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In October 2023, a lawyer for the DOJ announced that three people accepted settlements for their Camp Lejeune-related injuries, totaling $850,000. As of August 2024, 154 have been resolved. The size of your settlement will depend on many factors, including: the severity and permanence of your harm.
IVC filter lawsuits usually involve piles of medical records and multiple expert witnesses on both sides, which means some stages, like discovery and pretrial motions, will undoubtedly take longer than they might in a less complicated lawsuit (like a slip and fall or car accident case). The court's calendar might also affect the timeline of ...
Personal Injury Settlement Calculator. 1. Medical Expenses ($) Enter the total of your medical bills, even if you didn't pay out of pocket. If you didn't seek medical treatment but still suffer pain, see the daily rate method (opens in a new window). Numbers only. No commas, dollar signs, etc. 2.
But thousands of Zantac lawsuits have reached out-of-court settlements in state courts: Sanofi, a manufacturer of Zantac, agreed to pay $100 million to settle about 4,000 Zantac lawsuits in April 2024. Pfizer, another maker of the drug, agreed to settle more than 10,000 lawsuits for an undisclosed amount in May 2024.
A look at the legal basis for Camp Lejeune water contamination lawsuits and the concept of "damages." Landlord Liability for Carbon Monoxide Exposure Depending on the facts, a court might find a landlord liable when a tenant brings a personal injury lawsuit for carbon monoxide exposure.
Thousands of people who have used Roundup and have been diagnosed with certain illnesses have filed lawsuits against Bayer (the manufacturer of Roundup) in recent years. These lawsuits allege that exposure to glyphosate (the active ingredient in Roundup) causes non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and other types of cancer.
In most states, the statute-of-limitations deadline that will apply to a Roundup product liability lawsuit is the same as the one that applies to most personal injury lawsuits. But some states have a separate statute of limitations for product liability lawsuits. Whatever deadline applies, you usually have around 2 or 3 years to get your ...
If you die before you can file or resolve your personal injury lawsuit, special procedures allow someone else to start or complete your case. By Curtis Lee, J.D. · Villanova University School of Law. In the past, when an injured person died, their right to bring a legal claim died with them. It was a bit of cruel irony of early personal injury ...
Updated 4/15/2024. A number of popular Philips Respironics CPAP, BiPAP, and ventilator machines—which are relied on by millions of sleep apnea patients nationwide—were recalled in 2021 over a problematic sound abatement foam that can cause a variety of injuries and illnesses. By 2024, Philips had been ordered to stop manufacturing most of ...
In a word, yes. Filing a Roundup lawsuit against Bayer isn't like going to small claims court over a dispute with your neighbor. There's a lot more at stake, there's much more to prove, and defendants don't get much bigger than Bayer. Having a lawyer on your side is critical. It's not just about the lawyer, or even the law firm.