Posts tagged Wrongful Death

• U.S. Chamber of Commerce Slings Mud At Wisconsin Court System

  David Lowe | May 01, 2006 3:12 PM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, attack dog for big business, has launched a multi-million dollar ad campaign that purports to identify states that supposedly favor accident victims over corporations. The Chamber's campaign has been purveyed in full page ads in national circulation newspapers, on the internet, and in local papers in key states. The Chamber's efforts, and the response of the...

• Ortho McNeil Reportedly Settling Ortho Evra Suits

  David Lowe | April 20, 2006 7:25 PM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI Category: Wrongful Death
  

  According to a report in The NY Post, Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ortho McNeil has begun settling Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch claims and estimates that there are approximately 500 serious injury victims, compared to less than 100 such victims with oral contraceptives. The report states that "Ortho McNeil has settled a dozen lawsuits for millions of dollars in the last few months."

• Limiting Attorney's Fees Will Deny Justice to Malpractice Victims

  David Lowe | March 15, 2006 9:01 AM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  They are at it again: The Republican legislators and their insurance industry puppeteers have passed a bill designed to impede victims of medical malpractice from seeking compensation for their injuries. The bill would limit the attorneys fees that can be charged to victims of medical malpractice, leaving untouched (of course) the amount that doctors and hospitals can pay to their attorneys to...

• Democrats Question Asbestos Fund

  Staff Writer | February 09, 2006 10:25 AM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI Category: Wrongful Death
  

  The Senate began debating legislation yesterday which would end asbestos lawsuits and award victims $25,000 to $1.1 million, depending on how sick the toxic substance has made them. Fortunately Senate Democrats such as Kent Conrad from North Dakota are questioning the $140 billion fundand claiming it would run out of money after approximately 10 years and be about $150 billion short of enough...