Legal News & Injury Law Trends

Ozempic and Wegovy, Here’s the Skinny

Ozempic and Wegovy, Here’s the Skinny. In this post, I will examine whether these two new diabetic medications that are being used for weight loss are carrots to help patients lose weight or sticks that beat folks up with their side effects. You be the…

By Shezad Malik MD JD

/ 18 Oct 2023

Highway Contractor dinged $11M for Causing Car Accident

Highway Contractor dinged $11M for Causing Car Accident. An $11M settlement was reached between a highway maintenance contractor, a woman, and the estate of her late husband following a fatal car accident. The contractor company, Lovin Contracting, was hired by the Georgia Department of Transportati

By Shezad Malik MD JD

/ 8 Apr 2022

Highway Contractor dinged $11M for Causing Car Accident

Benzene Work Exposure leads to Blood Cancer

Benzene Work Exposure leads to Blood Cancer. Occupational or work exposure to benzene has been linked to various blood cancers, and benzene exposure victims (plaintiffs) are filing lawsuits that have led to verdicts and settlements in the millions of dollars. The challenge for the industry is…

By Shezad Malik MD JD

/ 14 Mar 2022

Benzene Work Exposure leads to Blood Cancer

Student Sues Alleging Forced Drinking and Sexual Assault

Student Sues WKU University, Greek Life Organizations, and 17 Other Defendants Alleging Forced Drinking and Sexual Assault. A Western Kentucky University student filed a lawsuit against the university and several defendants, including Greek life organizations, alleging multiple counts of negligence

By Shezad Malik MD JD

/ 11 Mar 2022

Student Sues Alleging Forced Drinking and Sexual Assault

Texas dog walker nearly dies in bloodthirsty dog attack

Texas dog walker nearly dies in a bloodthirsty dog attack. According to a recent lawsuit, a Dallas, Texas college student loses her ears, nose, and lips after a vicious dogs attack. Jaqueline Durand, 21, a University of Texas at Dallas college student was permanently and…

By Shezad Malik MD JD

/ 22 Feb 2022

Texas dog walker nearly dies in bloodthirsty dog attack

Texas Car Accidents

Texas Car Accidents – A Big Problem for a Big State. If you’re a resident of the Lone Star state, chances are you’ve done some serious driving–whether it be up north in the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex or further south near Austin and Houston. One…

By Shezad Malik MD JD

/ 20 Feb 2022

Exactech Knee Implant Failure

Exactech Knee Implant Failure. Plastic polyethylene inserts with 147,732 recalled Exactech knee implant devices may degrade prematurely causing failure rates 3 to 7 times higher than other total knee replacement systems. Artificial knee replacement surgeries have exploded, with 700,000 Americans ann

By Shezad Malik MD JD

/ 19 Feb 2022

Roundup Lymphoma Cancer Claim California Trial Underway

Roundup Lymphoma Cancer Claim California Trial Underway. The first bellwether trial over allegations that Roundup causes non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and other catastrophic cancers are currently underway in a California federal court. The trial is brought by Edward Hardeman, who blames his large B-cell no

By Shezad Malik MD JD

/ 28 Feb 2019

Roundup Lymphoma Cancer Claim California Trial Underway

Cook IVC Filter Lawsuit results in $3M Trial Verdict

Cook IVC Filter Lawsuit results in $3M Trial Verdict. An Indiana jury recently awarded Tonya Brand $3 million in damages in the latest Cook IVC Filter bellwether trial in Indianapolis. According to the jury, the design of the Cook Celect IVC Filter was defective and…

By Shezad Malik MD JD

/ 7 Feb 2019

Cook IVC Filter Lawsuit results in $3M Trial Verdict

Metal on Metal Hip Lawsuit 2019 Update

Metal on Metal Hip Lawsuit 2019 Update. Sadly, many metal on metal hip replacement systems and hip parts that were implanted in recent years have been associated with high failure rates and other serious complications. These metal on metal hip designs were touted to last…

By Shezad Malik MD JD

/ 1 Feb 2019

Injectafer Iron Medication under fire for severe side effects

Injectafer Iron Medication under fire for severe side effects. Injectafer a popular iron replacement therapy has recently come under fire for serious and possibly catastrophic side effects including death. Injectafer Iron Medication under fire for severe side effects. Injectafer a popular iron repla

By Shezad Malik MD JD

/ 31 Jan 2019

Injectafer Iron Medication under fire for severe side effects

Invokana Diabetes drug linked to Flesh-Eating Genital Infections side effects

Invokana Diabetes drug linked to flesh-eating genital infections. According to the latest FDA warnings Invokana, Jardiance, Farxiga and similar newer diabetes drugs increase the risk of serious genital infections. The FDA issued a warning recently, noting that the drugs known as sodium-glucose cotra

By Shezad Malik MD JD

/ 18 Dec 2018