Thousands of Cruise Passengers Exposed to COVID-19

As the coronavirus began spreading across the world, the cruise industry continued setting sail. The result: thousands of passengers exposed to the virus, with many becoming infected and dozens of deaths. Additionally, thousands of passengers have been stranded at sea,... Read more

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Baby Inclined Sleeper Recall

Exploding E-Cigarette Litigation

E-cigarettes continue to pose a severe hazard to consumers, with more than 2,000 burn and explosion injuries occurring between 2015-2017 alone. And those numbers are definitely lower than the actual occurrences: there is no centralized database for reporting e-cigarette explosions,... Read more

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Rock ‘N Play Recall Highlights Systematic Flaws in U.S. Product Safety Oversight

This April, Fisher Price announced it was recalling all 4.7 million Rock ‘n Play baby sleepers it had put onto the U.S. marketplace since 2009.[1] The announcement followed the submission of 258 incident reports to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety... Read more

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Florida’s Supreme Court Reinstates $8 Million Verdict and the “Frye” Standard After Ruling the “Daubert” Standard Unconstitutional

A Florida jury in Broward County awarded Richard DeLisle $8 million in 2013 after finding Lorillard Tobacco Company and four other defendants negligent for allegedly exposing him to the asbestos that aided in his diagnosis of mesothelioma, a rare and... Read more

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