wrongful death

Officials are introducing new safety standards to construction firms on how to maintain, clean, repair, and install industrial pipes, according to news sources. The U.S. Chemical Safety Board and National Fire Protection Association will be explaining the standards. The revisions come after an energy plant explosion in Connecticut proved fatal to several workers. The deadly… read more

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, in cooperation with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health have issued a new set of guidelines to help those in the construction industry avoid work-related nail gun accidents and injuries, according to news sources. The text, called Nail Gun Safety: A Guide for Construction Contractors, is expected… read more

The Reno, Nevada air crash that has been labeled as the nation’s deadliest air racing tragedy has claimed one more fatality when a patient died overnight. This brings the total number of deaths from 9 to 10. Seventy more people were hospitalized after the airplane accident occurred, and one remains in critical condition, according to… read more

Professional Disposables International Inc. has issued a recall for five different products of their non-sterile alcohol prep pads due to a bacteria contamination, according to news reports. The company shares a supplier with another wipe-maker whose products tested positive for Bacillus cereus bacteria. That company was shut down and is currently facing at least eight… read more

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced an investigation of Ford Freestar and Mercury Monterey minivans after reports that several tire jacks had collapsed, posing a safety hazard, according to news reports. About 206,000 total vehicles are involved in the investigation from the 2004-2005 model years. The NHTSA has received five total complaints from… read more

Chevron Energy Solutions, Inc., Piedmont Mechanical Inc., and Jim Boyd Construction Inc. have all been cited by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration after a worker received burns at a U.S. Marine Corps Base in Georgia, according to news reports. An inspection found the companies to be in violation of three willful and eight serious… read more

The U.S Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited ExxonMobil for 22 violations of exposing workers to unsafe conditions, according to news sources. The establishment fined was the petroleum refinery in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. No one has been injured, but the company will have to pay fines totaling $126,600. The violations include… read more

According to news sources, elder abuse in the U.S. is on the rise, leading to more Americans 65 years of age and older being abused mentally and physically, financially exploited, and neglected. Approximately five million elderly people may suffer abuse in some form of abuse annually, estimates the National Committee for the Prevention of Elder… read more

The mother of a blind man killed after falling between cars of Los Angeles’s Metro Blue Line train—having mistaken the gap between cars for a door—was awarded $17 million in a the wrongful death lawsuit, report news sources. The Los Angeles jury unanimously decided that Metro was negligent in the death of 48-year-old Cameron Cuthbertson,… read more

The Los Angeles Times has reported on the record $17 million Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP verdict. Here is the Los Angeles Times article concerning the recently decided wrongful death suit of Cuthbertson v. LACMTA. A Los Angeles jury Friday awarded $17 million to the mother of a blind man who died after he… read more

Brian Panish of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP has another successful verdict!.The following was taken from Business Wire. Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP Announces Record $17 Million Verdict against Los Angeles County for the Death of a Blind Man Killed by a Metro Train Cuthbertson v. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Agency On… read more

News sources say that, according to the FDA, in 2010, doctors performed more than 100,000 prolapse repairs using surgical mesh, and about 75 percent of them were transvaginal. Between 2005 and 2007, the agency received more than 1,000 reports of adverse events related to the mesh in women diagnosed with pelvic organ prolapse or stress… read more