Preventable Infection in Wisconsin Hospital Leads to Five Illnesses and One Death
When a nurse at University Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin, decided to replace the highly addictive opiate in patient’s syringes with water contaminated with Serratia marcescens, he or she may not have realized that lives were at risk in the quest for narcotics. Serratia marcescens is a common hospital-acquired infection that flourishes in damp growing conditions…
Read MoreMcGowan, Hood, Felder & Phillips, LLC Files Lawsuit Against Amazon for Defective Solar Eclipse Glasses
When it comes to retail sales, Amazon is in a class all its own. That is why Thomas Corey Payne and his fiancée Kayla Harris of Charleston, SC turned to us to help them seek justice against Amazon, which sold defective solar eclipse glasses to our clients. Attorney Jay Ward is co-counsel in the class…
Read MoreLegionnaires’ Risk for Patients in Health Care Facilities
There have not been major outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease in the US to rival the most well-known and eponymous episode: when 182 American Legion convention visitors became ill in 1972. However, infections continue to arise, particularly when private water systems do not have proper safety protocols in place during the warmer months. A 2015 study…
Read MoreDoes Baby Powder Cause Ovarian Cancer?
On August 21, 2017, a Los Angeles jury awarded $417 million to Eva Echeverria, a life-long user of Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Powder who is dying of ovarian cancer. This is the largest verdict to-date in the talcum powder lawsuit, and the first case tried in California. The jury awarded $347 million in punitive damages,…
Read MoreWhat You Should Know about the Latest Talc Lawsuit
Many lawsuits are being brought against Johnson & Johnson based on the assertion that its talc powder causes ovarian cancer in women. Over 300 such lawsuits are pending in California, and over 4,500 nationwide. The lawsuits assert that Johnson & Johnson, a major healthcare product maker, ignored studies that linked its Shower to Shower and…
Read MoreJohnson & Johnson’s Marketing of Talc Products to African-American and Latina Women
On August 21, 2017, a Los Angeles jury awarded Eva Echeverria $417 million in her case against Johnson & Johnson. Ms. Echeverria was a life-long user of the company’s talc-based products, and used the product after her ovarian cancer diagnosis in 2007. In fact, she only stopped using it in 2016, when she discovered there…
Read MoreJohnson & Johnson Ordered to Pay $417 Million to Ovarian Cancer Victim in Talc Case
On Monday, August 21, while most of the country was out searching for the solar eclipse, a jury in Los Angeles awarded $417 million to Eva Echeverria. She is dying of ovarian cancer – too ill even to attend the trial – linked to 41 years’ worth of daily use of Johnson & Johnson’s baby…
Read MoreOutbreak of Septic Arthritis in Monmouth County, NJ Linked to Intra-Articular Injections
When you have arthritis, a chronic condition, your joints become inflamed and stiff. It can be incredibly painful. Osteoarthritis causes your cartilage to break down, whereas rheumatoid arthritis targets the lining of the joints. There is no cure, though certain types of treatments can help ease the pain and stiffness caused by the inflammation. One…
Read MoreIs There Any Safe Application of RoundUp Weed Killer? Experts Believe Not
In Wisconsin, residents are speaking up after finding out that despite a nominal “no chemical policy,” the city continues to utilize toxic RoundUp brand weed-killer, manufactured by Monsanto. This is not an isolated incident either; municipalities across the US continue to struggle with the two conflicting needs: environmental responsibility and the dreaded scourge of weeds…
Read MoreBen & Jerry’s Newest Flavor is Herbicide
Glyphosate is a chemical used in Monsanto’s Roundup week killer. In July, California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment added the chemical to its list of known carcinogens, and more and more lawsuits have been filed against Monsanto, claiming that prolonged use of Roundup has been linked to diseases and cancers. Noe, the New York…
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