Senior Partner Marc P. Weingarten named Super Lawyer for 10th year in a row
Senior Partner Marc Weingarten named Super Lawyer for plaintiff product liability for the 10th time in 2015. (Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. – […]
Jury Awards $155,000 to Actos Victim
An injured plaintiff was awarded $155,000 in West Virginia for his Actos-related bladder cancer. The jury was only out three hours before it rendered its verdict. This verdict followed right on the heels of a Philadelphia jury verdict of $2 million to another former Actos user. In the recent trial the judge allowed the lawyer […]
Actos Verdict for Plaintiff
A jury in Philadelphia found defendant, Takeda, liable for over $2 million for failing to warn that its drug, Actos, can cause bladder cancer, and for causing a 79-year-old woman’s bladder cancer. During the three-week-plus trial, Takeda had argued that smoking or other causes were to blame. There have now been seven (7) trials involving […]
Risperdal Cases
Please be advised that Locks Law Firm is now accepting referrals of Risperdal cases. Risperdal is manufactured by Janssen Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Johnson and Johnson. It causes Gynecomastia, the growth of breasts, in males. Risperdal is a mass tort in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. The criteria of cases worthy of filing […]
Zimmer Durom Cup Hip Replacement Cases
Please be advised that Locks Law firm is currently accepting referrals of Zimmer Durom Cup Hip replacement cases. The Durom Cup is a hip replacement product, first marketed by Zimmer in the United States in 2006. The Durom Cup has an unreasonably high incidence of failing to bond with growth of the securing host bone, […]
Locks Law Firm announces it is handling claims against the manufacturers and distributors of testosterone-based products
Last week the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it has begun investigating the risk of stroke, heart attack and death in men taking prescription testosterone drugs. The announcement came on the heels of two recent two studies that suggested an increased risk of heart attacks in men who take testosterone, a hormone produced in […]
A Message From The Locks Law Firm – Proposed NFL Concussion Litigation Settlement
The NFL and the retired players have reached a proposed settlement of the NFL Players’ Concussion Injury Litigation. Under the proposed settlement, which the Court (Hon. Anita B. Brody) must analyze for fairness, reasonableness, and adequacy, the NFL has agreed to pay close to $800 million to the retired NFL players and their families, in […]
Types of Brain Injury
Sadly, more than one million Americans suffer brain injuries each year. For some, the effects of brain injury are temporary. But all too many brain injury victims die or suffer permanent disability. The Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and New Jersey personal injury attorneys of Locks Law Firm have experience handling traumatic brain injury cases for our clients. […]
Office Depot Overtime Settlement
Locks Law Firm announces that Office Depot, Inc. has offered to pay $103,766.90 to three former Assistant Managers for its failure to pay proper overtime wages from May 18, 2009 to February 2012, in connection with a lawsuit filed in the District of New Jersey, Gibbons v. Office Depot, Inc., 12 Civ 2992. The specific […]
Common Causes of Brain Injury
In general, there are few injuries more devastating than an injury to the brain. The brain controls virtually every function of the human body, and even a moderate injury to this all-important organ can have life-altering consequences. Tragically, many serious brain injuries could have been prevented if not for the negligent or deliberately wrongful actions […]
A Systemic Approach to Containing Health Care Spending
The proponents of limits (caps) on lawyers fees in medical malpractice lawsuits usually arguethat this will reduce doctors premiums and reduce health care costs. The New England Journal of Medicine, one of the most prestigious medical journals in the world, just published an article disputing this claim. Here is one quote, and a link to […]
Natural Gas Explosion
Natural gas provides heat and energy throughout the country but gas can be exceptionally dangerous either through its explosive powers or through its products of incomplete combustion–primarily carbon monoxide. Gas which is distributed through aging pipelines in many areas of the country can erupt with explosive force and destroy lives and buildings in seconds. Nationally, […]