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Jan-13-11 Vancouver, WA A medical malpractice lawsuit has been filed against a pain clinic in Vancouver, Washington. The allegation is that three defendants who worked at the Payette Clinic—now doing business as the Walnut Grove Medical & Mental Health Clinic—"grossly" overprescribed narcotics to patients. Two of the plaintiffs named in the suit... - Court of Appeal Limits Impact of Federal Statute of Repose
Jun-8-10 Sacramento, CA A court of appeal has limited the federal statue of repose in its ruling in a helicopter crash lawsuit. The federal statute of repose protects aircraft manufacturers from product liability lawsuits if a defective aircraft or aircraft part is more than 18 years old when the crash occurs. The court, however, ruled in Rogers v. Bell Helico... - JAMA Urges Black Box Warning for Flomax
May-23-09 Toronto, ON The TV images depict middle-aged men and seniors enjoying their golf games and other outdoor pursuits without the pain or discomfort of urinary problems—often the bane of older men with enlarged prostates. However with Flomax (tamsulosin hydrochloride) there is more than meets the eye…literally. And a respected medical journal is calling fo... - Hartford Insurance Denies Disability Benefits and Pays Millions to bail out a town
Aug-13-18 Hartford, CT: Imagine that an injury results in you being disabled and unable to return to work. You apply for long term disability but Hartford, your insurance company, denies your benefits. You don’t have any savings and no other source of income. And then you find out that Hartford, along with two other insurance companies, bails out the town of Har... - California Labor Law: Fired Because of Work Injuries
May-26-08 Los Angeles, CA Employees in California are often unsure about labor laws that protect them and their employment. The laws can be complex and difficult to understand, especially given the broad range of circumstances that each individual situation involves. Making matters more complex are issues that involve disability claims, like the situation Lisa H... - Psychotropic Drug Makers Bankroll Prescribing Shrinks Part II
Sep-2-07 Washington, DC: Influence peddling in the field of psychiatry is out of control. An analysis of Minnesota disclosure records by the Pioneer Press and the consumer watchdog group Public Citizen shows that, between 2002 and 2006, 187 Minnesota doctors received payments from drug companies worth a grand total of $7.38 million. No other field of medicine ev... - Rochester Meat Recall: Tainted Beef Slips through USDA Loopholes
Jan-28-08 Washington, DC: As far as anyone can tell, the recall of 188,000 pounds of e. coli-tainted ground beef by Minnesota-based Rochester Meats has prevented any further cases of illness beyond the six reported in Wisconsin and California. The voluntary recall began on January 12, 2008, and is the largest so far this year. There's plenty wrong with this pic... - Bayer Cropscience Faces More Lawsuits
Sep-13-06 Little Rock, AR Bayer has been handed yet another lawsuit since the August 18th 2006, announcement by the U.S. Agriculture Department that LLRICE 601 , engineered by Bayer , had been found in long grain rice storage bins in Arkansas and Missouri. LLRICE601 has not been approved for human consumption. LLRICE 601 (also referred to as "Liberty R... - Another Option for Workers Who Cannot Save through an ERISA Retirement Plan
Feb-8-24 San Francisco, CA In February 2022, the United States Supreme Court denied the petition for certiorari filed by the petitioner in Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association v. The California Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program (CalSavers) . The denial kept in place a decision of the Ninth Circuit that permitted a California-sponsored and adminis... - Hair Relaxer Lawsuit Update
May-28-23 Santa Clara, CA Due to so many hair straightener lawsuits filed since a study found the products linked to certain cancers, a multi-district litigation (MDL) has been established in the Northern District of Illinois to consolidate all hair relaxer lawsuits. Recent complaints also allege the hair relaxer products cause fertility problems. Lawsuits against... - Hair Straightener Lawsuits Growing
Apr-6-23 Santa Clara, CA Soon after a study published by the National Institute of Health (NIH) in October 2022 found that Black women who frequently used chemical hair straightening products were at higher risk for uterine cancer compared to women who did not report using hair relaxers, dozens of lawsuits were filed (mainly by Black women) against L... - District Court Greenlights ERISA Lawsuit over Firing to Avoid Severance Pay Obligation
Nov-7-21 Birmingham, AL On September 21, the District Court for the Northern District of Alabama denied AT&T’s motion to dismiss Roy Robinson’s ERISA lawsuit . Robinson v. AT&T Services, Inc alleged that the company fired Robinson to avoid paying him severance benefits. AT&T claimed that he had failed to exhaust internal company remedie... - DuPont to Pay $2M In Teflon Testicular Cancer Trial
Santa Clara, CA: A jury in Ohio has awarded $2 million in compensation against DuPont in the first of some 40 environmental toxin cases pending against the chemical company over allegations it dumped toxins into the air and drinking water of the Ohio River, causing illness to people in the surrounding area. This settlement resolves allegations br... - SEPTA Transit Drivers Get $13.1M Settlement in Unpaid Wages Class Action
Pittsburgh, PA: A $13.1 million settlement has been awarded to Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority workers who alleged the authority was in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Specifically, the drivers for the transit agency claimed they were not paid for pre-shift work. According to court filings, "The parties n... - Affiliated Computer Services Reaches $4.5M Employment Class Action Settlement
Portland, OR: Workers employed at an Oregon call center by Affiliated Computer Services Inc, have won a $4.5 million settlement in a wage and hour class action lawsuit. The lawsuit alleged the employees were not properly paid all minimum and overtime wages for all the hours they worked. Filed in 2009, the lawsuit, entitled Bell, et al. v. Affi... - Football-Related Dementia and Workers' Compensation
Van Nuys, CA: A bell-weather worker's compenstation claim has been filed in California by the wife of a retired NFL footballer, alleging that the dementia he developed in his late 50s and necessitated his being placed in an assisted living facility at 64, is a direct result of his work as an NFL lineman from 1966 to 1973. Ralph Wenzel played for t... - Developer agrees to pay $1 million settlement in fraud lawsuit.
Long Beach, CA: (May-21-08) Bankruptcy trustee Howard Ehrenberg, who represents the estate of Queen's Seaport Development Inc. (QSDI), a company operated by Joseph Prevratil, brought a lawsuit against him, alleging that Prevratil engaged in fraud, which resulted in the downward spiral of the company. The February 2008 lawsuit alleged that Prevratil and h... - Microsoft to pay $364.7 million settlement in technologies lawsuit.
San Diego, CA: (Apr-04-08) Alcatel-Lucent brought a patent infringement lawsuit against Microsoft Corporation, alleging that it infringed on two of its patents related to handwriting recognition technology. The suit claimed that Microsoft used handwriting recognition technology in its Tablet PC operating system, which was an infringement of pattern recog... - The Watchdog Group that Rang the Bell on Anti-acid Meds
Mar-12-17 Washington, DC The Washington DC based watchdog group, Public Citizen, was among the first to start ringing the warning bell. In 2011 Public Citizen demanded that the FDA warn patients and doctors that the use of the popular prescription acid-reducing drugs came with serious health risks. Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPI) have been on the market for dec... - Doctor from Dallas Collects $11.4 million for Blowing the Whistle on Healthcare Fraud
Mar-3-17 Dallas, TX A Dallas doctor decided in 2009 to blow the whistle on a physician over a billing scam that was costing the healthcare system and American taxpayers millions and millions of dollars. Six years later, after a long investigation by the Department of Justice (DOJ) , Dr. Bijan Oughatiyan’s former employer, IPC Healthcare Inc., was ord...