A 43-year-old man from Willowbrook was killed when a van he was riding in flipped over and landed in a pond east of Interstate 57, near Tolono. His wife, also from Willowbrook, was driving the van when the accident occurred. Eight other passengers in the van were injured during the accident,…
According to news reports, a lawsuit has been filed against a nursing home in Joliet relating to the death of a woman who resided at the nursing home in 2013. The lawsuit was filed by the administrator of the deceased’s estate. When a person dies, an administrator is charged with…
A Tennessee-based medical device company has issued a recall for a prosthetic part used in hip joint replacement surgeries. According to one news source, the recall is a Class I recall. Class I recalls are issued when there is a reasonable probability that continued use of the device will cause…
Although every injury involving a medical device is stressful and devastating, many women have experienced deeply personal emotional and physical pain as the result of defective transvaginal mesh products. Injuries arising from these products can lead to severe and long-lasting complications, often requiring a series of surgeries or procedures to…
The National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration (“NHTSA”) has released a statement indicating that it has fined Japanese airbag manufacturer Takata $200 million for mishandling the recall of its airbag inflators, which have been linked to at least seven deaths of Americans. On May 19, 2015, the United States Department of Transportation…
Earlier this month, a California federal court dismissed a class action lawsuit seeking to recover damages from the makers of Jim Bean, claiming that the company violated state consumer protection laws by labeling some of its whiskey and bourbon products as “handcrafted.” Dating back to the 1820s, bourbon is a…
According to news reports, eight patients who underwent heart bypass surgery at a Pennsylvania hospital most likely suffered bacterial infections because of a contaminated medical device used during the surgeries. The device is a heater-cooler unit used to control a patient’s blood pressure during open-heart surgery. Of the eight patients…
While a number of states are moving to legalize the use of cannabis, manufacturers of products containing marijuana may not be entirely clear when it comes to understanding how product liability rules will apply to them. In the recent case of Flores v. LivWell, Inc., two marijuana consumers sued the defendant, claiming…
A 24-year-old woman was found dead inside a cryochamber at a cryotherapy salon where she worked in Nevada. According to one local news article, the woman is believed to have suffocated inside one of the ice chambers at the salon. In whole-body cryotherapy, a customer stands in a cylindrical or…
According to nationwide reports, families are bringing countless lawsuits against the makers of the drug Zofran and related substances, alleging that the use of the anti-nausea drug resulted in children being born with severe birth defects. As a result of the high number of Zofran and related drug lawsuits being brought, they…