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Apr-9-11 New Orleans, LA Now that the dust is starting to settle on the recent Darvon recall , patients who allege they suffered Darvon side effects such as heart problems are considering possible lawsuits against the makers of Darvon and Darvocet. Some lawsuits have already been filed and a motion has also been filed requesting that Darvon and Darvocet lawsuits... - INRatio Proposed Class Action Settled Before Alere Lawsuit Could Proceed
May-1-17 Waltham, MA: An Alere lawsuit that had been proposed as a class action on behalf of litigants alleging injury from inaccurate readings from the INRatio blood monitoring device escaped trial when the parties involved agreed to a settlement at the eleventh hour. Briefings related to J.E. et al. v. Alere Inc. et al (Case No. 1:16-cv-11515, in... - McDonald's Employee Overtime Trial Scheduled for May
May-1-17 Los Angeles, CA: McDonald's Restaurants will head to trial in May to defend itself against allegations of California overtime violations on a lawsuit filed by a class of thousands of overnight shift workers. Judge Ann Jones on April 20 ruled in a summary adjudication on an overtime lawsuit Maria Sanchez v. McDonald's Restaurants of California Inc... - Zimmer Biomet Shoulder—Shocking Surprises
Apr-22-17 Washington, DC: The fact that Zimmer Biomet had its Comprehensive Reverse Shoulder approved without any human testing likely comes as a shocking surprise to many recipients of the device. And another surprise: the device was pulled from the market in 2010 after Biomet received complaints of fracturing. But it returned just one year later… In... - Yet Another Risperdal Lawsuit Tossed in Philadelphia
Apr-30-17 Philadelphia, PA: A Risperdal lawsuit that had to be stopped and restarted after a juror suffered a health emergency, has been tossed by a Philadelphia judge after appearing to agree with defendant Janssen Pharmaceuticals that the plaintiff failed to provide sufficient evidence to fully support his claim of Risperdal gynecomastia, a condition character... - Canadians File Ethicon Physiomesh Class Action Lawsuit
Ottawa, ONT: Canadian patients who have suffered harm resulting from Ethicon’s Inc.’s Physiomesh Flexible Composite Mesh products have filed a class action against the medical device manufacturer. Like their American counterparts who are pursing Ethicon through the American courts in a multi-district litigation, Canadians patients al... - Legal Malpractice Lawsuit Filed by University Professor
Apr-5-11 Jefferson County, TX A male professor at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, who sued the school has filed a legal malpractice lawsuit claiming his attorney mishandled his discrimination claim, the Southeast Texas Record reports. According to the news source, plaintiff Michael Jordan filed the discrimination lawsuit against the school in February... - $8M Kombucha Consumer Fraud Settlement Reached with Wholefoods and Millennium
Santa Clara, CA: A proposed settlement has been reached in a consumer fraud class action lawsuit pending against Millennium Products Inc., and Wholefoods over allegations that the defendants misrepresented the alcohol, sugar, and antioxidant content of certain GT’s Kombucha products. Under the terms of the proposed deal, a fund of up to $8,250,000... - $5M JC Penney Illinois Employment Class Action Settlement Gets Preliminary Approval
Santa Clara, CA: A $5 million settlement in an Illinois employment class action lawsuit brought by part time workers at JC Penney Corp in Illinois, has received preliminary approval, potentially ending years of litigation between the two parties. The lawsuit asserts that the part time works were not paid vacation benefits when the left JC Penney. ... - Whistleblowers Go Directly to Attorneys—Bypass Feds
Mar-31-11 Washington, DC Increasingly, attorneys are taking on qui tam whistleblower cases without waiting for the go-ahead from the Department of Justice (DOJ). In fact, about 80 percent of the cases filed under the False Claims Act (FCA), which are mostly Medicare-related, were recently filed without the DOJ's intervention. For instance, whistleblower Se... - Dental Malpractice: How Can Three Become Sixteen?
Apr-2-11 Florence, SC The particular case of dental malpractice may have occurred some time ago, but it bears repeating—if for no other reason than to serve as a reminder of just what can happen in the dentist's chair, and how horribly things can go wrong. To wit, a woman who agreed to have three teeth removed wound up losing every tooth she had in her up... - Why Your Cell Phone Matters: 5 Lessons from the United Airlines PR Disaster
Apr-25-17 North Charleston, SC: You’d have to be under a rock the last week to have missed the story of David Dao, a Chinese-American passenger who was forcibly removed from an overbooked United Airlines flight after resisting his removal. The media has been all over this blatant example of excessive force; and so they should. It’s violent, visceral, and... - Complicated TVM Mesh Lawsuit Settles
Apr-27-17 Los Angeles, CA: A transvaginal mesh lawsuit that has gone through a plethora of twists and turns akin to a country road appears to be in the final stages of resolution after a federal judge in California gave the thumbs-up to a proposed $12.25 million settlement. Upwards of 2,710 class members will share in $10.58 million, with the remainder going to... - Demanda de acción de clase por parte de jugadores de béisbol de las ligas menores está de vuelta en el juego
Apr-26-17 San Francisco, CA: Un juez federal de California revivió el estatus de acción de clase de una demanda de horas extras en California presentada por jugadores de béisbol de las ligas menores contra la Mayor League Baseball (MLB). El caso Aaron Senne y otros contra Kansas City Royals Baseball Corp., Caso No. 14-cv-00608, Tribunal d... - Lead Poisoning Still Happens
Apr-19-17 Dallas, TX It was an alert physician who first noticed signs and symptoms of lead poisoning in some of her patients in Flint, Michigan. It was soon discovered water from the Flint River had corroded aging pipes causing lead to leach into the city’s water supply. Dangerous amounts of lead were slowing building up in the blood streams of Flint r... - Facing Depakote Birth Defects Lawsuits, Abbott CEO's Compensation Drops
Mar-30-11 Washington, DC With a number of Depakote birth defects lawsuits on the docket, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Abbott Laboratories, which manufactures the anti-seizure drug, saw his total compensation decrease eight percent last year, The Associated Press reports. According to the news provider, CEO Miles White received a total compensation p... - Temp Worker Employer Faced Georgia Employment Violation
Mar-28-11 Morrow, GA A Georgia Employment violation that also involved employees in three other states will result in the repayment of about $78,000 in back wages to 22 foreign teachers. According to the March 11 edition of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution , the US Department of Labor (DOL) concluded that Global Teachers Research and Resources Inc., (Global Tea... - Lack of State Oversight Prompting Texas City to Act
Apr-24-17 Abilene, TX: Texas is one of two US states (the other being New Mexico) that as yet does not observe any kind of blanket arbitration protocol for the resolution of disputes involving the car title loan . The latter is a form of financing akin to a payday loan that extends quick cash to consumers, often with no questions asked and exorbitant annual rates... - Wells Fargo’s Pursuit of Arbitration a Waste of Resources: Plaintiffs
Apr-24-17 Atlanta, GA: A long-running class action lawsuit alleging banking giant Wells Fargo charged their clients and consumers excessive overdraft fees is attempting to move forward amidst a petition by the plaintiffs that Wells Fargo is not in any position to seek arbitration, as the defendant has tarried too long for arbitration to be appropriate. Wells... - Pennsylvania Couple Sues Over Failed DePuy Pinnacle
Mar-27-11 Williamsport, PA The latest DePuy Pinnacle lawsuit was filed in mid-March by James and Jodi Britton, who allege the March 19, 2009, implantation of a DePuy Pinnacle metal-on-metal hip implant has caused Mr. Britton no end of frustration. According to the March 22 edition of the News-Item of Shamokin, Pennsylvania, the plaintiff fears that he will nev...