New Legal News

5.7 million was awarded to a  very sick man who wasnt diagnosed as having skin cancer  by his doctor. The trial was 4 weeks long and the victim required hospitilzation even during the trial. Poor guy .

The doctor failed to remove the cysts on the plaintiffs right shoulder, which over time metasized into cancer. the cancer is life  threatening for the plaintiff.

The plaintiff’s counsel felt pleased by the juries award, as it was sizable enough that she felt it may offset the distress caused by the misdiagnosis.

The plaintiff, Mr, Reilly, went through numerous surgeries to removes the tissue causing the cancer. His wife was by his side through the strenuous ordeal, and solely cares for him when hes at home.

“When you see pictures of the cysts, they are football-sized and deep in the tissue,” Asher said. Reilly went through a series of surgeries to remove the cancerous tissue. His wife, Karen Reilly, served as his nurse during the multiple surgeries and radiation treatments.

Reilly is bound to his home with 24 hour medical care.

The Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles has chosen to settle for 660 million dollars paying out to 508 victims for the molestation they enduring over decades.

this settlement is the most extreme one since the sex scandal Boston had in 2002. But hey, the LA Catholic church is by no means broke. In real estate alone they posses approximately 4 billion. This is simply some “please be quiet and go away” money.

Whats important out of this settlement is the records kept by the church of the priests will be made public, assuming that the church complies, i think this will end alot of nonsense, or, i hope it will.

All establishments including the Catholic Church are not above the law. They must be accountable, and they are.

The makers of OxyContin and the compnay that markets it had their day in court recently. Seems they messed up. They plead guilty to criminal charges against them, admitting they misled people, including the doctors, the government officials, and of course the patients themselves. They lied about how addictive the drug was/is. OxyContin is a potent, painkilling narcotic.

OxyContin was touted as being safer than other painkiller such as Vicodin or Percocet because OxyContin is “time released”. This ploy was to get medical doctors with little knowledge of pain management practices to subscribe the drug to even lesser informed patients.

The plan was effective and bt 1996 the sales hit one billion. Of course, the success meant that may were showing signs of addiction…

Another recall for Hasbro Easy-Bake Oven’s. Little kids can get their hands stuck in the front opening of the oven and it is a burn risk. This recall decision is based on hundreds of reports, including a child getting her finger amputated, and still many have suffered second and third degree burns.

Hasbro issued a callback of the devices earlier this year, but sent out a kit to fix the problem as opposed to a real solution. I will assume this was their choice due to an effort of financial expediency. I question why hasbro didnt do thourough testing initially to determine the safety of a toy that is naturally marketed towards wee ones.

With hundreds of children injured by a product that was irresponsibly tested, i think someone should be held accountable.

Ford  recalled more than a half million Escape  Sport Utility Vehicles following knowledge  of fifty   engine fires.

The fires were discoverd to be caused by dmaged brake parts in the Escapes’  brakes.  The recall was for 2001 through 2004 models, and it became active  after a thourogh amount of reasearch by the Natioinal Highway Traffic Safety Administration in 2006. Escape Owners will not be made to pay for the replacement of their antilock brakes parts. There was no reports of injuries related to this recall.