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Nov-3-14 New Orleans, LA A judge has cut the amount of damages awarded in an Actos bladder cancer lawsuit after finding the damages awarded by the jury excessive. The plaintiffs in the Actos side effects lawsuit had initially been awarded more than $9 billion after alleging patients were not adequately warned about the potential link between Actos and bladder c... - FDA Advisers Against Metal-on-Metal Hip Replacements
Jul-1-12 Washington, DC It’s about time. After about 17,000 reports to the FDA from patients suffering problems with their metal-on-metal hip and/or knee replacements, the agency is finally listening. On June 28, 2012 an 18-member advisory panel said there were few reasons to continue using metal-on-metal hip implants. The panel recommended surgeons disco... - Missouri Traffic Accidents Injure Several People over Memorial Day Weekend
Jun-5-11 Jackson, MO A number of people were injured in recent Missouri traffic accidents that occurred over the extended Memorial Day weekend, reports the Southeast Missourian . According to the news source, four Jackson residents suffered moderate injuries on Saturday, May 28, in a two-vehicle accident in which a 16-year-old driver did not yield to anothe... - BMJ: metal-metal reemplazos de cadera un "grande experimento incontrolado"
Jun-6-12 Akron, OH Cuando los consumidores piensan en la fuga de los implantes, que tienden a pensar de los implantes mamarios, no reemplazos de cadera DePuy . Sin embargo, según informes, algunos expertos están preocupados de que el ASR DePuy, la cual fue objeto de un retiro del mercado de implantes de cadera DePuy masiva en 2010, podría ca... - DePuy Hip Replacement Phased Out After FDA Letter
Apr-12-12 New York, NY Following reports that DePuy allegedly knew about problems with its DePuy hip prior to the DePuy hip replacement recall come reports that Johnson & Johnson—parent company to DePuy—received a request for information from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just prior to the company's decision to phase out its hip repla... - Two Lawsuits Filed Against Catholic Priests and Dioceses Under New Child Sex Abuse Law
Mar-16-22 Baton Rouge, LA New child sexual abuse lawsuits alleging two Catholic priests sexually abused teens decades ago, along with coverup lawsuits against the Diocese of Baton Rouge and the Diocese of Alexandria in Louisiana, have been filed under a new law that temporarily eliminated the statute of limitations in childhood sexual abuse cases. Jessica Arbou... - BMJ: Metal-on-Metal Hip Replacements a "Large Uncontrolled Experiment"
Mar-9-12 Akron, OH When consumers think of leaking implants, they tend to think of breast implants, not DePuy hip replacements . But according to reports, some experts are concerned that the DePuy ASR, which was subject to a massive DePuy hip implant recall in 2010, could cause more damage than breast implants. According to the British Medical Journal and t... - Incarcerated People Work for Aramark Without Pay
May-8-24 Alameda County, CA The California Supreme Court has ruled in the lawsuit Ruelas v. County of Alameda that the state’s minimum wage law does not apply to people working for private companies while they are held in pretrial detention in California’s jails. The California labor lawsuit was filed by the ACLU on behalf of people incarcerated at t... - Securities Fraud Lawsuit Filed against Research In Motion
May-31-11 Atlanta, GA Sometimes, allegations about securities fraud are made against individuals who are reportedly involved in stock fraud. But sometimes, securities fraud litigation is undertaken against large companies, who are alleged to have made false and misleading statements about their financial status. In such cases, investors can file lawsuits against... - FDA Wants Expert Advice on DePuy Hip Implants
Apr-24-12 Washington, DC The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will be asking an advisory panel of experts to take a closer look at metal-on-metal implants, as calls for action were made following a large hip replacement recall , Reuters reported. According to the news outlet, the advisory panel will be held on June 27–28, and the panel of experts wil... - Surgeons Warned to Stop Using Synovo Total Hip Implants
Apr-24-24 Silver Spring, MD On January 3, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an updated advisory to medical professionals warning them not to purchase or implant, and to remove from their inventory all Synovo Total Hip Systems because the devices have been substantially modified since their initial 1991 approval. The gathering storm of Synovo... - Ozempic and Wegovy Linked to Aspiration Pneumonia
May-15-24 Los Angeles, CA Patients who have undergone surgeries and endoscopies and taking weight-loss Ozempic, Wegovy and other GLP-1 medications risk aspiration pneumonia. A study conducted by researchers in California found that patients who underwent the procedure were 33 percent more likely to suffer the complication, which can be life-threatening. Th... - Trash Workers Earn California Overtime Pay from Strike Action
Sep-2-10 Palo Alto, CA Here's a great California overtime story that carries a happy ending for some, a frustration for others and—for the workers directly affected—the sense that they may have won a bit of a lottery when they collected California overtime pay for doing work missed when they were on strike. The 8/31/10 edition of the Palo Alto D... - Chantix Black Box Warning Too Late for Some
Jul-11-09 Okalona, MS On July 1, 2009 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Boxed Warning on the prescribing information for the smoking cessation drug Chantix (varenicline). Sadly, the warning came too late for Dean Perry's son, Hansel, who took his own life on September 29, 2008. Mr. Perry blames Chantix for his son's death. "My daughter-in-... - Stockbroker Arbitration: Changes in the Wind
Apr-4-08 Chicago, IL: When a trusted stockbroker simply misfires when managing your investment, or worse—suddenly turns into a thieving, conniving and untrustworthy thorn in your side, stockbroker arbitration is a good way to ensure that your interests are protected, and that losses incurred as the result of alleged mismanagement of your portfolio are recover... - BP ERISA Class-Action Lawsuit Seeks Compensation for Pension Losses
Jul-21-10 Chicago, IL Even though BP Oil appears to have sufficiently capped the gushing oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, the larger crisis is far from over. Individuals who work for the oil company and partake in BP employee benefits but share no direct responsibility for the decisions that led to the oil spill face a financial crisis that will extend far beyond... - Lawmakers Catch Glaxo Hiding Paxil Suicide Risks - Again (Part II)
Feb-13-08 Washington, DC Apparently, GlaxoSmithKline is still trying to hide damaging information about Paxil, because 9 pages of a report released from under a court order last month, are not available to the public. However, Senator Charles Grassley has instructed Glaxo to provide him with the full report by February 14, 2008. In the report, which is dated roug... - Phillips 66 in $46.5 million Wage Dispute
Apr-8-24 San Francisco, CA Phillips 66 Co. and refinery workers duked it out before a California federal judge on March 14 over meal-break and time-rounding policies. Workers claims that Phillips automatically deducted 30-minute break periods from hundreds of workers' pay add up to $46.5 million in violation of California labor law . Phillips allegedl... - Suspected Food Poisoning Spoils Holiday Cheer in Newark
Jan-10-10 Newark, NJ An outbreak of foodborne illness in Newark, New Jersey sickened dozens of people over the holidays. For them, Christmas was a little less merry and the New Year certainly got off on the wrong foot. The foodborne illness incident is thought to have occurred on December 26 at the Iberia Peninsula, a popular restaurant in Newark's Ironbound... - KImberly-Clark 401k ERISA lawsuit Alleges Excessive Costs
May-10-21 Dallas, TX On April 15, two participants in the Kimberly-Clark Corporation 401(k) & Profit Sharing Plan filed a class action ERISA lawsuit in the federal District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Seidner v. Kimberly-Clark Corp. alleges that plan fiduciaries violated ERISA by failing to monitor plan administrative expenses, thus wastin...