The surviving spouse of Army Staff Sgt. Alfred “Fred” Brazel was recently awarded a multimillion-dollar settlement in a medical malpractice claim against the Department of Defense. The award is the largest to date under a 2019 law that allowed service…
An apparent history of large jury verdicts for plaintiffs prompted legislative reform in Iowa. The bill that has passed the Iowa House of Representatives and Senate is now waiting for Governor Kim Reynolds’s signature. The proposed legislation aims to cap…
Dozens of lawsuits, including the one filed by Ljubitza Ghiardi, were filed, alleging that Merck intentionally concealed information about the efficacy and potential risks of its HPV vaccine, Gardasil. Given the common questions of fact and law raised in the…
Juul Labs, the electronic cigarette giant, has been embroiled in litigation in recent years over the safety of its products and its marketing practices toward teens. The company has recently entered into a historic settlement that would dispose of more…
2022 was a year of exciting growth and incredible success for Expert Institute. From innovative new product launches powered by our cloud-based platform Expert iQ to the expansion of our extraordinary team, Expert Institute remained committed to ensuring attorneys…
On June 13, 2004, Danielle Bellerose gave birth to twin daughters, Katherine and Alexis. Katherine, born 30 weeks early and weighing only two pounds and seven ounces, was immediately taken to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). She was intubated…
The military’s failure to report Devin Patrick Kelley’s court-martial conviction for domestic violence to the Federal Bureau of Investigation was at the heart of the court’s earlier determination that the government bore 60% of the responsibility for the harm from…
The plaintiffs, a gas leak investigator for NW Natural and a local stylist, suffered physical and mental injuries after an excavator hit a buried natural gas pipeline in Portland’s Northwest District. The Background of the Pipeline Explosion Case Plaintiff Eric…