May 26, 2014
A medical imaging company that conducted business in New York and made millions in profits recently settled with the state for $6.2 million in a whistleblower case for alleged tax fraud. Lantheus Medical Imaging Inc. and its former parent company, Bristol-Myers Squibb, sold medical diagnostic…
May 21, 2014
Tom Kline recently presented arguments before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court regarding the constitutionality of a statutory cap that limits civil damages owed by government institutions. The arguments presented by Kline stem from the case of Zauflik vs. Pennsbury school district in which a young…
May 20, 2014
Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following products:
IKEA Reannounces and Expands Recall of Children’s Wall-Mounted Lamps Due to Strangulation Hazard to 3.5 million
DGL Group Recalls 99,000 Vibe USB Mobile Power Bars Due to…
May 16, 2014
Kline & Specter won a $15 million settlement in a complex birth injury case in which a delay in delivery resulted in the baby suffering cerebral palsy. Litigating the case for the firm were Shanin Specter, Kila Baldwin and Lisa Dagostino. The defendants included a northern New Jersey hospital,…
May 12, 2014
Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following products:
White-Rodgers Recalls 740,000 Home Heating and Cooling Thermostats Due to Fire Hazard
134,000 Troy-Bilt Electric Leaf Blowers Recalled by MTD Due to Laceration Hazard…
May 09, 2014
A man took his own life after treatments to reduce his chronic back pain from spinal cord injuries produced the opposite effect. Joel Burnette, 40, went to the clinic in Kansas in May 2008 and was given several injections, including an epidural steroid in his lower back. Shortly afterward, he was…
May 06, 2014
General Motors’ Corporation has announced yet another recall related to its 2003-2011 small car series. The initial recall was for faulty ignition switches that can slip out of the “run” setting and shut off the engine, leaving safety features inoperable. The defect was involved in at least 13…
May 05, 2014
Today, May 5, is not only Cinco de Mayo but also Melanoma Monday, a day to raise awareness of the deadly effects of skin cancer.
Melanoma is the most deadly form of skin cancer, affecting nearly one out of every 20 Americans in their lifetime. Freckles, moles and brown spots can be harmless, but…
May 02, 2014
A Philadelphia City Council committee took testimony recently on mandating that landlords conduct regular inspections of fire escapes. The committee hearing followed the filing of a lawsuit by Kline & Specter, PC, against the owner and landlord of a Rittenhouse apartment building whose fire…
May 01, 2014
A new study links Viagra to an increased risk of the deadly skin cancer melanoma in men who use the erectile dysfunction medication. The study of nearly 26,000 men with an average age of 65 showed that Viagra users were 84 percent more likely – almost twice as likely -- to develop melanoma. The…
April 28, 2014
A lawsuit has been filed in Philadelphia on behalf of a woman who was killed in a gas explosion that destroyed or damaged 55 condominium units Ewing Township, N.J. Named as defendants were Public Electric Service & Gas Co. and contractor Henkels & McCoy, Inc. The suit was filed on behalf of…
April 18, 2014
Police investigating a fatal car accident were surprised to find out that the driver at fault was an inmate currently serving time in a Nebraska State Prison. He was not an escapee but was legally allowed to drive the state-owned van that killed a woman last June.
The inmate had been driving to…
April 16, 2014
Prisons are notoriously dangerous places. However, even prisoners are supposed to have access to a certain standard of health care. A birth-injury lawsuit filed against the Ohio Department of Correction alleges that that care was overlooked in a recent case.
A prison inmate who gave birth while in…
April 14, 2014
Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following:
Dyson Recalls Bladeless Portable Electric Heaters Due to Fire Hazard (338,000)
Lenovo Recalls Battery Packs for ThinkPad Notebook Computers Due to Fire Hazard (34,500)
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April 13, 2014
A dangerous defect in ignition switches in General Motors compact cars has resulted in a recall of at least 2.6 million vehicles following the reported deaths of 13 people. The faulty ignition switches can cause the vehicles to suddenly switch out of the “run” position while the cars are being…