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This post will examine the average settlement payout value for hand and wrist injuries in tort cases such as auto accidents, slip and falls, premises liability, and more. Our hand injury lawyers will analyze some statistics on verdicts and settlement amounts for hand and wrist claims.

Our attorneys also summarize recent verdicts and reported settlements from prior cases in which the plaintiff’s primary injury was a hand, wrist, or finger injury so that you can get a feel for jury payouts and settlement amounts in hand and wrist injury lawsuits.

Hand and Wrist Injury Settlement Amounts

This is an old blog post that is largely outdated.  But we have a 2024 update at the bottom of the page and a current look back on what the Xarelto lawsuits were about.

Frequent readers of this blog will be aware of the litigation against Bayer/Johnson & Johnson regarding their drug Xarelto. The cases are consolidated in federal court as Multidistrict Litigation (MDL), and the presiding judge is moving proceedings along.

  • November 2017 Update: we have not lost three of these cases in a row
  • January 2018 Update: we just got a huge verdict that will change the course of this litigation forever

What Were the Xarelto Lawsuits About

The lawsuits against Bayer and Janssen Pharmaceuticals regarding Xarelto focused on serious allegations that the drug caused uncontrollable and sometimes fatal bleeding in patients. Plaintiffs claimed that the companies failed to provide adequate warnings about the significant risks associated with the anticoagulant, particularly the absence of an effective antidote to reverse its effects in emergencies. They argued that this lack of information led to severe, and in some cases, fatal bleeding incidents that could have been mitigated or prevented with proper warnings.

Moreover, the plaintiffs accused Bayer and Janssen of marketing Xarelto as a superior alternative to traditional anticoagulants like warfarin, emphasizing convenience over safety by understating the need for monitoring and overestimating the drug’s safety. They contended that Xarelto was defectively designed, lacking in dose flexibility needed to safely manage different patient conditions, and that it was brought to market without sufficient clinical testing to fully understand its risks.

The lawsuits included claims of negligence, asserting that the companies were negligent in their development, testing, and marketing practices. They were accused of prioritizing profit over patient safety, which allegedly led to injuries and deaths. This litigation raised significant concerns about pharmaceutical practices, regulatory oversight, and the balance between drug innovation and patient safety. The multitude of lawsuits eventually led Bayer and Janssen to agree to a $775 million settlement to resolve around 25,000 cases, without admitting to any wrongdoing, thus highlighting the complexities and responsibilities inherent in pharmaceutical development and marketing.

Summer 2015 Update

Over the past few years, product liability suits against the makers and marketers of the drug Xarelto, Bayer/Johnson & Johnson, have been cropping up across the country. The suits are mostly filed in federal court, meaning the parties consolidated them as an MDL. Judge Eldon Fallon is the sole judge presiding over the MDL, giving him the ability to make all pretrial rulings. This is the great thing about an MDL; when many different cases are consolidated, the parties can avoid doing the same discovery over and over again, while getting consistent rulings from a single judge.

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Bladder cancer is the focus of the ongoing Zantac lawsuit. In this post, we will look at bladder cancer in personal injury lawsuits.

As of 2025, bladder cancer has emerged as the strongest claim in the Zantac litigation. Among the various cancers originally alleged, the scientific evidence linking Zantac (ranitidine) to bladder cancer is particularly compelling. This is due to the way NDMA forms after ingestion and accumulates in the bladder. By contrast, recent trials involving Zantac-related prostate cancer have not gone well for plaintiffs, which has only reinforced the shift toward focusing on stronger claims.

Our firm is now accepting new Zantac lawsuits only for individuals diagnosed with bladder or liver cancer. If you developed bladder cancer after using Zantac regularly, you may be eligible to file a claim in state court.

This post examines the average settlement amount in back injury car accident claims. I last updated this page on July 9, 2024.

Let’s start with a few statistics.  A verdicts and settlements database found that the median plaintiff’s verdict award for motor vehicle cases that involved back injuries is $212,500.

For all car, truck, and motorcycle accident injury cases in the database that earned a plaintiff’s verdict, the median award is $300,000.

Medical malpractice lawyers specialize in representing victims of medical negligence or errors in lawsuits against doctors, hospitals, nurses, and other licensed healthcare providers. Medical negligence happens much more frequently than most people think and each year thousands of patients are harmed by mistakes or malpractice in a healthcare setting.

Our civil legal system gives victims of medical malpractice the ability to get financial compensation for their injuries by bringing a lawsuit against the doctor or healthcare provider. Medical malpractice attorneys handle these types of cases on a contingency fee basis, meaning they don’t get paid unless you win the case.

There are a lot of medical malpractice lawyers out there. Hiring the best malpractice attorney for your case can be challenging. In this post, we provide a 7-step guide for how to effectively screen and hire the best medical malpractice lawyers.

The National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) is a special federal program that provides no-fault compensation to individuals who are injured by a vaccine. The VICP is often referred to as Vaccine Court, and it offers people who are harmed by a vaccination an alternative compensation system outside of a traditional civil lawsuit.

The Vaccine Court and the VICP process are largely unfamiliar to most people, including many lawyers. In this post, we will explain the basics of vaccine court and the process for obtaining compensation under the VICP.

Our lawyers provide you with recent updates on vaccine lawsuits and then delve into the details of these cases.

The Zostavax vaccine lawsuits were jumping with energy. Lawyers wanted these cases which is why you saw television commercials and Facebook and Google ads (and, yes, legal blog posts) from attorneys hustling to sign up victims.

These Zostavax lawsuits alleged that the plaintiffs experienced severe complications, most notably shingles, from being administered it.

Today, these lawsuits are on life support, maybe worse in 2025, as we explain below. We have not rewritten this entire post still has some 2024 excitement in it. But these cases are likely to fall apart, and we explain this below.

Sun Bum, Paul Mitchell, and Batiste, leading manufacturers of dry shampoos, are facing proposed class action lawsuits following reports of dangerously high benzene levels in some of their products. Benzene is a widely recognized carcinogenic impurity linked with leukemia and other forms of cancer.  As we discuss below, there was a settlement in the Batiste consumer class action lawsuit of $2.5 million. 


UPDATES:

$3.1 Million Settlement in Batiste Dry Shampoo Consumer Fraud Case

This page will look at auto accident injury lawsuits involving compartment syndrome as one of the plaintiff’s primary injuries. We will also look at the settlement value of compartment syndrome as an injury in car accident cases.

Compartment Syndrome

Compartment syndrome is a serious medical condition that occurs when there is increased pressure within one of the body’s anatomical compartments, typically in the limbs. This pressure increase can decrease blood flow, which can prevent nourishment and oxygen from reaching nerve and muscle cells.

Electric pressure cookers such as the Instant Pot have become very popular recently. Unfortunately, however, many of these devices have design flaws that make them potentially dangerous. They can malfunction and eject boiling liquid causing severe burns and disfigurement.

Recently, one of the pressure cooker brands that has been the subject of a growing number of injury lawsuits is the Instant Pot pressure cooker which is manufactured by Instant Brands. In this post, we will look at the problems that have arisen with the Instant Pot and how these issues have led to injuries and lawsuits.

Our product liability attorneys are currently seeking new pressure cooker injury cases from individuals who have been seriously burned or injured by an Instant Pot pressure cooker. If you were burned or injured by an Instant Pot pressure cooker call us today at 800-553-8082.

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