Posts tagged Defective Products

• Nevada Hepatitis Scare

  Steve Klearman | February 28, 2008 7:19 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  You know, you might think that you could go the Center for Disease Control website and get some update on what certainly appears to be a full-blown health care crisis in Las Vegas (40,000! Exposed? That's a big number! And that's a preliminary number...). But the CDC website, at least from my look around just now, is more about some form of static and slow thing. There may be something...

• Nevada Endoscopy Center Malpractice

  Steve Klearman | February 28, 2008 2:52 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  As many as 40,000 infected with Hep C in what looks like a potential mass negligence case against an endoscopy center and possibly a products manufacturer. Stay tuned to this blog and I will bring you extensive independently researched details on this developing case.

• U.S. Supreme Court Rules on Medical Device Lawsuits

  Steve Klearman | February 22, 2008 1:19 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  I reprint here a summary from the recent important decision in Riegel v. Medtronic. This comes directly from the People Over Profits Grassroots Action Center:Riegel v. Medtronic In this case, Charles Riegel received a balloon catheter made by Medtronic which subsequently ruptured due to overinflation. Riegel developed a heart block and underwent emergency surgery. The Riegels later brought...

• Reno Judge Slashes Damage Award

  Steve Klearman | February 20, 2008 8:05 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Washoe District Court Judge Robert Perry has reduced the recent landmark jury award against pharmaceutical giant Wyeth arising from Wyeth's development and marketing of Prempro.Judge Perry cut the award from $134 million to $58 million. $23 million is allocated toward compensatory damages and $35 million is punitive damages. Wyeth wanted the Judge to reduce the total award to $4 million.Wyeth...

• Nevada Equitable and Legal Claims at Trial

  Steve Klearman | February 15, 2008 10:10 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  On December 27, 2007 the Nevada Supreme Court clarified in Awada v. Shuffle Master, Inc., 123 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 57, the manner in which a Nevada District Court may handle mixed claims for legal and equitable relief at trial and found as follows:In this appeal, we consider the primary issue of whether a district court has the authority to bifurcate the legal and equitable claims presented in a...

• Update on Nevada Allstate Attorney Misconduct Case

  Steve Klearman | February 14, 2008 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  In the ongoing squabble over Allstate defense attorney Phil Emerson's repeated misconduct in arguing cases at trial, the Nevada Supreme Court rendered its latest decision on January 17, 2008.In its introduction to Lioce v. Cohen, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 1, the Court stated:On December 28, 2006, this court issued an opinion in these consolidated appeals.[2] The defendants in each of the four...

• Do Antidepressants Make Murderers?

  Steve Klearman | December 27, 2007 10:20 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Antidepressants are again under scrutiny.According to a Yahoo! News Article dated December 18, 2007, the Supreme Court will hear a case regarding a teen, Christopher Pittman, sentenced to 30 years of prison for killing his grandparents and setting fire to their home at age 12. His attorneys argue that the lengthy sentence violates the teen's Eighth Amendment protection from cruel and unusual...

• Deleted Emails and Production

  Steve Klearman | December 26, 2007 10:12 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Ah the new and complicated world of how email production is handled by courts.Scott Roseland, at cybercontrols (www.cybercontrols.net), cites to Benton v. Dlorah, Inc., 2007 U.S. Dist. D. Kan, Oct. 30, 2007. There, the plaintiff informed defendant at her deposition that she had deleted e-mails, and defendant filed a motion to compel plaintiff to produce relevant documents, to produce her hard...

• The Date-Rape Toy

  Steve Klearman | December 13, 2007 9:44 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The name Aqua-Dots sends chills down the spine of families in the U.S. If you haven't heard about the recall that happened last month, then you are likely in the minority. About 4 million units of the product were recalled last month because they break down into a date-rape drug when ingested. Currently 10 retailers and companies including Kmart, Walmart, Sears, Target and Mattel are being...

• How a Microwave Can Light Up Your Day

  Steve Klearman | December 06, 2007 6:38 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  General Electric recalled 92,000 combination wall and microwave ovens after at least 35 incidents of fire that damaged property, the company and the Consumer Product Safety Commission said Wednesday. According to a Yahoo News article yesterday, the door switch in the microwave oven can overheat and ignite plastic components in the appliance, the company said.The lower thermal oven does not pose...