Lawyers tend to forget that non-lawyers know very little about some legal issues or principles that we lawyers take for granted. Following are some of the common misunderstandings that non-lawyers (and even many practicing lawyers and judges) have about the law. Judges Decide Issues of Law and Juries Decide Issues
Lawsuits against Bayer, the manufacturer of a female birth control device, known as Essure have exploded across the nation. The lawsuits allege that the Essure device may migrate from the fallopian tubes, causing damage to the woman’s internal organs. The FDA was recently notified by Bayer that the Essure birth
On July 20, 2012, in the Superior Court for Kern County, California, a jury awarded plantiff Christine Scott and her husband $5.5 million in damages from a malfunctioning transvaginal mesh implant. (See Scott v. Kannappan, S-1500-CV-266034-WDE) Scott endured 8 surgeries and 9 additional procedures as a result of the damages
On May 17, 2012, the Washington DC Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment in the case of Atiba v. Washington Hospital Center, based on Appellant’s, Kwaco Atiba (“Atiba”), inability to comply with the applicable statute of limitations period for a medical malpractice lawsuit. Atiba v. Washington Hospital Center., 10-CV-622, (D.C.
In November, 2005, Jyothsna Mody (“Mody”) went to Doctor Anita Sikand (“Dr. Sikand”) at the Center for Woman’s Health, PC, where she was told she required “a diagnostic hysteroscopy, polypectomy, and dilation and curettage in order to remove [two endometrial] polyps” Mody v. Center for Women’s Health, P.C., 998 A.2d
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