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Jan-13-17 San Francisco, CA: San Francisco's Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors has voted to approve to settle an overtime lawsuit with Muni operators for $8 million. The lawsuit had originally sought almost $400 million and alleged operators were not properly paid for time spent traveling between their clock-in sites and the sites they picked up... - Stockert 3T Infections Widespread
Jan-10-17 Nashville, TN: Last October the CDC reported that M. chimaera contamination of heater/cooler devices, of which 60 to 70 percent stem from the Stockert 3T heater-cooler system had been found in Iowa and Pennsylvania. Just one month later, a global outbreak linking the devices was reported. M. chimaera is a rare bacteria, a species of nontuberculous... - Lack of Fence near Shopping Center Could Result in Further Missouri Accident Injury
Oct-5-10 Versailles, MO Two separate Missouri accidents have claimed three lives in the last few weeks—two in traffic accidents and one involving a pedestrian. One of the victims was a passenger in a car that was struck by another vehicle after the driver went off the road and over-corrected. According to a report from the 9/24/10 edition of the Asso... - $60M Settlement Approved in Deutsche Bank Gold Price-Fixing Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A $60 million settlement has been granted preliminary approval, potentially ending an antitrust class action lawsuit against Deutsche Bank AG which claims the bank engaged in illegal price-fixing of the gold market. The suit was brought by investors and traders in March 2014, alleging UBS Deutsche, HSBC, Societe Generale SA, The Ba... - Appeals Court Upholds Ruling, Duragesic Plaintiff Awarded $13.3 Million
Oct-4-10 Sanford, FL A patient who called her physician's assistant to complain of stomach pains in the middle of the night was told to take some Pepto-Bismol and try to go back to sleep. However, the 34-year-old mother of three grew worse and died later that night. It was determined at the conclusion of a trial in 2008 that Susan Hodgemire died from an overdose of... - Asbestosis Risk has been known since Roman Times
Jan-11-17 Edmonton, AB: While a class action lawsuit waged against Halliburton Co. has gone on for some 14 years, it’s been more than 114 years that knowledge about the dangers of asbestos and asbestosis lung disease has been known. Only in the last few decades has the industrialized world taken the risks of asbestos seriously by phasing asbestos out in ce... - Apple Owes $2 Million for California Labor Lawsuit
Jan-8-17 San Deigo, CA: A California labor lawsuit that alleged Apple did not properly provide meal and rest breaks and did not pay employees in a timely manner has resulted in a $2 million award to employees. The lawsuit was originally filed in 2011 by employees who worked at Apple retail stores in San Diego and was later changed to a class action lawsuit incl... - Seventh Risperdal Gynecomastia Case Settled Prior to Trial
Jan-10-17 Philadelphia, PA: As principles with Janssen Pharmaceuticals continued to maintain that pre-trial Risperdal settlements are one-offs and not an indication of any emerging strategy, Janssen nonetheless settled a Risperdal lawsuit Friday before what would have been the seventh Risperdal gynecomastia trial had a chance to start. Plaintiffs have won fou... - Broadspectrum Downstream Settles California Labor Class Action for $3.45M
Santa Clara, CA: A $3.45 million settlement has been reached in an unpaid overtime class action lawsuit brought against Texas-based Broadspectrum Downstream Services Inc. The workers alleged they were not compensated for the time it took to prep for shifts at California refineries, in violation of California labor law. Broadspectrum, formerly call... - Weatherford Settles Unpaid Overtime for $6M
Santa Clara, CA: A $6 million settlement in an unpaid overtime class action lawsuit brought against Weatherford PLC (U.S. division) by its oil field service workers is set to be finalized, with class approval now granted. The settlement, which received preliminary approval in July, will cover 1,758 non-exempt employees who alleged Weatherford violated... - FDA Warns Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities Identified With St. Jude’s Implantable Cardiac Devices
Jan-9-17 Santa Clara, CA: Today the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued information and recommendations regarding cybersecurity vulnerabilities for St. Jude Medical's radio frequency (RF)-enabled implantable cardiac devices and Merlin@home Transmitter. The agency, while confirming there is a risk for a breach, has also noted that to date they have n... - Eight-Year-Old California Unpaid Wages Lawsuit can go Forward
Jan-9-17 Los Angeles, CA It’s been a long haul for California Donning and Doffing lawsuit plaintiff Pamela Silva, who filed her unpaid wages lawsuit against her employer See’s Candy Stores Inc. (See’s Candy) back in 2009. And it’s not over yet, as a three-judge appellate panel ruled that Silva’s claims related to unpaid wages for me... - Did Fired Florida Bartender Work for Four Cents an Hour?
Sep-26-10 Coral gables, FL According to the Miami New Times on 9/16/10, there are some fairly high-end establishments that have been accused of violating Florida labor law . Angela Suarez (not her real name) illustrates the problem. For one week when she claims to have worked 60 hours, her paycheck reflected only 38. Suarez told the Miami New Times that s... - Propecia Side Effects, Propecia Sexual Dysfunction, Propecia Lawsuit, Proscar and Propecia Help
Lawsuits have been filed against Merck & Co. alleging serious Propecia side effects including Propecia sexual dysfunction and other Propecia side effects in men . Among allegations in the most recent Propecia lawsuit are that Propecia (Finasteride) can cause anxiety attacks and insomnia. Plaintiffs allege that Propecia long term side effects, suc... - Unfair Car Title Loans a Growing Trend
Jan-8-17 Washington, DC: As consumers enter into loan agreements with the best of intentions, loan providers often don’t come to the party with equal good faith. To that end, The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in June of last year included car title loans in new proposals aimed at tightening regulations, and preventing loan providers from fle... - Abilify Gamblers, from Teens to Retirees
Jan-8-17 Pensacola, FL: Anyone taking Abilify , from teens to retirees, is potentially at risk of compulsive or uncontrollable urges to binge eat, shop and have sex—and mostly to gamble. And this drug is particularly insidious: Abilify is prescribed to treat a mental disorder and chances are, that disorder prevents the patient from knowing about Abilify si... - Seismic Shifts For DePuy MDL in 2017?
Jan-7-17 Dallas, TX: Various events in the Hip Replacement Implant Failure file in 2016 may have a bearing on events for the year ahead. This, amidst a continued aging of the largest single segment of the US population, the Baby Boomer, together with a continued need for joint replacement in order to allow patients retained mobility for a generation inherently... - Was the FDA Aware of Migration Risk Prior to Implanon Approval?
Dec-29-16 Washington, DC: Anyone doing an online search for 'Implanon' will immediately be led to a site index where consumers will find links to both patient information intended for consumers, and prescribing information intended for doctors. And while there appears to be no indication as to if, and when the latter may have been updated, the patient document i... - Story of Failed DePuy Hip Replacement Devices “Shocking” says Lawyer
Jan-4-17 New York, NY Truth remains supreme in the courtrooms of America and the facts revealed in the recent litigation against Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. tell a “shocking” story of “fraud and conspiracy”, says attorney Jayne Conroy from the firm of Simmons Hanly Conroy of New York. Conroy is part of... - Elder Abuse Lawsuits, Legal News and Lawsuit Information
Elder Abuse and neglect is defined as intentional actions that cause harm or create a serious risk of harm (whether or not harm is intended) to a vulnerable elder by someone who stands in a trust relationship to the elder. That someone could be a relative at home or a caregiver in a nursing home. Seniors are often victims of elder financial abuse , nursi...