Judge Rules Insurance Liable for Paying NJ/NY Asbestos Injuries
New York Judge Eileen Bransten ruled that the insurance company, American Home Assurance Co. must pay the claims. These stem from hundreds of workers who became ill after asbestos exposure during the original construction of the World Trade Center. Fighting What is Fair For more than 25 years, American Home defended and settled asbestos injury
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Risperdal Defense Verdict Overturned
The Superior Court of Pennsylvania vacated the original defense verdict in a Risperdal trial that occurred in 2015. This trial shows that even when a jury sides for the defense that your case isn’t over. The lawyers at The Michael Brady Lynch Firm will continue to use any legal avenues possible to get you the
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Asbestos Could Be in California Water Supply Post Wildfires
Cleanup has started in Sonoma and Marin counties after widespread wildfires damaged a large percentage of the area. However, now concerns are growing as cleanup agencies found asbestos left behind in the burned debris. That debris along with other pollutants may be affecting the drinking water and exposing hundreds of thousands to potential mesothelioma. Asbestos
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Annual SEC Report Notes $50M Paid to Whistleblowers
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Office of the Whistleblower issued its annual report. The report details that the government paid over $50 million in rewards to whistleblowers. Also, over the past 5 years, the SEC has paid over $160 million. They also insist that whistleblowers provided tremendous value to its enforcement efforts and directly contributed
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Nexium Could Cause Bone Fracture in Infants
JAMA Internal Medicine published a study showing that babies receiving Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPI) like Nexium, Prevacid or Prilosec brought a higher chance of bone fracture in those children. The study shows concern that doctors are increasingly prescribing these medications to infants. About PPIs Roughly, 15 million adult Americans use PPIs every year. Out
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First Philadelphia Xarelto Trial Underway
The first Philadephia Xarelto trial started this month. Even though three bellwether trials have already occurred in Louisiana, this will be the first case that went to trial out of the 1,500 Xarelto cases filed there. There are five additional cases scheduled for trial in Philadelphia but those trials will not begin until January 16,
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Imported Asbestos Doubled in the U.S.
New data from the Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission shows the amount of raw asbestos imported to the U.S. nearly doubled from 2015 to 2016. Even though mining the dangerous material is illegal in the U.S, it still imported asbestos in large amounts. About Asbestos The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identifies
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Is your state illegally dumping asbestos, too? Ingraham Environmental of Butte is suing the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for failing to enforce the state’s strict asbestos-waste laws. The company alleges that the DEQ is allowing some asbestos-containing materials to be dumped in open-air sites at Montana landfills. This poses a danger to workers
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New Bill in Congress to Ban Asbestos
Right now, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley introduced a bill called the Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2017. This is the sixth attempt at banning the dangerous substance in the past 20 years. Last year, there was an act to formulate a risk review, but this new piece of legislation would speed up that
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Santa Fe Hospital Will Pay $12.2M to Settle Whistleblower Lawsuit
St. Vincent Regional Medical Center in Santa Fe and its partner, Christus Health, agreed to pay $12.2 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit. This involves false Medicaid payments and allegations that the hospital violated the False Claims Act. All of this was exposed because of a courageous whistleblower. Healthcare Fraud Scheme The fraud involves New
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