Approximately, 5,000 people in passenger vehicles die every year in automotive accidents involving semi-trucks or other large commercial trucks. Semi-truck accidents differ from car accidents in their complexity, seriousness of injuries and the FMCSA regulations they must adhere to.
Johnson & Johnson and the maker of its Pinnacle metal-on-metal hip implants, DePuy Orthopaedics, have been in settlement talks to resolve thousands of individual lawsuits alleging the devices were defective.
Updated: January 2026
When you’re injured in an accident and pursuing compensation, an insurance company will almost always be involved.
The attorneys general of 46 states who sued Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. over deceptive and misleading marketing practices reached a $120 million consent judgment.
You may have already heard, Ford is recalling more than 953,000 vehicles worldwide to replace Takata passenger air bag inflators because they can explode and hurl shrapnel.
This recall of Ford vehicles includes over 782,000 vehicles in the United States and is part of the largest series of recalls in U.S. history.
In 2018, the medical device industry and the FDA came under fire from:
