A bankruptcy court judge overseeing certain Chrysler assets approved a $24 million settlement in the death of a California longshoreman run over by a Dodge pickup. According to an article, the settlement comes more than two years after a Los Angeles Superior Court jury awarded damages of more than $55 million to a deceased man’s family. The family argued the automaker had failed to fix and adequately warn consume [...]
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$24M Chrysler Wrongful Death Settlement Approved by Judge
Posted in: Product Liability
Toys R Us, Kmart, and Target Will Pay Fines for Selling Lead Toys
A news story on the latimes.com website reported that the California attorney general’s office has settled a toxic tort lawsuit with Toys R Us, Kmart, and Target. They were found to be guilty of selling toys with high levels of lead, exposure to which can be dangerous especially in young children whose nervous systems are developing.
The attorney general’s office and the Los Angeles city attorney filed a laws [...]
Posted in: Class Action
Cedars-Sinai Overdoses at Least 206 CT Scan Patients With Radiation
Most Pennsylvanians have heard the news of a hospital in Los Angeles, California that accidentally exposed CT scans patients to dangerous levels of radiation. Officials believe that patients received up to 8 times the prescribed dosage at the Cedars-Sinai hospital.
The troubling revelation has many experts proclaiming that there is too much reliance on medical machinery in the health industry and that this is a g [...]
Posted in: Medical Malpractice
