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A Personal Injury Law Blog from SUGARMAN
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A crowbar flew through an attorney’s windshield earlier this week, striking him in the head and killing him. As reported by the Boston Globe, the 63 year-old defense attorney’s car went off the road, ...
Topics: Personal Injury Law
According to new federal data, most nursing homes have been underreporting their staffing levels to the government for the past decade. It was discovered that seven out of ten nursing homes had lower ...
Topics: Nursing Home Liability
In July, 17 people fatally drowned when a duck boat sank during a severe thunderstorm in Missouri. They were enjoying the sightseeing tour when winds poured water from the waves onto the boat, causi...
Topics: Boat Liability
Earlier this week, a woman in New Jersey was seriously injured when a beach umbrella impaled her leg. A gust of wind pulled the umbrella from the sand and sent it flying. Unfortunately for the woman, ...
Topics: Product Liability
A jury in St. Louis initially awarded a group of plaintiffs $550 million in damages for claims that their ovarian cancer was caused by the use of Johnson & Johnson talcum powder products. In the punit...
Topics: Medical Malpractice
Slip and fall accidents are common during icy winter conditions, but they are also more common than we think during the summertime. It is important to be mindful of the conditions around you during ev...
Topics: Premises Liability
A recent life-threatening allergic reaction to a prescription medication at Brockton Hospital was likely a result of the provider experiencing alert fatigue. As reported by the Boston Globe last week...
Topics: Medical Malpractice
What should I do? If you’ve had the Medtronic HeartWare HVAD system implanted, or if you are an end-stage heart failure patient but unsure whether or not you are affected by the recall, you sho...
Topics: Product Recalls
This past weekend, 19 month-old Emeline Miller, daughter of Olympic skier Bode Miller, tragically drowned in a California swimming pool. Summer is here, and while swimming pools are perfect spots to g...
Topics: Premises Liability, Product Liability
A jury in Clayton County, Georgia, this week awarded a 20-year-old college student $1 billion in damages in her claim against a security company after she was raped by one of their armed guards. Ho...
Topics: Sexual Assault and Abuse
On May 22, 2018, SUGARMAN attorneys and staff laced up their running shoes for the fourth time to participate in the 11th Annual Lawyers Have Heart 5k Road Race to benefit the American Heart Associati...