On Behalf of Alexander Law Group, LLP | Jul 18, 2019 | Product Liability / Defective Products
Manufacturers of consumer products, as of January 1, 1991, are required to report to the Consumer Product Safety Commission settlements in cases involving “grievous bodily injury or death” caused by defective products. The new legislation, 15 U.S. C. 2084,...
On Behalf of Alexander Law Group, LLP | Jul 18, 2019 | Product Liability / Defective Products
BY Peter Montague RACHEL’S ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH WEEKLY U.S. EPA [Environmental Protection Agency] published a report in 1998 saying that 100% of the outdoor air in the continental U.S. is contaminated with eight cancer-causing industrial chemicals at levels...
On Behalf of Alexander Law Group, LLP | Jul 18, 2019 | Product Liability / Defective Products
The “Harvard Nurses Study,” officially titled Silicone Breast Implants and Connective Tissue Disease, was conducted by researchers at Harvard Medical School, the Harvard School of Public Health, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. The study,...
On Behalf of Alexander Law Group, LLP | Jul 18, 2019 | Product Liability / Defective Products
The following document was obtained in discovery in breast implant litigation. It contains a detailed proposal by Burson-Marsteller Public Relations of October 14, 1991 outlining Dow’s public relations efforts prior to anticipated FDA hearings on the safety of...
On Behalf of Alexander Law Group, LLP | Jul 18, 2019 | Product Liability / Defective Products
INTRODUCTION A products case is won or lost in the early days following the accident, when the preliminary investigation must be initiated. This article will offer some suggestions on how to proceed in order to increase the client’s chance of success. IMMEDIATE...
On Behalf of Alexander Law Group, LLP | Jul 18, 2019 | Product Liability / Defective Products
by Michael R. Hugo, Esq. 4 Faneuil Hall Market Place, 3rd Floor Boston, Massachusetts 02109 617.973.9777 Copyright Michael Hugo 1996 The Consumer Law Page is pleased to honor this work by attorney Michael Hugo. His compelling analysis comparing the misconduct of...
On Behalf of Alexander Law Group, LLP | Jul 18, 2019 | Product Liability / Defective Products
Let loose the hounds of legal justice, the class-action attorneys who will take on the corporate cheats, the ones who have been lying to investors depending on their investments for their retirement. Many Wall Street companies have been trying to bury – to keep...
On Behalf of Alexander Law Group, LLP | Jul 18, 2019 | Product Liability / Defective Products
Under the modern view expressed by a majority of jurisdictions, including California, the effect of anticipated inflation is a proper factor to be considered by the jury in arriving at an award for damages for future losses. As early as 1948, California law approved...
On Behalf of Alexander Law Group, LLP | Jul 18, 2019 | Product Liability / Defective Products
When you stop your employer from stealing from the U.S.Government, the False Claims Acts of both the United States and California recognize your significant contribution to honest, decent conduct by providing major rewards – incentives for you to do what is...
On Behalf of Alexander Law Group, LLP | Jul 18, 2019 | Product Liability / Defective Products
First published in 1978 10 Southwestern University Law Review 13-33 [1978] I. INTRODUCTION Recent Supreme Court decisions in United States v. Bisceglia,[1] California Bankers Association v. Schultz,[2] and United States v. Miller [3] create concern about the intrusion...