Cruise Ship Maritime Law
Every year, thousands of American citizens are injured by various reasons on cruise ship accidents. There are many different cruise liners, most of which leave port from the state of Florida. Injuries such as slip and falls, bacterial infections, food poisoning, sexual assault, and overboard jumps are just a few different types of injuries that can occur.
Read MoreHuman Sex Trafficking Reports in California
California is the number one sexual human trafficking state in the United States. The percentage of human trafficking that occurs in the state of California is 3.77 persons per 100,000 people[1]. Around 70% of the main cities human sex trafficking in the State of California consist of Los Angeles and San Diego[2].
Read MoreRoundUp Litigation Update August 2022
The RoundUp Litigation still has over 40,000 unresolved claims by claimants with NHL from being exposed to the herbicide. More plaintiffs are taking to trial to obtain the amount of compensation that they rightly deserve. [1] As of August 15, 2022, 4,116 cases are still pending in the MDL. [2]
Read MoreCruise Ship Slip & Falls and Maritime Personal Injury
Here at the Michael Brady Lynch Firm, we represent cruise ship passengers from all over the United States and the State of Florida who have been injured by a slip and fall while on board a cruise ship or even at a port. Our maritime injury law branch advocates for the plaintiff to hold responsible for the injuries that passengers sustain due to the negligence of cruise liners.
Read MoreHuman Trafficking Reports in New York
New York ranks number four in the United States for reported cases of human trafficking according to the National Human Trafficking Hotline. Of the 414 reported cases, over three hundred were sex trafficking cases including women in and around 17% of the total number of reports were minors[1].
Read MoreElmiron Multidistrict Litigation
Elmiron is a drug prescribed for a chronic and painful bladder condition called interstitial cystitis. The medication was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1996 and is the only approved treatment for this condition. It is manufactured and distributed by Johnson & Johnson and Janssen Pharmaceuticals.
Read MoreIf You Have Fournier’s Gangrene and Have Taken Jardiance, You May Be entitled to Compensation
Jardiance[1] is an oral diabetes medication that is used in conjunction with exercise and other programs to assist people with type two diabetes in regulating their blood sugar levels. It is in SGLT2 inhibitors, which is a sodium-glucose code transporter 2 inhibitors.
Read MoreCamp Lejeune Litigation Update
Last Tuesday, August 10, President Biden signed into law the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 for survivors of the contaminated water at Camp Lejeune. Any residents who served, lived or worked at Camp Lejeune between August 1, 1953, and December 31, 1987, are now eligible for compensation if they formed the signature injury caused by the contaminated waters.
Read MoreHuman Trafficking in Florida
Florida ranks third in human trafficking cases, with a filed 738 reports as of the latest data in 2020[1]. The majority of those reported in the human trafficking incidents were women of a ratio of about 6 to 1. Most of those reports came out of the central Florida area around Orlando[2]. Needless to say, it is a very serious problem in the state.
Read MoreParaquat Product Liability Litigation Update
The Paraquat Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) is currently underway in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, headed by Chief Judge Nancy Rosenstengel. The Paraquat MDL has the potential to be one of the largest and most complex pieces of litigation currently consolidated in the United States. The outcome of this litigation
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