LAWSUITS NEWS & LEGAL INFORMATION
Search Results for
Sort by date 16,446 pages found matching <a href="http://logginginmaine.seerlogging.com/capeelizabeth/">cape elizabeth</a>/- Woman Claims She Suffered Kidney Injuries from Taking Acid Reflux Medications
May-24-17 Alabama: An Alabama woman is suing the makers of the popular proton pump inhibitor (PPI) medications Nexium, Prilosec and Prevacid for kidney-related injuries she claims she suffered after taking the products. A'Lydia M. Gibbs filed a lawsuit Gibbs v. Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals LP et al , Case No. N17C-03-1695, Superior Court of the State of Del... - Family of Shooting Victim Files First Responder Injury Lawsuit
May-30-17 Denver, CO: A purported drug raid two years ago that left a Colorado man dead and his family allegedly traumatized has now become a wrongful death and first responder injury lawsuit , with the victim’s family and estate filing a case just days ago in Colorado. The victim of the police shooting was James Edward Strong Jr., age 32 at the time of... - Jury Awards $3 Million Verdict to California State Worker Who Claims Bosses Ignored His Allergies
May-30-17 Sacramento, CA: A jury has awarded a $3 million verdict to a California state worker whose supervisors allegedly violated California Labor Law by ignoring his allergies to perfumes and cleaning products, according to the Sacramento Bee . A Nevada County jury delivered the verdict in May 2017 during a trial for a lawsuit filed by John Barrie, a Cali... - Premature Insulation Failure in Recalled St. Jude Medical Riata Defibrillator (ICD) Leads
Washington, DC: In January, 2013, the FDA posted a statement concerning people with implanted St. Jude Riata or Riata ST Silicone Endocardial Defibrillation Leads. Riata and Riata ST leads connect an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) to the heart in order to monitor heart rhythms. ICD's can detect life-threatening heart rhythms and deli... - Volkswagen Recall Lawsuit News and Legal Information
Volkswagen has announced a recall of around 500,000 diesel cars after the Environmental Protection Agency accused the carmaker of cheating to pass emissions testing. The Volkswagen recall affects certain diesel Volkswagen and Audi vehicles with the model years 2009-2015. Volkswagen lawsuits have now been filed on behalf of plaintiffs who may have been... - Airbag Injuries and Defective Airbags Getting More Complicated
May-12-17 Kansas City, MO: Recent reports of airbag injuries suffered by a young woman in an older-model car that had been in an accident and returned to the road with a replacement airbag , together with media reports originating from Kansas City with regard to recycled airbags , points to an entirely new issue with recalled airbags, and accompanying airb... - An Award-Winning Employee Culture at Unum Can’t Stop Lawsuits
May-27-17 Philadelphia, PA: Unum Group, which calls Chattanooga home, may hold a place amongst the Top 500 employers in the US as ranked by Forbes . However, such lofty plaudits have not stopped a Unum lawsuit from a woman who claimed Unum insurance stopped her benefits without just cause. The plaintiff in the case is Melissa Maiellano, who filed her Unum di... - Long Island Signalman Awarded Damages for Injury Exacerbation
May-29-17 Long Island, NY: A workers compensation lawsuit brought by a signal worker with the Long Island Railroad Co. (LIRR) in New York has ended with a verdict in favor of the plaintiff. Daniel Curran claims to have been injured while responding to a so-called ‘heat kink’ issue that resulted in a buckled rail on the track. Curran had been dispatched, in J... - Deadly Drugs and Devices Report by AAJ is a Must Read for Women
May-28-17 Washington, D.C. The American Association of Justice’s (AAJ) review of 150 years of drugs and devices offered to ostensibly improve or protect the health of women, sometimes with devastating even deadly results, is a well-researched, informative and sometimes oddly entertaining read. The AAJ report “From Accutane to Zonite: A History of Dangero... - California Unpaid Overtime, from Caregivers for the Elderly to Caretakers for the Unborn
May-28-17 Los Angeles, CA: Caregivers who have been denied California overtime for years may finally have their rights upheld, thanks to an overtime lawsuit filed by the LA City Attorney. And “birth tourism” workers are following suit. Last September, Senate Bill 105 gave domestic workers, including caregivers, permanent overtime protections in the... - Surgical Mesh Lawsuit Nets $2.16 Million for Pen Argyl Plaintiff
May-28-17 Philadelphia, PA: Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson has just lost its fourth surgical mesh lawsuit after a jury in Philadelphia just this past Friday returned a verdict of $2.16 million against Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and its subsidiary Ethicon Women’s Health and Urology (Ethicon). The fourth loss for the defendants in as many tr... - Angioplasty TVAM, Doctors and the FDA
May-19-17 Washington, DC: Angioplasty was designed as a safe alternative to open heart surgery, but a procedure using balloon angioplasty devices called transvascular autonomic modulation (TVAM) is not safe, which the FDA has warned of repeatedly. Some doctors, however, believe its benefits outweigh the risks involved. The agency in March 2017 issued a war... - Consumer and Legal Advocates Concerned About Potential Threats to Class Action Lawsuits
May-23-17 Washington, DC: Consumer advocates see potential storm clouds on the horizon and they are standing-at-the-ready to fight any forthcoming threat that might preclude consumers from using class action suits to pursue justice. For years, the fine print section of contracts, particularly in the financial services industry, has often asked consumers to si... - Risperdal Victims Candid Photographs Speak Volumes
May-23-17 Detroit, MI: Most jurors in Risperdal trials are likely sympathetic and at the same time shocked to discover how boys who developed female breasts have suffered. The public are likely reacting the same way after seeing a photo project online titled “Risperdal Boys”. Photographer Richard Johnson has captured the pain and suffering and emb... - Generic Docetaxel Inclusion in Taxotere MDL Significant Departure
May-24-17 Philadelphia, PA Eight Manufacturers of a generic form of Taxotere known as Docetaxel are also being included in the ongoing MDL in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana (New Orleans). As a result, more women will likely join the approximately 1,000 women already involved in the litigation. Generic versions of brand-name drugs that com... - $39M Settlement Reached in USAA Auto Insurance Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A $39 million settlement has been agreed between class members and The United Services Automobile Association in a bad faith insurance lawsuit alleging the insurer breached the terms of auto insurance policies by failing to fully pay members for sales tax in the purchase of a comparable vehicle after their vehicles were written off... - Retaliation to be added to Tesla Inc. Workplace Racial Discrimination Suit
May-26-17 Oakland, CA Legal team representing a 44-year-old African American man who claims he was harassed and discriminated against while working as an assembly line worker at the Tesla car factory in Fremont, California is adding a charge of retaliation to the already long list of claims of violations of the California state labor laws. DeWitt Lambert, wh... - Ongoing Efforts to Improve Endoscope Disinfection May not be Enough
May-21-17 Ivyland, PA: It was just about a year ago, on May 29 2016 that the Sunday Telegram of Massachusetts highlighted the trials and tribulations of a manufacturer and their endoscope cleaning machine. Custom Ultrasonics Inc., based in Ivyland PA., had been previously taken to task by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with regard to an endoscope cleaning... - Judge Awards $2 Million Verdict in Defective Hip Implant Lawsuit
May-21-17 Albuquerque, NM: A New Mexico judge has ruled that Zimmer must pay $2 million after a bench trial concerning one of its hip implant devices that allegedly injured a patient. Judge Nan G. Nash on March 31, 2017 awarded a $2 million judgment to plaintiff Michael McDonald in a lawsuit against Zimmer Inc. and Zimmer Holdings Inc. McDonald filed th... - $5M Discover Home Loans Preliminary TCPA Settlement Approved
Santa Clara, CA: Preliminary approval of a $5 million settlement has been granted in Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) class action pending Discover Financial Services and Discover Home Loans Inc. The suit alleged that the defendants made unsolicited telemarketing calls to customers without receiving consent to do so. If you received telema...