Food Poisoning
/ Salmonella - Important Peanut Butter recall
Did you get food poisoning or Salmonella from eating peanut butter?
The FDA has "advised consumers not to eat any Peter Pan peanut
butter purchased since May 2006 and not to eat Great Value peanut
butter with a product code beginning with "2111" purchased
since May 2006 because of risk of contamination with Salmonella
Tennessee."
Natrecor -
There is a concern about Natrecor's impact on kidneys.
Fentanyl -
Death and Overdose Concerns with the Fentanyl Pain Patch (Duragesic®)
Vioxx Merck,
the maker of Vioxx has voluntarily withdrawn Vioxx from the market.
9/30/04
The FDA has issued a Public Health Advisory advising people taking
this drug to talk to their doctor to find an alternative to this
drug.
All of these diseases can be caused by Benzene
exposure. Benzene
is found in petroleum products, Cleaning solvents, plastics manufacturing
and many other places. Visit our Benzene
site.
Cerebral Palsy and Birth Injury
We handle lawsuits arising from medical malpractice during birth.
These typically involve brain injured children. Read about Cerebral
Palsy, Ask Questions online and browse some resources on our
Cerebral Palsy site.
$325,000.00: Settlement for a girl
who suffered severe leg injuries as a result of a head-on collision.
$175,000: Client injured in a construction
accident.
$110,000: Child client with head
injury (details confidential)
$100,000: Child client with head
injury
$60,000: Client suffered shoulder
injury in a car accident
Several Hundred Thousand dollar settlement:
Settlement for a single client in a Priest Sexual Abuse case.
$Hundreds of Thousands: We have settled
a great deal of Fen-phen/Redux cases for a wide range of values.
These cases have settled anywhere from $56,000 to over $950,000.
$10+ Million: Record setting settlement
for a child with Cerebral Palsy
$23+ Million: Record setting verdict
for a brain injured child.
$600,000.00 Arbitration Verdict:
Young Woman was struck by a truck and sustained serious injuries
to her legs.
$54 Million: Value of the annuity
to a child with a birth injury because a cesarean section was not
performed soon enough.
These are results from around the country obtained by our firm
or by one of our affiliated attorneys. They don’t necessarily predict
the value of your case.
"I was amazed at how the team at Burke and Eisner was able
to cut through it all, and successfully obtain the highest possible
compensation for my losses."
(NH Client)