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Sort by date 6,125 pages found matching male lawsuits- Implanon Lawsuits Allege Serious Birth Control Side Effects
Jan-13-17 Boston, MA: Women are used to being given a long list of side effects linked to their birth control, so hearing about alleged Implanon side effects is likely nothing new. Some birth control comes with alleged risks such as blood clots, others may increase the chances of pseudotumor cerebri, still others can increase the risk of depression. For its par... - Asbestosis Risk has been known since Roman Times
Jan-11-17 Edmonton, AB: While a class action lawsuit waged against Halliburton Co. has gone on for some 14 years, it’s been more than 114 years that knowledge about the dangers of asbestos and asbestosis lung disease has been known. Only in the last few decades has the industrialized world taken the risks of asbestos seriously by phasing asbestos out in ce... - Moving Company Workers often denied Overtime
Oct-5-12 Brooklyn, NY Andy has worked many years at a moving company making $12 per hour. He doesn’t recall ever working less than 12 hour days and never received pay for overtime. Andy was afraid of “rocking the boat”--until he understood overtime laws and his entitlement to pay for overtime . Andy’s normal workday starts at 7am and e... - J&J’s Cost of Defending its Talcum Powder is Rising
Jan-6-17 St. Louis, MO: Johnson & Johnson last year was hit with three talcum powder cancer lawsuits, making the jury verdicts in St. Louis a combined $197 million. Judging from the drug company’s continued legal woes, it appears that these settlements may simply be the cost of doing business. Last February the family of Jackie Fox , who... - Court Documents Reveals J&J Transvaginal Mesh Marketed Ahead of Competitors “Priceless”, Causing Outrage Overseas
Oct-31-17 London, UK : Politicians and Professors of medicine in the U.K. are condemning the decision to launch transvaginal mesh without a clinical trial and demanding a public inquiry into the mesh. Court documents during Ella Ebaugh’s trial in Philadelphia revealed that J&J’s Ethicon unit launched its TVT-Secur mesh in 2006 ahead of its comp... - Attorneys Investigating Actemra Complaints and its Approval Process
Oct-31-17 Santa Clara, CA: On the heels of a STAT investigation that linked the rheumatoid arthritis drug Actemra to a number of deaths and many serious complications not listed on its label, attorneys are investigating potential lawsuits against Roche-Genentech, the manufacturer. From the time of Actemra’s approval in 2010 until the STAT investigatio... - Whistleblower Healthcare Fraud Lawsuit Alleges Surgical Double-Booking
Oct-31-17 Boston, MA: Not one, but two healthcare fraud lawsuits against the renowned Massachusetts General Hospital and its operator allege double-booking of surgeries that possibly put patients at risk. There are also allegations that patients are misled into assuming their procedures will be performed by experienced surgeons, when in fact residents and fellow... - Officials Ask How FDA Was So Wrong on Risks of Power Morcellation
Feb-8-16 Washington, DC: With 34 power morcellator lawsuits filed against Ethicon consolidated for pretrial proceedings and the US government investigating allegations against the makers of power morcellators, 2016 could be a bad year for power morcellation device makers. The devices, used in laparoscopic hysterectomy or myomectomy, have come under scrutiny due... - California Overtime $1.5 Million Settlement Up for Final Approval in April
Feb-8-16 Los Angeles, CA: It was in December of last year that an overtime pay laws class action was quietly granted preliminary approval for a $1.5 million settlement. Plaintiffs in the action are looking forward to April 12, the date during which arguments for final approval will be heard. The defendant in the overtime pay lawsuit in California is Restorat... - Pfizer’s Attempt to Toss Lawsuits in Lipitor Diabetes Lawsuits MDL Rejected
Feb-5-15 Charleston, SC The manufacturer of Lipitor recently attempted to cast off 10 atorvastatin type 2 diabetes cases in the Lipitor Diabetes Lawsuits MDL on grounds that failure-to-warn claims made by the plaintiffs were preempted by federal regulation. But a South Carolina federal judge would have none of it, finding in favor of the plaintiffs and rejec... - Pradaxa Lawsuits Allege Pradaxa Bleeding Risk, Insufficient Warnings
Jan-4-17 Hartford, CT: Even though Pradaxa and a competitor were brought to market as an easier-to-manage alternative to warfarin, previously the gold standard for blood thinning, no one disputes the fact that all anti-coagulants carry a risk for bleeding events. However, it is alleged in Pradaxa lawsuits that some blood thinners carry a greater risk for bleedi... - LawyersandSettlements.com Announces New, Comprehensive Newsletter For Legal News, Class Action Lawsuits and Settlements
Dec-22-13 LawyersandSettlements.com has relaunched its weekly legal newsletter to provide both lawyers and consumers with more comprehensive coverage of class action lawsuits and settlements, ongoing mass tort litigation and personal injury lawsuit news. The updated newsletter also combines a fresh, contemporized look with easy-to-navigate quick links for a more user... - Asbestos and Environmental Law
Oct-28-17 Massachusetts Any asbestos lawsuit , whether it be founded upon asbestosis, asbestos mesothelioma, asbestos cancer or any other form of asbestos disease carries underpinnings of environmental law. That’s because the environment is such an integral component of today’s safe workplace, that environmental law policy is central to how employers... - You Can Easily Trace a Car’s History, but Not Necessarily Their Parts
Oct-27-17 Hoboken, NJ: Amongst the steady stream of media reports decrying the emerging issue of recycled airbag injuries and their relationship to recalled airbags inexplicably returned to circulation, is a television report produced by News 12 New Jersey (06/07/17). While injuries attributed to defective, original-equipment airbags have been an issue for som... - Equifax Breach Led to Real Life Problems says Class Action
Oct-27-17 Atlanta, GA: Lead plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit filed in US District Court in Atlanta claim it was the Equifax breach between May and July 2017 that led to real life problems after their personal and private information was snatched from the credit reporting agency’s data bank and then allegedly used by criminals for illegal purposes. ... - What is Next for Burn Pit Lawsuits?
Oct-26-17 Washington, DC In August, the plaintiffs filed a Notice of Appeal In re: KBR, Inc., Burn Pit Litigation seeking to overturn the decision of the Fourth Circuit that barred them from suing the military contractor who operated the burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan. Since individuals cannot sue the military itself, the Fourth Circuit decisi... - “I Could Be a Ticking Time Bomb,” says IVC Filter Patient
Dec-31-16 Nashville, TN: When Sara had an IVC Filter implanted 20 years ago, nobody told her that it would eventually need to be removed. “Now that I’m aware of so many IVC filter lawsuits I don’t know if this filter is supposed to be permanent or not, but it has got me worried,” says Sara. In 1996 Sara had a Greenfield IVC Filter impla... - VoIP Providers Sonus, Vonage Settle Shareholder Class Actions
Two Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers settled class action lawsuits last week. Sonus settled its shareholder class action for $9.6 million. The suit alleged that Sonus had issued false statements about its financial health. Vonage, another VoIP, also settled its shareholder class action for an undisclosed amount. Legal Help If y... - Visual Sciences Inc. NetRatings Patent Infringement Settlement
San Diego, CA: (Aug-20-07) NetRatings Inc., a privately held division of the media research firm that publishes Billboard and Adweek magazines, brought a patent infringement lawsuit against Visual Sciences Inc., another Web tracking company, over certain of its patent applications. The suit was filed in February 2006. In a settlement reached, Visual Scienc... - $417 Jury Verdict Tossed in California J&J Ovarian Cancer Lawsuit
Oct-23-17 Los Angeles, CA: Another multi-million dollar jury verdict awarded to a woman who alleged she developed ovarian cancer from using Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder has been tossed by a California Judge. The ruling, by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Maren Nelson, reverses the $417 million verdict against J&J which was awarded to California resident...