Firm News

The old law firm of Bubalo Rotman has a new name: Bubalo Goode Sales & Bliss PLC. And that is not the only change as the firm expands its capabilities in handling cases for individuals who have been injured by prescription drug side effects, product defects, vehicle accidents and other types of catastrophic damage caused by the negligence of others. Click here for more information.

The dialysis products GranuFlo® and NaturaLyte® have been connected to an increased risk of cardiopulmonary arrest and sudden cardiac death. Click here for more information.

Bubalo Goode Sales & Bliss PLC is proud to announce today that Christopher W. Goode has been selected as a 2012 Super Lawyer. Only five percent of the attorneys in Kentucky each year are recognized.  Super Lawyers is a rating service that seeks outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The final list is the culmination of an extensive process which includes statewide peer nominations, independent research, evaluation based on 12 indicators, additional evaluation by other top attorneys in the practice area and a discipline check on each candidate. Chris Goode is the immediate past president of the Fayette County Bar Association.

 posted July 20, 2012

On June 26, 2012, the Women's Bar Association and the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys Women's Caucus will host an educational session entitled "Trials Facing Women Litigators & tips for Success" at the Moakley Federal Courthouse.

Paula Bliss will be one of a panel of women attorneys and judges who will share their experiences and advice to help women succeed in litigation. Those who are interested in attending can register online at www.womensbar.org/calendar.

A Connecticut jury awarded $4 million in compensatory damages, plus punitive damages, to a breast cancer survivor against Wyeth, Inc. today at the U.S. District Court in New Haven.

The jury found:  Wyeth's hormone-replacement therapy drug Prempro caused the Plaintiff's invasive breast cancer; Wyeth failed to provide adequate warnings or instructions regarding the known or knowable risk of breast cancer associated with Prempro; Prempro was an unreasonably dangerous product; Wyeth was negligent in its testing, studying, and investigating the risks; and Wyeth negligently misrepresented the risks and benefits of the drug.

Jurors began deliberations around 2:30 p.m. April 17, and came in with the verdict at 1:00 p.m. April 18.  The case was tried by Attorneys Gregory Bubalo and Paula Bliss of Bubalo Goode Sales & Bliss PLC with Attorney Neal Moskow of Ury & Moskow, LLC. (Link to original news release.)

Additional information:

"Ex-Principal Wins $4 Million Verdict Against Drug Maker," by Christian Nolan, published online by Connecticut Law Tribune, Monday, April 30, 2012

"After string of defense verdicts, woman wins $4M in Prempro breast cancer trial," by Sylvia Hsieh, published online by Lawyers USA, Friday, April 27, 2012

"Editor's Choice: Jury Awards Edition," by Sylvia Hsieh, published online by Lawyers.com, Friday, April 27, 2012 

"Pfizer Ordered to Pay $4 Million in Damages in Prempro Case," by Jeff Feeley, published online by Bloomberg News, Friday, April 20, 2012

"Wyeth Hit With $4M Jury Verdict in Prempro Suit," by Bibeka Shrestha, published by Law360, April 20, 2012

It is not every day that a fundraising event comes on the heels of a disaster that urgently demands those funds. The 2012 Wrapped in Red Gala for the American Red Cross, long scheduled for March 10, was suddenly a very significant opportunity to help the victims of the record-breaking tornado outbreak on March 2. Bubalo Goode Sales & Bliss is proud to have helped by supporting the Gala and the work of the American Red Cross.

Bubalo Goode Sales & Bliss' Team Pink participated in the 2011 American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk in Louisville on October 23. After lots of work to raise money through individual donations, a bake sale and raffling off donated gift cards, the Team raised $2,647.00 - which was matched by Bubalo Goode Sales & Bliss - plus a last minute donation. With a final total of $5,394.00, Team Pink was one of the top 5 fundraising teams in the Louisville Making Strides Walk. Congratulations to the Team for all their hard work and effort. (For pictures, go to our Facebook page.)

Bubalo Goode Sales & Bliss PLC is pleased to announce the election of Paula Bliss as a partner. Bliss works primarily in the Boston office but handles cases from all over the U.S. She focuses her practice in all aspects of civil litigation involving catastrophic injuries, primarily pharmaceutical and medical device mass tort litigation, wrongful death, medical malpractice and personal injury actions.

Prior to joining Bubalo Goode Sales & Bliss  in 2007, Bliss practiced in a large New England firm where she litigated cases involving catastrophically injured plaintiffs across the country in various pharmaceutical mass tort litigation, involving diet drugs, phenylpropanolamine, ephedra, Duragesic pain patches, and individual personal injury and medical malpractice lawsuits. Bliss has extensive experience in every facet of complex tort litigation and manages large scale tort litigation projects involving dozens and often hundreds of individual complex tort cases. She regularly appears in court on various civil litigation matters, summary judgment and Daubert hearings, pre-trial conferences, medical malpractice tribunals and discovery and evidentiary motions. Bliss has also successfully negotiated significant pre-suit and post-filing personal injury settlements and mediated several pharmaceutical liability tort actions.

Currently, Bliss is working on a number of cases involving hormone replacement therapy and its role in causing thousands of women to develop breast cancer all across the country.

Bliss earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and her J.D. degree from Northeastern University School of Law. She is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts in Massachusetts and Kentucky as well as in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. She is a member of the Massachusetts and Kentucky Bar Associations, American Association for Justice (AAJ), and the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys.

Bliss has been selected as a Massachusetts Super Lawyers "Rising Star" four years in a row.

Before pursuing a legal career, Bliss owned and ran a successful small business for a number of years.

We recently received the nicest email from client Lynda G.:

"We think Greg should be the poster attorney for excellence. Everything that has come out of your office has been perfect. Of course we know he could not be as great as he is without you there beside him. We are just so impressed. How can we ever thank you enough? The entire legal team has been flawless. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. "

Two students at Northeastern University School of Law are spending their summer as interns in the Boston office of Bubalo Goode Sales & Bliss. Julie Myers and Erick Cipau have each finished the second year of law school. They are working in the Boston office until mid-August, 2011.