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Lowell Larson filed suit against Dr. Jeffery R. Weis and Northern Reflective Surgery Center of Hermantown after alleging they failed to warn him of the risks associated with LASIK surgery and caused “significant and permanent disturbances to his vision”. The eight person jury selected in the case ag
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Bausch and Lomb has stopped shipments of its ReNu contact lens solution after the FDA and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) linked it to a fungal eye infection that can cause temporary blindness. The CDC is currently investigating 109 reports of fusarium keratitis which can scar the cornea and b
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Five of the nation’s top sunscreen manufactures have been named as defendants in a recently filed class action suit for allegedly making false and misleading claims about the effectiveness of their products. The suit claims these sunscreen producers created a false sense of security in its consumers
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A 12 year-old girl driving a Ford F-250 recently ran off the road in Long County killing both herself and another 8 year-old passenger. Three other children were also injured in the accident when the vehicle overturned and landed in a nearby ditch. According to the William Goodwin of the Georgia Sta
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Lawyers for Tracy Price, a Henry County school teacher, filed a lawsuit against Emory University Hospital for exposing her to the human form of mad cow disease. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, or CJD as it is more commonly known, is a degenerative brain disease that causes dementia, muscle problems and e
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A jury recently awarded $5.6 million to the family of Arturo Iturralde who had a screwdriver implanted in his spine after an orthopedic surgeon misplaced two titanium rods during the surgery. After cutting off the handle and placing the shaft of a stainless steel screwdriver in his patient’s back, t
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The United States Supreme Court refused to review a $50 million damage award against Phillip Morris where a former 2-pack a day smoker died of cancer. The tobacco manufacture, which controls nearly half of the United States tobacco market, asked that the award be declared unconstitutionally excessiv
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Each year there are number of people who become entrapped in hospital beds and suffer serious injuries as a result. Entrapments can occur when a patient’s body becomes lodged between the bed rails, the mattress or various other parts of a hospital bed. Injuries suffered in this manner can lead to br
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Lawyers for a victim of Sexual assault received a verdict before Judge Al Thompson in the amount of 9 million Dollars. The action was premised upon a claim of premises liability by a victim of sexual assault. This action as well as others exemplify that apartment complexes and management companies t
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Dupont must pay $16.5 million to settle complaints that the company did not inform the EPA of health risks associated with PFOAs. The compound is used to make Teflon and is commonly found in nonstick and stain-resistant materials. Dupont said they only settled to avoid a court battle and “did not de
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Eight boys from across the country who suffered injuries when the front wheels came off their bikes are expected to testify in a trial that begins today. The lawsuit claims the bicycles, sold at Wal-Mart and imported by a Marin County, CA company, had faulty front-wheel-release devices which malfunc
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Sure, it’s not often we are faced with ice and snow here in Atlanta, but since that is the case, we are not accustomed to the necessary precautions needed to be taken when we are hit with that unexpected snow or freezing rain. Michigan attorney Terry Cochran provides a press release with some valuab