Four Cochran Firm, DC Attorneys Named to 2014 Super Lawyers List
The Cochran Firm, DC. today announces that four of its personal injury, wrongful death, nursing home abuse, and medical malpractice attorneys have been selected for the 2014 Washington, DC Super Lawyers list. David E. Haynes was selected as a Washington, DC Super Lawyer for personal injury plaintiffs. Karen E. Evans was selected as a Washington, DC. Super […]
Proof that whistleblowing works
If you have knowledge of fraud being perpetrated against the federal government, you may be reluctant to file a whistleblower qui tam claim. You may feel powerless and that your qui tam claim won’t change anything. Nothing could be further from the truth. There are many areas of whistleblower areas where it may be difficult […]
GM Seeks to Avoid Accountability for Deadly Ignition Switch Defects
If you paid attention to General Motors CEO Mary Barra’s apologies, you would think GM feels remorseful and responsible for manufacturing cars containing ignition switch defects that are associated with 13 deaths. “We do understand we have civic responsibilities as well as legal responsibilities,” Barra said in testimony on Capitol Hill in early April. Barra’s […]
Testosterone replacement therapy litigation update
Motion to combine federal Androgel lawsuits filed AndroGel consumers are filing lawsuits nationwide after alleging the testosterone replacement therapy product caused heart problems. Plaintiffs in more than 30 AndroGel lawsuits recently sought to have their cases consolidated in a multidistrict litigation (MDL). Billion-dollar pharmacentural corporations Abbott Laboratories and AbbVie Inc., who designed, manufactured, supplied, and […]
Auto Fatalities and Injuries on the Rise
By Willard P. Techmeier - lead attorney at the Cochran Firm Wisconsin The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration recently reported that the number of people killed in automobile crashes increased significantly in 2012. The new numbers represent the first time there has been an increase in the number of automobile related fatalities in the past six […]
Karen Evans on SiriusXM radio host Joe Madison's The Black Eagle show
Karen Evans, trial attorney and partner with The Cochran Firm, D.C. was interviewed by on SiriusXM radio host Joe Madison's The Black Eagle show. Madison interviewed Evans and her client, Marie Mills, regarding the death of Mills' father Medric Cecil Mills and the alleged failure of the D.C. Fire and EMS Department to provide help […]
Pharmaceutical Corporation Fined $1M for Hiding Lawsuit Documents
American consumers have filed hundreds of lawsuits against global pharmaceutical corporation Boehringer Ingelheim after its blood-thinning drug Pradaxa allegedly caused severe bleeding. But Boehringer and the law firm it hired, Covington & Burling, have not been playing fair in the ensuing litigation. In December 2013, a federal judge in Illinois fined Boehringer almost $1 million […]
Maryland’s proposed whistleblower law would protect taxpayers from fraud
In Maryland, whistleblower lawsuits are only allowed against healthcare companies under the False Health Claims Act of 2010. Under a proposed expansion of the law, employees of contractors could bring whistleblower claims when their employer defrauds the state of Maryland by overcharging, lying about expenses, or otherwise engaging in unethical behavior. The law would authorize […]
