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The Multidistrict Litigation Plaintiff’s Executive Committee recently added more players to the class action lawsuit filed on behalf of former and deceased professional hockey players against the NHL stemming from concussive injuries.

In the wake of the Amtrak crash near Philadelphia, the National Transportation Safety Board made this admonition:  “We know that a properly installed and functional Positive Train Control, or PTC, would have prevented this accident,” said NTSB Chairman Christopher Hart. 

Our thoughts and prayers are with the passengers aboard Amtrak train #188 that derailed last night near Philadelphia, PA.  The scene is eerily reminiscent of the tragic METRA derailment of September, 2005 in Chicago, which resulted in the tragic deaths of two young passengers and serious injuries to many Corboy & Demetrio clients.  

Johnson & Johnson agreeing to pay $25 million after its subsidiary, McNeil, failed to initiate or complete the FDA’s corrective action plan for manufacturing issues that led to particles in bottles of children’s Tylenol is yet another reminder that the medicines we purchase for ourselves and our children are not always safe.

Zofran is manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline and was granted FDA approval for use as an anti-nausea medication for cancer patients enduring chemotherapy treatments when it first came on the market. 

Chicago Lawsuit Claims Charter Bus Company Negligent in Hiring Driver 

Even as trial lawyers, we follow the sage advice of our 16th President, when appropriate, to “discourage litigation…Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can.”  But, when extreme carnage is caused by clear negligence, it is the law’s mandate that the damaged victim be made whole.  In these situations, the offenders must be held accountable.  Responsibility is a noble goal, but in the face of tragedy, who is responsible, for what, and how?