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• Texas Jury Awards Punitive Damages in Remicade Verdict

  David Lowe | December 18, 2006 6:50 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Blogger Beth Janicek of San Antonio Personal Injury Blog reports that a Texas jury has rendered a verdict against against drug manufacturer Centocor, Inc. for failing to warn doctors and consumers about the side effects of the drug Remicade. The jury awarded nearly $20 million to a woman who alleged that she developed lupus from using Remicade. Believed to be the first Remicade verdict, the...

• Propane Explosion In Factory Kills 3 Workers, Injures Many Others

  David Lowe | December 06, 2006 4:27 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

  An apparent propane gas explosion at a Milwaukee factory has claimed the lives of at least three workers and injured at least 37 others. Rescue workers are sifting through the remnants of the building in which the explosion occurred, part of the Falk Corporation manufacturing headquarters in the Menominee Valley adjacent to downtown Milwaukee. According to a report on the Milwaukee Journal...

• NY Times Article Focuses Spotlight on Trucking Safety

  David Lowe | December 03, 2006 3:01 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  The New York Times today has published an informative account revealing trucking industry influence on the Bush administration's relaxation of regulations designed to protect the public from accidents caused by truck driver fatigue.The Times story identifies trucking industry figures who were appointed to key positions of power within the Bush Administration, and the huge campaign contributions...

• It's The Snow, Stupid!

  David Lowe | December 01, 2006 7:08 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  It happens every year. The first snow blizzard arrives and people have forgotten that they cannot drive the same way they do in June. Serious car accidents are the inevitable result.I am sitting here amidst today's blizzard expected to heap over 12 inches of snow in Southeastern Wisconsin, reading news stories about cars in ditches, and even a City of Milwaukee snowplow overturned! How is it...