At least five people were injured when an 18-wheel truck plowed into an occupied apartment complex in Fullerton the morning of April 30, 2017. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the incident occurred in the 600 block of Imperial Highway. When police arrived at the scene, they located the large truck…
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Big Rig Crashes into Fullerton Apartment Building Injuring Five
Jury Hits J&J with $20 Million Verdict in Pelvic Mesh Trial
A jury in Philadelphia has handed a $20-million verdict, including $17.5 million in punitive damages, against Johnson & Johnson’s subsidiary, Ethicon, in what was the third pelvic mesh case to go to trial in the city. According to the Legal Intelligencer, this was also the third multi-million-dollar plaintiff’s verdict from Philadelphia’s pelvic-mesh mass tort program…
United Airlines Settles with Doctor Outrageously Dragged Off Plane
David Dao, the doctor who was dragged off a United Airlines flight this month, has settled with the airline for an undisclosed amount, according to a report in The New York Times. The April 9 episode sparked widespread outrage and quickly became a public relations nightmare for United. An attorney for Dao said United “has…
Uber Driver Arrested on Suspicion of Sexually Assaulting Female Passenger
A 37-year-old Uber driver was arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a female passenger in Orange County. According to a KABC news report, Santa Ana police who arrested Angel Sanchez at his Costa Mesa home, believe there may be more victims who haven’t yet come forward. The woman, whose name was not released, requested the…
Star of “The Bachelor” Arrested in Iowa after Deadly Hit and Run Crash
Chris Soules, an alum of the popular ABC show, “The Bachelor,” was arrested in Iowa following a deadly hit-and-run car accident. According to a news report on Variety.com, Soules, who starred on season 19 of the hit series, was charged with leaving the scene of a fatal car accident, which is a Class D felony…
Harvard MD Testifies to the Link Between Talcum Powder and Ovarian Cancer
A Harvard epidemiologist told a Missouri jury this week that he can say with “medical and scientific certainty” that a woman’s daily use of Johnson & Johnson’s talcum powder products in her genital area for four decades was the primary reason she developed ovarian cancer. According to a news report on Law360, Dr. Daniel Cramer…
Tesla Faces Class Action Lawsuit Alleging Autopilot Software is “Half- Baked”
Critics of Tesla’s Autopilot software have filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court. According to a news report in The Washington Post, owners said they paid money for groundbreaking software that has not arrived on the promised schedule and that parts of the software that have rolled out are not ready for primetime. Autopilot Not…
Reality Star Kim Zolciak’s Son Injured in Dog Attack
Reality star Kim Zolciak announced on social media that her 4-year-old son had been seriously injured in a dog attack and was hospitalized as a result. According to a report in The Atlanta Journal Constitution, the star of Bravo’s “Don’t Be Tardy” wrote the afternoon of April 23, 2017 that her last 14 hours had…
Los Angeles Police Look for Hit-and-Run in Major Injury Pedestrian Accident
Police are looking for a hit-and-run driver in connection with a Los Angeles pedestrian accident that left a man critically injured. According to a KTLA news report, the incident occurred the morning of April 20, 2017 as the pedestrian was walking in a marked crosswalk at the intersection of East Sixth Street and Towne Avenue….
NHTSA Investigates Trucks for Potential Safety Defects
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened two recall investigations for certain Freightliner Cascadia trucks. According to a report on Land Line, one of the recalls deals with a steering defect and another affects the wiper motor. These two investigations involve nearly 250,000 trucks. Steering Defect Caused Two Deaths The first issue involving…