by phillipgilbertlaw.com | Dec 16, 2022
Ellen Rosenblum, Oregon’s attorney general, announced a nearly $700 million settlement Thursday with the biotech giant Monsanto for its alleged role in polluting the state over the course of decades with toxic compounds known as polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs....
by phillipgilbertlaw.com | Dec 16, 2022
The Consumer Product Safety Commission recently re-announced the recall of 321,160 Generac and DR 6500-watt and 8000-watt portable generators sold in the United States, and another 4,575 sold in Canada. This second recall came in the wake of a finger amputation and...
by phillipgilbertlaw.com | Apr 14, 2021
We’re often asked by our clients what they should have done after having been involved in the accident (the term “accident” is actually a misnomer, as is discussed in a previous blog post). In some respects, the answer to that question depends on the nature of the...
by phillipgilbertlaw.com | Jan 31, 2021
It goes without saying that the term “car accident” (and the related terms “auto accident” and “motor vehicle accident”) are commonly used to describe vehicle collisions1 that produce injuries to one or more of the vehicle occupants...
by phillipgilbertlaw.com | Jan 1, 2021
What exactly is a “personal injury” claim, you may ask. Generally speaking, a personal injury claim is a claim wherein someone seeks reasonable compensation (in the American legal system, the types of compensation that can be recovered are referred to as “damages”)...