personal-injury

Results last year were weighed down by costs to settle thousands of personal-injury cases stemming from a 2007 recall of fracture-prone cables that connect defibrillators to hearts.

Medtronic Profit Rises 54% Despite Defibrillator Slump Jon Kamp 2011

The City Museum of St. Louis boasts loads of interactive adventure, but has also come under fire for being a personal-injury nightmare.

A Purveyor of Outsize Thrills at His Museum of Misfit Toys Stephen Miller 2011

New York for several years used a Cybersettle process to settle small personal-injury and property-damage claims.

At GE, Robo-Lawyers Vanessa O'Connell 2011

In addition, as journalist Brian Deer found, Dr. Wakefield received tens of thousands of pounds from a personal-injury lawyer in the midst of suing pharmaceutical companies over MMR.

Junk Science Isn't a Victimless Crime Paul A. Offit 2011

Over the last five years, personal-injury claims from car accidents have risen 10% annually, including a large number recently for whiplash, which is hard to prove medically.

The U.K.'s Faulty Car-Insurance Market Hester Plumridge 2011

Bloomberg News New York formerly used a Cybersettle process for small personal-injury and property-damage claims, but City Comptroller John Liu, shown last year, concluded the same work could be done less expensively in-house.

At GE, Robo-Lawyers Vanessa O'Connell 2011

"It takes advantage of the meek, the weak and the ignorant," said Robert J. Genis, a personal-injury lawyer in the Bronx who said that he had warned clients against borrowing.

Lawsuit Loans Are 'Legal Loan-Sharking,' Critics Say The Huffington Post 2011

He is a former assistant district attorney now in private practice, specializing in driving-under-the-influence and personal-injury cases.

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"It takes advantage of the meek, the weak and the ignorant," said Robert J. Genis, a personal-injury lawyer in the Bronx who said that he had warned clients against borrowing.

Lawsuit Loans Are 'Legal Loan-Sharking,' Critics Say The Huffington Post 2011

The cases haven't been particularly lucrative for plaintiffs' lawyers, at least when compared with large-scale securities or personal-injury suits.

Is Your Dinner 'All Natural'? Ashby Jones 2011