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La Administración de Alimentos y Drogas estadounidense, junto con Davol, Inc., subsidiaria de C.R. Bard, Inc., han retirado del mercado los parches de malla Composix Kugel de Bard, indicados para la reparación de hernia ventral, provocadas por el adelgazamiento o estiramiento del tejido cicatrizal que se forma luego de una cirugía de her... - Parche Ortho Evra - Coágulos en Sangre, Accidentes Cerebrovasculares e Infartos
Actualmente, se investiga un juicio fundado en una acción colectiva por fraude al consumidor contra Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc., fabricantes del parche anticonceptivo Ortho Evra. Esta investigación pretende determinar si Ortho-McNeil omitió revelar que los efectos secundarios y riesgos de coágulos, accidentes cerebrovascualr... - Canadian Class Action Accuses Sorin Heater-Cooler System Makers of Failure to Warn
Jan-31-22 Toronto, ON A class action lawsuit certified by an Ontario Superior Court judge accuses LivaNova (formerly Sorin), the manufacturer of Sorin 3T Heater-Cooler System , a medical device used to regulate the temperature of fluids during open heart surgeries, of failure to adequately warn hospitals of severe infection risk to open-heart surgery patients. I... - Mother Files Lawsuit Claiming Similac Infant Formula Caused Baby’s Death
Jan-30-22 Chicago, IL A mother has filed a lawsuit against Abbot Laboratories, the manufacturer of Similac Special Care, claiming the infant formula caused the death of her premature baby after he developed necrotizing enterololitis (NEC). Baby Eli never left the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit. On January 5, 2022 Shannon Hall filed a lawsuit &n... - Hernia Mesh Victims File Motion for Multi-District Litigation
Jan-20-22 Santa Clara, CA Fifteen hernia mesh victims have filed a motion with the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation seeking to consolidate and centralize Atrium’s ProLite and ProLoop mesh claims before one judge in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The motion for transfer was filed in December 2021 by plaintiffs... - Juvenile Detention Center Residents “Obscenely Abused” for Years File Another Lawsuit
Jan-19-22 Burlington, VT It’s like a gruesome scene from the Dark Ages: children with disabilities shackled and thrown into isolation without supervision, sometimes for months. Woodside Juvenile Rehabilitation Center, aka “Juvie Jail” has finally closed, and a second lawsuit filed in December 2021, claims 22 Vermont Department of Children and... - Thousands more CPAP Lawsuits in Store for Philips
Jan-18-22 Philadelphia, PA A recent FDA investigation has determined that Philips, the manufacturer of up to 15 million potentially defective sleep and breathing devices worldwide, knew its machines were faulty years before it issued a recall last June. The CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) and BiPAP devices were recalled because sound abatement foam (PE-PU... - See’s Candies Employee Can Sue for COVID Death, Rules Appeals Court
Jan-10-22 San Francisco, CA A California Appeals Court ruled that a See’s Candies worker can move forward with a labor lawsuit alleging the company’s lax COVID-19 safety protocols caused her husband’s death. The company had argued that it couldn’t be held liable for an injury or illness that a non-employee suffered outside their workp... - ERISA Lawsuit Against UnitedHealth Subsidiary Gets Class Action Status
Jan-7-22 Madison, WI On December 15, the District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin agreed that plaintiffs in a lawsuit against UMR, the benefits administrator for employer-sponsored UnitedHealth insurance plans, could proceed as a class. As many as 1,600 individuals may ultimately be included in ERISA lawsuit . This appears to have weighed heavily in... - Pay Increases in 2022 for California’s Guest Farm Workers
Jan-5-22 Sacramento, CA Farmworkers will finally see pay increases in 2022, thanks to winning a California labor lawsuit that will stop the guest farmworkers wage freeze, and also to the USDA’s annual survey results on farm labor. The U.S. Department of Labor proposed a modified formula for calculating minimum wages for agricultural guest workers on... - Flowers Foods Leaves Bad Taste for Distributor Drivers
Dec-30-21 Santa Clara, CA A California federal judge ruled that Flowers Foods Inc. misclassified its distributor drivers as independent contractors and drivers can go ahead with overtime claims against the second-largest commercial bakery in the US (whose brands include Wonder Bread, Tastykake, Sunbeam, and Nature’s Own). It has a track record of misclassifi... - Bronson Healthcare to Settle Excessive Fee ERISA Lawsuit
Dec-29-21 Kalamazoo, MI Bronson Healthcare and participants in the Bronson Healthcare Group, Inc. 403(b) Tax Sheltered Matching Plan have agreed in principle to settle a proposed class action ERISA lawsuit . The lawsuit focused on the fiduciaries’ decision to include the actively-managed Fidelity Freedom Fund in the plan’s investment portfolio. Details... - Unions and Musicians Poised to Settle Royalty Lawsuit for $8 Million
Dec-28-21 Los Angeles, CA On November 8, the District Court for the Central District of California gave preliminary approval to a proposal that will end a 2018 lawsuit between studio musicians and their unions. Risto v. SAG-AFTRA highlights the difficulties that union and non-union artists face in collecting forms of compensation that are not protected under Ca... - Starbucks Faces Age Discrimination Lawsuit
Dec-26-21 Atlanta, GA On November 29, Markel Oden filed an age discrimination lawsuit against Starbucks Corporation, alleging that the coffee giant systematically discriminates against workers protected under both the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and the Georgia Age Discrimination Act. Starbucks has previously been accused of discriminating... - University of Miami to Settle ERISA Lawsuit for $1.85 Million
Dec-23-21 Miami, FL On November 23, the University of Miami and participants in five of its retirement plans agreed to settle proposed class action ERISA lawsuit . The agreement provides for $1.85 million and structural safeguards to protect participants’ retirement savings in the future. The university and the plans' fiduciaries have agreed not t... - Tesla Stock Lawsuits Legal News and Lawsuit Information
On August 8, 2018, Elon Musk, high flying CEO of Tesla, Inc. tweeted to the world that he was considering taking Tesla private at $420 per share. He said he had the money. The price of the stock skyrocketed, trading was temporarily suspended and the SEC launched an investigation into potential price manipulation. The financing later appeared to have depe... - Dimensions Health Faces Class Action Over Hospital Privileges for Fake OB-GYN
Annapolis, MD: medical malpractice class action lawsuit has been filed against Dimensions Health Corp., alleging it allowed a former OB-GYN, who obtained his medical license fraudulently using a false Social Security number, to perform hundreds of deliveries and emergency cesarean sections. The lawsuit was filed by named plaintiffs Monique Russe... - Infant Formula From China May be Contaminated Melamine
FDA Warns Public Not to Use Formula From China Reports of a contaminated milk-based infant formula manufactured in China have prompted the FDA to issue a warning to the general public not to use infant formula manufactured in China. It should be replaced with an appropriate infant formula manufactured in the United States. There is no known threat of cont... - TeamHealth vs. United HealthCare Services
Dec-21-21 Knoxville, TN UnitedHealthcare claims that TeamHealth has submitted fraudulent claims to the insurer, to the tune of more than $100 million. The ER fees lawsuit claims that the emergency room staffing and billing company has been upcoding—using codes to deceive the insurer into overpaying—since 2016. UnitedHealthcare (UHC) claims that Team... - Supreme Court Asks Solicitor General for Brief in California Trucking Lawsuit
Dec-20-21 Pasedena, CA On November 15, the U.S. Supreme Court asked Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar to articulate the position of the federal government with respect to California Trucking Association v. Rob Bonta . The Ninth Circuit decision requires California motor freight carriers to treat drivers as employees, rather than independent contractors. A deci...