BP America and Atlantic Richfield Co. lawsuit 155
March 23rd, 2011 
admin Premises Liability is another area of San Diego Personal Injury Law.
A group of Nevada residents filed a class-action lawsuit last week against BP America and Atlantic Richfield Co. over an abandoned toxic mine. The lawsuit claims local drinking wells have become contaminated with “uranium, arsenic and other metals” and that the companies concealed the amount of contaminants that were leaking off the mine site. The lawsuit is seeking at least $5 million in damages on behalf of 100 plaintiffs. San Diego personal injury attorney Wire Report, The Washington Post 02/15/2011
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Snow Blowers recall 154
March 23rd, 2011 admin Product Liability is another area of San Diego Personal Injury Law.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a recall of 1,500 snow blowers due to laceration risks. Ariens and Liquid Combustion Technology, LLC said the “snow blower’s engine is missing a safety shield above the side mounted electric starter, posing a laceration hazard to consumer’s fingers.” There have been no injuries reported with the product. San Diego personal injury attorney Staff Report, PR Newswire 02/17/2011
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Witness threatened by prosecutor 153
March 23rd, 2011 admin Premises Liability is another area of San Diego Personal Injury Law.
A New York man has filed a $150 million lawsuit against Brooklyn prosecutor Michael Vecchione, claiming he threatened a witness with violence in order to gain false testimony to convict the plaintiff of the 1995 murder of a rabbi. The plaintiff was released from prison last year after it was discovered that Vecchione did in fact win the conviction by coercing false testimony. The lawsuit accuses the prosecutor of “a widespread pattern of misconduct.” San Diego personal injury attorney John Marzulli , New York Daily News 02/16/2011
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Athlete falsely accused of bullying 152
March 23rd, 2011 admin Premises Liability is another area of San Diego Personal Injury Law.
A former Virginia high school athlete has been awarded $5 million by a local jury in a libel lawsuit against the Virginian-Pilot newspaper. The plaintiff claimed in the suit that he was falsely accused of bullying a schoolmate in a December 2009 article. San Diego personal injury attorney Wire Report, Atlanta Journal-Constitution 02/11/2011
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Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc. Product Liability 151
March 23rd, 2011 admin Product Liability is another area of San Diego Personal Injury Law.
Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc. has announced a recall of one lot of their Jantoven® Warfarin Sodium 3mg tablets. The recall was issued after it was discovered that one of the bottles actually contained 10mg tablets. The company said the different tablets can be identified by color: the 3mg tablets are tan while the 10mg tablets are white. San Diego personal injury attorney Staff Report, Kansas City Info Zine 02/18/2011
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J&J Product liability 150
March 23rd, 2011 admin Product Liability is another area of San Diego Personal Injury Law.
The Ethicon unit of Johnson and Johnson (J&J) has announced a recall of 700,000 vials of a liquid wound sealant and also a hernia-treatment product. The Dermabond adhesive was recalled due to discoloration, the company reported, and Securestrap product, used in hernia repair, was pulled because its packaging might not be sterile. San Diego personal injury attorney Katherine Hobson, WSJ Blogs 02/17/2011
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Ikea Product Liability 149
March 23rd, 2011 admin Product Liability is another area of San Diego Personal Injury Law.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a recall of around 26,000 SNIGLAR cribs sold by IKEA. The recall was issued after it was discovered that the “bolts provided with some SNIGLAR cribs to secure the mattress support are not long enough.” This could result in the mattress support detaching and collapsing, posing risk of injury. San Diego personal injury attorney Staff Report, PR Newswire 02/17/2011
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Police officer plants a gun on a parolee 148
March 23rd, 2011 admin Premises Liability Premises Liability is another area of San Diego Personal Injury Law.
The city of Oakland has agreed to a $300,000 settlement in a lawsuit claiming that a local police officer planted a gun on a parolee, sending him to jail for almost two years. According to the lawsuit, the plaintiff was arrested while at a funeral and charged with numerous weapons charges, although the gun found belonged to someone else. “This was an important case for holding the police officers accountable for their misconduct,” the plaintiff’s lawyer told the San Francisco Chronicle. San Diego personal injury attorney Henry K. Lee, San Francisco Chronicle 02/18/2011
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Woman harassed by a courthouse deputy 147
March 23rd, 2011 admin Premises Liability is another area of San Diego Personal Injury Law.
A former Los Angeles County Superior Court spokeswoman has filed a lawsuit against the Sheriff’s Department, claiming she was physically harassed by a courthouse deputy even though she had the proper credentials. The suit claims the woman was “grabbed by a courthouse deputy and pushed hard against a wall.” She said she sought medical attention for her injuries and is seeking unspecified damages in the lawsuit. San Diego personal injury attorney Robert Faturechi, LA Times 02/18/2011
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Officer shoots mentally ill man 146
March 23rd, 2011 admin Premises Liability is another area of San Diego Personal Injury Law.
A Mississippi jury has awarded $23 million in a lawsuit over the near-fatal shooting of a mentally ill man by an off-duty Jackson police officer in 2007 near a local Marriott. The suit claimed the officer used deadly, unnecessary force on an unarmed man for no reason. The jury assessed 70 percent blame on the hotel which had hired the officer for security when the shooting occurred, and 30 percent blame on the city. San Diego personal injury attorney Jimmie E. Gates, The Jackson Clarion-Ledger 02/16/2011
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