Uber Worker Ruling: Significant Legal Implications for Personal Injury Cases
People all over the world use the Uber and Lyft ride-hailing apps to find a driver for hire. Users of Uber and Lyft probably do not stop to wonder about issues such as insurance coverage and whether the driver is an Uber or Lyft employee versus an independent contractor. For answers regarding insurance coverage check…
Read MoreFredericksburg Traumatic Brain Injury Attorneys
Our firm handles cases throughout the City of Fredericksburg, Stafford County, Spotsylvania County, and surrounding areas. After fighting for our client for many years, we recovered $3.25 million in a Fredericksburg premises liability case for a young child who suffered a traumatic brain injury as an infant. We represented a Stafford County client in…
Read MoreZofran and Birth Defects
Zofran was developed to help cancer patients who were experiencing nausea and vomiting. The FDA approved Zofran in 1998. It was originally indicated for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, and was also approved to treat nausea and vomiting associated with radiation therapy, anesthesia, and surgery. Zofran was never approved for use in pregnant women to…
Read MoreJules Bianchi’s Traumatic Brain Injury – Diffuse Axonal Injury
The family of French Formula One driver, Jules Bianchi, released a statement saying that Bianchi sufferred a serious traumatic brain injury in his crash at the Japanese Grand Prix. The statement says that Bianchi suffered diffuse axonal injury and is in critical condition. Bianchi is in the Intensive Care Unity of the Mie General Medical…
Read MoreDePuy Synthes Craniomaxillofacial Distraction System: Class I Recall
Class I recalls of medical devices or drugs are the most serious type of recall. They are issued when there exists “a reasonable probability that use of these products will cause serious adverse health consequences or death,” according to the U. S. Food and Drug Administration. The FDA notified healthcare professionals on 8/28/2014 of a…
Read MoreKarl Storz Threatens to Sue Doctor Who is Campaigning Against Power Morcellators
The case of Dr. Amy J. Reid has helped bring world-wide attention to the risks that power morcellation procedures can spread cancer inside a woman’s body. Dr. Reid, a 41 year old radiologist and mother of six children, had a power morcellation procedure to remove uterine fibroids. She was later diagnosed with an agressive cancer […]
Read MoreAdvice of Counsel Affirmative Defense May Waive Attorney-Client Privilege
Attorneys should be aware that they risk waiving attorney-client privilege by asserting an advice of counsel affirmative defense. In an antitrust litigation, the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho recently granted plaintiffs’ motion to compel certain defendants to produce documents identified on their privilege logs because they had waived attorney-client privilege by asserting…
Read MoreAlternatives to Power Morcellation in the Treatment of Uterine Fibroids
There are a number of treatment options available for women with symptomatic uterine fibroids, including traditional, open surgical hysterectomy (performed either vaginally or abdominally) and myomectomy, laparoscopic hysterectomy and myomectomy performed without morcellation (cutting is performed by surgeon, not electronically powered spinning blades), as well as other non-surgical options. There are clear benefits to morcellation.…
Read MoreGM recalls 2.6 million cars due to faulty ignition switch, $400 million set aside for victims
Prior to the recalls beginning this year, GM and their attorneys had been doing their best to avoid government inquiries into mysterious car crashes where GM cars suddenly veered off the road and crashed without the airbags deploying. By law, automakers are required to report any claims of car defects that potentially lead to injuries…
Read MoreNon-Compete Agreements: Do They Overreach?
A company hires a software engineer, or a stock broker, or perhaps a bio-chemist. This company, knowing the newly hired employee could in the future use his or her knowledge against them, requires the employee to sign a contract agreeing not to look for a job at a rival company for a set period of…
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