By Civil Justice Magazine
Posted on 10 January 2014. Tags: fungal meningitis, Massachusetts, New England Compounding Center
The Tennessean (1/7, Roche, 417K) reports people affected by 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak have just “one more week to file claims in the bankruptcy case of a Massachusetts drug compounding firm” that was responsible “for sickening some 751 patients, including 153 who were treated in Tennessee.” The paper says lawyers for victims said in a statement […]
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Posted in Legal News
By Civil Justice Magazine
Posted on 10 January 2014. Tags: lawsuit, NCAA, Paterno, Penn State
The AP (1/7, Scolforo) reports, Pennsylvania State University “has to become involved in a lawsuit filed by Joe Paterno’s family and others against the NCAA in order for parts of it to proceed, a state judge ruled Tuesday.” Judge John Leete, in a 25-page decision, ruled that “breach of contract claims.. cannot continue without Penn State’s participation […]
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Posted in Legal News
By Civil Justice Magazine
Posted on 09 January 2014. Tags: Bernard Madoff, Investment Lawyer, JPMorgan, Ponzi scheme
The settlement reached by Federal authorities with JPMorgan Chase over the bank’s failure to warn of Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme generated heavy print media coverage this morning, and was briefly mentioned on two network newscasts last night. The CBS Evening News (1/7, story 9, 0:25, Pelley, 5.58M) reported that the bank agreed to pay $1.7 billion “to […]
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Posted in Legal News
By Civil Justice Magazine
Posted on 10 December 2013.
Bloomberg News (12/6, Fisk, Calkins, 1.91M) reported that U.S. District Judge Keith P. Ellison rejected a class certification for investors seeking to sue BP over loss in the value of BP stock due to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. “Ellison ruled that the investors failed to show that their damages could be calculated on […]
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Posted in Legal News
By Civil Justice Magazine
Posted on 15 November 2013.
The Arkansas Democrat Gazette (11/9, Lynch) reports that a Pulaski County Circuit judge gave class-action status Friday to a deceptive-trade practices lawsuit against Philip Morris – now Altria – for its Malboro Lights, and that could create a plaintiff pool of some million or more people in Arkansas who bought Marlboro Lights or Ultra Lights beginning in 1971. Plaintiffs […]
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Posted in Legal News, Product Safety
By Civil Justice Magazine
Posted on 11 November 2013.
As a result of the Mensing case the legal rights of more than 80 % of America’s population was placed at risk. If you are injured as a result of taking a generic drug, you have no legal rights for the failure to warn of the dangers known to be associated with that drug . […]
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Posted in Cases that Change America, Legal News