BCCN attorneys Vanessa Cantley and Nathan Williams filed a nationwide class action suit in early February on behalf of consumers. The lawsuit targets General Nutrition Centers and Walmart for distributing “nutritional supplements” that were found to contain different ingredients than advertised, including, in some instances, none of the labeled ingredients. Cases against Target and Walgreens are also being reviewed for …
A trial in South Georgia concerning the death of a four year old boy is renewing debate over Jeep safety. Remington Walden died in the backseat of his family’s 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee when the car erupted in flames after being rear-ended at an intersection. The family’s lawyers allege that the carmaker has long been aware of the fatal defects …
BCCN partner Vanessa Cantley spoke with WHAS 11 in a segment to air tonight, voicing her support for her client Collin Craig. Craig’s decision to come forward and reveal alcohol and sexual abuse resulted in a comprehensive investigation of the Western Kentucky University swimming and diving program, and a decision to suspend the team for five years. “It’s going to …
A fatal auto accident involving five vehicles shut down all lanes of I-64 in Shelby County on Wednesday, May 13th. According to Kentucky State Police, 5 vehicles, one of which was a tractor trailer, were heading west on I-64 when traffic slowed for a motorist assist. KSP trooper said the tractor trailer failed to reduce speed which resulted in a …
Transvaginal mesh is an implant typically manufactured with a plastic material called polypropylene. The product was created to repair conditions such as pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence. The mesh was used fairly commonly to treat women over the past two decades until several products were recalled in the summer of 2011. Last month Federal District Judge Goodwin was …
3 Metcalfe County High School Students were involved in a car crash on Friday, 5/15. This crash tragically ended in one death, and left two others in the hospital. According to Police, around 7:30 am, 17-year-old Jacob White went off the road and over corrected his vehicle, causing it to flip. Passenger, 15-year-old Trevor Meadows, was ejected from the vehicle …
I-75 was shut down for more than 9 hours on Tuesday. Around 11:15 p.m. it was finally reopened. The cause of the closure was a horrific accident involving six tractor-trailers and one car, which resulted in two deaths. Janet Montgomery, who was inside one of the six tractor trailers, said of the accident, “You don’t see stuff like this every …
Bourbon County Middle School’s first day back after the Memorial Day Holiday was a somber one. It was the first day back after a tragic car wreck claimed the life of one of their fellow classmates. 13-year-old Emily Sams was killed in a car crash Saturday morning. The crash occurred on I-64 in Scott County, Kentucky. Emily, along with her …
A congressional House Commerce and Energy subcommittee held a hearing on defective airbags produced by the Japanese company, Takata Corporation, whose airbags have been known to explode and fire out shards of metal when they inflate. This has been the biggest auto recall in U.S. history. So far, nearly 34 million air bags have been recalled, which has not been …
Kentucky State Police investigators say the Stanford Police Department officer who hit a pedestrian with his cruiser last winter was determined to be traveling at a high rate of speed at the time, but will not be facing criminal charges. The Lincoln County coroner says Howard Robbins, 69, of Crab Orchard, was walking along KY150 on the night of Jan. …