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Washington, DC: In November 2002, Tracy admitted herself to hospital with what she thought was either a migraine or the flu. She had been suffering from terrible headaches for several days. In fact, she had a blood clot in her brain, caused by the ortho evra birth control patch.

Philadelphia, PA: As the tainted heparin issue continues to reverberate around the globe, lawsuits continue to mount as those harmed by contaminated heparin, or the families of those who have died, seek compensation in the face of a complex and convoluted environment.

Middletown, OH: Jane R. has appealed her case to Unum twice. She has asked them what rules they abide by? “ In Unum’s policy book it states they follow all the federal, state and ERISA rules where applicable and they have the ability to change pretty much anything with my policy,” she says.

Morristown, NJ: Just weeks after Actavis, in conjunction with the FDA initiated a recall of its heart drug Digitek (digoxin tablets), a lawsuit was filed on May 5, 2008 in the northern district of Ohio and a class action lawsuit was filed in the eastern district of Louisiana. The suits follow a voluntary recall of all Digitek lots after reports that tablets of twice the approved strength were issued in the US.

Lenexa, Kansas: In his thirty-year legal career, Michael Hodges says, “We’ve done virtually every kind of damages case you can think of, but in the last four or five years, we’ve done mainly mass torts and class actions.” That includes joining in multiple class actions filed recently against Avent America, Evenflo, Gerber, Handi-Craft (Dr. Brown's), and Playtex for their continued use of Bisphenol A (BPA) in the manufacture of baby bottles and toddler training cups.

Philadelphia, PA: Plane crashes happen. They are a sad but true fact of life. Some plane crashes occur entirely by accident, through no fault of any person or organization. However, all too frequently they are the result of an error: an error in judgment, an error in design or even an error in maintenance.

Waltham, MA: If Bayer was hoping for a miracle with regard to its much-maligned and dangerous drug Trasylol, those hopes were dashed today after the findings of a Canadian study were published in the May 14th edition of The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), effectively equating to a death sentence for the deadly anti-bleeding drug.

Fayetteville, NC: When William complained about stomach pains Alice B. took her husband to the VA hospital on several occasions, but he was sent home with heartburn medicine. Finally she took him to a civilian hospital: the diagnosis was pancreatic cancer and the diagnosis for the VA hospital was Veteran Medical Malpractice: the cancer clinic said it was too late for treatment.

Laguna Beach, CA: Although the Icy Hot Heat Therapy Patches have been voluntarily recalled, people are still suffering injuries from using the patches. Not all stores have pulled the patches from the shelves and not all consumers have heard about the recall, so some are still buying the patches to alleviate their pain. Richard M. is one such person.

New Orleans, LA: After being on Avandia for two years, Gail suffered a heart attack. When she was admitted to hospital, immediately following her heart attack, the doctors did an angiogram and found that all the arteries were blocked. Gail had to have five stents put in, which required two separate operations.