- October 1, 2015Recently Keefe Law Firm resolved a wrongful death claim brought against a medical device manufacturer by the surviving daughter, who claimed that the infusion device caused her mother’s untimely death. Tragically, the device was recalled by the manufacturer only weeks after our client’s death. …Categories: Verdicts & Settlements
- October 1, 2015Keefe Law Firm’s product liability team recently recovered over $5,000,000 on behalf of his clients who suffered from a recalled hip implant known as the Depuy ASR. These implants, composed of metal-on-metal articulating surfaces, were thought to provide greater wear resistance and hence …Categories: Defective Joints
- July 13, 2015Lynn Miles, 72, originally from New Jersey, has lost his tragic battle with mesothelioma after many months of battling the disease. A dedicated human rights activist focused on helping to introduce democracy in Taiwan, Miles was in Taipei, Taiwan at the time of his death, and received care at Tzu …Categories: Mesothelioma, Wrongful Death
- June 12, 2015A New Jersey Appellate Court recently affirmed an award of $1.6 million dollars in damages for a mesothelioma victim who alleged that his disease was caused by contamination in his father’s line of work. The victim’s father had worked for Whittaker Clark & Daniels Inc., the maker of Old Spice …Categories: Mesothelioma, Product Liability
- March 3, 2015Red Bank, NJ: Keefe Law Firm represented the Estate of Vincent Cook and his widow, Muriel Cook in an asbestos case filed in Middlesex County, New Jersey (The Estate of Vincent Cook v. A.W. Chesterton Company, et al. Docket No. MID-L-4659-05 AS). Mr. Cook was a member of Local 28 Boilermakers Union, …Categories: Verdicts & Settlements
- October 17, 2014Red Bank, N.J. – October 28, 2011. John E. Keefe, Jr. and Stephen T. Sullivan, Jr. of Keefe Law Firm announced that they have settled a wrongful death action against New Jersey Transit Corporation and New Jersey Transit Rail Operations after a sixteen hour mediation with the Honorable L. …Categories: Wrongful Death
- October 17, 2014HD (not high definition radio) HD Radio, which is the trademark of iBiquity Digital Corporation, claims to provide superior quality sound to FM and AM radio. In particular, it has been described as providing “‘CD quality to FM and FM quality to AM.’” HD Radio, however, does not stand for “High …Categories: Blog
- October 17, 2014Manchester Little League and the Township of Manchester agreed to pay $1.25M to settle a lawsuit filed by a Manchester, NJ man who was seriously injured while attending a mandatory “Coaches Cleanup” Day at the Manchester Little League Complex, Manchester Township, New Jersey. Hon. …Categories: Verdicts & Settlements
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