Lawsuits are being filed across the country, including in Texas, over insurance companies denying claims for business interruption arising from the coronavirus pandemic. Business interruption insurance typically covers the loss of income that a business suffers due to a disaster. Recently, a Humble, Texas business filed one of the first COVID-19 related lawsuits in the…
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Taro Pharmaceuticals U.S., Inc. has issued a voluntary recall for two specific lots of Phenytoin Oral Suspension USP, 125 mg/5 mL both in 237 mL bottles. The two lots included in the recall are numbers: 327874 and 327876, both of which carry an expiration date of December 2020. The medication is used to treat conditions…
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A California jury awarded a young man $21.5 million for serious injuries he sustained in a car accident. The plaintiff, who was 18 years old at the time of the accident, was a passenger in a van that was rear ended by a pickup truck traveling approximately 55 mph just before crashing into the van….
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A North Dakota jury set a record with its $9 million verdict in favor of an injured oil field worker. The verdict allegedly represents the largest single plaintiff verdict for an oil worker in North Dakota history. The man was a relief operator of an oil rig in October 2011. He was asked to help…
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The owner of a Branson, Missouri company has entered into a confidential settlement to resolve the final claims in a pending lawsuit stemming from a boating accident. The lawsuits, filed by family members of people who died in the accident, were the result of the sinking of an amphibious vehicle known as a “duck.” The…
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A Tampa, Florida jury awarded more than $200 million to a woman and her young child as the result of being injured by a drunk driver. The automobile collision left the woman and her then unborn child with debilitating permanent injuries. In late 2015, the plaintiff was 25 years old and nine months pregnant when…
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A California jury awarded a man injured in a motorcycle accident approximately $21 million. The collision, caught on film, left the motorcyclist with several fractures throughout his body and a lengthy hospital stay. The accident occurred when a driver in a sedan illegally crossed the HOV lane boundary lines on a busy Los Angeles Freeway…
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A Philadelphia jury sent a strong message to Johnson & Johnson regarding the company’s marketing of its prescription drug Risperdal. A Maryland man filed a lawsuit alleging that the company failed to properly acknowledge known risks that the prescription medication could lead to breast growth in boys. The plaintiff, along with several thousand others, sued…
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