Tylenol Caused Child’s Death 592

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A Washington couple has filed a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson, claiming the company’s Very Berry Strawberry Children’s Tylenol attributed to their 2-year-old son’s death. San-Diego-Auto-Accident-lawyer According to the lawsuit, the boy received a “larger dose than normal of acetaminophen,” which caused liver damage and his death in 2010. The lawsuit is seeking unspecified damages.  Staff Report, United Press International  01/06/2012  San Diego personal injury attorney

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Family Sues NYPD for Info on Son’s Fatal Crash 591

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A lawsuit has been filed against the New York City Police Department seeking the release of records on the death of a man in a fatal bicycle accident. San-Diego-Auto-Accident-lawyer The family of the man killed claims the police have “improperly denied their request for evidence under the Freedom of Information Act.” Refusals by the department lack merit, the family’s lawyer told The New York Times, because releasing the information would not harm the investigation.  John Eligon, The New York Times  01/05/2012   San Diego personal injury attorney

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Copyright Suit Filed over ‘Black and Yellow’ Song 590

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A western Pennsylvania song writer has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against the rapper Wiz Khalifa over Khalifa’s chart-topping song “Black and Yellow.” San-Diego-Auto-Accident-lawyer The plaintiff claims in his suit that Khalifa’s song is derived from his own, “Pink N Yellow,” which was copyrighted in 2008. The lawsuit states the two songs are “substantially similar,” and is seeking a portion of the profits of Khalifa’s song.  Scott Mervis, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  01/04/2012  San Diego personal injury attorney

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Bank financial liability 589

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Shareholders of the Lloyds Banking Group have filed a lawsuit against the company over alleged “misleading” information regarding the bank’s financial rescue of HBOS in 2008. San-Diego-Auto-Accident-lawyer American shareholders claim in their suit that the bank called the takeover a “fantastic opportunity,” but had to turn to the British government for its own bailout weeks later. Shareholders are accusing Lloyds of concealing information about HBOS’s finances.  Staff Report, The New York Times  01/02/2012   San Diego personal injury attorney

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Race discrimination case 588

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A trial begins this week in Maryland in a lawsuit accusing the state of failing to support the state’s black public colleges and universities. San-Diego-Auto-Accident-lawyer According to the suit, the state education commission has given millions of dollars to “traditionally white” colleges while failing to do the same for black colleges, which have many of the same programs. As a result, the suit says, the state’s black universities can’t “recruit and retain the best students and faculty members.”  Ashby Jones, WSJ Blogs  01/03/2012  San Diego personal injury attorney

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Daughters died after exposure to fumigant 587

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A Utah family has settled a lawsuit with a pesticide company after their two young daughters died days after fumigant was placed around the family’s home in 2010. San-Diego-Auto-Accident-lawyer The lawsuit claimed the employees for the pesticide company applied “Fumitoxin pellets around the family’s home in a manner inconsistent with labeling.” The terms of the settlement were undisclosed.  Emiley Morgan, The Deseret News  12/07/2011   San Diego personal injury attorney

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Eavesdropping on private conversations without warrant 586

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A federal court has ruled that telephone customers may sue the federal government for allegedly “eavesdropping” on private conversations without a warrant. San-Diego-Auto-Accident-lawyer The court ruled the “claims of harm…are not abstract, generalized grievances and instead meet the constitutional standing requirement of concrete injury.” Claims that telephone companies assisted the government were dismissed.  Carol J. Williams, LA Times  12/29/2011  San Diego personal injury attorney

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Detaining suspects without authority 585

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A lawsuit has been filed against the Williamson County, Tenn., sheriff’s department for allegedly detaining suspected illegal immigrants without the authority to do so. San-Diego-Auto-Accident-lawyer The lawsuit claims at least 11 people have been arrested under suspicion of being in the country illegally. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office is the only agency allowed to detain suspected illegal immigrants, the suit states.  Josh Adams, Tennessean  01/03/2012  San Diego personal injury attorney

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Product contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes 584

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Grocery stores across the country have issued recalls of Miller’s shredded cheese after the company said the products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. San-Diego-Auto-Accident-lawyer The recall covers five different types of Miller’s cheese, all of which have expiration dates between June and September 2012. There have been no reports of illnesses associated with the products.  Staff Report, PR Newswire  12/30/2011  San Diego personal injury attorney

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Duronslet v Kamps lawsuit 583

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Duronslet v Kamps 203 Cal.App.4th 717 (2012) (1/5) Duronslet’s CCP § 527.16 restraining order petition against Kamps based on statements made by JK to a clinic’s nurse practitioner. San-Diego-Auto-Accident-lawyer Petition granted, affirmed. [1] Failing to object waived hearsay objections.  Futility excuse fails where no showing of “poisonous atmosphere,” pattern of judicial disfavor or other “unusual circumstances.” [2] Physician-patient privilege does not preclude communications with a nurse (at least where nurse saw patient not specifically acting as doctor’s agent).   San Diego personal injury attorney

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