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Jul-2-09 Washington, D.C. If Attorney and former Navy lawyer Dean Swartz gets what he wants for his client Colonel Adele Connell, Swartz will have succeeded in shutting down a 59-year-old law known as the Feres Doctrine that makes it almost impossible for military personnel to sue for medical malpractice . "I never knew just how unfair this law was until I got... - Hydroxycut Class Action the 'Next Big One'
Jul-2-09 San Francisco, CA The recall of various versions of Hydroxycut supplements has evolved into the launching of a class-action lawsuit, together with a pow-wow scheduled for San Francisco later this month to discuss and update potential plaintiffs and legal eagles regarding Hydroxycut diet supplements and their adverse health effects. A total of 14 hydrox... - Settlements and Verdicts: Rite Aid Corp.
A verdict has been reached in the personal injury lawsuit filed against Rite Aid Corp. on behalf of 42-year-old Ellen Levy Gray. The company has been ordered to pay the Maryland woman $250,000 to compensate for incorrect advice given on an information pamphlet which was enclosed with her prescription medication. Levy Gray became permanently disabled whe... - California Importer Hit with $655,000 Fine in Defective Products Case
Jul-1-09 Washington, DC While there have been no injuries cited, the potential for personal injury from a collection of defective products sold by OKK Trading of Commerce, California might have been enormous. This month the company agreed to pay a civil penalty in the amount of $665,000 for failure to comply with the long-standing federal ban on lead paint in toys,... - Heparin 's Recall--One Year On
Jul-1-09 Toledo, OH It has been over a year since the massive Heparin recall was announced in the wake of numerous deaths and reports of serious illness following exposure to Heparin syringes. In that year, patients have learned a lot about Heparin contamination and the factors that can result in their being exposed to contaminated medications. In April, 20... - Is Herbal Fen-Phen Just as Bad as the Banned Fen-Phen?
Jun-30-09 Washington, DC Fen-phen may have disappeared from store shelves back in 1997, but it hasn't disappeared entirely. Neither has PPH and Fen-phen —and Fen-phen side effects that cause primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH). The adverse health issue has fostered a number of PPH class action lawsuits. That's because Fen-phen is still around as a h... - Train Explosion in Italy Kills 12
Jun-30-09 Pisa, Italy A gas explosion on a freight train in western Italy late Monday has claimed the life of a child and at least 11 others, officials close to the scene have said in a report carried today by CNN. The number of injured in what has been described as a horrific train crash has risen to 36, with 16 in critical condition. Two other children wer... - Chantix is a "Loaded Gun"
Jun-30-09 Lansing, MI "I went to the doctor for a chest cold and I told him I wanted to quit smoking, obviously cigarettes were making me worse," says Diane (not her real name). "He said I could not get a prescription for Chantix because I suffer from bi-polar disease. He didn't have to tell me that because his father (also a doctor) put me on Chantix last yea... - Interview with Cipro and Avelox Attorney Mike Stratton
Jun-25-09 New Haven, CT: " Cipro (Ciprofloxacin) and Avelox are 'last resort' antibiotics to kill off very dangerous forms of bacteria but they have been marketed and advertised way beyond what is appropriate for patients' conditions," says Attorney Mike Stratton of Stratton Faxon. He adds that Bayer, the manufacturer of both drugs, has been "cagey" about Cipro... - California Caps Stifle Med Mal Award
Jun-29-09 Irvine, CA You might say that a young California woman who went to court seeking damages as a result of a hip surgery that went terribly wrong, won the battle but lost the war. Her attorney, Sean M. Burke, an experienced personal injury lawyer who has fought many a battle on behalf of people injured through medical malpractice, presented the facts of case,... - Is Foodborne Illness Increasing?
Jun-29-09 Washington, DC According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), rates of foodborne illnesses have been holding steady for five years and have even been declining from the mid-1990s until the beginning of this decade, due mainly to improvements in the meat and poultry industry. And one report says that frequent outbreaks of foodborne illness have bee... - Accident Not Her Fault, Plaintiff Forced to File Bad Faith Insurance Claim
Jun-29-09 St. Louis, MO The proof will come out not in the pudding but in the lawsuit. However, allegations stemming from a bad faith insurance lawsuit and the accompanying bad faith insurance claim filed by a Missouri woman gives one pause to wonder why anyone ever bothers with insurance. That said, there is little doubt as to why the insurance bad faith attor... - JBS Swift Beef Recall Expanded Over E. coli Concerns
Jun-29-09 Greeley, CO It might have been Sunday, but a weekend never appears to deter the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) from pulling the trigger on the recall revolver—especially when it comes to bad beef. And a recall announced last week of beef potentially contaminated with E. coli was expanded yesterday to about ten times the size of the initial E. c... - Levaquin Patient: "I Feel Like I'm Dying"
Jun-29-09 Silsbee, TX Alice N. says she was given the Levaquin antibiotic two separate times in a few months. Although she is not certain, she believes she has suffered from Levaquin side effects, which include tendonitis. Alice says that since she took the Levaquin medicine for the second time, she has had difficulty walking because of the pain in her legs. ... - Hair Relaxer Anything But in Personal Injury Lawsuit
Jun-28-09 St. Louis, MO Unless you happen to be a personal injury attorney, involvement in personal injury law usually comes as the result of personal injury. Such is the case for a woman in Missouri who alleges that a hair relaxer did a lot more than simply relax her hair. According to the text of a lawsuit summarized in the June 24 on-line issue of the Mad... - Researcher Reprimanded for Ties to GlaxoSmithKline
Jun-28-09 Atlanta, GA While pregnant women have to sift through the conflicting evidence regarding Paxil birth defects to determine whether or not the risk of reported Paxil side effects outweighs the benefits, news has emerged that at least 1 researcher had ties to GlaxoSmithKline, maker of Paxil, while he was conducting research about the drug. Although financ... - Second Recall Expansion of Cribs Sold by Babies R Us
Cribs Pose Entrapment and Strangulation Hazards About 96,000 Jardine Cribs are now being recalled by Jardine Enterprises because the wooden crib slats can break, creating a gap, which can pose an entrapment and strangulation hazard to infants and toddlers: 320,000 units were previously recalled in June 2008 and 56,450 units were recalled in January 2009... - Nationwide Recall of Lion Pavillion Hot-Pot Seasoning
Lion Pavilion, Ltd., based in Brooklyn, NY, is recalling approximately 16,213 pounds of seasoning products, which contain cattle by-products that were ineligible for import to the U.S. The firm is recalling these products because China is not eligible to export beef products to the United States. The products subject to recall include:14-ounce pac... - Pasta & Co Issues Recall due to Possible Salmonella Contamination
Pasta & Co of Seattle, WA, is recalling their Chinese Vermicelli Salad and Pot Sticker Salad, because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The products were manufactured using chili oil recalled by Union International Food Co., and may be contaminated with Salmonella. Salmonella is an organism which can cause serious and somet... - Public Citizen Wants Yasmin Birth Control Banned
Jun-27-09 Washington, DC A birth control pill that is classed as a third-generation contraceptive is the cause of concern for health advocates concerned with the potential for the Yasmin pill to foster blood clots. Yasmin , manufactured by Bayer and also sold as a generic, has been placed on a 'do not use' list published by Public Citizen, who petitioned the US F...