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You may have gone to great lengths and expense to find the right elder care facility or nursing home for a member of your family or someone you know. It is a traumatic and difficult decision to place someone in a nursing home and you can only hope that they will receive the best possible care. Unfortunately, nursing home abuse is more prevalent than... - Latest Study Suggests AndroGel Increases Arterial Plaque in Older Men
Mar-31-17 Philadelphia, PA: As testosterone side effects lawsuits continue to roll in, a study published last month in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) appears to confirm long-held assertions that testosterone therapy in otherwise healthy men serves only to increase the risks for heart attack and stroke needlessly. An accompanying editoria... - Victory for Risperdal Plaintiffs
Dec-18-17 St Louis, MO: November was a good month for Risperdal gynecomastia plaintiffs, involving a multi-plaintiff case before a federal judge in St. Louis. And the only verdict that favored Johnson & Johnson in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas has been reversed. In the Missouri Risperdal lawsuit, Johnson & Johnson asserted that the multi... - Gas Explosion - Propane Explosion, Natural Gas Explosion, Gas Explosion Lawyer
A Gas explosion can occur as a result of a defective product or human error—such as lack of proper safety training-- in the workplace, resulting in a gas line explosion and accidents in the home (e.g., propane explosion , natural gas explosion and barbeque propane explosions often cause severe burn injuries and sometimes death. People working i... - daVinci Surgical Robot Complaints
The daVinci surgical robot has been used in many surgeries across the US and was designed to make surgery less invasive. Critics and patients, however, say the daVinci robot may not be medically necessary and may put patients at risk of serious injury and even death. DaVinci robot lawsuits have been filed, alleging patients suffered severe, life-threat... - Southern California Utilities Face Lawsuits of Transfer Payments
Santa Clara, CA: Southern California utility companies are coming under legal attack for the practice of transferring funds gathered from customers in their regular utility bills, to the City of Los Angeles, on the grounds that the transfers amount to a tax charged to consumers of power and water, which is essentially consumer fraud and illegal under... - Following Suit: Risperdal Lawsuit Update
Jan-15-14 • Risperdal (generic name Risperidone) is an atypical antipsychotic that works by changing the activity of certain natural substances in the brain. Developed by Janssen Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson (J&J), Risperdal was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1993 for the treatment of schizophrenia in ad... - Philips Settles Respirator Case for $1.1 Billion
May-9-24 Santa Clara, CA Philips Respironics has agreed to settle over 700 lawsuits for $1.1 billion. Since the massive 2021 recall of its faulty breathing machines and ventilators that released toxic and carcinogenic fumes into customers’ mouths, throats and lungs, more than 50,000 people have been involved in the litigation. And it’s not over yet... - Herbal Supplement Fraud News and Information
Four major retailers have been accused of committing herbal supplement fraud by selling supplements whose ingredients did not match the ingredients listed on the supplement label. Tests conducted by officials reportedly showed widespread supplement contamination , including ingredients found in the herbal supplements that were not listed on the label, e... - Hair Relaxer Lawsuit Update
Apr-3-24 Santa Clara, CA As of early March, at least 8,334 hair relaxer lawsuits are pending in a federal MDL (multidistrict litigation). Following a study that linked cancer to hair straightener products in late 2022, African American women have filed product liability lawsuits claiming certain cosmetic companies caused their uterine cancer, endometrial ca... - More Propecia Complaints
Dec-22-15 Somerset, NJ: About 1,400 Propecia lawsuits against Merck had been filed by June of 2015, claiming persistent sexual side effects. The drugmaker reported the amount of product liability lawsuits filed in the United States to the Securities and Exchange Commission in August. About 1,700 plaintiffs (some partners joined the suits, claiming loss of con... - NYC Workers Can Sue for Safe and Sick Leave Violations
May-6-24 New York City, NY Earlier this year, New York City enacted a law that amends the city's Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA) from 2014. Under Int. 0563-2022, “any person" has a private right of action to file New York lawsuits in court within two years of learning of an alleged violation. The law took effect in March, 2024. Previously,... - Viagra Skin Cancer Side Effects News and Information
Viagra (sildenafil citrate), prescribed for the treatment of erectile dysfunction, has been linked to serious Viagra side effects including melanoma, which is an aggressive form of cancer. As of December 2014, the Viagra label fails to warn about melanoma, but it does warn of sudden vision loss. The famous "little blue pill"has also been linked to viagr... - LawyersandSettlements.com Issues Report on Prostate Health Claim Lawsuits and Propecia Side Effect Litigation
Jun-22-12 In observance of Men's Health Month, LawyersandSettlements.com reports on consumer fraud lawsuits filed as a result of alleged false advertising directed at health-conscious men. While Propecia lawsuits alleging high-grade prostate cancer in addition to Propecia sexual dysfunction, are ongoing, the FTC has ruled that POM Wonderful Pomegranate Juice health cl... - State AGs Join Opposition to LTL Bankruptcy in Talcum Powder Lawsuits
May-29-23 Newark, NJ On May 10, the states of New Mexico and Mississippi joined cancer victims and the U.S. Department of Justice in moving to dismiss the latest LTL bankruptcy petition. The bankruptcy is an essential element of Johnson & Johnson’s $8.9 billion offer to settle all outstanding and future talcum powder lawsuits . Of that $8.9 billion, $400... - Jury Awards $107 Million in Asbestos Mesothelioma Lawsuit
Nov-22-23 Los Angeles, CA On July 11, a California jury awarded the family of a man who died of asbestos mesothelioma more than $107 million. Joel Hernandezcueva, the father of four young children, died in 2014 from pleural mesothelioma, a terminal cancer that his treating physicians testified is caused only by asbestos exposure. At w... - Zimmer Knee Replacement | Knee Implants | NexGen Knee - LawyersAndSettlements.com
Since the Zimmer NexGen knee replacement system has been on the market, almost half a million people in the US alone have had Zimmer knee implants. However, the Zimmer knee replacement, namely the NexGen CR-Flex Porous Femoral component , has recently been linked to a variety of problems, from loosening of the implant to failure of the replacement knee,... - Zimmer NexGen FAQ
What is a Zimmer NexGen Knee? The Zimmer NexGen Knee Replacement is an implantable knee replacement system. In 2003 Zimmer Holdings, a leading designer, developer, manufacturer, and marketer of orthopedic devices and other medical devices, introduced the NexGen CR-Flex Fixed Bearing Knee. This Zimmer NexGen Knee is a synthetic device used to cap t... - Suboxone maker Indivior in Trouble with the Law Again
Feb-16-24 Santa Clara, CA Suboxone (buprenorphine and naloxone) was first introduced in 2002 for recovering opioid addicts. The dissolvable tablet was helping people on their road to recovery, but the problems began when a Suboxone film version was introduced in 2013, and it took the drugmakers almost a decade to warn consumers of its side effect: decayed teeth. Man... - Sexual Harassment and Workplace Bullying–Both California Labor Law Violations--Results in $2.6M Verdict
Apr-24-18 Santa Cruz, CA: A Santa Cruz County Superior Court jury, after a one-month trial, awarded $2.6 million to a truck driver who was sexually harassed. Of that amount, Beverly Fabrics was ordered to pay $1.1 million punitive damages for sexual harassment, gender discrimination, retaliation and failure to prevent harassment, discrimination and retaliation, acco...