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Sort by date 16,594 pages found matching %3Ca href%3D%22%22%3E%3C%2Fa%3E- First Xarelto Trial Stalled Over Allegations of Witness Tampering
Nov-6-17 Philadelphia, PA: Allegations of witness tampering have stalled the beginning of the Xarelto litigation. The first Xarelto trail was set to being Monday, November 6, but instead got sidelined by attempts to determine the significance of a meeting between a key witness, Dr. Timothy Aldridge, the plaintiff’s treating physician, and a Janssen sales... - Canadian Couple’s Fight against Home Warranty Insurance a Full Time Job
Nov-8-17 Coquitlam, BC: The machinations and frustrations experienced by homeowners dealing with home warranty insurance is reflected in the dealings of one Canadian couple who told Global News last year that success with a home warranty provider appears to hinge on the capacity for a homeowner to push the envelope and make noise – through a home warran... - ER Bills and Hospital Overcharging: It’s Not Getting Any Better
Oct-30-17 Boston, MA: Regardless of the machinations undertaken by the Trump Administration to replace the so-called ‘Obama Care’ with something that may, or may not be superior the fact remains that health care costs continue to balloon, with hospital billings and emergency room charges chronically higher than rates set by Medicare. With such hospit... - It Just Got Harder to Sue Your Bank for Excessive Overdraft Fees
Oct-30-17 Washington, DC: On October 24,2017, the Senate voted to overturn a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) rule that limited banks’ ability to enforce mandatory arbitration clauses in consumer contracts. While this change is unlikely to alter the course of existing excessive overdraft fee lawsuits , it will make it much harder for consumer... - Equifax Data Breach Liability
Washington, DC: Equifax Inc, is facing several lawsuits over its recent and enormous data breach, which affects nearly half of the population in the US. One of the largest data breaches in US history, the credit reporting agency only revealed in September that hackers had accessed about 143 million US consumers’ names, Social Security numb... - Left Behind in Benicar Lawsuit Settlement
Nov-1-17 Camden, NJ: Daiichi Sankyo’s recent $300 million Benicar lawsuit settlement will end the story for some who were hurt by the blood pressure drug. But it will leave others out in the cold. What will happen to them, the people who still suffer from Benicar side-effects -- the vomiting, weight-loss and diarrhea of sprue-like enteropathy? ... - Mirena IUD Lawsuit Alleges Grievous Mirena IUD Side Effects
Nov-5-17 New York, NY: A Mirena side effects lawsuit filed late last month accuses the manufacturer of the popular IUD of not doing enough to warn consumers about the potential for pseudotumor cerebri, or PTC, associated with the long-term birth control device. According to Court records the plaintiff has suffered from vision problems and a build-up of fluid si... - Sun Life Denied Disability Benefits Lawsuit Settled Previously, But Issues Remained
Nov-7-17 New York, NY: A Sun Life disability claims lawsuit dating back to 2009 initially settled, but took on added longevity with a dispute over attorneys’ fees. On Halloween day of this year a Ninth Circuit panel reversed a lower court’s ruling that originally denied an employee benefit plan appellate attorneys’ fees. The case is John... - Actos Lawsuit Alleges Side Effects Hidden
Mar-9-12 Boston, MA An Actos lawsuit filed by a whistleblower alleges the maker of the drug hid the risk of Actos heart failure from regulators. The lawsuit alleges that hundreds of reports linking Actos and heart failure were not made to the US Food and Drug Administration, despite such reports being legally required, possibly putting patients at risk and down... - $38M Settlement Reached in Canadian Polyurethane Foam Price Fixing Class Action
Toronto, ON: A CDN$38M settlement has been reached ending a price fixing class action lawsuit that alleged manufacturers of flexible polyurethane foam formed a cartel to fix their prices, between 1999 and 2012, resulting in inflated costs for Canadian consumers and entities. The class action lawsuits were settled out of court and represents one of th... - Texas Plaintiff Joins Flood of Lawsuits Citing Ethicon Physiomesh Problems
Nov-4-17 Atlanta, GA: Ethicon Physiomesh may be off the market at the behest of its manufacturer, but that hasn’t stemmed the flood of lawsuits that have been piling up in multidistrict litigation. In this case, the surgical mesh lawsuit has been filed by a plaintiff with the surname Flood. Plaintiff Amy Flood, a woman from Texas, received Ethicon Phys... - Six Sue Tristar for Exploding Pressure Cooker Injuries
Oct-29-17 Philadelphia, PA On September 19, 2017, six burn victims filed a lawsuit against Tristar Products, Inc. in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. They claimed they were hurt when their Tristar pressure cooker’s advertised “Built-In Safety Features” failed. All of the incidents cited in In Re: Kenneth Christian, et al. v. Tris... - Rumors of Doom for Talcum Powder Lawsuits Greatly Exaggerated
Oct-29-17 Los Angeles, CA: No, to answer the question recently posed by a widely-read legal publication, the recent reversal of the $417 million California verdict does not foreshadow doom for talc cases. But last week was undeniably tough for the plaintiffs in Johnson & Johnson lawsuits . On October 20, 2017, the Los Angeles Superior Court reversed a $417... - Heart Patient Fears for Her Life Living with Recalled St. Jude Pacemaker
Nov-1-17 Chino, CA: When Marisa received an “Important Medical Device Advisory” letter from St. Jude Medical announcing that her implantable cardiac defibrillator may contain batteries that could run out sooner than expected, she was concerned, to say the least. Since she was 12 years old, Marisa, age 31, has depended upon a pacemaker to keep her a... - $140M Awarded in Androgel Heart Attack Lawsuit
Chicago, IL: AbbiVie, maker of the testosterone replacement therapy AndroGel, has been ordered to pay over $140 million to a man who alleges he suffered a heart attack as a result of using the drug. The verdict is for second case of more than 6,000 such cases in an Androgel mass torte pending against AbbieVie and other companies, which have been... - Denial of Benefits May not be the Only Problem Plaguing WA Workers Comp
Oct-29-17 Olympia, WA: In Washington State, it appears there’s a bit more to worry about for Washingtonians beyond the potential for a situation that may result in a Washington State workers comp lawsuit , or a WA denied workers comp claim. The greater issue appears to be a continued rise in premiums that makes Washington state amongst the most expensive re... - Court Documents Reveals J&J Transvaginal Mesh Marketed Ahead of Competitors “Priceless”, Causing Outrage Overseas
Oct-31-17 London, UK : Politicians and Professors of medicine in the U.K. are condemning the decision to launch transvaginal mesh without a clinical trial and demanding a public inquiry into the mesh. Court documents during Ella Ebaugh’s trial in Philadelphia revealed that J&J’s Ethicon unit launched its TVT-Secur mesh in 2006 ahead of its comp... - Don't Use Ultrasonic Aspirators to Remove Uterine Fibroids FDA States
Oct-31-17 Washington, DC: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has provided the medical community with guidance on the use of ultrasonic surgical aspirators. Specifically, the agency is advising companies that make the devices to label them as contraindicated for the removal of uterine fibroids. The non-binding guidance from the agency serves to strengthe... - Whistleblower Healthcare Fraud Lawsuit Alleges Surgical Double-Booking
Oct-31-17 Boston, MA: Not one, but two healthcare fraud lawsuits against the renowned Massachusetts General Hospital and its operator allege double-booking of surgeries that possibly put patients at risk. There are also allegations that patients are misled into assuming their procedures will be performed by experienced surgeons, when in fact residents and fellow... - New Tylenol Recall Latest Setback for Johnson & Johnson
Feb-28-12 New Brunswick, NJ The potential for Tylenol overdose led the manufacturer of Tylenol—Johnson & Johnson (J&J)—to change the design of its dispensing bottles for children under and over the age of two. However, the pharmaceutical giant has found it necessary to recall its entire US supply of Infants' Tylenol due to problems with the n...