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Sort by date 16,594 pages found matching %3Ca href%3D%22%22%3E%3C%2Fa%3E- Supreme Court Agrees to Hear $500,000 Neck and Back Injury Settlement
May-22-15 The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case to determine whether a man must repay an insurance company for medical expenses it paid after he received a settlement from the drunk driver who injured him - even though his recovery was reduced after paying attorney’s fees and supporting himself and his child. Robert Montanile was seriously injured re... - Takata Admits Airbags Defective Recalls 33.8M Vehicles
May-19-15 Detroit, MI Takata Corp, the manufacturer of the defective airbags installed in Toyota, Nissan and Honda vehicles, has announced it is recalling about 33.8 million vehicles which have the airbags. The recall is expected to be the largest in US history, affecting nearly one in seven cars on the roads in the US. The company has reportedly filed a s... - Another Month, Another 300 Syngenta Lawsuits
May-19-15 Topeka, KS In only one month, the number of Syngenta lawsuits has reportedly grown by 300, to almost 1,800 GMO corn seed lawsuits. That jump in the number of Agrisure Viptera and Agrisure Duracade lawsuits reflects anger on the part of farmers, who say they were sold products that cannot be exported to China. According to court documents , the laws... - Changes Coming to Herbal Supplement Industry
May-16-15 New York, NY Sometimes it takes a lawsuit to force a change, and in that regard the herbal supplement industry may not be all that different from the pharmaceutical industry. After herbal supplement lawsuits were filed by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, more concerns have been raised about herbal supplement fraud. Although Schneiderman&rsq... - World Experts Demand End to Child Drugging in the US - Part I
Oct-25-07 Washington, DC: On October 12, 2007, experts in the field of psychiatry and child development from all over the world arrived in Washington to attend the annual conference of the International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology. This year's conference focused on one specific goal - to end the mass-prescribing of psychiatric drugs to children... - Credit Card Rate Hikes: Devious Practices Online
Oct-20-07 San Antonio, TX "I always pay my bills online and I have never been late with a payment and never over my limit," says Patricia Frank. "All of a sudden, the Bank of America and Chase Bank raised my interest rates from 7.9% to 22%! They need to put this information online if they are going to raise your rates--they are very devious." This is clearly another... - Supreme Court Rules In Favor of Employees in ERISA Class Action
May-18-15 Washington, DC The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of employees who participated in their company’s retirement savings plans and who objected to the investment decisions made on their behalf, as decisions were deemed to negatively impact their savings, can move ahead with their ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act) lawsuit. The lawsui... - America’s Train Trial Lawyer Is Asking Questions about the Amtrak Accident
May-18-15 Manhattan, KS For the last two decades, Attorney Robert Pottroff of Pottroff Law Office has focused 90 percent of his law practice on representing people injured or killed in railway accidents , and along the way, earned a reputation as an outstanding trial lawyer and an outspoken advocate for railway safety. Over the last week, Pottroff has spent ho... - Debt Collector Lawsuit by Feds Shuts Down Bogus Bill Collector
May-18-15 Buffalo, NY Recent events appear to have taken debt collector harassment to a new level, with bogus debt collectors calling and harassing seniors and other innocent consumers in the state of Florida, coercing them into making payments on debt they didn’t even owe. And in Buffalo, New York, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has taken... - Vytorin Has a Complex History
May-15-15 Washington, DC The new study on Vytorin may be out, and it may signal good news for its drug maker, but as far back as 2008, there were serious concerns about how Merck and Schering-Plough planned to study potential Vytorin side effects. Concerns were so high that on March 31, 2008, Senator Chuck Grassley sent a letter to Merck and Schering-Plough outl... - Florida Whistleblower Healthcare Fraud Lawsuit Settles for $7.5 Million
May-17-15 Jacksonville, FL The Feds may have dropped their healthcare fraud lawsuit , but the decision does not minimize allegations of fraudulent billing and other practices against nine hospitals in the state of Florida together with an ambulance service provider. The defendants in the False Claims Act case will pay a combined $7.5 million to settle allegations... - Honda Recalls 4.89 Million Cars With Takata Airbags
May-14-15 Washington, DC Japanese car maker Honda is recalling 4.89 million vehicles equipped with potentially faulty Takata air bags. This recall is in addition to earlier recalls issued by Honda, Toyota and Nissan over defective airbags. This extended recall covers 14 of Honda’s models produced between 2002 and 2008, including the Civic and CR-V rang... - $10 Million Target Data Breach Settlement Proposed
May-14-15 Minneapolis, MN Given the propensity to conduct banking, purchasing and other activities online that involves the sharing of sensitive personal data, any revelation of a data breach can evoke feelings of fear and violation akin to a robbery or personal assault. A data breach is, indeed, an assault on one’s privacy. The Target data breach of 2013... - Emergency Room Overcharges Start with Getting There
May-16-15 Los Angeles, CA A California federal judge last month heard how former top-level hospital administrators were fired for refusing a kickback scheme that involved ambulance services connected to emergency room overcharges billed to Medicare, Medi-Cal and other government agencies. The original lawsuit claims the executives at Palo Verde Health Care Dist... - Topps Beef Burgers: Storing in the Freezer
Oct-23-07 Brooklyn, NY "I heard on the news that we should throw out the contents of Topps beef burgers after they were recalled ," says Miriam S., "but I'm keeping mine as proof that I was sick." Miriam S. (not her real name) cooked herself a Topps burger and it tasted pretty good, but later that night she started to get really bad cramps. "They were really p... - Lawsuits Filed Against Topps Beef
Oct-8-07 Elizabeth, NJ Lawsuits have been filed against Topps Meat Company in the wake of a [ recall ] due to the discovery of E. coli in some of the company's products. At least two lawsuits have been filed so far, although more are likely to follow. The contamination resulted in the hospitalization of adults and children who contracted E. coli after eating some... - AT&T to Pay $25M to Settle Massive Data Breach Lawsuit
New York, NY: AT&T will pay $25 million to resolve claims the phone carrier failed to adequately safeguard personal data of approximately 300,000 customers. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced the settlement of its data breach lawsuit this week. The data was stolen from call centers in Mexico, Colombia and the Philippines. ... - New Allegations in Zofran Lawsuit Hurled at Manufacturer
May-14-15 Randolph, MA With every new lawsuit that stems from an allegation that GlaxoSmithKline’s Zofran causes Zofran birth defects , we are reminded of charges levied against the manufacturer by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) in 2012 which, among other things, accused GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) of promoting Zofran and other drugs off-label. Specificall... - Blood Thinners Under Fire for Alleged Failure to Warn
May-13-15 Anaheim, CA A new Xarelto lawsuit has been filed alleging Xarelto bleeding complications put patients at risk of serious health problems. In the past month, in fact, almost 100 lawsuits have been added to Xarelto multidistrict litigation, which consolidates Xarelto side effects lawsuits for pre-trial proceedings. According to court documents, as of... - Seven Dead and 200 Injured in Amtrak Crash
May-13-15 Philadelphia, PA The high speed Amtrak train crash that happened last night in Philadelphia has reportedly claimed the lives of at least seven people and injured over 200. The train was recorded traveling at a speed of greater than 100 miles per hour in a section of track where the speed limit is half that, according to the New York Times. At l...