By Andrea Schmauss – The Nations Law Firm would like to share a story about a special young lady we met at a recent DPS / HPD Make a Wish Event. Six-year-old Khyrstin Andrews, better known as “Kyssi,” was diagnosed in 2012 with a Wilms’ Tumor, a type of childhood […]
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“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” ― Frederick Douglass September 17, 2014 – The Nations Law Firm staff participated again this year in the Houston Bar Association’s Annual Fall Book Drive which is sponsored by the HBA Lawyers for Literacy Committee. The staff collected books and […]
By Andrea Schmauss – The Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame recognizes and honors remarkable trial lawyers who have left an indelible mark on the American legal tradition through a lifetime of service to the American public and the Constitution, and who have distinguished themselves as advocates in the courtroom. The […]
By Buck Daniel May 29, 2014 – The Nations Law Firm is pleased to announce the settlement of all of its Pradaxa claims against Boehringer Ingelheim. The pharmaceutical company will pay $650 million to settle all 4,000 state and federal lawsuits over its blood thinner Pradaxa (dabigatran). In 2011 alone, […]
By Buck Daniel May 1, 2014 – The judge managing the diabetes drug MDL has filed several orders shaping the next steps in the litigation. On Oct. 15, 2013, Judge Lloyd D. George filed an order scheduling a hearing on transferring several new cases to drugs Januvia, Byetta and Victoza […]
By Andrea Schmauss – March 27, 2014 – The Nations Law Firm is pleased to announce that Howard L Nations received the Professor W. McKinley Smiley, Jr. Lighthouse Award at the 2014 Southern Trial Lawyers Association Mardi Gras Conference in New Orleans on February 28, 2014. This prestigious award is […]
By Cindy L. Nations UPDATE: March 24, 2014 : Ever since the 2011 Supreme Court ruling in Pliva, Inc. v. Mensing, the American Association for Justice has been working to close the generic drug accountability loophole which largely immunizes generic drug manufacturers from liability for injuries caused by their products. […]
By Howard Nations – November 20, 2013 – Recent activity in the DePuy ASR litigation increases the possibility of a settlement for ASR users who were required to have a revision or replacement of their implanted ASR hip device. Let me be clear up front that this is the beginning […]
Posted by Lacey Crawford October 29, 2013 – Thursday, November 7th, was the PAWS for a PURRpose event at: The Downtown Club at Houston Center 1100 Caroline Street 6pm to 9:30pm Over 60 sculptures by 42 noted Texas Artists were up for auction to benefit the Texas Humane Legislation Network […]
Posted by Cindy Nations October 23, 2013 – I am so proud to announce that our own Buck Daniel has been chosen to participate in a highly coveted leadership program offered by the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association. This is a real honor and one which he most definitely deserves. Congratulations, […]
October 3, 2013 – In Texas, Attorney General Greg Abbott is facing new questions about the multimillion-dollar settlement he was awarded after being paralyzed by a falling tree in 1984, the kind of settlement he is now fighting against in a tort reform move, making it impossible for a plaintiff […]
September 13, 2013 Louisiana Association for Justice Fall Conference Topic: Persuading the 21st Century Jury At the Windsor Court Hotel New Orleans, LA
By Andrea Schmauss August 20, 2013 – In June 2013, at the 40th Anniversary the Denton Cooley, MD Center in Houston, Carolyn St Clair was awarded the Distinguished Alumni award from the University of Texas School of Nursing. Ms. St. Clair joins 40 Distinguished Alumni who have been recognized for […]
By Buck Daniel August 14, 2013 – Since our last update, several big developments have occurred in the nationwide Actos litigation. The first Actos lawsuit was tried outside of the MDL in Los Angeles, California, where the plaintiff, like all of our own clients, alleged that Takeda failed to warn […]
By Buck Daniel August 14, 2013 – More than 700 Pradaxa cases have now been filed in the Southern District of Illinois before Judge David Herndon. The majority of these cases claim gastrointestinal bleeding injuries, but there have also been many catastrophic bleeding events such as hemorrhagic stroke. Judge Herndon has […]
July 30, 2013 – Seventeen-year-old eco-artist Grant Manier will be at the Houston Abilities Expo! Don’t miss this chance view his masterpieces, meet him in person and watch him in action! (Saturday 1-5 and Sunday 1-4) The Expo will be held August 2-4, 2013 at the Reliant Center (Hall E). […]
By Cindy Nations July 22, 2013 – I’d like to take a minute to acknowledge the hard work and dedication of attorney Kim Truongle. Kim works on several of our mass tort dockets. She has the amazing ability to take a complex morass of chaos and reduce it to a […]
Posted by Andrea Schmauss, IT Administrator, The Nations Law Firm May 20, 2013 – “The Man in the Arena” is an excerpt from Theodore Roosevelt’s speech “Citizenship In A Republic,” delivered at the Sorbonne, in Paris, France on 23 April, 1910. These powerful words were the inspiration behind the naming […]
April 30, 2013 – Howard Nations details the abject dangers of adhering to our American plutocratic society in a segment of the Ed Show on MSNBC. With guest host Mike Papantonio. Click here for the video: Plutocracy in America
By Buck Daniel March 20, 2013 – Two years ago, the Supreme Court severely limited the conditions under which consumers could sue generic drug manufacturers. The Pliva v. Mensing decision stated that generic manufacturers do not have control over a drug’s warning label content due to FDA regulations; and therefore, […]
Posted by Kim Truongle March 9, 2013 – As reported in this blog yesterday, a jury in California returned a verdict for the Plaintiff for nearly $8.34 million. $8 million of that figure was awarded for non-economic damages, including physical pain and emotional suffering and distress. The jury agreed the […]