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Mar-3-08 Stafford, VA: For those who think it is impossible to die from using a Duragesic fentanyl patch, Helen's story should make you think again. Helen's son died from fentanyl poisoning on July 22, 2006. Helen (not her real name) says her son met an older woman approximately two months before he died. A month after meeting her, he decided to move in with... - From Anger to Guilt, Mother Suffers from Zofran Mixed Emotions
Jul-29-15 Grovetown, GA “My doctor prescribed Zofran to help treat my nausea in 2009,” says Crystal. “I didn’t throw up during my entire pregnancy but not a day goes by when I’m not sickened by what I did.” Like so many women, Crystal trusts her doctor and she took Zofran, no questions asked. “I keep asking myself if... - Plaintiffs in Miami Asbestos Lawsuit Ask for $19 Million
Aug-3-15 Miami, FL In perhaps the most compelling example of how deadly Mesothelioma can be, and how quickly it can kill, a former mechanic who was alleged to have inhaled asbestos dust while in the workplace died from asbestos mesothelioma just three months after his diagnosis. There was no opportunity for the victim, Pablo Gonzalez, to file asbestos claims. H... - Transvaginal Mesh Complications Compounded
Jul-31-15 Spokane, WA Carly says the past three years have been “hell for my husband and myself and our sex life is nonexistent” since she had transvaginal mesh implanted to treat a slight urinary incontinence problem. “Adding to more misery, the mesh didn’t even treat my incontinence.” But Carly’s incontinence problem is a... - As Xarelto MDL Grows, Study Suggests Link with Hemorrhage
Jul-28-15 Laguna Hills, CA As the number of Xarelto lawsuits included in the multidistrict litigation grows, a new study has been published suggesting a link between the use of rivaroxaban (the generic of Xarelto) and spontaneous eye hemorrhage, also known as bleeding in the eye. Lawsuits have been filed against the makers of Xarelto, alleging patients were not... - California DUI Award to Plaintiffs Just Shy of $21 Million
Aug-2-15 Palmdale, CA In the days and hours leading up to February 6, 2011, the Cardona family of Palmdale could have no idea that their lives were about to change dramatically, and not for the better. That often happens when a DUI (driving under the influence) incident finds you. As it turns out, almost $21 million dollars has also found the Cardona family, bu... - California Labor Law Action v. FedEx Certified As Class Action
Aug-1-15 Sacramento, CA A lawsuit against FedEx Corp. (FedEx) alleging various affronts to California labor law that was first brought in California Superior Court has been granted class-action status. Plaintiffs and class members in the California labor lawsuit hold that FedEx violated state laws by failing to pay adequate wages. According to court records,... - Bayer Claims New Studies on Trasylol are Flawed
Feb-27-08 Atlanta, GA: In a statement issued by Bayer AG this week, they allege that two recent studies regarding their drug Trasylol are flawed. But a consumer advocacy group called Public Citizen's Health Research Group, has made statements that they believe the studies conducted on the drug are convincing enough that the drug is a danger to those who receive... - Anheuser-Busch Reaches Settlement in Becks Beer Consumer Fraud Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A settlement has been reached in a consumer fraud class action lawsuit pending against Becks Beer. The lawsuit alleges that the beer is produced in St. Louis and brewed with water from Missouri, not imported from Germany, as customers may have been led to believe. Anheuser-Busch, the makers of Becks, tricked consumers into thinki... - FDA Forwards Findings in the Form of a Letter for Hip Implant Defect
Mar-6-08 Kalamazoo, MI: The FDA has issued a warning in the form of a letter regarding complications with hip implant products manufactured by Stryker Corp. in Cork, Ireland. Reports have shown that hip replacement products from Stryker Corp. dating as far back as three years ago have proven to be defective. There are virtually thousands of hip implant product... - Rochester Meat Recall: USDA under Fire for Inspection Failures
Mar-5-08 Washington, DC This January's Rochester Meat recall of 188,000 pounds of E. coli-tainted ground beef has been dwarfed by the huge Westland/Hallmark recall of 143 million pounds, nearly two years' production. Nonetheless, the Rochester Meat recall highlights the same institutional failures at the federal Department of Agriculture's Food Safety Inspection... - Cheerleaders Cheering New California Overtime Pay Law
Jul-30-15 Sacramento, CA In a perhaps telling commentary on just how much overtime pay laws needed to be updated for cheerleaders in the state, California Governor Jerry Brown wasted little time in signing into law new legislation that protects the state’s cheerleaders, and recognizes the professional members among them as proper employees. This means t... - Manufacturer May Be Liable for Machine Causing Release of Asbestos From Another Company’s Product
Jul-30-15 A California Court of Appeals has reversed a summary judgement decision favoring a manufacturer, now allowing the plaintiff to return to a trial court for a strict liability suit against the manufacturer for his wife’s death when she developed mesothelioma as a result of asbestos exposure. Appellant Michael Sherman worked as a mechanic and used a br... - $500,000 Awarded to Patient for Doctor's Defamatory Remarks During Surgery
Washington, DC: An unidentified patient in Virginia has been awarded $500,000 by a jury hearing his medical malpractice lawsuit which claims his anesthesiologist made defamatory comments while he was under sedation for a colonoscopy. The award includes $200,000 in punitive damages. The unidentified plaintiff, referred to as DB, had left his smart p... - Google Accused of Eavesdropping through Chrome
Santa Clara, CA: Google is being accused of Internet privacy and wire tap violations by secretly installing software that can listen in on conversations of people who are in front of a computer. Privacy campaigners and open source developers are claiming that Google' browser, Chromium, the open source basis for Google' Chrome, began remotely installin... - Two New Studies Provide Evidence of Trasylol Dangers
Feb-22-08 Philadelphia, PA: Two new studies have been conducted that confirms that kidney damage, and even death, can result from the use of Trasylol to reduce bleeding during heart bypass surgeries. Both studies have suggested that the drug increases the risk over the short-term and the long-term. Bayer AG, the maker of Trasylol, halted marketing efforts in... - Texas Employee Files Lawsuit for Unpaid Wages
Jul-26-15 Texarkana, TX A Texas employment lawsuit has been filed in Texas, alleging Harte-Hanks failed to properly pay employees for all hours worked. The Texas labor lawsuit was filed by an employee who worked at the company’s call center in Texarkana, Texas, and alleges that she and other employees were not paid for all time spent logging in to call sys... - Efforts Intensify to Deliver VA Benefits to Blue Water Veterans
Jul-28-15 Washington, DC It remains a dark chapter in the proud history of the US military: the deployment of 20 million gallons of Agent Orange in order to defeat jungle foliage during the Vietnam War. The fallout from that particular strategy involves long-term health effects for countless soldiers exposed to the toxicity of Agent Orange, together with an ongoing... - SGLT2 Inhibitor Forxiga Safety Review Launched
Ottawa, Canada: Further to the US Food & Drug Administration' (FDA) warning regarding Invokana, a sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2 ) inhibitors, Health Canada has initiated a safety review for the prescription diabetes drug dapagliflozin (Forxiga) and the risk of ketoacidosis, a serious condition that leads to high levels of blood acids cal... - First Car-Hacking Class Action Filed against Ford, GM and Toyota
Jul-25-15 Dallas, TX So, imagine you are driving at 70 mph in your car when suddenly the windshield wipers go on, the entertainment system clicks on full blast, the horn is honking and the air conditioner starts blowing arctic cold air. Then suddenly you feel the brakes engage. The vehicle is coming to full stop with a freeway full of cars coming up fast in your rea...