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Philadelphia City Council hearing on fire escape regulations

May 2, 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 escape landing collapsed, killing one young man and injuring two women […]

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Study shows significantly higher melanoma risk in Viagra users

May 1, 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 increased

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Suit filed in Ewing, NJ, gas explosion that killed woman. PSEG, contractor named as defendants.

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 the family of

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Brakes put on prison driving program after crash kills woman

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 pick up

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Settlement paid to prison baby born with cerebral palsy

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 custody later sued the facility for failing

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Dyson Recalls Bladeless Portable Electric Heaters Due to Fire Hazard

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) Hussong Manufacturing and American Flame Recall Three Gas Fireplaces, Fireplace Inserts Due to Explosion

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GM recalls millions of compact cars over ignition dangers

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 operated, which in turn can

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Balefsky named to Transvaginal Mesh steering committee

April 11, 2014

In further news on the massive transvaginal mesh litigation … Lee Balefsky is now a member of the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee involved in all cases nationwide. Balefsky, head of Kline & Specter’s Mass Tort Department, was also named as liasion counsel in the Philadelphia Mass Tort Pelvic Mesh program. Balefsky has a long history of obtaining large

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Tom Kline named co-liaison counsel for Risperdal cases

April 10, 2014

Tom Kline has been named co-liaison counsel by the Court of Common Pleas for Philadelphia for the coordinated litigation involving the drug Risperdal. The anti-psychotic pharmaceutical has been linked to abnormal breast growth in males, including children, adolescents and adults, a condition called gynocomastia. The coordinated litigation in Philadelphia includes about 400 cases. Kline &

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Jury delivers $1.2 million verdict in vaginal mesh case

April 9, 2014

A jury in Texas has handed down a $1.2 million verdict in a transvaginal mesh case for a woman who was injured after the device eroded inside her. The verdict was the latest against Johnson & Johnson and the first for the plaintiffs involving a TVT-O device used for stress urinary incontinence. There are currently more than 12,000

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Hitachi Koki recalls grass trimmers for fire and burn hazards

April 4, 2014

Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following: • Hitachi Koki grass trimmers, fire and burn hazard (127,400 units) • Air compressors by MAT Industries, shock hazard (107,000) • Twin-Star Duraflame electric space heaters, fire and burn hazard (31,000) • Design Ideas magnets, risk of ingestion

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Former dispatcher wins verdict in amputation medical malpractice suit

April 2, 2014

What started as a broken ankle resulted in a series of medical mishaps that eventually cost a New York state man his entire leg. According to news reports, Donald Schultz was initially treated for his ankle in late 2004 at the Knee Center of West New York. The ankle was fixed but he suffered an

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St Louis man wins malpractice suit against hospital for $8.3M

March 29, 2014

Dirk Askew, an Army veteran and long-term federal postal worker was awarded $8.3M in a malpractice law suit against The John Cochran VA Hospital. Askew suffered severe brain damage and had his leg amputated after going to Cochran for a routine stent procedure in February 2009. After the procedure, Askew was discharged from the hospital

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Fired college employee uses whistleblower lawsuit to get his job back, and a lot more

March 21, 2014

Chicago State University had fired its former legal counsel, James Crowley, for allegedly misusing school funds, including to pay for a trip to Hawaii to attend a conference. But Crowley charged that he was let go for reporting improprieties by the university to the attorney general, among them its demand that he withhold information under

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Worker injury verdicts for two suffocated in grain bin

March 15, 2014

In an unusual worker injury case, two teenagers literally suffocated to death in corn and a third employee was injured while working at a Haasbach LLC grain elevator in Carroll County, Illinois. The three were in a grain bin to help the flow of corn while machinery was operating. Suddenly, 14-year-old Wyatt Whitebread began shouting

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Philadelphia City Council hearing on fire escape regulations

Study shows significantly higher melanoma risk in Viagra users

Suit filed in Ewing, NJ, gas explosion that killed woman. PSEG, contractor named as defendants.

Brakes put on prison driving program after crash kills woman

Settlement paid to prison baby born with cerebral palsy

Dyson Recalls Bladeless Portable Electric Heaters Due to Fire Hazard

GM recalls millions of compact cars over ignition dangers

Balefsky named to Transvaginal Mesh steering committee

Tom Kline named co-liaison counsel for Risperdal cases

Jury delivers $1.2 million verdict in vaginal mesh case

Hitachi Koki recalls grass trimmers for fire and burn hazards

Former dispatcher wins verdict in amputation medical malpractice suit

St Louis man wins malpractice suit against hospital for $8.3M

Fired college employee uses whistleblower lawsuit to get his job back, and a lot more

Worker injury verdicts for two suffocated in grain bin

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