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Sort by date 16,594 pages found matching %3Ca href%3D%22%22%3E%3C%2Fa%3E- More Hospitals, Not FDA, Warn Patients of Stockert 3T Heater Cooler Infection Risk
Dec-10-16 Springfield, MA: Hospitals across the US are warning cardiac patients of a potential infection risk if they had surgery involving the Stockert 3T heater-cooler system . Some hospitals have discontinued using the device and Stockert 3T lawsuits are being filed. Baystate Medical Center is the latest facility to warn patients of nontuberculous mycobacte... - Class Action California Labor Lawsuits Seek Compensation
Dec-14-16 San Mateo, CA: The plaintiff in a California labor lawsuit that alleged various violations against California labor law, last month faced a motion by the defendant to have the lawsuit tossed out of federal court beacause the Court, in the defendant’s view lacked jurisdiction in a case that belongs in California state court, or so it was claimed... - Transvaginal Mesh Complication Increases with Procedures Performed in Tandem
Dec-9-16 New York, NY: A recent study published in JAMA Surgery online (11/30/16) references an association with transvaginal mesh complication most plaintiffs having filed a transvaginal mesh lawsuit could identify and understand: a high risk for repeat surgery and mesh erosion requiring management. The study looked at TVT side effects associated with pro... - Court Spells Out Bair Hugger Bellwether Trial Timelines
Dec-13-16 Ramsey County, MN: It’s been almost a year to the day that a small collection of plaintiffs having filed a Bair Hugger lawsuit had their cases transferred to federal court in Minnesota, effectively creating multidistrict litigation cases that were characterized as being several dozen in number. That was December 11, 2015. A total of fourteen j... - Updated FDA Review Suggests Link Between Actos and Bladder Cancer
Dec-13-16 Santa Clara, CA: Findings from an updated review by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on the use of type 2 diabetes medicine pioglitazone (Actos, Actoplus Met, Actoplus Met XR, Duetact, Oseni) suggests there may be an increased risk for bladder cancer associated with drug. The FDA has issued an alert based on their findings. Additionally,... - Zillow Will Pay $6 Million to Settle California Labor Lawsuit
Dec-8-16 Irvine, CA: Online real estate company Zillow has reportedly agreed to pay $6 million to settle a California labor law suit alleging the company did not pay its employees overtime and encouraged workers to skip meal and rest breaks they were entitled to. The lawsuit was filed by employees at the company's Irvine office and was one of a multiple lawsuit... - Judicial Panel Considers Consolidating Invokana Lawsuits
Dec-10-16 Charlotte, NC: On December 1, 2016, the US Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) considered consolidating Invokana lawsuits for pretrial proceedings. Although a decision has not been issued yet, a response to the motion for consolidation was filed by Janssen Pharmaceuticals and indicates the company is also in favor of consolidating the law... - Phoenix Plane Crash Kills Pilot
Aug-4-10 Phoenix, AZ A small plane crash has killed the pilot and destroyed a building at Deer Valley Airport in Phoenix. The plane crash occurred early Wednesday morning. The helicopter pilot for local news station 3TV, who was flying the helicopter near the scene of the accident at the time, reported seeing the plane take a nose dive into the side of the C... - Court Approves Alorica California Overtime, Wage and Hour Lawsuit
Dec-12-16 Sacramento, CA: Call center employees who allege they are not properly paid California overtime and are not properly paid for all hours worked have been filing lawsuits against companies they allege make them work off-the-clock. These wage and hour lawsuits allege call center employees are forced to work before and after their shifts logging onto and o... - A Potpourri of New York Unpaid Wages Lawsuits
Dec-12-16 New York, NY: A nationwide Chipotle class action is also a New York Donning and Doffing lawsuit given that Chipotle has a healthy presence in New York State, and thousands of potential class participants alleged they worked off the clock on a routine basis. The end result, according to allegations asserted in the class action, is wage theft. The law... - Taxotere and Cosmetic Prostheses
Dec-11-16 Calgary, AB: Since having six rounds of chemotherapy treatment with Taxotere Sharon and Glenna have been wearing expensive hair pieces. Both women have their eyebrows tattooed. Both women finished chemo years ago and their hair never grew back. “My hair is so thin in the front of my head that you can see my scalp and I have bald patches throug... - $240M Wright Hip Implant MDL Settlement Reached
Santa Clara, CA: A $240 million settlement has been reached in multidistrict product liability litigation over defective Wright hip implants. The settlement effectively ends five years of litigation brought by 1,300 claimants who alleged their Wright hip implants failed anywhere from 150 days to eight years following hip replacement surgery. Wrigh... - Omnicare Agrees $28.125M Settlement In Depakote Kickback Class Action
Santa Clara, CA: A $28.125 million settlement has been reached in a class action settlement pending against Omnicare Inc. The suit alleged the country’s largest nursing home promoted Abbott’s prescription anti-epileptic drug depakote to its patients, in exchange for kickbacks disguised as “grants” and “educational funding... - DePuy Pinnacle Plaintiff Received Hip Replacement at 16, Says “Life Ruined”
Dec-8-16 Dublin, IRELAND: While the $1 billion-plus DePuy Pinnacle bellwether verdict continues to be the source for much water cooler chatter and speculation regarding the potential outcome of future trials, lost in the conversation is the impact the allegedly defective devices are having on DePuy Pinnacle hip replacement patients. We also sometimes assume... - Latest Bellwether Risperdal Lawsuit Underway in Philadelphia
Dec-10-16 Philadelphia, PA: With the $70 million Risperdal settlement from back in the summer continuing to reverberate, the sixth bellwether Risperdal lawsuit as part of the Pennsylvania Mass Tort is underway. The plaintiff, a Nebraska man, is claiming in his Risperdal gynecomastia lawsuit that Risperdal is responsible for the growth of male breast tissue. T... - California Labor Law Backs Wal-Mart Truckers
Dec-5-16 San Francisco, CA: Last month a federal jury awarded Walmart truckers over $54 million, deciding that Walmart had violated the California labor law by not paying their drivers minimum wage. No doubt truckers nationwide have taken note… The lawsuit dates back to 2008, before it was moved to federal court and gained class action status in Septe... - J&J Faces Devastating Inspection at Lancaster Plant
Jul-26-10 Washington, DC A third Johnson & Johnson (J&J) manufacturing plant, this one located in Lancaster, PA, has been flagged by federal officials as result of a recent inspection. The problems reportedly include poor quality control , chaotic recordkeeping and different products in one retail package, such as maximum strength Pepcid tablets in regula... - Study: Propecia Sexual Dysfunction Worse in Men with Neurobiological Abnormalities
Dec-7-16 Boston, MA: Brad Dovell is a resident of Calgary, Alberta who could have gone the Propecia finasteride route for his hair loss. Instead, according to the Calgary Herald (11/11/16) he chose a surgical procedure called ARTAS Robotic, which transplants hair from the back of the scalp and moves it forward to help ‘fill’ sparse areas towards t... - Abilify Coast to Coast: “Off-Label” Lawsuit Settles in California, MDL Pending in Florida
Dec-9-16 San Diego, CA: Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., the Abilify distributor, will pay $19.5 million to settle a business code violations lawsuit. The multi-state Abilify lawsuit stems from the marketing the anti-psychotic drug off-label. Abilify is approved to treat schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder and Tourette's disorder in adults an... - Stryker’s LFit V40 Hip Implant Failure Rates to Prompt Recall
Santa Clara, CA: A higher number of complaints than anticipated, concerning taper lock failures, of seemingly defective Stryker’s LFit V40 femoral heads, is likely to prompt a recall by the hip implant manufacturer. The Stryker hip implant femoral heads are known to be used on both Accolade TMZF and Accolade 2 stems, as well as Meridian a...