Personal Injury
Are You Ready for Dangerous “Monster” Trucks on I-81?
I-81 is notorious for its fatal truck crashes. Its death rate is 70% higher than any other Virginia interstate. Now, Virginia lawmakers are interested in adding ultra-heavy, “monster trucks” to the mix on I-81. Learn more about their plans and how it might impact your safety. Michael PhelanMichael Phelan is a Virginia trial attorney who practices with a special focus…
Read MoreWhy an Attorney Investigation Matters for Your Truck Accident Case
After a catastrophic truck crash, your first concern probably isn’t preserving evidence for your personal injury claims. But if you don’t act quickly, the trucking company might destroy valuable information that supports your case. Below, the truck accident lawyers at Phelan Petty explain the importance of an attorney-directed investigation in the aftermath of a tractor-trailer crash. Michael PhelanMichael Phelan…
Read MoreTruck Litigation: Freight Broker Liability
Working as co-counsel with other national truck litigation firms, our firm won an important federal court ruling from the United States District Court in the Western District of Virginia, Roanoke Division, in the area of freight broker liability. The lawsuit was filed by three plaintiffs against the freight broker, C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. We alleged…
Read MoreE-Cigarette Battery Explosion Lawsuit
A married Illinois couple filed an e-cigarette battery explosion lawsuit against two vape shops in Joliet, Illinois, claiming that e-cigarette batteries purchased at the shops caught fire in the husband’s pants pockets, causing second and third degree burns to his legs and genitals and damaging the couple’s love life. E-cigarettes are battery powered devices that…
Read MoreNJ Consolidates Stryker LFIT V40 Hip Implant Cases
The New Jersey Supreme Court granted a motion to consolidate state court lawsuits in connection with Stryker LFIT Anatomic Cobalt Chromium V40 femoral heads filed against Howmedica Osteonics Corp, a division of Stryker Corp. The consolidated multi-county litigation (MCL) has been assigned for centralized case management to Bergen County Superior Court Judge Rachelle Harz, who…
Read MoreINVOKANA: the risks keep growing
Invokana belongs to a newer class of Type 2 diabetes drugs called sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors . Instead of metabolizing blood sugar, which is how insulin and other Type-2 diabetes drugs work, Invokana, by design, stops glucose from being reabsorbed into the blood and converted into an energy source that the body can use.…
Read MoreRoundup Cover Up?
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the specialized cancer agency of the World Health Organization’s (WHO), assessed the carcinogenicity of the herbicide glyphosate. Glyphosate currently has the highest global production volume of all herbicides and is the key ingredient in the popular weed killer Roundup. See IARC Monograph Vol. 112 (March 20, 2015).…
Read MoreTractor Trailer Trucks Must be Regulated
It should come as no surprise that stakeholders in the trucking industry – trucking companies, freight brokers, shippers, trucking associations and insurance companies – spend a lot of money lobbying Congress to de-regulate the trucking industry. And, unfortunately, they have been succeeding. These special interest groups have blocked Congress from raising the minimum required insurance…
Read MoreVirginia Trucking Companies Indicted for Hours of Service Conspiracy
The primary mission of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is to reduce injuries and deaths due to large truck crashes and bus crashes. One important way in which FMCSA pursues this goal is to regulate the number of hours that truck drivers can drive continuously a without rest. Obviously, fatigued driving is a…
Read MoreStryker Accolade TMZF and LFIT V40 Chrome/Cobalt Hip Replacement Defects
Stryker hip stems made of TMZF are proving to be very problematic. The most commonly implanted Stryker hip stem has been the Stryker Accolade. When a Stryker LFIT V40 Chrome/Cobalt head is placed on a Stryker Accolade TMZF system, the same combination of mixed metals exists as the combination that caused such problems with the…
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