The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia made a ruling this year in regards to summary judgment motions in slip and fall cases, which may become more relevant as inclement weather becomes more prevalent this fall and winter. In the case, Kindig v. WHOLE FOODS MARKET GROUP, INC.,…
Johnson & Johnson has reportedly reached a tentative agreement in regards to a class action lawsuit involving the Articular Surface Replacement, or A.S.R., the all metal hip replacement sold by DePuy which allegedly caused widespread health complications in patients who received the device. The tentative agreement, which requires court approval,…
According to school and law enforcement officials, several civilians and two police officers were injured when hundreds of disgruntled spectators rushed the gate at Howard University’s annual homecoming concert “Yardfest.” The annual event has been a free event, open to the public, for at least 20 years. This year, however,…
A Virginia family recently filed a lawsuit following their daughter’s December 2012 death during a Semester at Sea program in the Caribbean. The 22 year old young woman was a University of Virginia student at the time of the accident, which happened last December in Dominica. She was reportedly struck…
An Oklahoma man who was a passenger in a private jet with his son-in-law last March, suffered serious brain injuries when the plane attempted an emergency landing, which also killed the plane’s two pilots. The men subsequently filed a lawsuit seeking compensation for their injuries. The two men sued the…
A tool believed to help make seniors safer by keeping them from falling out of their beds, may actually be more dangerous than perceived. According to several accounts, thousands of frail, confused or elderly people have been injured and hundreds killed after becoming trapped in safety rails installed to keep…
A Pennsylvania jury recently awarded a man $1.3 million for the severe injuries he sustained as a result of a fall as he was attempting to repair a 40 foot tall cell phone tower. The lawsuit was initially filed in February of 2002, following an incident that occurred in September…
This week, a Washington D.C. Superior Court judge dismissed a multimillion dollar wrongful-death lawsuit against the D.C. fire department. The lawsuit was filed by the family of a man who died of a heart attack while he was waiting for an ambulance that took some 30 minutes to arrive. In…
The US Department of Veterans Affairs said in a recent report released last week, that so far six deaths have been attributed to delayed screenings for colorectal cancer at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Columbia. According to the report, which was released by the VA’s Inspector General, delayed colonoscopies…
It’s the type of situation all the more common during the summer months, but equally as terrifying no matter when it happens. The parents of an 8 year old boy who drowned over the summer in a private residential pool have filed a wrongful death suit against the pool’s owners.…