Maryland Nursing Home Hit with Civil Penalties for COVID-19 Response
Holding Nursing Homes Accountable for Negligence It should come as no surprise that nursing homes are uniquely vulnerable to COVID-19, as the elderly face the highest risks of ...
Johnson & Johnson Discontinues Baby Powder Sales Over Lawsuits
Contaminated Baby Powder Pulled from North American Shelves For years, personal care giant Johnson & Johnson fought claims that its talc-based Baby Powder contained ...
Attorney Spotlight: Senior Partner Michelle A. Parfitt
A Long-Time Advocate of Individual Rights and Head of Ashcraft & Gerel’s Mass Torts Practice, Attorney Parfitt Is a Model for All Ashcraft & Gerel is proud to be home ...
Government Seeks to Decrease Nursing Home Infection Controls
Despite Thousands of COVID-19 Deaths, the Federal Government Continues to Discuss Eliminating Vital Employees As of May 1st, USA Today released an estimate that nursing home ...
Nursing Homes Ban Visitors to Protect Against COVID-19
As guidance from the White House lags behind official recommendations, cities and states are making their own moves to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. Many large ...
Whistleblowers Can Help the DOJ Prosecute Nursing Home Abuse
On March 3rd, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) launched its National Nursing Home Initiative to increase awareness of—and legal action against—nursing home abuse. The ...
U.S. Government Expands Nursing Home Resident Protections
A New Federal Safety Commission Is Among the Post-Pandemic Changes to Protect Nursing Homes from Future Outbreaks Yesterday, President Trump announced a new task force to ...
Federal Judge Approves Experts to Testify that Talcum Powder Causes Ovarian Cancer & Allows Cases to Go Forward
Yesterday afternoon, Chief Judge Wolfson issued her long-awaited decision on the admissibility of our expert witnesses in federal court. In her 141-page ruling, Judge Wolfson ...
Can Zantac (Ranitidine) Cause Cancer? We’re Investigating.
The FDA Just Told Manufacturers to Remove Ranitidine Drugs from Shelves On April 1, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a total recall of all ...
Ashcraft & Gerel Included in “Lawdragon 500” for Plaintiff Firms
When it comes to protecting consumers from injury and negligence, the hard work never ends. We are honored to have our hard work recognized today in the 2020 Lawdragon 500 ...