Former Dallas Cowboys running back Ron Springs is one of the plaintiffs named in a federal lawsuit challenging a cap on the amount of damages that can awarded for pain and suffering in Texas.
A bill that would make it possible for injured patients to collect more money in medical malpractice lawsuits received initial approval in the Colorado senate on Thursday.
Jurors in Stamford, Connecticut have decided that an obstetrician was negligent in the 2003 delivery of a child born with cerebral palsy.
The United States Supreme Court on Monday began hearing arguments in one of two cases that may determine whether pharmaceutical companies can be sued for injuries caused by their drugs.
A Republican senator is leading an inquiry into whether the manufacturer of the antidepressant Paxil withheld information about the risk of suicide associated with the drug for more than 15 years before warning the public.
Nebraska's North Platte City Council will hear evidence Thursday regarding a dog the local animal control commission deemed “potentially dangerous” after it attacked an obedience trainer.
A South East Texas jury is hearing testimony this week in a case brought against DuPont by the family members of a man who allegedly died as a result of being exposed to asbestos while working for the DuPont Company.
A federal appeals court last week upheld a lower-court decision to dismiss a lawsuit brought against several American chemical companies by Vietnamese plaintiffs who were exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War.
Police in Pembroke Pines, Florida, used tasers on two teens after a fight involving up to 20 students broke out at a High School talent show.
A Minneapolis teen has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of his 17-year-old friend, who died of a gunshot would to the head.
Modine Manufacturing Co. reached a $2 million settlement last month in a class-action lawsuit with residents of McCullom Lake, Illinois, who claim that chemicals from one of the company's plants caused several cases of cancer.
A 5-year-old Allentown, Pennsylvania, boy accidentally shot himself in the shoulder with a stolen handgun he found in his father’s bedroom. The boy’s father was arrested for numerous charges, including receiving stolen property.
A lesbian couple who were married in Canada are headed for divorce in New York in what appears to be the state's first ever same-sex divorce and child custody case.
A prosecutor from Cook County, Illinois, was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance last week after authorities discovered him in his vehicle with a white powder substance thought to be heroin.
Lawyers for individuals seeking early payment from the multi-billion dollar Vioxx settlement have been granted an extra month to submit their paperwork.
A Brazilian passenger ferryboat carrying over 100 passengers sank into the Amazon River early Thursday morning after colliding with a freight barge loaded with fuel tanks.
A twin-prop passenger plane bound for Caracas crashed into a Venezuelan mountainside Thursday shortly after taking off from Merida, killing all 46 people aboard.
A bill was introduced in the Tennessee State Senate yesterday that would increase accountability for dog owners whose pets attack and injure someone.
In a case brought by a General Motors worker against the manufacturers of a trim press, the Ohio Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a law imposing restrictions on state product liability statutes.
A proposed change in the Passenger Vessel Services Act intended to support the embattled Hawaiian cruise ship market has drawn criticism from some quarters within the travel industry.
The Federal Aviation Administration is looking into a February 13 incident in which a Go! Airlines flight overshot its intended destination by over 15 miles and the pilots were unresponsive to attempts to contact them.
One pilot has died and another remains hospitalized in the wake of a midair crash involving two F-15C Eagle fighter jets participating in a routine training mission over the Gulf of Mexico.
Sears Holdings Corp. agreed yesterday to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by consumers who purchased stoves that later tipped over, causing scalding, burns, or death.
An Oklahoma man has filed a lawsuit alleging that the diabetes drug Avandia caused him to suffer a myocardial ischemic event.
A jury has awarded $750,000 in damages to a Montana woman who suffered serious injuries in a deck collapse at a night club.
The controversial website Wikileaks.org, which has released 1.2 million documents including manuals relating to the U.S.-run Guantanamo Bay detention camp, has been taken offline following a court order issued by a U.S. District Court judge.
In the wake of the controversy over ABC’s decision to run an episode of their new TV drama “Eli Stone,” a respected autism researcher has decided to speak her mind on the subject of vaccines and autism.
A Washington man whose heart was irreparably damaged during bypass surgery has filed a lawsuit against the manufacturers of a monitor used to control blood flow.
After surviving a 47-story fall, a Manhattan window washer has filed suit against the companies responsible for the scaffolding that gave way and caused the accident.
The U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday that pharmaceutical company Merck & Co. has agreed to pay over $650 million to settle claims that the drug maker paid illegal kickbacks to health care providers while defrauding federal health care programs.
The FDA announced today that additional warning information will appear on labels for Ortho Evra, a contraceptive patch made by Johnson & Johnson that has been associated with a high risk of blood clots.
A Connecticut woman has filed a lawsuit against Merck and Co. Inc., one of the largest U.S. drug manufacturers. She claims that she developed severe health problems from taking Fosamax, the company's popular osteoporosis medication.
A federal grand jury is investigating the allegation that Merck & Co. promoted the arthritis drug Vioxx for uses that had not been approved by the FDA, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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