Civil Litigation

Fisher-Price may face product liability lawsuits after the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced on April 12, 2019, that the company is recalling millions of its Rock n’ Play Sleepers. Since the sleepers hit the market in 2009, they have reportedly caused at least 32 infant fatalities due to their defective design. According to the CPSC,…

News outlets across the country have been reportingon the tragic case of William Brown, a young man in Texas who died after an electronic cigarette exploded in his mouth. According to doctors, metal pieces from the defective product lodged themselves in Brown’s throat and cut an artery in his neck. Due to the lack of…

Earlier this week, news outlets reported that prominent motel chain Motel 6 has agreed to pay $7.6 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by Latino guests who accused the motel of sending their personal information to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE). Specifically, the lawsuit…

This week, our firm finalized a settlement on behalf of a family whose child was sexually assaulted by an older child at a daycare. While the identities of the family and daycare center must remain confidential under the terms of the settlement, we succeeded in getting a significant six-figure award for their child because we…

This week, the United States Supreme Court decided to take up a case involving the constitutionality of civil forfeiture laws. “Civil forfeiture” occurs when law enforcement seizes the property of a person suspected of committing a crime, even if that person is never arrested or charged with a crime. While some argue that civil forfeiture…