claiming that the drug, Fosamax, which is used to treat osteoporosis, is defective. The claimants allege that instead of the drug helping with treating thinning bones, it instead, is causing permanent bone decay. The lawsuit claimants claim that as a result of taking the drug, they developed osteonecrosis of the jaw. ...

• Mandatory Helmet Law Controversial in South Carolina

  Amy Rothschild | August 27, 2007 2:19 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  Currently, if you are under the age of twenty-one (21), you must wear a helmet when riding a motorcycle in South Carolina. Bikers older than twenty-one (21), however, are not required to wear them. Unfortunately, the older bikers are no more immune to head injuries caused as a result of motorcycle accidents than those under the age of twenty-one (21). The head injuries are often fatal. Those...

• Potential Workers Compensation Claim for 2000 Employees

  Pat Jennings | August 24, 2007 5:02 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  A Rock Hill company may find itself with one of the largest Workers Compensation cases in the South Carolina state history. A meeting will take place Friday, August 24 at the Winthrop Coliseum that may bring in as many as 2000 former employees at the Celanese plant.Attorney Chad McGowan, of Rock Hill, will be conducting the meeting in order to gauge the interest in pursuing legal action. Both...

• Florida Jury Awards $25.8 Million Against Walgreen's Pharmacy for Misfilled Prescription

  Amy Rothschild | August 21, 2007 9:28 AM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  A jury in Bartown, Florida, rendered a $25.8 million on August 17, 2007, to a cancer patient's family who was given a wrong prescription by Walgreen's pharmacy. The wrong prescription resulted in the cancer patient having a stroke and dying several days later. The patient, who was being treated for breast cancer, was prescribed Warfarin, a blood thinner, in 2002 to treat the breast cancer....

• Alleged Nursing Home Neglect Spawns Wrongful Death Action

  Amy Rothschild | August 21, 2007 9:17 AM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  The daughter of an eighty-two (82) year old resident who died at a nursing home has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the nursing home. The resident, who had been residing at the nursing home since 2004, died three days after she fell and fractured her leg and hip at the nursing home. The daughter's complaint alleges wrongful death and claims that the nursing home's abuse and neglect...

• S.C. Deputy Lucky to Be Alive After Almost Being Hit By Drunk Driver from North Charleston, SC

  Amy Rothschild | August 14, 2007 9:37 AM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  A deputy in Newberry, South Carolina, was assisting with a fatal multiple car accident on I-26, that resulted in the death of an eleven year old boy. Deputy Chris Keller responded to the scene of the fatal car accident in order to direct traffic around the accident locale. Deputy Keller was directing traffic when he was approached by an oncoming vehicle at which time he was forced to jump out...