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Auto Defects Causing Personal Injury and Wrongful Death: Mazda, General Motors, and Honda Recall Vehicles
Salmonella Outbreak Prompts Egg Recall
Personal Injury Lawyer Scoops the New York Times
Fighting a Bad Faith Insurance Company
Avandia: Cover Up of Dangerous Drug For Profit
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Auto Defects Causing Personal Injury and Wrongful Death: Mazda, General Motors, and Honda Recall Vehicles

There is more news of auto safety defects prompting yet more recalls of vehicle from the nation’s largest auto manufactures. Auto defects that cause serious injuries or wrongful death maybe grounds for a personal injury case or a wrongful death complaint against a negligent automaker. Read the rest of this post »

Posted on: August 31, 2010   Posted in: Product Liability / Defective Products   No Comments  

Salmonella Outbreak Prompts Egg Recall

Since May of this year hundreds of cases of salmonella have been reported and  appears to be ongoing according to experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The outbreak has been tracked to in-shell eggs from Wright County Egg in Galt, Iowa.  A recall has been launched. Currently there are an estimated 228 million eggs being recall according to the associated press. Read the rest of this post »

Posted on: August 30, 2010   Posted in: Product Liability / Defective Products   No Comments  

Personal Injury Lawyer Scoops the New York Times

Alexanderinjury scooped the New York Times 17 months ago when we published “A Stronger Economic Stimulus” in February 23, 2009 -– a proposal to use the tax laws to create jobs across the economy.

On July 10, 2010 the New York Times in an op-ed by Barnett Liberman entitled “The Write-Off Recovery”  Mr. Liberman said what we did: “speed up depreciation to stimulate business.” Read the rest of this post »

Posted on: August 11, 2010   Posted in: Personal Injury / Wrongful Death   No Comments  

Fighting a Bad Faith Insurance Company

Many insurance companies do not treat claims made against their insured as the law requires. By doing everything possible to avoid paying legitimate claims the company puts its customers at risk.  It’s called acting in bad faith.

Under the law, every contract of insurance carries the requirement that both the insured and the insurance company act in good faith to fulfill their responsibilities.

Although acting in bad faith is clearly illegal, the practice is not uncommon.

Our law firm cannot transform the employees of fad faith insurance companies into ethical human beings, but we can fight for your rights. Read the rest of this post »

Posted on: August 2, 2010   Posted in: Car / Truck / Motorcycle / SUV Accidents, Insurance Fraud / Bad Faith, Personal Injury / Wrongful Death, Product Liability / Defective Products   No Comments  

Avandia: Cover Up of Dangerous Drug For Profit

Earlier this week most members of a Food and Drug Administration medical advisory committee reported that the side effects of Avandia increase the risk of heart attack when compared to older drugs, yet a majority of the committee voted to allow GlaxoSmithKline’s diabetes drug to remain the market. Read the rest of this post »

Posted on: July 23, 2010   Posted in: Unsafe Drugs   No Comments  

Pickup driver dies in Sunnyvale crash, two teens injured

July 12–One woman died and two teenage girls were taken  when two cars collided at a Sunnyvale intersection Sunday morning.

According to the San Jose Mercury News, a white pickup traveling south on Bernardo Avenue was hit by a sedan that had been traveling west on Remington Drive, as reported by Capt. Douglas Moretto of the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety. The pickup rolled over and its driver was killed as a result of a partial ejection. Read the rest of this post »

Posted on: July 12, 2010   Posted in: Car / Truck / Motorcycle / SUV Accidents, Personal Injury / Wrongful Death, Product Liability / Defective Products   No Comments  

Does Your Child Have Birth Defects Or Developmental Disorders? Exposure During Pregnancy May Be The Cause

Alexander Hawes represents two children who suffer from autism, a disorder of neural development.  The signs of autism are loss of social interaction and communication, and repetitive behavior. Autism impact information processing by changing how brain cells connect. Read the rest of this post »

Posted on: July 8, 2010   Posted in: Toxic Chemical Exposure & Birth Defects   No Comments  

GSK Paid Scientists To Write Glowing Reviews Of Avandia

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has repeatedly showed that it will go to any lengths to keep its dangerous diabetes drug Avandia on the market, and more evidence of its unethical and immoral conduct has just emerged. Read the rest of this post »

Posted on: June 27, 2010   Posted in: Unsafe Drugs   No Comments  

A 7-Year Old Asks About Lipitor And It’s Nothing To Laugh About

This story might seem amusing, if it were not frightening. More than anything, it’s an indication of the power of Direct-To-Consumer Advertising (DTCA) for prescription medications. These are the ads that always end with “Ask your doctor about…”, and drug companies spend billions on them every year. Read the rest of this post »

Posted on: June 21, 2010   Posted in: Personal Injury / Wrongful Death, Product Liability / Defective Products, Unsafe Drugs   No Comments  

Death By Cell Phone

A driver talking on a handheld cell phone threatens everyone on the road with severe personal injuries and wrongful deaths.

A study by Harvard University in 2003 estimated that drivers distracted by cell phones caused 330,000 car accidents, thousands of spinal cord injuries and brain injuries, and 2,600 wrongful deaths a year. Read the rest of this post »

Posted on: June 15, 2010   Posted in: Car / Truck / Motorcycle / SUV Accidents, Personal Injury / Wrongful Death   No Comments