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Personal Injury Law Product Defect News Article
Excerpts
Q4 2006 - October through December |
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| Thank you for considering
hiring Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP,
as your law firm. Our firm consists of more than
fifty lawyers and a large support staff in three
offices nationwide. Since our founding in 1972, we
have handled and resolved thousands of personal injury
and wrongful death cases in state and federal courts
throughout the country. We are widely regarded as
one of the premier plaintiffs’ law firms in
the country. We offer
our clients significant advantages. |
| 2006
Personal Injury Law Product Defect Cases
News Articles |
- December 29, 2006, "N.J.
Judge OKs $14.5M Settlement in Class
Action Over Bad Jeep Brakes"
- December 27, 2006, "Chrysler
Recalls Vehicles to Reprogram Brake System
Computers"
- December 22, 2006, "GOL
Airline Crash Lawsuit Update"
- December 19, 2006, "Biogen
issues alert after 2 Rituxan deaths"
- December 19, 2006, "FDA
Seeks liver, Stomach Warnings for Painkillers"
- December 16, 2006, "FDA's
credibility is questioned in antibiotic
review"
- December 14, 2006, "FDA
plans to expand antidepressant warning"
- December 9, 2006, "State collects big in fraud case"
- December 9, 2006, "Judge
Refuses new trial in $31 million accident
verdict"
- December 8, 2006, "U.S.
Pilots Charged in Brazil Jet Crash"
- December 7, 2006, "FDA
Explores Safety of Heart Stents"
- December 6, 2006, "Dire
health effects of pollution reported"
- December 6, 2006, "Anti-clot
drugs urged with coated stents"
- December 6, 2006, "11
Taco Bells linked in E. coli inquiry"
- December 6, 2006, "GM
opens rollover test facility"
- December 6, 2006, "Study
Finds Medication Raises Suicide Risks
in Young Adults"
- December 6, 2006, "Napa
Mom Dies on Trail"
- December 5, 2006, "Rollovers
Account for 33 Percent of all Auto Realted
Deaths"
- December 4, 2006, "Paxil Birth Defect Lawsuit: Families Suing maker of Paxil over Infant Deaths"
- December 3, 2006, "Ohio
popcorn plant workers say flavoring hurts
lungs"
- November 30, 2006, "Pregnant
Women Are Urged to Avoid Paxil"
- November 23, 2006, "Transplant
recipient counts blessings, vows to aid
others"
- November 22, 2006, "Advanced
Medical recalls lens solution; stock
sinks"
- November 22, 2006, "American
lawyers add families to suit in Brazil
air crash"
- November 22, 2006, "Ford
to pay $15 million in Explorer rollover
death"
- November 21, 2006, "4.4
million toys recalled after kids swallow
magnets"
- November 21, 2006, "Some
heart stents pose death risk"
- November 19, 2006, "Hundreds
killed by WR Grace asbestos in Libby
Montana"
- November 16, 2006, "Investigators
look to see if pilots in Brazil crash
made mistake in using critical device
as new lawsuit is filed"
- November 9, 2006, "11M
Bottles of Acetaminophen Recalled"
- November 6, 2006, "Lawyers
for Brazil air crash victims file
suit in U.S."
- November 4, 2006, "Lawsuit
Blames Ford Motor Co. for Death"
- November 3, 2006, "Gov't
Probing Reports of Engine Fires"
- November 2, 2006, "Ford
Loses Appeal of $82.6 Million Explorer
Rollover Judment"
- November 1, 2006, "Ortho
Evra weekly birth control patch target
of lawsuit"
- November 1, 2006, "GlaxoSmithKline
Reaches Paxil Settlement"
- October 30, 2006, "Nigeria
Pilot Reportedly Ignored Advice"
- October 29, 2006, "Jet
With 104 Aboard Crashes in Nigeria"
- October 24, 2006, "Despite
Dropped Vioxx Case, Merck Faces Many
Other Lawsuits"
- October 22, 2006, "Transplant
Monitor Lax In Oversight"
- October 21, 2006, "Diacetyl
butter flavoring chemical tied to severe
lung disease remains unregulated"
- October 18, 2006, "Tire
Treads Separate, Three die in SUV rollover
crash"
- October 15, 2006, "Man
Killed In Tread Separation Accident"
- October 14, 2006, "Comair
sues FAA, airport, Says they share blame
for crash"
- October 14, 2006, "Comair
sues FAA, Lexington airport; Airline
spreads blame"
- October 13, 2006, "Comair
sues over plane crash"
- October 12, 2006, "Victims’ Families
Criticize Secrecy of Brazil Air Crash
Inquiry"
- October 12, 2006, "Transponder
Wasn't Faulty, Says Honeywell"
- October 10, 2006, "2
Paralyzed After Drinking Tainted Juice"
- October 10, 2006, "Botulism
Cases Lead to Carrot Juice Recall"
- October 10, 2006, "Brazil
'Crash Airline' to Compensate Families"
- October 9, 2006, "Victims'
Lawyers Probe Brazil Gol Accident"
- October 9, 2006, "Toxic
Carrot Juice Paralyzes Two in Toronto"
- October 8, 2006, "Calif.
lettuce recalled over E. coli concerns"
- October 7, 2006, "Botulism
Linked to Carrot Juice"
- October 7, 2006, "Woman
Being Treated For Botulism in Carrot
Juice"
- October 6, 2006, "Brazil
Air Force Cites Faults and Confusion
in Fatal Gol Airlines Flight 1907 Crash"
- October 6, 2006, "Suit
claims Zyprexa problems"
- October 6, 2006, "High
E. Coli Readings Traced to Faulty Pipe"
- October 6, 2006, "Pfizer
Must Face Suit in Michigan Over Rezulin"
- October 5, 2006, "Equipment
on Plane in Brazil Collision May Have
Been Faulty"
- October, 5, 2006, "FDA
Adds Warning to Patch"
- October 4, 2006, "US
jury says Wyeth drug caused woman's breast
cancer"
- October 4, 2006, "Brazil
Probes Cause of Gol Midair Collision"
- October 4, 2006, "Merck
to Face 40,000 Vioxx Suits, Officials
Say"
- October 4, 2006, "5
More Cases Linked to E. Coli From Spinach"
- October 3, 2006, "Colliding
With Death at 37,000 Feet, and Living"
- October 2, 2006, "Midair
Collision Probably Led to Brazil Crash,
Officials Say"
- October 1, 2006, "No
survivors in Brazil plane crash"
- October 1, 2006, "Brazil
Rescue Crews Comb Amazon Crash; No Signs
of Survivors"
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About Lieff Cabraser: We have
offices in San Francisco, New York and Nashville. Our lawyers have
represented clients in personal injury, wrongful death and
rollover crashes and product defect lawsuits across America, including
residents of Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California,
Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho,
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Among the cases our personal injury
attorneys are prosecuting are the Medtronic heart lead recall, the
AMO contact lens solution recall, the Peter Pan peanut butter recall, Guidant
pacemaker defects, SUV
rollover accidents, popcorn
workers lung injuries, and Ford
switch fires.
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