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May 06, 1999 |

Philadelphia Lawyer Secures $4.9 Million Verdict in Med Mal Case

A unanimous jury found Dr. Martin Freifeld 100 percent liable for negligence in a surgery he performed on Candace Lupinski, who lost over half the blood of her body during surgery and sustained permanent nerve damage in her leg. Lupinski needed four blood transfusions and nine liters of fluid to maintain her blood pressure. The typically one-hour laparoscopy lasted about eight hours and led to a 15-day hospital stay, Colleran said.
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May 10, 2005 |

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A roundup of legal news items.
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May 02, 2012 |

Bid for review of asset freeze order in Miami case rejected

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has sided with prosecutors on a key asset forfeiture issue that has divided courts across the country.
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October 22, 2007 |

Court Decisions

Terminating an employee for falsely reporting an injury doesn't constitute retaliation for exercising protected workers' compensation rights the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found. Plus other court decisions from The National Law Journal.
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July 19, 2007 |

Blended Trial Team Leaves Egos at Home and Finds Victory in Collaboration

The stakes were huge for Johnson & Johnson when the company was hit with three antitrust suits in rapid succession. Faced with the possibility of treble damages far in excess of $5 billion, J&J assigned in-house attorney Katy Meisel to create a "virtual law firm" blending top talent from different firms. "[I]f the two firms are really cooperating instead of sharpening their elbows, proceeding in this way can be very efficient," said Sidley Austin's John Treece, one of the lead attorneys on the case.
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August 20, 2002 |

Johnson & Johnson Loses Bid to Limit Discovery in Class Bias Suit

Plaintiffs in a discrimination suit against Johnson & Johnson are entitled to companywide discovery and do not have to proceed in stages, despite defense claims that producing all the documents at once is burdensome, a federal judge in New Jersey has ruled. The suit, filed last November, alleges that Johnson & Johnson discriminated against Hispanic and black employees throughout the pharmaceutical company and its subsidiaries.
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August 16, 2010 |

The increasing importance of re-examinations

As demonstrated by a dramatic increase in recent filings, they can provide substantial benefits.
7 minute read
July 16, 2007 |

Too many cooks? Hey, no problem

The stakes are huge even for Johnson & Johnson, the world's largest manufacturer of health care products, when it's facing three cases on both coasts and in the South, with over $5 billion in collective damages sought. J&J leveraged the complementary skills of litigators from Sidley Austin and Weil, Gotshal & Manges to defend its marketing strategy against antitrust charges.
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July 16, 2007 |

The thrill hasn't gone completely

Talk about your vanishing trial. We received scores of nominations for our third annual Defense Hot List, for firms ranged from small shops doing personal injury and products liability torts to legal giants contesting the fates of industries. The bet-the-company bench and jury trials we wanted to highlight seemed in short supply during the past 12 months, but the firms on this list lived the kind of drama one doesn't find in a settlement conference.
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