Recently, the Journal of the American Medical Association published an article that addressed the national health crisis created by Philips and their June 2021 recall of more than 10 million CPAP, BiPAP, and Ventilator devices in the United States.
The recall has affected millions of people across the U.S. who now worry about the impact the recalled devices may have had on their long-term health.
“This is a public health issue,” said Levin Papantonio Rafferty (LPR) Attorney and Shareholder Mike Papantonio, referring to new scientific data that links the chemicals in hair relaxer products to uterine cancer, ovarian cancer, uterine fibroids, and endometriosis.
Levin Papantonio Rafferty (LPR) Attorneys and Shareholders Mike Papantonio and Kim Adams will speak on a U.S. Panel about Sex Trafficking Claims at the Penningtons Manches Cooper’s Anti-Slavery and Human Trafficking Symposium, 2022. The event will take place Thursday, December 1, 2022, at Penningtons Manches Cooper, 125 Wood St., London, from 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM (GMT).
The number of women filing hair relaxer lawsuits continues to grow, prompting the filing of a motion to centralize claims brought through federal courts in multidistrict litigation (Case MDL No. 3060) in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. On November 15, 2022, a group of plaintiffs filed the motion to transfer these cases to a single court in the interest of streamlining the judicial process and ensuring similar outcomes across individual lawsuits.
The Levin Papantonio Rafferty (LPR) law firm announced that Walmart has agreed to pay $3.1 billion to settle national opioid lawsuits, bringing the total settlement from national retail pharmacy companies (including CVS and Walgreens) to $13.8 billion. The agreements mark a major victory in LPR’s ongoing fight to hold corporations accountable for their roles in the national opioid crisis.
Levin Papantonio Rafferty (LPR) is pleased to announce that The National Trial Lawyers (NTL) has selected LPR Attorney Chelsie Green as an NTL – Civil Plaintiff – Top 40 Under 40 Trial Lawyer in the state of Florida.
For two decades, scientists have been studying the effects of Paraquat exposure on humans. From one study to the next, these researchers have concluded that such exposure puts a person at greater risk of developing Parkinson’s disease. It is devastating news for farmers who regularly apply this popular herbicide and endure prolonged exposure to its dangerous properties.
According to U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer, “Walgreens gave short shrift to its regulatory obligations, and its pharmacies failed to perform due diligence on hundreds of thousands of red flag prescriptions, many of which were written by suspicious prescribers that Walgreens’ own pharmacists warned the company about. The aggregate evidence that Plaintiff presented at trial was not only adequate to establish Walgreens’ culpability—it was devastating.” (Case No. 18-cv-07591-CRB).
The annals of investment history are lightly peppered with stories of ordinary people who made their millions concentrating their holdings with a single company—Microsoft, Sears, Facebook, and others. However, these success stories are the exception, not the norm.
The annals of investment history are lightly peppered with stories of ordinary people who made their millions concentrating their holdings with a single company—Microsoft, Sears, Facebook, and others. However, these success stories are the exception, not the norm.
A jury awarded $5.6MM to Jack Massey, an underage minor in 2017, who was invited to a party at The Retreat Gainesville, was permitted to consume alcohol and was provided alcohol, then dove or flipped into a swimming pool, sustaining a traumatic spinal cord injury that left him a partial Quadriplegic. Pensacola Attorney Rachael Gilmer, of Levin Papantonio Rafferty (LPR), along with co-counsel Jamie Holland of Holland Law, represented Massey at trial.
The Levin Papantonio Rafferty (LPR) law firm announces the launch of “Road to Justice,” a series of Town Hall Meetings aimed at informing people about Camp Lejeune Water Contamination Claims. A “Road to Justice” Town Hall will take place this Thursday, September 22, 2022, at the American Legion Post 235 at 105 Hollywood Boulevard NW, in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, from 5 pm to 7 pm.
Opening arguments were given earlier this week (September 6, 2022) in the bench trial for the state of New Mexico’s opioid case against Walgreens, Walmart, and Kroger. The three pharmacy giants stand accused of recklessly dispensing opioids and, in so doing, facilitating the state’s opioid crisis. Together, the defendants are responsible for more than 50% of the opioid pills in New Mexico, according to New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas, who opened the bench trial.
This week, The New York Times published an illuminating article, “How Abbott Kept Sick Babies From Becoming a Scandal.” The article’s author describes how multinational company Abbott Laboratories and its lawyers have used “scorched-earth tactics” to keep the poisoning of infants who ingested the company’s powdered formulas hidden and ignored.
The Levin Papantonio Rafferty (LPR) law firm announced on Friday that it has filed claims on behalf of retiree investors who are former clients of Quincy, Illinois area Financial Advisor Jeff Kennedy of the Kennedy Wealth Group and Center Street Securities.
The Levin Papantonio Rafferty (LPR) law firm is proud to present the People’s Law School starting September 6 at The REX Theatre in Downtown Pensacola. Anyone who is interested in knowing more about the law as it pertains to personal injury, estate/probate, worker’s compensation, or bankruptcy is welcome to attend every Tuesday in September from 6pm to 8pm.
Many of the four-to-twelve million people who suffer from interstitial cystitis (IC) (a painful, chronic bladder condition) have sought relief from their symptoms by taking the prescription medication Elmiron—only to learn the drug carries some concerning side effects.
Learn about the recently enacted Camp Lejeune Justice Act, the illnesses linked with toxic drinking water at the military base, and how people who suffered illness from exposure to the water might qualify for financial recovery.
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