We explain here Medicare liens and medical liens in personal injury cases and the obligation to pay back Medicare after a personal injury settlement. MEDICARE LIENS How Medicare Liens Work in Personal Injury Cases If you are injured in an accident and Medicare pays for some of your treatment, you…
The Maryland legislature is considering a new law to retroactively lift the statute of limitations on civil lawsuits for child sexual abuse. If enacted, the law would enable thousands of childhood victims the ability to bring civil sex abuse lawsuits against their abusers and/or institutions such as churches or schools that…
This page is about the Similac recall lawsuit from the recall that was announced on February 2022. Our lawyers are handling baby formula recall lawsuits NEC lawsuits in all 50 states. There are more of these salmonella food poisoning claim out there from this recall than our attorneys had anticipated. …
From 1953 to 1987, anyone who lived or worked at the Camp Lejeune Marine Corps base was exposed to toxic chemicals in the water supply. The contaminated water at Lejeune caused thousands to develop cancer and other serious health conditions. For years, these victims were blocked from seeking compensation for…
Over 288,000 plaintiffs have filed a 3M earplug lawsuit against 3M alleging that the company’s Combat Arms earplugs were defective and failed to protect them from hearing damage. The 3M earplug lawsuits have been consolidated into the largest “class action” MDL in history – the 3M Earplugs MDL in the…
This blog provides an update on the hernia mesh lawsuits. As of March 16, 2022, there are 16,437 lawsuits against Bard and 3,614 lawsuits against Ethicon (Johnson & Johnson) in federal court that are consolidated in an MDL class action lawsuit. This page was last updated on April 15, 2022.…
Insurance companies do not think the way you and I think. But, by understanding how insurance adjusters think and what is important to them, you can maximize how much money you receive in a personal injury case. The goal of this post is to show you how to get more…
The popular infant formula Similac has recently been the subject of numerous product liability lawsuits filed around the country over the last 12 months. There are two big lawsuits pending involving Similac: NEC lawsuits for premature babies who suffered necrotizing enterocolitis The Similac recall for contaminated baby formula from their…
Bellwether trials are basically “test” cases in large mass tort litigation involving thousands of plaintiffs. When you have thousands of individual plaintiffs bringing similar claims (usually product liability) it is not physically possible to take every case to trial. Instead, a handful of sample cases are tried to give everyone…
In Webb v. Giant of Maryland LLC, the Maryland Court of Appeals (COA) was asked to revisit the decision of the Court of Special Appeals (COSA). The issue was whether the grocery store could be liable for an injury caused by a Pepsi delivery driver while stocking shelves at the…