Our Chicago wrongful death attorneys have come to expect the corporations of the world to engage in delay and spin, while gambling with the lives of consumers (aka, the public). Thus it comes as no surprise to learn of continuing revelations from Toyota Motor Corporation, which demonstrate just how much the company is willing to… Read More
Merck Pays 30,000 Claims But Admits No Vioxx Liability
Our Chicago personal injury attorneys have, in the past, commented on the lack of corporate responsibility and honesty that leads drug makers to put the health and safety of patients and the public behind the drive for corporate profits. As the Merck-Vioxx litigation draws to a close, one point is abundantly clear: even when pharmaceutical… Read More
Commercial Processed Meats “Too Dangerous For Human Consumption”
Americans have known for years that eating processed meats, such as hot dogs and lunch meats, is not the best nutritional choice. What many do not know is that the World Cancer Research Fund (the WCRF) has made it official. According to the WCRF, commercial processed meats are “too dangerous for human consumption.” Our Chicago… Read More
Deceptive Marketing of Statins, Cholesterol Drugs
Our Chicago medical malpractice attorneys are, unfortunately, not shocked to learn that yet another class of drugs has been over-marketed and over-prescribed, to the financial benefit of the pharmaceutical companies and the harm of patients and the general public. This time it is statins that we have learned have been unnecessarily prescribed to millions of… Read More
Product Liability Lawyers Receive Guidelines for Defeating Summary Judgment
A recent case from the Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District has outlined what anIllinois personal injury lawyer needs to do to defeat a defendant’s motion for summary judgment in product liability cases. The opinion, which contains an extensive synthesis of prior caselaw, also clarifies the standards that apply when the allegedly defective product that… Read More
Government Ineffective Against Pharmaceutical Misconduct Even When It Imposes Record Fines
Those who follow the news may be impressed by the massive fines they have seen imposed against pharmaceutical companies for their misconduct, including off-label marketing. Periodically, the press reports a fine against one of these companies reaching into the hundreds of millions of dollars. Surely, with such fines imposed, the drug companies and the industry… Read More
Personal Injury Litigation Needed to Force Automobile Safety
Customers and citizens throughout the United States are in an uproar over the latest revelations about the abhorrent conduct of Toyota motor company. First, we learned that Toyota waited at least four months, after learning that its accelerators could become stuck, before informing U.S. authorities. Then, it came to light that Toyota waited at least… Read More
More Federal Action on Dangerous Toyota Defects
This month, federal regulators announced a second investigation into Toyota’s conduct surrounding the discovery of defects in its vehicles. This time, the regulators are again probing whether Toyota willfully delayed before notifying the U.S. government of a problem. The Chicago car accident attorneys of Passen Powell Jenkins are troubled to hear yet another story of… Read More
Overstretched FDA Asks Doctors to Police Pharmaceutical Advertising
In yet another sign that the FDA is incapable of carrying out its duties to ensure the health and safety of the American public, the FDA has now announced that it will be relying on doctors to police the pharmaceutical companies’ advertising. The American pharmaceutical industry spends literally billions of dollars – around $20 billion… Read More
Drop Side Crib Recall Linked to Wrongful Deaths of Infants
Our Chicago personal injury lawyers routinely monitor government recalls of dangerous products, which place the public health and safety at risk. The Consumer Product Safety Commission, or CPSC, announced earlier this month that it will at last move to ban the manufacture and sale of drop side infant cribs. Drop side cribs, which have been… Read More
