Taking the Opioid Crisis to Court SCRANTON -- Lackawanna County officials announced Friday they will attempt to quantify the cost of dealing with the area's opioid crisis -- and they plan to sue the big drug companies to recoup the money. County commissioners said that they will be fighting the opioid and heroin epidemic [...]
Lackawanna County to lead path in suing pharmaceutical companies over opioid crisis Flanked by law enforcement, county officials and victims of the opioid crisis plaguing the region, Commissioner Patrick O’Malley made a bold statement today: “It’s Lackawanna County versus the pharmaceutical companies.” O’Malley made the remarks at a press conference announcing the county’s intent [...]
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Pursuing Justice for All One of the key things that fuels the team at Marc J. Bern & Partners LLP is the chance to create meaningful change that affects many people. “Ultimately, our clients always come first and foremost, of course, but we are always looking at a benefit to society,” says Marc J. [...]
MARC J. BERN & PARTNERS LLP Files Lawsuits For A Hundred Individuals Against Merck Alleging Shingles/Zostavax Vaccine Is Defective* MARC J. BERN & PARTNERS LLP, the attorneys who last month filed their first complaint in Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas on behalf of Jorja Bently, today have filed complaints for another 100 plaintiffs [...]
Marc J. Bern & Partners LLP Mass Torts, Pharmaceutical Litigation, FELA Litigation, Plaintiffs’ Personal Injury Litigation With the fortitude to take on major corporations, and the resources to make a difference, Marc J. Bern & Partners LLP has consistently obtained justice for its injured clients. Not only is the firm nationally recognized for its [...]
Decision Allows Flint Resident’s Lawsuit Against State to Move Ahead Marc J. Bern & Partners LLP and Excolo Law, on behalf of our approximately 4,000 clients and victims of the Flint water catastrophe, applaud the State of Michigan Court of Claims for its decision on Thursday October 27, which held the State of Michigan responsible [...]
The dust from the World Trade Center’s destruction, a cocktail of dangerous chemicals, devastated the lungs of many first-responders. It instigated cancers, as well as other deadly diseases, in thousands. Research suggests WTC dust may also be affecting their brains Out of 818 first-responders enrolled in the Federal World Trade Center Health Program about 1 in [...]
More Than a Decade Later, Health Professionals Still Trying to Understand the Effects of 9/11 September 11th related cancers have affected more than 5,400 responders and survivors -- a number that continues to rise every day. A new study from the World Trade Center Health Registry found that prostate, non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, melanomas, breast, and thyroid [...]
Recently shuttered Intellectual Property firm Kenyon & Kenyon LLP Hit With Malpractice Suit Over Patent Issue Just two days after the longdissolving intellectual property firm, Kenyon & Kenyon LLP, announced it was shutting its doors, it was served with a legal malpractice suit in New York federal court on Wednesday by Portus Singapore PTE [...]