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Oct-24-14 A Milwaukee County circuit judge has ruled that the state’s onerous tort reform statute does not apply in the case of a $25.3 million recovery for a woman who lost her arms and legs due to medical malpractice. Ascaris Mayo of Milwaukee was admitted to Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital on May 24, 2011, with acute abdominal pain accompanied by a fever. Th... - Pre-Settlement Funding Aids in Holding Inattentive Drivers Accountable
Oct-24-14 Distracted driving is a huge factor in many auto accidents. We read about it daily. Victims of auto accidents due to the negligence of someone else may be eligible for compensation for damages incurred. A personal injury attorney can answer questions about auto accident compensation. Once a lawsuit is filed, a legal finance company can answer questions conce... - Mother’s Warning: Do Not Take Depakote
Oct-21-14 New Orleans, LA Diane doesn’t intend to pursue a Depakote lawsuit. Instead, she filed a claim with LawyersandSettlements so that she could make public her message: Do not take Depakote if you are pregnant or even if you could become pregnant. Diane (not her real name) has two healthy, bright children. They were born before she was prescribed D... - Attorney Predicts Five Thousand Lawsuits Against Guidant
Oct-27-06 Boston, MA: On October 18, 2006, Boston Scientific announced financial earnings for the third quarter 2006, in a press release and reported net sales of $2.026 billion as compared to $1.511 billion for the third quarter of 2005, an increase of 34%. The increase, Boston said, was primarily attributable to the inclusion of $491 million of net sales from... - A Pre- and-Post-Settlement Funding Primer
Oct-23-14 Farmington Hills, MI You wouldn’t ask an electrician to fix your leaky faucet, just as you wouldn’t expect your neighborhood roofer to figure out what’s wrong with your car. Such is the case with any attempt to secure pre- or post-settlement funding from a traditional bank: they don’t understand what they’re advancing a loan for. To a bank, a... - Forced Arbitration: Corporations Opting Out of Justice and Fairness
Oct-17-14 Washington, DC There are two distinct messages to be taken away from the whole debacle of forced binding arbitration: 1) The basic ideals of our forefathers are going to hell in a hand basket, and 2) Equality is dead. How could anyone watch the video below and think otherwise? Alliance for Justice (AFJ), producer of the film, is a national associatio... - No Thanks, Zyprexa Diabetes
Oct-22-14 White River Junction, VT You can understand a patient’s reticence over starting the antipsychotic drug Zyprexa and the potential for the onset of Zyprexa diabetes . One 65-year-old bipolar patient who submitted a question to Drugs.com posed that very question after being started on 10mg of Zyprexa. The answer to that question was that while Zyp... - Twenty Lipitor Lawsuit Claims Dismissed
Oct-16-14 Charleston, SC Twenty Lipitor lawsuits involved in Lipitor multidistrict litigation have been dismissed from the court for failure to provide required documentation. The lawsuits alleged that plaintiffs suffered from Lipitor side effects as a result of taking the medication. According to court documents , Pfizer moved to dismiss the lawsuits becaus... - Testosterone Lawsuit Remanded to State Court in California
Oct-21-14 Los Angeles, CA In spite of the fact that testosterone therapy for hypogonadism has carried approval by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for some 20 years now, it was the recent announcement by the federal regulator that it was investigating heart attacks and other unforeseen testosterone side effects that really got the ball rolling in terms... - Federal Express Age Discrimination Lawyer
Two collective action lawsuits are now pending on behalf of older Federal Express (FedEx) couriers who are victims of age discrimination. The suits allege that the company pushes couriers over 40 years old - particularly those with more than ten years' service - to leave the company. Older employees complain that FedEx takes away good routes, sets unrea... - Ohio Overtime Lawsuit Filed against Restaurant Chain
Oct-18-14 Columbus, OH A former waitress has filed an Ohio employment lawsuit, alleging violations of federal and Ohio labor laws, including failure to pay minimum wage and failure to pay overtime. The Ohio overtime lawsuit has been granted class-action status. The Columbus Dispatch (10/15/14) reports that Rhonda Sanchez filed the lawsuit against El Vaquero... - $3.27M Awarded Against J&J in Pelvic Mesh Case
Los Angeles, CA: A $3.27 million settlement has been awarded to Jo Huskey and her husband, Allen, whose bellweather Johnson & Johnson transvaginal mesh lawsuit was before the court in Charleston, WV. In their lawsuit, the Huskey' allege that Mrs. Huskey has sustained life-long, irreversible complications resulting from the TVT-O pelvic mesh sli... - $62M Settlement Awarded in Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
Los Angeles, CA: A 32-year old single mother has been awarded $62 million in damages settling her medical malpractice lawsuit she brought. In October 2009, Plaintiff Stacey Galette, a 34-year-old single mother, underwent surgery at Winthrop University Hospital as the result of an ectopic pregnancy, i.e. a pregnancy in which a fertilized egg remains... - Traumatic Brain Injury Affects Adolescent Brains
Oct-19-14 San Francisco, CA A new study suggests that suffering a brain injury at a young age can have a serious effect on children, including affecting their behavior. Traumatic brain injuries have been in the media lately due to their incidence in amateur and professional sport, and each year millions of people visit the emergency room for brain trauma. The... - Landmark $1.25M Settlement for Oakland Raiderettes Unpaid Wages Class Action Lawsuit
Los Angeles, CA: A $1.25 million settlement has been reached in the landmark unpaid wages class action pending against the Oakland Raiders football team. The employment lawsuit was filed by the Oakland Raiders' Cheerleaders alleging wage theft and other unfair employment practices. If approved, the settlement would cover 90 cheerleaders who wor... - Injured Charite Spinal Disc Victims and DOJ go after Johnson & Johnson
Oct-18-06 Washington, DC In less than two years, the FDA has received over 130 reports of serious adverse events related to the Charite disc . Lumbar spinal fusion is a procedure in which the vertebrae of the spine are fused together so that motion can no longer occur. As an alternative, the Charite disc replacement surgery is supposed to restore spinal flexib... - Mirena Statute of Limitations Good News for Plaintiffs
Oct-18-14 Alexandria, LA One main concern when filing a Mirena IUD claim is whether it is within the statute of limitations. But a federal judge in Louisiana recently ruled that the clock starts ticking when the plaintiff understands that she is the victim of a tort - much to Bayer’s dismay. A number of Mirena victims may not be immediately aware that t... - Respected Non-Profit Reports Problems with Internet Payday Loans: Survey
Oct-18-14 Washington, DC You have to know that something is a definitive issue when the venerable Cable News Network aka CNN gets into the act. This time it’s CNNMoney, reporting on Internet payday loans and the efforts of the Pew Charitable Trusts to establish a snapshot of just how bad things can get. Given the availability and ease of acquiring a payday loa... - Choosing the Victim? Dilemma Over Newborn Birth Defects Continues
Oct-17-14 New York, NY Lia Grainger faces a dilemma shared by many women of child-bearing age who are also taking Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI) for depression: how do you stop taking a needed antidepressant in order to avoid birth defects, in order to avoid the potential for newborn birth defects , while still maintaining your equilibrium? Gra... - Some Statins Linked to Peripheral Neuropathy: Is Crestor among Them?
Oct-14-14 Washington, DC Joe and Terry Graedon, both doctors, are also authors and maintain a popular syndicated column known as The People’s Pharmacy. Readers write in with their ailments with the Graedons offering some sage advice. Recently, a patient on one popular statin for several years followed by Crestor for the last year had some questions about sid...