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Sep-5-17 Chicago, IL: The makers of a testosterone supplement that only carries FDA approval for hypogonadism (severely depleted testosterone) but nonetheless has been heavily marketed to treat a largely manufactured disease, won their day in court at the end of last month when a jury in state court found in favor of AndroGel manufacturer AbbVie. The decision trans... - Endo Will Pay $775M to End All Known AMS Vaginal Mesh Product Liability Claims
Santa Clara, CA: Endo International PLC has announced that it will settle “virtually all known” AMS transvaginal mesh product liability lawsuits. This includes lawsuits in the US and internationally. In a statement issued by the Irish-based maker of transvaginal surgical mesh, Endo stated it will end the known US claims at "reasonable... - New Jersey Woman Files Mirena Lawsuit Alleging Blurred Vision
Sep-4-17 Newark, NJ: The majority of Mirena birth control side effects lawsuits are associated with device migration and various injuries stemming from the intra-uterine birth control device having drifted away from its original insertion point. Reported incidences of Mirena uterine perforation have included reports of uterine perforation when the device is ini... - $13.5 Preliminary Settlement Approved in Room To Go Consumer Fraud Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A $13.5 million settlement has received preliminary approval in a consumer fraud class action lawsuit pending against furniture retailer Rooms To Go. If the settlement receives final approval, it will end allegations that the company deliberately misled consumers into purchasing fabric protection that was not properly applied. US... - Qui Tam Whistleblower Lawsuit Goes After “Up Coding”
Aug-28-17 Atlanta, GA: The Medical Center, Navicent Health (“Navicent”) has agreed to pay $2,549,742 to the United States and the State of Georgia to resolve allegations that it violated the federal False Claims Act (FCA) and the Georgia False Medicaid Claims Act by submitting inflated bills for ambulance transportation. The qui tam whistleblower lawsu... - Disgruntled Connecticut Account Holder Sues People’s United Bank over Fees
Sep-3-17 Bridgeport, CT: An overdraft fees class action lawsuit appears to be breaking new ground, and creating even bigger waves in the pool of complaints over excessive bank fees; namely, re-ordering transactions in such a way as to force an account into overdraft, thereby affording the offending bank the opportunity to pocket additional fees. To that end,... - Replacement Airbags Pose Serious Risk of Injury to Consumers
Aug-23-17 Las Vegas, NV: On Friday, August 18, 2017, attorneys for Karina Dorado, a young woman who suffered severe airbag injuries , filed suit in a Nevada state court. The case highlights the danger consumers face from replacement airbags. These are situations that slip through the cracks of massive airbag recall efforts and remain largely unaddressed by law. ... - Plaintiff Goes After Kohl’s With Proposed Class Action TCPA Lawsuit
Sep-2-17 Chicago, IL: Imagine getting over 100 unwanted calls to your cell phone. Well, Mark Ankcorn doesn’t have to imagine it. He alleges to have actually experienced such TCPA violations from Kohl’s department Store between July, and October 2014. After receiving upwards of 105 nuisance calls within a four-month period, Ankcorn filed a lawsuit allegi... - Los trabajadores de la comida rápida en California merecen horas extra
Sep-1-17 San Francisco, CA: "Cada centavo, cada penique", gritó una multitud de trabajadores de comida rápida de McDonald's en 2014, "¡Merecemos nuestro tiempo extra!" Es el estribillo ahora, pero la gente se ha expandido para incluir al gigante de la comida Chipotle Mexican Grill, Ministry of Taste LLC, Y Red Dog Restaurant - todos acusados ??d... - Farmworkers Another Step Toward California Overtime
Aug-25-17 Menlo Park, CA: Farmworkers employed by Apio Inc. fought for their rights and won last week, when a California overtime class-action lawsuit settled for almost $6 million. The lawsuit claimed that Apio, a Guadalupe packaging company, and Pacific Harvest, its labor contractor, failed to provide appropriate rest and meal times to workers, while also fa... - “The More I Find Out about this Hernia Mesh, the Angrier I Get, “ says Surgical Mesh Victim
Aug-29-17 Toronto, ON: Linda has been suffering from debilitating pain since she had routine abdominal mesh surgery. “I was better off before surgery with a little discomfort. Now I find out, too late, that some of the mesh is defective,” she says. “And to make me even angrier, studies show that not all hernias need surgery. I should have sat t... - Acuerdos y demandas de tiempo extra, desde los terapeutas de salud de Pennsylvania a los cuidadores de California
Aug-31-17 San Francisco, CA: A pesar de las leyes federales y estatales establecidas para asegurar que los trabajadores de cuidado de la salud –que abarcan desde los profesionales de la salud conductual en Pennsylvania hasta los cuidadores en casa en California- reciban compensación de horas extras a las que tienen derecho, los empleadores todav&iac... - Michigan Widow Files Asbestos Lawsuit
Aug-31-17 Port Huron, MI: A woman from Michigan claims her late husband, who died of lung cancer, was felled from the aftereffects of asbestos exposure while on the job. To that end, plaintiff Phylis Rutledge filed an asbestosis lawsuit on behalf of the estate of Warren Rutledge against a host of defendants. Asbestos is a known carcinogen whose lethal propert... - $5.5M Settlement Reached in Rite Aid Unpaid Overtime Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A $5.5 million settlement has been reached in an unpaid overtime class action lawsuit brought against Rite Aid by its store managers. If approved, the settlement would pay damages to two groups of managers, one involving a group of all current and former salaried store managers who worked at Rite Aid between March 2007 and the present,... - Still Too Soon to Take Echeverria to the Bank
Aug-26-17 Los Angeles, CA: The plaintiffs’ bar is literally agog at the $417 million awarded by a Los Angeles jury to a woman who developed ovarian cancer after using Johnson’s Baby Powder for decades. The Johnson & Johnson lawsuit is the first talcum powder lawsuit to go to trial in California. Plaintiffs should certainly feel heartened at the out... - New Information Shown to Jury Produced Record Talc Verdict
Aug-30-17 Los Angeles, CA A jury trial in California recently ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay a record $417 million to a woman dying of ovarian cancer for failure to warn that the genital talc use could cause cancer. Eva Echeverria used J&J’s Johnson’s Baby Power on a daily basis for decades and claimed talc ultimately led to her cancer diag... - Signs of Movement in the Taxotere Litigation Process
Aug-27-17 Dallas, TX Allegations that hundreds of American women experienced permanent hair loss as a result of using the breast cancer treatment drug Taxotere (Docetaxel ) are about to be tested in court in a bellwether trial slated for next fall. The court proceedings will begin on September 24, 2018 in the Eastern District of Louisiana. Bellwether cases ar... - Stryker Hip Replacement Leads to more Broken Bones
Aug-27-17 Kansas City, MO: Since Karen’s hip replacement two years ago, she has broken her foot, a toe and a tooth. She blames the broken bones on her Stryker hip implant and not being able to walk correctly. “About two months after my hip surgery I was able to walk with a cane, but I didn’t get very far, and two places haven’t healed... - $300M Benicar MDL Settlement Reached
Santa Clara, CA: A $300 million settlement has been reached between makers of the Benicar, Forest Laboratories Inc., and Daiichi Sankyo Inc., and about 2,300 plaintiffs in multi-district litigation (MDL) that claims the blood pressure drug caused gastrointestinal injuries. The settlement addresses claims filed collectively in state and federal co... - $1.6M Settlement Reached in Vita-Mix and Kelly Services Employment Class Action
Santa Clara, CA: A $1.6 million settlement agreement has been reached in an unpaid wages and overtime class action lawsuit pending against blender maker Vita-Mix Corp. and staffing agency Kelly Services Inc. The lawsuit was filed lead plaintiffs Rainoldo Gooding and Nadeen Good in June 2016 against Vita-Mix and Kelly Services. The plaintiffs allege...