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May-5-15 Boston, MA A multimillion-dollar award in an SJS lawsuit has been upheld by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. The Stevens Johnson Syndrome lawsuit alleged a young girl suffered toxic epidermal necrolysis - a more severe form of Stevens Johnson Syndrome - after using Children’s Motrin. The plaintiffs claimed Johnson & Johnson, makers o... - Energy Drinks: Caffeine and More Caffeine
May-2-15 Los Angeles, CA Consumers like to know what’s in their food and drinks, but when it comes to energy drinks , that may not be as simple as looking at the ingredient label. Energy drink contents tend to include ingredients that are basically more concentrated caffeine, but called something else. Lawsuits filed against energy drink companies, includi... - Unum Denial Based on Nurse’s Recommendation
May-4-15 Baltimore, MD It’s bad enough that Unum, or First Unum terminates disability benefits based on its independent medical examiner’s opinion. But denying a policyholder further long-term disability based on a nurse’s recommendation is unconscionable. Kimberly first collected workers compensation benefits when she was injured on the jo... - Morning Sickness Drug Sued for Alleged Birth Defects
May-1-15 Pittsburgh, PA Since the first Zofran birth defects lawsuit was filed in February, seven other claims have been brought against GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). The plaintiffs allege that the anti-nausea drug used during pregnancy caused their children to be born with birth defects. Further, the FDA never approved Zofran to be used during pregnancy. GSK is ac... - Actos Cancer Victims Get $2.4B Settlement
Apr-29-15 Santa Clara, CA A $2.4 billion settlement has been agreed between Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. and some 9,000 plaintiffs who filed personal injury lawsuits against the company, alleging it failed to warn of bladder cancer risks from taking its Type 2 diabetes drug Actos (pioglitazone hydrochloride). Actos (pioglitazone hydrochloride) is a membe... - From Bad to Worse for Lumber Liquidators Toxic Flooring
May-1-15 Washington, DC For Lumber Liquidators’s allegedly toxic flooring , it just goes from bad to worse. Already facing over 100 Lumber Liquidators formaldehyde lawsuits from disgruntled plaintiffs upset with allegedly unsafe engineered flooring imported from China, the company has revealed it could be facing criminal charges from the US Department of J... - California Janitors Win $2.3M Unpaid Wages Class Action Settlement
Los Angeles, CA: Ross Stores has reached a $2.3M settlement in an employment class action lawsuit brought by workers cleaning the retailer' discount stores in California. According to the terms of the deal, which the proposed class of janitors requested approval of, $1 million will be set aside for 2,000 janitors who cleaned Ross' retail stores a... - $3.5 Verdict Upheld Against School District for Driver’s Ed. Crash
Apr-30-15 The family of a 15-year-old central Idaho boy who died in a car crash during his driver’s education class in the Blaine County School District has received a $3.5 million damages verdict, which was recently upheld by the Idaho Supreme Court. Blaine County School District had appealed the family’s award, but the court rejected this appeal, upholding... - Walmart Accused of Overtime Wage Theft
Apr-30-15 Alameda County, CA Walmart faces a California overtime lawsuit alleging the company purposely gave assistant store managers the duties of lower-level employees to get around overtime pay laws. The lawsuit alleges the workers were classified as managers to avoid paying overtime, but they did not have any managerial duties or authority. According to... - Syngenta GMO Corn Seed Lawsuit Legal News and Information
Hundreds of Syngenta Genetically Modified Corn Seed Sales lawsuits have been filed nationwide, claiming Syngenta knew, or should have known, that its genetically modified Viptera corn seed (Agrisure Viptera or MIR 162) and Duracade corn seed would contaminate US corn shipments and prevent the corn from being sold to export markets, particularly Ch... - Hotels Warned About Deceptive Price Quotes
Washington, DC: Hotel operators that provide "deceptively low pricing"on their online reservation sites are being warned by the Federal Trade Commission that they may in violation of the law for consumer fraud. The FTC issued warning letters in 2012 to 11 hotels citing consumer complaints that surfaced at a conference the FTC held on "drip pricin... - Veterans Waiting Years Just for Their Records, VA Lawsuit Asserts
Apr-27-15 Washington, DC Veterans Affairs (The VA) continues to claim it is making strides in clearing the backlog of applications for VA disability benefits . However, according to one VA benefits lawsuit that’s less than a week old, there is still a long way to go. A handful of vets from various states are suing The VA with help from consumer advocacy... - Insurers Get Hoodwinked Too, but Bad Faith Insurance Still Reigns
Apr-29-15 Los Angeles, CA Without a doubt, there are those who try to pull the wool over the eyes of insurance companies and collect benefits under fraudulent circumstances. For that reason, insurance companies must remain diligent in order to root out the fraudsters while maintaining a welcoming stance for legitimate claimants who have paid their premiums faithfull... - Defending America’s Bread Basket and American-Grown Corn
Apr-29-15 Minneapolis, MN, April 20, 2015 Picture this: you work - investing all it takes to produce a corn crop for shipment overseas to China - and then after you’ve done all your work, you find out your efforts are for naught because the corn isn’t wanted? That’s the basic story behind the Syngenta corn seed litigation now in progress. It... - Premera Blue Cross Reports Data Breach of 11 Million Accounts
Los Angeles, CA: As many as 11 million people may have suffered exposure of the medical and financial information as a result of a massive data breach on health insurer Premera Blue Cross. The cyber attack is alleged to have begun in May 2014, with hackers accessing claims data including clinical information, as well as bank account and social securi... - Canadians Are Targets for Emergency Room Overcharges
Apr-28-15 Chico, CA After Jonathan crashed his motorbike on a northern California racetrack, he was ambulanced to a nearby hospital where x-rays showed he had a broken clavicle. After his return home to Canada, emergency room charges soon followed. “I knew something was wrong with my shoulder and I slipped in and out of consciousness for about 10 minute... - Debt Collector Harassment Costs Green Tree Millions
Apr-28-15 Washington, DC Debt collector harassment can come in many forms and from many different purveyors of angst and unfairness. In this case, the harassment came at the hands of a mortgage servicing company that was alleged to have stooped to various forms of bill collector harassment , including multiple calls per day and sometimes as early as 5 am with thr... - Herbal Supplement Lawsuit News and Information
Los Angeles, CA: Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman' office has sent letters to four major retailers, GNC, Target, Walmart, and Walgreens, for allegedly selling store brand herbal supplement products in New York that either could not be verified to contain the labeled substance, or which were found to contain ingredients not listed on the labels... - Teacher Asbestos Lawsuit Filed in Europe
Apr-24-15 Stroud, Gloucestershire In the realm of asbestos litigation linked to serious conditions such as mesothelioma and asbestosis, there are certain professions you can expect to see making claims against asbestos makers. People who work on ships or in shipyards, those who work in construction, and mechanics, for example, all fit the common perception of &l... - Plaintiffs Give Up on GM Faulty Ignition Switch Fund, Look to Courts Instead
Apr-26-15 New York, NY A division has formed between plaintiffs trying or having tried to access a compensation fund established by General Motors for victims of faulty GM ignition switches, and those plaintiffs who have either given up on the fund, don’t qualify, or at the end of the day feel they would fare better with the courts. The dividing of the camps a...