Boeing 737 MAX: What Crash Victims' Families Actually Got
A secret 2021 deal shielded Boeing from prosecution. A judge ruled crash victims should have been consulted first — then said he couldn't fix it.
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Catastrophic Injury
Claims involving permanent, life-altering injury, where value is driven by lifetime care projections and lost earning capacity rather than by past medical bills.
17 guides spanning 5 claim types: Settlement Values Workplace Injuries Premises Liability Mass Tort Claims Settlement Money
Guides tagged Catastrophic Injury
AFFF Firefighting Foam Lawsuit: Where It Stands
Water utilities already settled for over $13 billion. Firefighters and veterans with cancer are still waiting — their claims are a separate, unresolved fight.
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Electrocution & Downed Power Line Injury Claims
Electricity is treated as inherently dangerous, which raises the duty owed — but a utility's own emergency response can still limit what it owes you.
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Loss of Consortium: The Spouse's Own Separate Claim
The uninjured spouse has a claim of their own — derivative, capped by the same policy, and it opens the marriage to discovery.
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Paraquat Lawsuit: Where the Parkinson's Litigation Stands
A federal judge's pending ruling on general causation could decide over 5,000 cases at once — this litigation's whole future turns on a single Daubert decision.
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Camp Lejeune Claims: Why New Filing Is Closed (2026)
The deadline to file a new Camp Lejeune claim passed in August 2024. Here's what that actually means, and where the roughly 3,750 pending lawsuits stand now.
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Depo-Provera Lawsuit: Meningioma MDL Status (2026)
One of the fastest-growing pharmaceutical MDLs ever, with a settlement in principle reached in June 2026 — but not yet finalized.
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Hair Relaxer Lawsuit: Where the MDL Actually Stands
Over 11,000 pending claims, a court-appointed Special Master negotiating talks, but still no global settlement in the federal MDL.
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Internal Organ Injury Settlements: Spleen, Liver & Bowel
Internal injuries are life-threatening acutely, then treated as resolved. Why a removed spleen is permanent, and how these claims are actually valued.
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Roundup Lawsuit Status: SCOTUS Ruling & Settlement (2026)
A Supreme Court ruling limited some claims in June 2026; a separate $7.25 billion Missouri settlement still awaits final approval.
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Settlements and Medicaid/SSI: The Special Needs Trust
A settlement can silently terminate Medicaid or SSI unless structured first. What's means-tested, and how a special needs trust protects both.
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Swimming Pool & Drowning Injury Claims: Who's Liable
Pool injury and drowning claims turn on who controlled the pool and whether the child-attraction rule applies. What proves negligence, and what doesn't.
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Talcum Powder Lawsuit: Where the $5.5B Settlement Stands
J&J's three bankruptcy attempts failed; a $5.5 billion settlement was announced in July 2026 — but it isn't final. Here's exactly what has and hasn't happened.
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Amputation Settlement Amounts: Prosthetics & Lifetime Cost (2026)
Amputation settlement ranges by limb and level, why prosthetic replacement cycles drive the number, and what phantom pain and revision surgery add.
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Burn Injury Settlements: Degree, Scarring & Lifetime Care (2026)
How burn claims are valued by degree and body surface area, why scarring and contractures drive value, and what lifetime care planning adds.
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Spinal Cord Injury Settlements: How Catastrophic Claims Are Valued
How spinal cord injury claims reach seven and eight figures: why the life-care plan drives the number, and why insurance is the real constraint.
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Traumatic Brain Injury Settlement Value: Concussion to Severe TBI
How TBI claims are valued, why mild brain injuries are hardest to prove and most often underpaid, and which testing documents an invisible injury.
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