Miscellaneous

• Merck ordered to pay $47 Million in Vioxx Case

  RLF Staff | March 13, 2007 7:27 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. was ordered to pay $47.5 million in damages after a New Jersey jury decided that the company's Vioxx medication was responsible for an Idaho man's heart attack. The jury awarded $20 million in compensatory damages to Frederick Humeston and his wife and then tacked on an additional $27.5 million in punitive damages after a unanimous decision.In the first phase of...

• ReNu MultiPlus Contact-Lens Solution Recalled

  RLF Staff | March 08, 2007 12:35 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  Bausch & Lomb announced today that it is recalling 1.5 million bottles of ReNu MultiPlus contact-lens solution because trace levels of iron were found in the product. Iron may cause "discoloration" of the solution and may cause its effectiveness to deteriorate before the printed expiration date. The recall affects 12 lots of the product, which were produced at the company's Greenville, S.C.,...

• Fatality linked to Salmonella from Peanut Butter

  RLF Staff | February 23, 2007 8:36 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  Barkay died of a bacterial infection in the hospital. Barkay and her husband, William, had purchased a jar of Peter Pan peanut butter in November. The jar in question was part of the batch recalled by ConAgra earlier this month. No one in the family had connected their illnesses to the peanut butter until the salmonella-contamination story broke last week.A law suit has been filed against...

• Large Truck Accidents and Liability

  RLF Staff | January 10, 2007 8:11 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  More than 5,200 people died in accidents involving large trucks in the U.S. last year, 502 in Texas.According to The Dallas Morning News, more than 5,200 people died in accidents involving large trucks in the U.S. last year, 502 in Texas. The state consistently leads the nation in fatalities, in part because it has more roadway miles and the second-highest number of registered trucks. The...

• Northwest Air Pension Fund Is Being Investigated

  Staff Writer | March 16, 2006 9:13 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  The United States Labor Department is investigating if Northwest Airlines shortchanged its employee pension fund on a routine basis over the last three years, and then avoided having to make a $65 million payment to the fund by filing for bankruptcy protection just one day before the payment was due. The investigation suggests that the Labor Department is looking for a way to break a pattern...

• Is Your Child's Teddy Bear Full of Toxins?

  Robert Wolf | February 21, 2006 11:19 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  At Chatham College, in Pittsburgh, Dr. Renee Falconer and lab technician Caitlin Corbitt, are finding dangerous levels of chemical pollutants in some of our children's favorite toys. "We decided to go ahead and look for pesticides, while we were looking for the flame retardants, and we found both," said Dr. Renee Falconer. The scientists take the teddy bears apart and pieces from the outer skin...

• Jeffrey H. Rasansky, Attorney at Law

  Staff Writer | October 15, 2005 1:48 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  For the third consecutive year, Jeff has been named a Texas Super Lawyer by the publishers of Law & Politics magazine and Texas Monthly magazine. Jeff is listed as one of the state's top personal injury attorneys in Texas Monthly magazine and Texas Super Lawyers magazine, a publication co-produced by the publishers of Texas Monthly and Law & Politics Media Inc. Among his other honors, Jeff has...

• Nursing Home Patient's Death in Chicago Investigated

  Jeff Rasansky | February 10, 2009 3:55 PM | 1 CommentDallas, TX

  An 89 year-old nursing home patient with Alzheimer's is under investigation after her frozen body was found in the courtyard of the facility early last Thursday morning. Sara Wentworth lived at The...

• How Do You Choose a Personal Injury Lawyer in Dallas?

  Jeff Rasansky | December 08, 2008 5:21 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  Are you confused by all of the yellowpage ads for attorneys? How about all of those ads on television? If you follow these guidelines, you will make your search much easier and it will relieve...

• Lawyer in Dallas: How to Pick the Right One

  Jeff Rasansky | November 06, 2008 3:23 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  Drive anywhere along the highways that snake in and out of Dallas and you will see them: Billboards for attorneys. After awhile, they all start to look the same! One thing is for sure, there is now...