Medical Transport Plane Crash Near Philadelphia Mall Kills Seven, Including Child Patient
Feb. 04, 2025 | Share This Post:
Learjet 55 Air Ambulance Crashes in Residential Area Minutes After Takeoff, Leaving Multiple Injuries A medical transport jet carrying a child patient crashed near Philadelphia’s Roosevelt Mall Friday evening, killing all six people aboard and one person on the ground...
Continue ReadingLos Angeles Wildfires Cause Record $250 Billion in Damages as Residents Face Housing Crisis
Feb. 03, 2025 | Share This Post:
January Blazes Become Costliest in U.S. History, Destroying Over 16,000 Structures According to AccuWeather, the Los Angeles wildfires that erupted on January 7, 2025, have caused an estimated $250 billion in damage and economic losses, making them the costliest wildfires...
Continue ReadingSierra Club Warns of PFAS Chemical Exposure in Tennessee Water Supply
Feb. 02, 2025 | Share This Post:
Local Environmental Group Highlights Risks from Common Household Items The Sierra Club’s Cherokee Group raised alarms about PFAS chemical contamination in Chattanooga’s food and water supplies during their presentation on January 28, 2025. A Georgia-based environmental lawyer, Nick Jackson, detailed...
Continue ReadingDC Plane Crash: 67 Dead After American Airlines Jet Collides with Army Helicopter
Feb. 01, 2025 | Share This Post:
Recovery Teams Pull More Than 40 Bodies from Potomac as Investigation Begins A midair collision between American Airlines Flight 5342 and a US Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport Wednesday night has claimed 67 lives, marking the deadliest...
Continue ReadingMedical Negligence Lawsuit Filed After Surgeon Implants Right Knee Device in Patient’s Left Leg
Jan. 31, 2025 | Share This Post:
Monroe Man Sues St. Vincent’s Medical Center Over 2023 Surgical Error That Cannot Be Corrected A Monroe couple filed a lawsuit against St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport after surgeon Dr. Jenna A. Bernstein allegedly implanted a right knee prosthetic...
Continue ReadingPurdue Pharma Reaches $7.4 Billion Settlement with Multiple States for Opioid Crisis
Jan. 30, 2025 | Share This Post:
Supreme Court Ruling Leads to Revised Agreement with Sackler Family Purdue Pharma and members of the Sackler family will pay $7.4 billion to resolve claims related to their role in the opioid crisis following a January 25, 2025 settlement announcement....
Continue ReadingTikTok Faces Multi-State Legal Battle Over Youth Mental Health Claims
Jan. 28, 2025 | Share This Post:
States Sue TikTok for ‘Deliberately Addictive’ Algorithm Design Fourteen states and the District of Columbia filed lawsuits against TikTok on October 8, 2024, alleging the social media platform deliberately engineered its algorithm to addict children and teenagers. The lawsuits, filed...
Continue ReadingHospital Faces $488 Million in Lawsuits Over Fatal Drug Diversion Scheme
Jan. 27, 2025 | Share This Post:
Former Nurse Charged in Deaths of 16 Patients at Oregon Medical Center Three more patients have joined the lawsuits against Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford, Oregon, bringing potential damages to $488 million. The latest complaint, filed November 14,...
Continue ReadingPfizer Withdraws Oxbryta After 16 Deaths in Sickle Cell Disease Trials
Jan. 26, 2025 | Share This Post:
Global Pharmaceutical Giant Halts Distribution Following EMA Safety Review Pfizer announced the immediate worldwide withdrawal of its sickle cell disease medication Oxbryta on September 26, 2024, after European regulators disclosed 16 patient deaths in clinical trials. The company suspended all...
Continue ReadingVideo Game Companies Battle Insurers Over Growing Addiction Lawsuit Coverage
Jan. 25, 2025 | Share This Post:
Insurance Industry Draws Parallels to Opioid Cases as Gaming Lawsuits Target Addictive Features Parents filed multiple lawsuits in 2024 against video game manufacturers over claims that loot boxes and microtransactions caused addiction-related harm to minors. The lawsuits target specific game...
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