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Jul-30-17 Broward County, FL: The tragic and horrific death of a resident of a gated community in Florida has evolved into a Florida premises liability lawsuit against, amongst others the operator of the community and the security company that warranted the community was safe and secure when in fact, or so it has been alleged, it wasn’t. The victim in t... - ‘Back the Blue Bill’ Will Crush Civil Rights/Wrongful Death Lawsuits
Aug-1-17 Los Angeles, CA: The noise from Washington D.C. these past months is such a wild, aggressive cacophony of loud voices, tweets, emails, conflicting opinion and unending TV gab that it is easy to overlook some very significant Trump inspired legislation making its way through the House of Representatives and the Senate. The Back the Blue Act of 2017, put... - Actemra Arthritis Medication Suspected in Over a Thousand Deaths
Aug-1-17 Boston, MA: The concern with any medication actively targeting a common ailment associated with a large and growing demographic is the potential for disaster were something to go awry, such as unforeseen side effects and adverse reactions. In the case of Actemra side effects , the fallout appears to be compelling: Actemra is commonly prescribed for rheu... - Metal-on-Metal Devices Such as DePuy Pinnacle Failing at Alarming Rate
Sep-27-11 Baton Rouge, LA A recently released report from Europe warns that metal-on-metal hip implants, a class of hip implant that includes a product in the DePuy Pinnacle line, are failing at an alarming rate. The DePuy Pinnacle hip replacement in question, called the Ultamet, is one of a number of metal-on-metal hip replacement devices available for patients... - Mixed Metals at Core of Stryker LFIT V40 Hip Implants
Jul-27-17 New York, NY The Stryker Corporation, an American industry giant that sells medical devices in 100 countries around the world, is going to court in Boston and in New Jersey in parallel litigations to defend its LFIT Anatomic CoCr V40 Femoral Head (Cobalt Chromium V40) against allegations that the metal on metal ball and joint hip implant system fa... - Toxic Talc Trial Begins in California
Jul-29-17 Los Angeles, CA: After plaintiff’s expert testified that talc is indeed toxic, defendant Johnson & Johnson is on the offensive in the talcum powder bellwether trial that began this week in California state court. Expert witness Laura Plunkett, a toxicologist and pharmacologist and former consultant to the pharmaceutical industry testified... - Abdominal Mesh Agony and Advice
Jul-26-17 Bend, OR: Since undergoing abdominal mesh surgery four years ago, Dale has experienced more pain than he did before the mesh was used to repair a hernia. “I get severe pain in the area of my hernia repair and sometimes a burning feeling but I never knew what was causing it, and neither did my doctor,” he says. These symptoms and more are s... - Study Finds That Heater-Cooler Devices Used in Surgery Could Be Contaminated
Jul-29-17 Pittsburgh, PA: A new study by a Pittsburgh scientific researcher has found that more than one-third of heater-cooler devices used in open-heart surgery could be contaminated with dangerous bacteria. Heater-cooler devices such as the Stockert 3T heater-cooler system, which helps regulate a patient's body temperature during surgery, have previously b... - Cambio de turno y protocolo de pago de McDonald's bajo lupa legal en un tribunal
Jul-29-17 Los Angeles, CA: La demanda laboral en California en la que el gigante de comida rápida McDonald's está envuelta no es nada rápida, habiendo sido litigada desde 2013 y sin mostrar señales de un arreglo rápido. Sin embargo, un juicio en tribunales que se llevó a cabo a fines del mes pasado para resolver varios asuntos legales antes de lo que se... - Giant Catering Company in California Labor Dispute
Jul-29-17 San Francisco, CA: The big green and white Canteen Vending trucks are a frequent sight across the US and many other states. In California, the company has a huge number of delivery drivers working out of as many as 20 different distribution locations across the state. Those drivers have now filed a class lawsuit against the Compass Group, the corporatio... - Risperdal Now the Fastest-Growing Mass Tort Program
Jul-24-17 Philadelphia, PA: In the wake of several juries ordering Johnson & Johnson to pay compensation to Risperdal victims, over 3,600 new Risperdal lawsuits have been filed since the beginning of this year. The number of lawsuits in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas has doubled, making the Risperdal mass-tort the largest in the system. According... - Zimmer Biomet Implantable Spinal Fusion Stimulators Legal News
Washington, DC: Zimmer Biomet, in conjunction with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is recalling the SpF PLUS-Mini and SpF XL IIb Implantable Spinal Fusion Stimulators due to higher than allowed levels of potential harmful chemicals, which may be toxic to tissues and organs (cytotoxicity) and that were found during the company's routine mo... - Canadian Manufacturer of Anti-Abuse OxyContin Bioequivalent Seeks FDA Approval
Jul-28-17 Toronto, ON: Concern over the growing opioid epidemic has prompted forward-thinking drug manufacturers and pharmaceuticals to consider anti-tampering and abuse deterrents in the design of new drugs. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) however, which has recently vowed to fight opioid abuse, has found it necessary to question the claims of a Canad... - Kentucky Supreme Court Upholds Appellate Ruling, IVC Filter Lawsuit Can Proceed
Jul-28-17 Frankfort, KY: An IVC filter lawsuit that was originally tossed out by a trial court due to the absence of an expert witness has survived after all, following a ruling by the Kentucky Supreme Court that the trial court judge was too hasty in dismissing the lawsuit. An appellate panel had originally reversed the trial judge’s dismissal, and the... - $1.9M Settlement Reached in Pharmavite California Donning and Doffing Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A $1.9 million settlement has received preliminary approval in a California donning and doffing class action lawsuit that alleges state and federal labor violations by supplement maker Pharmavite LLC. The putative class members number approximately 1,000 California workers. They allege they were required to wear full uniforms whi... - The Tightrope Walked by Insurers Inevitably Discriminate Against Legitimate Claims
Jul-25-17 Chicago, IL: Recent events involving The Hartford insurance company is demonstrative of the balancing act the insurance industry must maintain between contractual obligations to deserving clients, v. being taken to the cleaners by policyholders attempting to collect benefits they may not, or do not deserve. Somewhere in the middle is the grey area that lea... - Recycled Airbags Can be Checked, but Most Aren’t
Jul-27-17 Milwaukee, WI: Percolating just under the radar of the massive Takata airbag recall (and subsequent bankruptcy of the Japanese manufacturer) are airbag injuries resulting from use of recycled airbags in repaired vehicles either worthy of repair, or which had been deemed as salvage for scrap and parts but incredibly, were repaired and returned to the ro... - Labor Department Orders Wells Fargo to Reinstate Whistleblower and Pay $577,000 in Back Wages
Jul-27-17 San Francisco, CA: The US Department of Labor has ordered Wells Fargo to reinstate a former branch manager whistleblower that the bank fired for reporting bank employees who where secretly opening new accounts for customers without their knowledge or consent. The Labor Department announced the ruling in a July 21, 2017 news release. "The US Depar... - Viagra/Cialis and Melanoma: Jury is Still Out
Jul-24-17 Raleigh, NC: Sexually active older men worried about the link between melanoma and Viagra/Cialis can relax—maybe. A new study has found that there is no link to skin cancer and the erectile dysfunction medications, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they should keep popping those blue pills. In the Journal of the National Cancer... - Not-Ready-for-Market Herbicide Kills Farmers’ Crops
Jul-26-17 St. Louis, MO A group of seven farmers are the lead plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit that claims “corporate greed” and “a rush to market” by some of the world’s biggest makers and promoters of agricultural chemicals caused farm crops to wither and die costing farm operators millions of dollars in lost revenue and possibly...