Jane Mundy As the senior legal correspondent for Online Legal Media since 2004, Jane has interviewed over a thousand people—including plaintiffs and attorneys— about many issues for the company, from bad pharmaceuticals to labor law. She is also an award-winning freelance writer for a variety of international and national magazines and newspapers, including Scientific American, Readers Digest, the Globe & Mail and the National Post.
Jane has also written two Ocean Wise Cookbooks about sustainable seafood, the second having won Taste Canada's Gold Award. When Jane isn't at her computer or in the kitchen, she is hiking with her border collie Lizzy or traveling with her laptop. You can read some of Jane's travel and food articles at janemundy.com.
Toronto, ONT: "Several weeks ago we [Rochon Geneva LLP] were approached by a young woman who suffered blindness in one eye subsequent to using AMO contact lens solution recall," says Joel Rochon.
Toronto, ON: To Pet Owners Everywhere: You deserve compensation. To Canadians: Here is what you can do...
Windsor, ON: Lawyer Jay Strosberg of Windsor, Ontario filed a class action suit last week on behalf of pet owners whose animals suffered kidney failure from food manufactured by Menu Foods. "My dog is part of the family so when I heard about this case, I decided that if I received one call from a pet owner, I would commence action," says Strosberg. "Pet owners deserve compensation."
"My doctor called in September 2004 and told me to stop taking Vioxx because he heard about cardiovascular problems associated with it. One month later, I got the letter from Merck, but the damage had already been done," says Linda Long of Balton, Georgia.
"I was cruising down the highway in my 2002 Dodge Chrysler minivan when smoke billowed out from the hood. By the time I pulled into a parking lot, the interior was thick with smoke and flames were pouring out of the dash.