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Tanya Andersen and Michelle Santangelo are suing RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) for fraud, negligence and misrepresentation. RIAA has publicly acknowledged controlling 90-percent of the recording industry.

 

In 2005, RIAA brought a lawsuit against Andersen for copyright infringement. Now Andersen and her Oregon personal injury lawyers are seeking class-action status of a lawsuit against RIAA and on behalf of 30,000 other claimants who were allegedly also falsely accused in a flawed investigation.
 

Benzene manufacturer Ashland, Incorporated is in hot water with the New York personal injury lawyers for allegedly trying to conceal evidence in their current case. Ashland has been accused of failing to disclose the names of 12 scientists who estimated benzene levels in the plaintiff after exposure to the carcinogenic chemical.

 

According to the lawsuit, the plaintiff, John Nelson, was exposed to benzene for 19 months and both inhaled the chemical and splashed the chemical upon his skin. Nelson, then suffered from myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) a form of leukemia caused by the exposure. Nelson’s lawyers are seeking sanctions against Ashland for concealing the identities of the scientists. 

A family living just outside of Fort Meade in Maryland is suing the U. S. Army for a case of infant botulism that infected their baby. Infant botulism is an airborne toxin and not the same variety as that which can be contracted through food.

 

The lawsuit alleges that their baby along with another baby in a house 100-yards apart both contracted the illness because of a mound of dirt the Army piled close to their homes. The $3 million lawsuit claims negligence on the part of the federal government. Only approximately 100 babies per year are infected with infant botulism in the U. S.
 

Illinois-based Walgreens Company has been ordered to pay $25.8 million for the wrongful death of a female cancer patients. The Illinois personal injury lawyers successfully argued that Walgreens gave the patient the wrong medication resulting in her death.

 

The prescription error caused a massive cerebral hemorrhage and intense physical pain before the woman eventually died. A pharmacy technician with little training had misfiled the prescription, according to the lawsuit, which resulted in the error.

 

In Albuquerque, New Mexico, a U. S. Forest Service worker is suing for wrongful termination and for his old job back. The forest service worker claims he was fired for blowing the whistle on pesticides used by the forest service.

 

According to the New Mexico personal injury lawyers representing the worker, the former employee was subjected to a hostile work environment after he made numerous complaints about the types of pesticides being used and lack of risk assessments when using the pesticides. The forest ranger, a Mr. Doug Parker, had a clean 39-year employment record with the agency before the pesticide incident started with his supervisor.