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Oct 25, 2024 | 
forbes.com | Brett Surbey |Adam Ramirez
Editorial Note: We earn a commission from partner links on Forbes Advisor. Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. Phoenix is the seat of Maricopa County, which unfortunately takes the crown for car accidents in Arizona. Maricopa County had 86,687 car crashes in 2021, resulting in 35,488 people injured and 594 dead. This crash rate accounts for 71 percent of collisions in Arizona.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
forbes.com | Christy Bieber |Adam Ramirez
Según los , en 2021 más de 2,1 millones visitaron salones de urgencias por lesiones derivadas de accidentes automovilísticos de tráfico. Cualquier persona puede sufrir un accidente de auto. Es importante saber qué hacer después de un accidente que no es culpa suya. Después de un accidente de carro, siempre es importante llamar a la policía, buscar ayuda médica y ponerse en contacto con su compañía de seguros.
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Sep 29, 2024 | 
forbes.com | Adam Ramirez
Editorial Note: We earn a commission from partner links on Forbes Advisor. Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. Medical malpractice lawsuits allow victims of medical negligence to recover compensation from their healthcare providers and the hospitals or healthcare facilities that employ those providers. But you cannot pursue a claim after the medical malpractice statute of limitations runs out.
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May 14, 2024 | 
forbes.com | Jessica Burgoyne |Adam Ramirez
A statute of limitations refers to how long someone has to bring a lawsuit after they were injured. However, there are issues that need to be taken into consideration when dealing with different types of cases. The recent Tylenol autism lawsuits are an example of how complicated this can get. In general, the statute of limitations on product liability cases like those alleging a link between Tylenol use during pregnancy and autism in children, is one to six years.
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May 6, 2024 | 
forbes.com | Sarah Edwards |Adam Ramirez
Every day, doctors prescribe medication for patients with high blood pressure that includes an angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) known as Valsartan. This drug has a strong record of success in treating high blood pressure (hypertension). However, in recent years, some drugs containing Valsartan have been removed from the U.S. market due to contamination by carcinogenic chemicals. This contamination may have resulted in thousands of people suffering from several types of cancer.
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Apr 29, 2024 | 
forbes.com | Jessica Burgoyne |Adam Ramirez
When someone chooses a beauty product or treatment, their worst fear may be that the treatment won’t work or won’t look the way they intended it to. People do not typically consider beauty treatments to be dangerous. However, evidence seems to point to the fact that people who have used chemical hair straighteners or hair relaxers have a higher risk of developing some cancers. There is currently an active mass tort lawsuit with over 8,000 plaintiffs against manufacturers of these products.
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Apr 26, 2024 | 
forbes.com | Laura Kuhl |Adam Ramirez
Does Simply Orange juice contain forever chemicals? That question has weighed heavily on consumers since New York resident Joseph Lurenz filed a class-action lawsuit against The Simply Orange Juice Company in January. The case, Joseph Lurenz v. The Coca-Cola Company and The Simply Orange Juice Company, more commonly known as the Simply Orange lawsuit, which also names its parent company Coca-Cola, claims to have found hazardous synthetic compounds in Simply Tropical juice.
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Feb 12, 2024 | 
forbes.com | Christy Bieber |Adam Ramirez
Consumers who used EzriCare Artificial Tears may have been exposed to a dangerous antibiotic-resistant bacteria that can cause serious complications including infections, blindness and death. Because the medication has allegedly caused harm, some people have taken legal action. An EzriCare lawsuit can help those harmed by using the eye drops recover compensation for resulting losses. Learn more in this guide.
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Feb 7, 2024 | 
forbes.com | Christy Bieber |Adam Ramirez
Mediation and arbitration are alternative methods of dispute resolution. In certain types of legal cases, such as divorce or contract disputes, the parties involved may choose to—or be required to—pursue these options instead of going to court. They are not the same, though. Read on to learn about the key differences between mediation and arbitration and the costs and benefits of each. What Is Mediation?
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Feb 7, 2024 | 
forbes.com | Christy Bieber |Adam Ramirez
Can you divorce without splitting assets? This is a common question when people are ending their marriages. That’s because marriage is a financial as well as an emotional partnership, and you may be concerned about losing property when the marriage ends. The reality is, anything you and your spouse owned during the marriage must be owned by someone after the union ends—so you need some arrangement for dividing up property.
