Nestlé USA has announced a recall of four types of frozen pizza popular in Northern California and across the country. The pizzas were sold under the DiGiorno and California Pizza brands and are being recalled because some consumers have found pieces of plastic inside of their pizzas. The company says that it has traced the…
A San Jose mother and her daughter were critically injured recently after two teen boys decided to drag race BMWs down a residential street. Authorities say that the two 17-year-old boys were racing BMWs down the 5400 block of Leigh Avenue in South San Jose when they lost control of their vehicles. One of the…
The use of robots in California operating rooms has increased dramatically in the past few years, but some federal regulators are unsure whether robot-assisted surgeries are completely safe. CBS News reports that the so-called “da Vinci” operating room robot was used in almost 400,000 surgeries last year, a number that tripled in four years. An…
Whiplash is one of the most common injuries suffered in San Francisco car accidents. Whiplash is a soft tissue injury that is sometimes called a “neck sprain” or “neck strain.” The injury occurs due to neck damage, including injuries to intervertebral joints, disks and nerve roots. There is a large medical consensus that whiplash is…
A study recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds that the wrongful death rate among rural hospitals increased during the past decade while death rates at urban hospitals have fallen. So-called “critical access hospitals” are medical facilities that provide inpatient care to Californians living in rural communities. Researchers say that these…
California parents are understandably worried when their teens first begin driving. Car accidents are the leading killer of San Francisco teens and most fatal teen car accidents are attributed to driver inexperience. There are an increasing number of tools that allow parents to monitor the driving habits of their teens. CBS News reports that one…
Following in the footsteps of firm founder Bruce Walkup, partner Michael A. Kelly has been elected to membership in the prestigious Inner Circle of Advocates. Since its inception, the Inner Circle has included the 100 top plaintiff trial attorneys in the nation among its membership. Its mission is to promote the highest standards of courtroom…
The Walkup Law Firm has won the first DePuy hip implant lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson. A Los Angeles County Jury awarded Loren Kransky $8.3 million for the damages he suffered after receiving a defective DePuy ASR hip implant. The case was tried by Walkup partners Mike Kelly, Matthew Davis and Khaldoun Baghdadi. There are…
The San Francisco Law Firm of Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger has obtained a $8.3 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson in the first DePuy hip implant trial. The product liability attorneys at Walkup successfully demonstrated that the metal-on-metal design of DePuy’s hip implants was defective and caused patient harm. DePuy’s Hip Implants: Anatomy Of…
The number of fatal MUNI accidents has remained consistent for two years, according to a recent report by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA). Fatal bus and rail accidents peaked in 2007-2008, but have remained relatively unchanged since then. San Francisco’s Municipal Railway is part of the nation’s seventh-largest transit system. MUNI connects commuters…
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