http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/ Articles on Emerging Legal News from www.LawyersandSettlements.com Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:09:28 -0800 Copyright 2001-2009 Online Legal Media en-us Wed, 11 Jan 2006 06:24:52 GMT http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/images/rss_logo.gif http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/ http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/features/hurricane-katrina-category-5.html?ref=rss New Orleans, LA: The victims of one of the worst natural disasters in US history were given a little solace this week after a federal judge ruled that the US Army Corps of Engineers had failed the residents of New Orleans by doing nothing to prevent the devastation that followed in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/features/hurricane-katrina-category-5.html?ref=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0800 http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/features/massachusetts-employment-labor-law-3.html?ref=rss Boston, MA: The failure of a Dorchester-based contractor to pay prevailing and overtime wages according to the provisions of Massachusetts Labor Law has cost Nealco Environmental Services, Inc. thousands of dollars in fines and other restitutions. http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/features/massachusetts-employment-labor-law-3.html?ref=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:00:00 -0800 http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/features/chantix-suicide-side-effects-26.html?ref=rss Bristol, UK: Chantix, once the darling of smoking-cessation aids, quickly moved under a black cloud of controversy as news emerged about Chantix suicide, Chantix aggression and other serious side effects. In July the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a black box warning for "serious neuropsychiatric symptoms," including changes in behavior, hostility, agitation, depressed mood, suicidal thoughts and behavior and attempted suicide. http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/features/chantix-suicide-side-effects-26.html?ref=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:30:00 -0800 http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/articles/13147/chinese-drywall-china-18.html?ref=rss Middleburg, FL: Sherolyn, a paralegal, had to move out of her new home because it was built with Chinese drywall, and now she is asking her mortgage company for a forbearance agreement. "State officials are encouraging mortgage companies to grant this agreement to homeowners with this toxic drywall," she says. http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/articles/13147/chinese-drywall-china-18.html?ref=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:00:00 -0800 http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/articles/13148/miley-cyrus-tour-bus-crash-accident.html?ref=rss Richmond, VA: In the second bus crash in as many days, a tour bus connected to wildly popular singer Miley Cyrus skidded off the highway this morning near Richmond, Virginia and overturned. State police reported to WTVR at the scene that Cyrus, 16, was not on board the bus at the time of the crash, but that one person had died and another had sustained minor injuries. http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/articles/13148/miley-cyrus-tour-bus-crash-accident.html?ref=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:30:00 -0800 http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/articles/13146/kauffman-baseball-bat.html?ref=rss Helena, MT: A jury in Montana recently ordered the makers of the legendary Louis Slugger baseball bats to pay the Patch family $850,000 in a wrongful death and product liability suit the family never expected win. “When we were talking to them after they had no idea how much they had won,” says attorney Michael Kauffman from Drake Law Firm. “I think hope the money will go towards what they want to achieve. They don’t want another family to go through what they went through.” http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/articles/13146/kauffman-baseball-bat.html?ref=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:00:00 -0800 http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/features/juvenile-tylenol.html?ref=rss Vancouver, B.C.: A new study could make parents rethink how they treat mild pain in their children, as an article in the November issue of the peer-reviewed medical journal Chest suggests that acetaminophen -- the active ingredient in popular over-the-counter medications like Children's Tylenol -- may increase the risk of asthma in users. http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/features/juvenile-tylenol.html?ref=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0800 http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/features/cerebral-palsy.html?ref=rss Denver, CO: In a move that could mean expanded medical testing with controversial genetic material, stem cells taken from an umbilical cord have shown great success in treating a three-year-old girl born with cerebral palsy. http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/features/cerebral-palsy.html?ref=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0800 http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/features/mri-kidney-contrast-side-effects-health-15.html?ref=rss Chesterfield, MO: A man who claims to have suffered from MRI contrast side effects and MRI health risks has launched a lawsuit against the hospital that administered a series of MRI procedures that eventually left him with early-stage Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF). http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/features/mri-kidney-contrast-side-effects-health-15.html?ref=rss Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:45:00 -0800 http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/features/simvastatin-amiodarone-interaction-2.html?ref=rss Kansas City, MO: The relationship between simvastatin and amiodarone, together with the amiodarone interaction identified as simvastatin rhabdomyolysis, came to the forefront in August of last year when the FDA issued an alert to health care professionals regarding the risk for rhabdomyolysis when simvastatin is used in association with amiodarone. http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/features/simvastatin-amiodarone-interaction-2.html?ref=rss Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:45:00 -0800 http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/articles/13142/minnesota-tour-bus-crash.html?ref=rss Austin, MN: A tour bus carrying a load of passengers home from a casino visit went out of control and skidded off a freeway outside Austin, Minnesota late yesterday. CNN is reporting this morning that two passengers were killed and 21 were injured when the tour bus overturned on Interstate 90, about three miles west of Austin. http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/articles/13142/minnesota-tour-bus-crash.html?ref=rss Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:45:00 -0800 http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/features/overtime-pay-laws-rules-11.html?ref=rss Broward County, FL: In a state beleaguered by the current financial crisis, the Broward County School District is attempting to save money by changing the rules for overtime pay to its employees. http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/features/overtime-pay-laws-rules-11.html?ref=rss Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0800 http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/features/fixodent-denture-adhesive-zinc-poisoning-17.html?ref=rss Los Angeles, CA: Consumer advocates report that the makers of a prominent denture cream have added the risk of denture adhesive zinc poisoning to the warning labels adorning the packaging of their oral adherent products. http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/features/fixodent-denture-adhesive-zinc-poisoning-17.html?ref=rss Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0800 http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/articles/13140/ssri-birth-defects-side-effects-pphn-bjog.html?ref=rss New York, NY: Another study has been published suggesting a potential for SSRI birth defects in children exposed to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) prior to birth. The study found that babies whose mothers used the antidepressants while pregnant were at greater risk of developing congenital heart defects and other SSRI side effects. http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/articles/13140/ssri-birth-defects-side-effects-pphn-bjog.html?ref=rss Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:00:00 -0800 http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/features/shoulder-pain-pump-injury-surgery-27.html?ref=rss Houston, TX: Victims of debilitating shoulder injuries resulting from use of shoulder pain pumps are launching lawsuits against the manufacturer of the pump—a product that was supposed to help, not hinder, recovery. http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/features/shoulder-pain-pump-injury-surgery-27.html?ref=rss Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:00:00 -0800 http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/features/asbestos-mesothelioma-lawsuits-dr.html?ref=rss Libby, MT: It may be too late for the workers and residents of Libby, Montana who have suffered from asbestos health issues and battled mesothelioma lawsuits for years. But now representatives from the Mount Sinai Hospital and School of Medicine are going in with a team of investigators to deal with the future of Libby. http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/features/asbestos-mesothelioma-lawsuits-dr.html?ref=rss Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:00:00 -0800 http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/articles/13137/reglan-side-effects-tardive-dyskinesia-21.html?ref=rss Miami, FL: The Reglan side effects may start so slowly that a patient does not even pay attention to them at first: some excessive blinking, facial twitches and maybe a sudden leg jerk every once in a while. But after a while, the movements become impossible to ignore. By that time, the patient has developed tardive dyskinesia—an untreatable condition that has been linked to excessive use of Reglan. http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/articles/13137/reglan-side-effects-tardive-dyskinesia-21.html?ref=rss Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:00:00 -0800 http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/features/construction-accident-worker-4.html?ref=rss Kansas City, MO: A dramatic construction accident left one man dead and another seriously injured when a portable boom lift with a basket on top fell over during the construction of a new performing arts center. http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/features/construction-accident-worker-4.html?ref=rss Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0800 http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/features/plane-crash-airplane-crashes-31.html?ref=rss Siloam Springs, AR: As a third generation stunt pilot, Matt Younkin is used to defying death from inside his plane. Yet even for a trained stuntman, surviving a plane accident is a miraculous feat. http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/features/plane-crash-airplane-crashes-31.html?ref=rss Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0800 http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/articles/13130/Gadolinium-Nephrogegenic-Systemic-Fibrosis-Lawsuit.html?ref=rss St. Louis, MO: A lawsuit was filed today on behalf of a man who developed a rare disorder called nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) after he was injected with gadolinium-based contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at St. Luke’s Hospital in Chesterfield, MO. http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/articles/13130/Gadolinium-Nephrogegenic-Systemic-Fibrosis-Lawsuit.html?ref=rss Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:30:00 -0800 http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/features/stevens-johnson-syndrome-sjs-13.html?ref=rss Portland, OR: She's only seven and already a survivor of Stevens Johnson Syndrome. The good news is that Mackenzie Armstrong has fought the symptoms that threatened to rob her of her sight and potentially her life. http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/features/stevens-johnson-syndrome-sjs-13.html?ref=rss Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:30:00 -0800 http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/features/consumer-financial-fraud-title-loans-credit.html?ref=rss San Francisco, CA: A smoking cessation enterprise has been cited by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for consumer and financial fraud. The company’s apparent negative option marketing plan duped smokers trying to quit into believing they had enrolled into a so-called "free trial" that was anything but free. http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/features/consumer-financial-fraud-title-loans-credit.html?ref=rss Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:30:00 -0800 http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/features/vytorin-side-effects-liver-damage.html?ref=rss Houston, TX: Results of the ARBITER 6-HALTS trial of Zetia (ezetimibe) and Niaspan (niacin) show that Niaspan is more effective than Zetia as a cholesterol treatment. This news has caused some doctors to question whether or not to use Zetia to treat patients with high cholesterol. The results were published along with two editorials in the New England Journal of Medicine on November 15. http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/features/vytorin-side-effects-liver-damage.html?ref=rss Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:00:00 -0800 http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/features/mri-kidney-contrast-side-effects-health-13.html?ref=rss Houston, TX: Houston's Rice University, in conjunction with the Texas Heart institute, is the recipient of a $1 million Challenge Grant from the National Institute of Health to improve the sensitivity of current MRI technology while lowering the chance of MRI health risks, the most common of which is the toxic metal known as gadolinium. http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/features/mri-kidney-contrast-side-effects-health-13.html?ref=rss Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0800 http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/features/lexapro-birth-defects-pphn-lawsuit.html?ref=rss Philadelphia, PA: Pregnant women face any number of complex problems on a daily basis, so it is not surprising that they often experience deep depression. Yet research on the most common form of antidepressants, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), including popular depression medication Lexapro, has linked the drugs to newborn birth defects. http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/features/lexapro-birth-defects-pphn-lawsuit.html?ref=rss Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0800