January 31, 2011 Tiofila Retiz Killed and Abel Narvaez Injured in Wreck with Tractor Trailer in Gonzalez county, Texas Tiofila Retiz and Abel Narvaez were involved in a terrible collision with a tractor-trailer on Saturday in Gonzalez county, Texas. Sadly, the force of the collision was so severe that Tiofila Retiz, of Victoria, was killed in the accident. [...]
01/31/2011 $1,800,000.00 Verdict Obtained for Man Injured by the Drug Levaquin On December 8, 2010, Mikal Watts, partner at Watts Guerra Craft LLP, finished closing arguments in the first Levaquin trial in the nation. The hotly contested trial, which featured some of the finest defense lawyers from around the country, lasted nearly three weeks. All [...]
Former Marine develops breast cancer due to water tainted with Benzene
According to consumer watchdog group Public Citizen, the pharmaceutical industry has surpassed the defense industry to become the leading defrauder of the federal government. There have been 165 pharmaceutical industry settlements with the federal government over fraud charges in the last 20 years and drug companies have paid a total of $19.8 billion in Settlements; [...]
Share Three months ago, pharmaceutical maker GlaxoSmithKline agreed to pay $750 million to resolve a U.S. government false-claims lawsuit over charges that the company knowingly manufactured and sold adulterated drugs. The affected medications involved in the suit included the heavily prescribed antidepressant, Paxil and Avandia, a medication taken for type II diabetes. This week, the [...]
(January 26, 2011) One of the leading mesothelioma legal experts expressed his dismay Tuesday over an increasing number of unreported mesothelioma cases around the world. said in a statement that he was outraged by the findings published in the journal of Environmental Health Perspective (EHP), showing that almost 175,000 mesothelioma cases remain unreported in about [...]
(January 25, 2011) Former Northampton District Court judge, Alvertus Jackson Morse, passed away at the age of 80 at his residence Sunday due to mesothelioma. In 2010, Morse was diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma. , a rare form of asbestos cancer that develops in the mesothelium, a membrane that covers most of the body’s internal organs. [...]
Mayor Harry Tutunjian received three notices Tuesday from the state Department of Labor for the city’s failure to remove asbestos before starting demolition on the city hall. In a brief media conference, Tutunjian vowed to fight against the allegations. In addition, city officials denied the accusations, saying that they were not demolishing the building but [...]
Barrington officials approved a $25,800 deal with Angel Abatement to remove the asbestos in a property formerly owned by ADCO Van & Storage. Earlier this week, the village held a board meeting to vote for the asbestos removal. The fund for the asbestos remediation came from a $75,000 Brownfield grant from the Lake County Planning [...]
Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) will honor Senator Max Baucus of Montana for his efforts on fighting against the use of asbestos on behalf of the Lincoln County resident-victims. The Tribute of Hope Award will be presented at the seventh Annual International Asbestos Awareness Conference, which will be held in Atlanta, Georgia. This is in [...]
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