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Aug-24-10 Loveland, CO A landmark decision in California paints a revealing picture of excessive bank overdraft fees and just what some major banks are up to in an alleged effort to keep the cash flow from unsuspecting consumers. At issue is the common practice of altering the order of debits as they come into a bank, allowing the bank to pay (on behalf of t... - Surgical Mesh Lawsuit to Proceed
Dec-23-16 Providence, RI: A Rhode Island man who received recalled abdominal mesh just prior to a product recall in 2005, will see his surgical mesh lawsuit go forward after a Rhode Island judge refused to dismiss the case. According to court documents Wayne Smith received the Composix Kugel Hernia patch abdominal mesh for repair of a ventral hernia. Not long... - Merck Implanon Migration Class Action Lawsuit
A birth control lawsuit has been filed against Merck and it’s subsidiary Organon, over allegations that its Implanon birth control device migrates through the body, becoming irretrievable and exposing women who have had the device implanted to a continuing risk of potential side effects. Approved by the Food and Drug Administration... - Taxotere Hair Loss: a Look Back at 2016
Dec-22-16 Washington, DC: The close of another year affords an opportunity to look back and review the various events that characterized the legal implications of Taxotere hair loss over the past year. Taxotere, which is generically known as Docetaxel, was granted approval by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1996. Sanofi, Aventis Pharma SA in Fran... - C.R. Bard Reveals Latest Litigation Cases in SEC Filing
Dec-22-16 Murray Hill, NJ: Performance filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are informative in more ways than one, as documents often reveal the state of a corporation’s liability and litigation threats. Such is the case with C.R. Bard Inc. (C.R. Bard), a noted manufacturer of inferior vena cava filters that has been targeted with a ras... - Airbag Injuries Plaintiff Three Inches From Death Defective Airbag
Dec-21-16 Houston, TX: Serena Martinez had no idea that when she exited her car following a low-speed collision, she was three inches from death. The airbag had deployed and ruptured, spraying the driver with shrapnel and leaving the Texas woman with airbag injuries to her arms and chest. A passerby instructed Martinez to lie on the ground and remain calm, until... - Essure Injury Lawsuits Moving Forward
Dec-13-16 St Louis, MO: A Missouri federal judge at the beginning of December ruled against Bayer’s motion to dismiss its Essure lawsuit and ruled in favor of 32 women who allege serious and permanent injuries from the permanent birth control device. The Essure lawsuit has been remanded to St. Louis Circuit Court. Judge Henry E. Autrey of the US Distric... - Olympus America Attempts a Power Morcellation Comeback
Dec-19-16 Orlando, FL: In spite of a position taken by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that Laparoscopic Uterine Surgery for women Involving power morcellators only be used in relatively rare cases, Olympus America Inc. has released a new power morcellator equipped with a containment bag. Power morcellation had been widely employed in recent years f... - Johnson & Johnson Wins An SJS Lawsuit
Dec-14-16 Hartford, CT: Although there have been some huge victories for plaintiffs in Stevens Johnson syndrome lawsuits, 2016 saw a win for Johnson & Johnson, which was fighting a claim involving a young man who took his own life after developing Stevens Johnson syndrome (SJS). 2016 also saw the Supreme Court uphold a massive award for an SJS plaintiff, off... - ER Hospital Overcharges: Bat Bite Cost Uninsured $40K
Dec-18-16 Crewe, VA: No medical insurance? If it’s not a life-threatening situation, you may want to reconsider treatment at a hospital’s emergency room. Carlos could have saved thousands of dollars if he was treated by a veterinarian. Instead he is dealing with outrageous emergency room overcharges . Well, sort-of kidding about the veterinarian,... - Cash for Whistleblowers in the Health Care Industry
Dec-15-16 The US government doesn’t like to be cheated. In fact, the government dislikes being cheated so much that it will pay people to tell on fraudsters that submit false or inflated bills for government services or try to avoid paying money they owe to the government. Under the False Claims Act whistleblowers are entitled to receive between 15 percent a... - Lyrica and Topamax: Same but Different
Dec-15-16 Washington, DC: Studies have shown that some anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) are safer than others during pregnancy. For instance, Lyrica is classified as Category C while Topamax has Category D status. But both AEDs have been associated with birth defects. Pregnancy Category D means there is positive evidence of human fetal risk based on human d... - Will Furlough Expansion Under Illinois Labor Law Backfire?
Aug-13-10 Springfield, IL In what may turn out to be an unwelcome 'Catch 22' for Illinois employment and the state of Illinois, a recently-announced expansion of the state's mandatory furlough program for non-unionized state employees could turn out to be far less beneficial than those in charge of the Illinois coffers may have hoped. That's because there is a f... - J&J and DePuy Looking to Have Qui Tam Pinnacle Lawsuit Dismissed
Dec-17-16 Boston, MA: A hip replacement implant failure lawsuit that was dismissed back in February, only to be appealed by the plaintiffs to a higher court, remains firmly in the sights of defendants Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and DePuy Orthopaedics Inc (DePuy). Earlier this month, J&J together with DePuy urged a three-judge panel with the First Circui... - 2017 Could Be a Big Year for Bravelle Litigation
Dec-16-16 Springfield, IL: It's been more than a year since the first Bravelle lawsuit was filed in the United States and a judge has recently ruled that Bravelle claims can move forward, meaning 2017 could be a big year for Bravelle litigation. The fertility treatment was voluntarily recalled in 2015 after reports emerged that the drug could lose its potency. ... - Recalls Over Catheter Fragments Increasing, More Manufacturers Involved
Dec-16-16 Dallas, TX: Catheters are devices of varying sizes designed for insertion into the body in order to facilitate a wide variety of treatments. They are designed to unobtrusively perform their respective functions and tasks, followed by extraction without any lingering sign the catheters had been there in the first place. However, various reports of defecti... - DeVry University Settles FTC Fraud Lawsuit for $100M
Dec-16-16 Santa Clara, CA: A $100 million settlement has been reached between DeVry University and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over allegations of for-profit education fraud, specifically, that the for-profit university used false statistics about its graduates’ job placement rates in order to lure students and increase enrollment. According... - CDC Warns of Infection Risk from Heater Cooler Devices Used in Heart Surgery
Santa Clara, CA; A warning has been issued by The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for healthcare providers and patients about the potential risk of infection from certain LivaNova PLC (formerly Sorin Group Deutschland GmbH) Stöckert 3T heater-cooler devices used during open heart (open-chest) surgery. Patients who have had... - Johnson & Johnson Ordered to Pay $1 Billion in Hip Replacement Lawsuit
Dec-13-16 Dallas, TX: Johnson & Johnson has been ordered by a federal jury in Dallas to pay more than $1 billion to six patients who said the company's metal-on-metal Pinnacle hip implants were defectively designed and caused them harm. Although Johnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics indicated it would appeal the decision, the victory could be a... - Decline in Sales Results in Byetta Makeover?
Aug-9-10 San Diego,CA Byetta makers are set to re-invent the drug, even though the jury isn't out on Byetta. The first byetta lawsuit was filed in August 2008, just two days after the FDA announced that it received six reports of hemorrhagic or necrotizing pancreatitis in patients taking the diabetes drug, two of whom died. Since late 2007 more reports of pancr...