GM Ignition Switches could deactivate frontal airbags
General Motors cars, trucks and SUVs manufactured from 2000 until 2012 have a dangerous and deadly defect in their airbag system that can prevent the front airbags from deploying in certain frontal impacts. During this timeframe, General Motors installed a time limit...
Defective 3M Combat Ear Plug Settlement
If you were in the U.S. military between 2003 and 2015 and were told you suffered a hearing loss, defective 3M Ear Plugs may be to blame. You may be entitled to significant financial compensation. 3M knew the ear plugs were defective as early as 2000 and failed to...
Man Awarded 289 Million by Jury for Cancer Caused by Roundup Weed Killer
A California jury awarded a former groundskeeper $289 million. He claimed the weed killer Roundup gave him terminal cancer. He was a groundskeeper at a school outside of San Francisco and estimated he used Roundup about 20-30 times a year. He was diagnosed with...
3T Heater-Cooler Infection Operating Room Machine Infection Lawsuits
In recent years, the 3T Heater-Cooler Unit (“3T HCU”) is an operating room machine used in open-heart, lung and liver transplant surgeries to heat and cool blood during surgery. On October 13, 2016, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a safety...
Nebraska Parents: Car Seat Laws Changed on January 1, 2019
What does this mean for your children? You must use federally-approved child safety seats for children younger than 8 when they are riding in vehicles. If your child meets the weight or height requirements listed by the manufacturer then you do not need to use the...
Do you need to switch to LED Holiday Lighting?
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Inserra Kelley Sewell In recent years many holiday revelers have switched from old fashioned Christmas Lighting to replacing their old strings of lights with LED lights. The author of this blog has first-hand knowledge of...
Millions Awarded to Patients with Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants
In recent years, multiple metal-on-metal (MoM) hip implant manufacturers such as DePuy, Smith & Nephew, Stryker, and Zimmer have faced allegations arising from their defective MoM implants. The FDA has warned that MoM implants “have unique risks in addition to...
People injured by Exploding Smartphones, Laptops and More
Lithium Ion Batteries drew worldwide attention in 2016, when reports of certain Samsung Galaxy 7 smartphones exploding started popping up just about every week. Airlines soon banned the phone from flights, people were worried the devices would erupt into flames...
J&J Talcum Powder Cancer Concerns Continue
Inserra Kelley Sewell has already brought to your attention the issues surrounding their Talcum Powder Product and its correlation to Ovarian Cancer, and the issues continue to be litigated for large sums of money. For those who may not be aware the use of Baby...
Lawsuit Against Monsanto Finds Verdict for Terminally Ill Man
In what is a heartbreaking story, Monsanto, the agricultural manufacturing giant of Roundup products, has lost its fight in a lawsuit against a terminally ill man. The verdict against Monsanto is for $289 million dollars, but comes a little late for the former school...