This past year has been an eventful one for mass torts with constant updates concerning some of the biggest cases across the nation. As 2022 comes to a close, we’re breaking down five of the biggest mass torts of this
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Top 10 Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury Awards of 2022
Discover litigation you might have missed and click through to the full articles to learn more about these significant cases.
$1 Billion Settlement Reached in Surfside Condo Collapse
In the early hours of June 24, 2021, a beachside condo building
Vascular Surgeon’s Medical Errors Results in $17M Award for Paraplegic Patient
Case Overview
Case Name: Kathleen J. Bashore v. Sparrow Health System, Sparrow Medical Group, Edward W. Sparrow Hospital Association, Ara Pridjian, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Institute, Sparrow Hospital, Sparrow Heart and Vascular Center, Sparrow Thoracic and Cardiovascular Institute and Sparrow Cardiovascular
L’Oréal Hair Straightening Product Lawsuit May Be First of Many
A Missouri woman recently filed suit against the cosmetics company, L’Oréal. The plaintiff claims that there’s a link between the company’s hair-straightening products and her uterine cancer.
The allegations in the complaint suggest that this case may be the first
$20.7 Million Plaintiff Verdict for Untreated Spinal Infection
Case Overview
Case Name: Daniel Sullivan v. Robert Snow Robert B. Snow, M.D., P.C., the New York and Presbyterian Hospital New York Weill Cornell Medical Center
Case Type: Medical Malpractice – delayed treatment; failure to test; failure to diagnose; post-operative
Air Force to Pay Victims and Survivors $230M for Former Airman’s Church Shooting Rampage
The military’s failure to report Devin Patrick Kelley’s court-martial conviction for domestic violence to the Federal Bureau of Investigation was at the heart of the court’s earlier determination that the government bore 60% of the responsibility for the harm from
Plaintiffs Awarded $10.4M in Damages From Exploding Pipeline
The plaintiffs, a gas leak investigator for NW Natural and a local stylist, suffered physical and mental injuries after an excavator hit a buried natural gas pipeline in Portland’s Northwest District.
The Background of the Pipeline Explosion Case
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Plaintiff Lawyers Gear Up for Litigation After Unilever Recalls Dry Shampoos
The list of at-risk products for cancer-causing benzene presence includes specific lots of widely-used Dove, Bedhead, Bedhead Rockaholic, Nexxus, Suave, and TRESemmé aerosol dry shampoos.
Plaintiff lawyers will need research and expert resources to prevail in the likely onslaught of
Duffy & Duffy Obtains Historic $80M Verdict For Disabled Young Man
Law firm Duffy & Duffy, PLLC represented the plaintiff and his family in a negligence case against Jacobi Medical Center in Bronx, New York.
“This $80 million verdict is one of the largest in history,” said Michael E. Duffy, managing
Establishing Damages in Life Care Plans That Withstand Scrutiny
Life care plans are not a prescription for a certain course of medical treatment. They are documents that attempt to ascertain and project the cost of a person’s injuries over the rest of their life. Life care planners investigate the