What Is Going On With the Hair Relaxer MDL, and Why Timing Matters in Florida and Alabama
Thousands of women have filed lawsuits alleging that long‑term use of chemical hair relaxers and straighteners contributed to serious health problems, including uterine cancer, endometrial cancer, ovarian cancer, and other reproductive injuries. Those cases are consolidated in federal multidistrict litigation, MDL 3060, in the Northern District of Illinois, where the court is handling common pretrial […]
When Memory Care Fails: The Preventable Death Behind an Assisted Living Elopement Case
It was a sunny summer afternoon in a Florida town when an assisted living facility specializing in Alzheimer’s and dementia quietly failed at the one job families trust it to do: keep vulnerable residents safe. The Promise of Safety A longtime, happily married spouse had done what so many families are eventually forced to do. […]
First Blog Post: Product liability, electrocution, personal injury, wrongful death
Early in my career, I worked on a case that forever changed the way I look at everyday tools. It involved a kind man—a husband and father—who was simply trying to pick avocados from a tree in his backyard for folks at the church he regularly attended. He used a telescoping fruit picker he had […]