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Jan-31-08 Philadelphia, PA: A four-year investigation into the marketing practices of Zyprexa may result in manufacturer Eli Lilly paying $1 billion in fines to federal and state governments. At issue are unscrupulous marketing initiatives Eli Lilly publicly denies but which appear in company documents, targeting doctors with regard to the use of Zyprexa off... - Securities Fraud: Class Action Suits Follow Cellcyte Stock Collapse
Jan-26-08 Kirkland, WA: Startup biotechnology companies like Kirkland-based Cellcyte Technologies often raise investment capital by aggressively promoting their products and potential earnings. That's fair enough; but Cellcyte's promotion campaign, and its consequences, look a lot more like well crafted securities fraud than legitimate marketing. When Gary Reys... - Many Patients Concerned about Trasylol
Jan-24-08 Rockville, MD: According to reports, Trasylol has been linked to an increased risk of death , kidney or renal failure, heart attacks and strokes among patients who have heart surgery. The drug was used to prevent bleeding during heart-bypass surgery so that patients would not require a blood transfusion, but sales have been suspended because of the in... - FDA Shields Drug Companies From Lawsuits
Feb-27-06 Last month, the FDA revealed its latest protective policy for drug companies in a statement that said people who believe they have been injured by drugs approved by the FDA should not be allowed to sue drug companies in state courts. "We think that if your company complies with the FDA processes, if you bring forward the benefits and risks of your drug, a... - PPH and Fen-Phen: Early Warning Signs Ignored
Jan-21-08 Rochester, MN: It is a well known fact that certain diet drugs , now banned, have been linked to the emergence of PPH , or Primary Pulmonary Hypertension, a rare and potentially life-threatening lung disorder. However, often overlooked is the fact that prior to the very drugs under suspicion being approved in the US, published reports reveal that as many... - More Lawsuits Filed Against Nursing Homes Alleging Abuse
Jan-20-08 Boston, MA: It may be among the more shocking and sickening crimes to read about: seniors being abused in nursing homes. It is upsetting because it shows a complete lack of caring or respect for the elderly population and, in the case of nursing homes, it is committed by people who are paid to care properly for their residents. Those who would abuse seni... - AOL and Compuserve Telephone Cramming
Feb-21-06 AOL can't get its billing act together: Customers are still complaining of double billing and over-billing. You would think a high-tech Internet service provider like AOL would be able to get the little things - like account billing - right. Despite being a deep-pocketed, multi-media, premier Internet service provider, (with years of complaints and lawsu... - Personal Injury: Van in New Brunswick Crash is Banned in 40 States
Jan-15-08 Bathurst, NB: The passenger van involved in a tragic accident in Bathurst, New Brunswick has long been banned from transportation of public school students in most of the United States and some Canadian provinces. The design of the 15-seat Ford Club Wagon made it dangerously susceptible to personal injury for passengers and drivers. In the New Bru... - Burn Injury Sustained During Surgery
Jan-11-08 Richmond, VA: Wanda G. is an experienced OR nurse who has seen her share of injuries, including burn injuries. However, when she had surgery in April 2007, she had no idea that she could possibly wake up from the surgery with burn injuries of her own. Yet that is exactly what she says happened. She went for surgery because she had herniated nerves i... - Truck Accidents: Navigating the Legal System
Jan-9-08 Kansas City, MO: Accidents involving large trucks and tractor-trailers occur every day, and it is rare that an accident involving such massive vehicles does not involve injury. Usually, the injuries sustained are to people in smaller passenger vehicles and they are often serious. After all, a fully loaded semi truck can weigh more than 20 times what some... - Avandia: "A Big Risk to Your Heart"
Jan-8-08 Montgomery, AL: Joyce A. says she did not know that Avandia could cause so many health problems, at least she did not know until her doctor took her off Avandia and put her on another drug. Unfortunately, this happened after she was hospitalized two times with severe chest pains. Although she has started to recover since being taken off Avandia, she says... - Avandia News From 2007
Jan-6-08 Washington, DC: 2007 was a year for huge announcements—from drug safety warnings to food contamination to toys with lead, there was a lot for consumers to be concerned about. But one topic in particular has patients very worried: Avandia. The problem is that patients are still not sure what their risks are—if they are likely to develop heart... - PPH: Cases, Hospitalization and Healthcare Bills on the Rise
Jan-4-08 Boston, MA While it may be considered rare, Primary Pulmonary Hypertension (PPH, now known as Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension or PAH) appears to be on the rise, if the number of hospital stays is any indication. A new study conducted by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) analyzed hospital stays over an eight-year period spanning 199... - Drug Marketing Scheme Hits Nation's School System
Jan-26-06 TeenScreen, the elaborate drug marketing scheme concocted by the pharmaceutical industry and a front group operating out of Columbia University, is being promoted by the Bush administration's recommendation to screen the nation's school population for mental illness. The Bush appointed New Freedoms Commission on Mental Health issued a report in July 2003... - Pizza Recall: General Mills Can Afford Victims' Medical Bills
Dec-22-07 Michael B. and his fiancée both wound up in the hospital after eating Totino's pizza. And they got sick after the Totino's and Jeno's E. coli pizza recall . Michael bought 10 pizzas on December 4th; luckily he kept the receipt and the pizza boxes that matched General Mills recalled SKUs (stock keeping units or UPC codes). On November 1, Genera... - Burn Injuries Involve Many Legal Rights
Dec-21-07 Phoenix, AZ When people think of burn injuries, they typically think of the traditional injuries that occur during house or building fires. However, there are many different ways that burns can occur. And while the laws concerning burn injuries might seem straightforward—whoever caused the burn injury is responsible for the damages—the laws... - Nurse's Family Files Avandia Wrongful Death Lawsuit against GlaxoSmithKline
Dec-18-07 San Diego, CA Rogelio Larosa and his adult son, Eric, of National City, San Diego County, California, filed a lawsuit on Monday, December 17, 2007, against Philadelphia-based GlaxoSmithKline ("GSK"), the maker of Avandia (rosiglitazone maleate), in U.S. District Court, Southern District of California (San Diego) accusing GSK of causing the wrongful death o... - ATV deaths and injuries
Dec-14-07 Turner, OR When Sue Rabe read an article about a 10-year-old boy in Wyoming whose [ Yahama Rhino ] rolled over on him this week while he was doing chores on the family farm, she commented, "It's typical for kids to be on these adult size things on a farm." That boy survived but Sue and Tom Rabe's son Kyle, aged 10 also, wasn't so lucky. Their family's... - Less harassment - greater protection - for injured railroad workers
Dec-13-07 Workin' on the railroad all the live-long day is one way not to live long at all, as thousands of railroad workers in the U.S. have discovered. It is an issue the United States Congress is now investigating, and [ lawsuits ] are being filed. The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee recently concluded its first hearing into the ongoing use... - Medtronic Fidelis lead: a Nightmare for Patients
Dec-13-07 Morristown, NJ Since Medtronic announced a recall of defective Fidelis leads back in October, pacemaker and defibrillator patients have been handed a dilemma that is nothing short of a nightmare: will the lead fail? Some patients are filing lawsuits against Medtronic, whether or not they have failed. Sometimes, not knowing is cruel punishment. Fi...