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The Crushing Blow: Hydraulic Lift and Skid Steer Loader Accidents
Monday, October 26th, 2009The Law Offices of Brian D. Witzer are now accepting clients who have been injured in hydraulic lift and skid steer loader accidents. Hydraulic machinery is commonly used at construction sites, factories, retail “big box” warehouse stores, storage warehouses, ranches, farms, and industrial work sites. Hydraulic lifts and skid steer loaders are popular “every day use” machines, used to move heavy materials in the buckets or other attachments fixed to the machines’ lift arms. The Bobcat brand of skid steer loader, for example, has been used around the United States for decades, and almost everyone has seen hydraulic fork lifts used at big box stores to lift pallets of groceries to and from the higher shelves.
Accidents can happen at any work site, but certain kinds of accidents can be more common than others. Read more…
Chicago Federal Jury Finds Manufacturer of Children’s Motrin Caused $3.5 Million in Toxic Drug-Reaction Damages
Thursday, September 10th, 2009On September 1, 2009, a unanimous federal jury in Chicago, Illinois, found that plaintiff Karen Robinson, a 40 year-old woman, sustained $3.5 million in damages after she suffered a dangerous drug reaction to Children’s Motrin. Children’s Motrin and Motrin are brand-name versions of the well-known painkiller and fever-reducer ibuprofen. Both products are manufactured by McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson.
The life-threatening condition that caused Karen Robinson $3.5 million in damages is called Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, or SJS. Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, and its more severe form called Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis, or TEN, are drug-induced allergic reactions. They are both life-threatening disorders that attack the skin and mucous Read more…
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome/ Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis from Allopurinol
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009The Law Offices of Brian D. Witzer Wins 6+ Million Dollar Verdict
For An 82 year old Chinese Immigrant Diagnosed With Stevens-Johnson Syndrome/ Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis from a
medication reaction involving the drug Allopurinol
Los Angeles, California; August 4, 2009–A jury in Pasadena, California awarded over $6 million to an 82 year-old Chinese female immigrant who suffered Stevens-Johnson Syndrome/Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis after taking the drug Allopurinol. She alleged that the Defendant, an osteopathic physician and registered phapharmacist, prescribed it to her for gout. Plaintiff disputed the diagnosis and alleged that she did not have gout. The doctor claimed that she told him she had gout and described pain in her toe consistent with gout. He prescribed Allopurinol in order to prevent a recurrence of an Read more…
