March 9, 2020
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced this week that it would be banning the use of electric shock devices. These devices are often utilized to correct self-harming or aggressive behavior. Trial Lawyers for Justice (TL4J) attorney Ben Novotny was the lead attorney in a case against the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center in Canton, Massachusetts, … Continue reading “FDA Bans School Electric Shock Devices”
January 24, 2020
The family of a Pierre man is suing Walgreens, claiming its pharmacy mishandled a heart medication that caused an overdose that led to his death last year. The lawyer for the family of John Stengle, 71, and a longtime advocate for the disabled, filed a complaint Dec. 10 in South Dakota Circuit Court in Pierre. … Continue reading “South Dakota Woman, Daughter, Sue Walgreens Claiming Pharmacist Was Negligent With Heart Drug”
January 2, 2020
Source: The Des Moines Register An Iowa family is suing a Nebraska-based nonprofit after a nonverbal 14-year-old died in the organization’s care and an autopsy found possible, but unconfirmed, signs of sexual abuse. The lawsuit raises issues with the staffing, communication and training at Mosaic — a residential medical care company with a location in Forest … Continue reading “Iowa family sues nonprofit care center after nonverbal teen dies”
November 18, 2019
Source: Des Moines Register Zaw Zaw’s dream of having more kids has disappeared. The 41-year-old man — dad to three “delightful” children, according to his attorney — is not currently able to father any more children after Dr. Kevin Birusingh, then of the Iowa Clinic, performed a vasectomy when the patient thought he was getting a circumcision. A jury … Continue reading “Iowa Jury Awards More Than $1 Million To Man Who Thought He Was Getting A Circumcision But Got A Vasectomy Instead”
August 20, 2019
LOS ANGELES, CA, August 19, 2019 — A Los Angeles, California jury awarded $15.45 million to T.J. Simers in a lawsuit he filed against his previous employer, The LA Times, for violating his civil rights and wrongfully discriminating against him based upon his age and disability. Simers previously won a $7.1 million verdict against the LA Times in 2015, however the … Continue reading “TJ Simers Awarded $15.45 Million Verdict In Retrial For Violation Of Civil Rights, Age, and Disability Discrimination After the LA Times Convinced The Court to Set Aside the Previous Jury Verdict of $7.1 Million”
June 11, 2019
Trial Lawyer Nick Rowley recently wrote an article for The Advocate Magazine titled “How to think about, discuss, and present money damages in voir dire and opening statement”. The article dives deep into Nick’s strategies into asking for specific damages and how to convince the judge that it’s not preconditioning. This strategy has helped Nick … Continue reading “Article By Nick Rowley Featured In The Advocate Magazine”
May 30, 2019
Trial Lawyers for Justice attorney Benjamin Novotny was recently named to the 2018 Lawyers of the Year by Lawyers Weekly. The award comes as a result of a medical malpractice case in which Ben was able to achieve a $35.4 million verdict for a woman who suffered a venous varix, similar to a brain aneurysm, … Continue reading “TL4J Attorney Benjamin Novotny Named Lawyer of the Year”
April 7, 2019
POLK COUNTY, Iowa, April 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — A Polk County, Iowa jury awarded $12.25 million in a unanimous verdict after just 3 hours of deliberations to a man who underwent a debilitating and unnecessary prostate cancer surgery, which resulted in the shortening of his penis, complete loss of the ability to have an erection, and urinary incontinence. The Iowa Clinic and … Continue reading “Hospital Mixes Up Patients Resulting In Penis Shortening, Impotence, and Incontinence From Unnecessary Prostate Surgery; Jury Awards $12.25 Million Verdict”
March 18, 2019
In March 2008 a client of Trial Lawyers for Justice broke his left ankle when he backed his foot in the path of an automated industrial cart. The client was assisting a coworker placing tie sheets between corrugated cardboard at the time of the incident. The Plaintiff filed suit against the manufacturer of the industrial … Continue reading “Trial Lawyers for Justice Wins Seven Figure Settlement For Pre-Death Pain Suffering Of Sioux City Man In Product Defect Foot Injury Case”
March 18, 2019
In December 2015, a client of Trial Lawyers for Justice was removing corn from a grain storage building using a grain vacuum machine. Grain was being vacuumed from the side of the structure and transferred to a grain trailer and truck. For some unknown reason, the client ended up in the structure and was engulfed … Continue reading “Trial Lawyers For Justice Wins $1,500,000 2 Minutes Of Pre-Death Pain & Suffering On Behalf Of Benton County Man In Grain Engulfment Case”