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Sort by relevance 1,836 pages found matching %3Cscript%3Ealert%28%27What_Security%3F%27%29%3C%2Fscript%3E- ‘Groundbreaking’ First Responder Negligence Verdict in New Jersey worth $6 Million
Oct-11-17 Trenton, NJ: In the first verdict of its kind in the State of New Jersey, a jury awarded the estate of a young mother $6 million after finding that first responders were negligent in treating a patient who was in distress. The 20-year-old patient did not survive, leaving an infant without a mother. The verdict in the first responder negligence lawsuit... - Cook Celect IVC Filter Lawsuit Goes to Trial
Oct-9-17 Indianapolis, IN: On October 23, 2017, Hill v. Cook Medical, Inc., et al , 1:14-cv-6016 will go to trial in the US District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. This will be the first of three IVC filter lawsuits to be heard in the brewing multidistrict litigation (MDL) against Cook Medical, Inc. That MDL now includes approximate... - Transvaginal Mesh “Like Being Cut with a Cheese Wire”
Oct-3-17 London, UK: An exhaustive story in The Guardian (08/31/17) sheds some interesting sidelights into transvaginal mesh side effects, an issue that has proven to mushroom in size and breadth since the advent of transvaginal mesh, or TVM mesh repair for various health issues affecting a wide cross section of women at middle age. The number of plaintiffs havin... - Smith & Nephew Defective Knee Replacements Under the Microscope
Oct-2-17 Washington, DC: When the Smith & Nephew Journey Deuce Bi-Compartmental Knee System was introduced in 2007, it was billed as “a new, innovative solution that may give nearly 70% (sic) of all patients receiving a total knee replacement a more minimally invasive, bone and ligament preserving treatment alternative,” so stated a press release... - Opioid Epidemic Lawsuits Filed Nationwide while Big Pharma Makes Big Profits
Sep-28-17 Miami, FL: In the wake of the Opioid Epidemic now declared a national emergency, big Pharma faces a tsunami of litigation. Miami has just announced it may file a prescription opioid lawsuit against the manufacturers, adding to the long list of cities and municipalities that have declared an opioid crisis. This June, the New York Times wrote that... - California Seeks $6.3 Million for Overtime Pay Law Violations
Sep-28-17 Los Angeles, CA: The California Labor Commissioners Office has filed a lawsuit against Calcrete Construction. Inc. seeking $6,300,338 for unpaid overtime and sick leave as well as the company’s failure to provide proper wage statements. The complaint alleges that Calcrete forced workers to sign contracts stating they were independen... - Takata Airbag Recalls in China, Dorado Airbag Injury Lawsuit Filed in Nevada
Sep-26-17 Las Vegas, NV: The angst over potential airbag failure and the airbag recall involving primary, and some side airbags manufactured by Takata has transferred to China now, with the recent announcement that General Motors and its Chinese joint venture Shanghai GM will recall more than 2.5 million vehicles in China known to have faulty Takata airbags. Ea... - Late CFL Player, 27, Exhibited CTE Symptoms of Someone Three Times His Age
Sep-25-17 Springfield, MA: The estate of late NFL player Aaron Hernandez on Thursday filed a federal lawsuit against the National Football League (NFL) and the New England Patriots, alleging that defendants failed to protect Hernandez from traumatic brain injury within the context of active play in football games, all the while knowing that repeated blows to... - SEC Fraud Whistleblower Lawsuits Fly under the Radar
Sep-20-17 Washington, DC: . Insiders with information about securities fraud should know three important things before filing an SEC fraud whistleblower lawsuit : (1) They can only proceed through the Securities and Exchange Commission; there is no right of individual action as there is with other whistleblower protection laws; (2) The SEC protects whist... - Despite Concerns over Onglyza, FDA Keeps Going Back to the Trough
Sep-6-17 Washington, DC: In the accepted parlance of the pharmaceutical and medical industries, a drug is considered not unsafe for the intended patient if the benefits of the drug outweigh the risk. One can therefore assume that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) took this mantra to heart in 2009 when the federal regulator approved Onglyza (saxagliptin) in... - New Jersey Woman Files Mirena Lawsuit Alleging Blurred Vision
Sep-4-17 Newark, NJ: The majority of Mirena birth control side effects lawsuits are associated with device migration and various injuries stemming from the intra-uterine birth control device having drifted away from its original insertion point. Reported incidences of Mirena uterine perforation have included reports of uterine perforation when the device is ini... - Zetia and Vytorin Continue to be Controversial
Aug-28-17 Washington, DC: There is little doubt that the cholesterol-fighting drug Zetia (ezetimibe) has travelled a rocky road since it was first approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2002. And while several years have passed since the controversial delay in releasing study results into potential Zetia side effects , issues involving Zetia and... - Qui Tam Whistleblower Lawsuit Goes After “Up Coding”
Aug-28-17 Atlanta, GA: The Medical Center, Navicent Health (“Navicent”) has agreed to pay $2,549,742 to the United States and the State of Georgia to resolve allegations that it violated the federal False Claims Act (FCA) and the Georgia False Medicaid Claims Act by submitting inflated bills for ambulance transportation. The qui tam whistleblower lawsu... - California Saxagliptin Lawsuit Plaintiffs Score Big Procedural Win
Aug-11-17 Washington, DC: Saxagliptin lawsuit plaintiffs just got a big victory. The fact that they can sue in California courts under California law will affect whether and how much they can recover for the injuries they have suffered. Saxagliptin, a prescription drug used in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes, is marketed as Onglyza and Kombiglyze XR. In... - Father Worries about his Incarcerated Son with Risperdal “Female Boobs”
Aug-9-17 New Orleans, LA: This is Frank’s story about his son Frankie, who was prescribed Risperdal to treat ADHD when he 11 years old. (Risperdal is frequently prescribed off-label for uses not approved by the FDA.) By the time Frankie was 16, he had developed “female boobs” or gynecomastia. Frank’s son was incarcerated at 18 years of... - Airbag Recall: My Subaru Passengers in the Back Seat
Aug-9-17 Vancouver, BC: I drive a Subaru because it consistently gets top marks in safety from Consumers Reports and the insurance industry. It constantly gets "top safety pick” by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. And it looks good. But all these years that I’ve been driving a Subaru, it never occurred to me that there was a risk of airba... - Republican Lawmakers Want to Retract New Consumers Rights to Excessive Bank Fees Class Actions
Aug-3-17 Washington, DC: In January, 2015 Capital One resolved a class action lawsuit over excessive bank overdraft fees for $31.7 million ( In re: Checking Account Overdraft Litigation, case number 1:09-md-02036 , in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida). And that Capital One excessive overdraft fees lawsuit was not unique: a rather lar... - Healthcare Fraudsters Caught in Giant DOJ Sweep
Jul-30-17 Washington, DC: Rooting out healthcare fraud is a top priority for the Department of Justice (DOJ) and on July 17, 2017 the DOJ announced a massive $1.3 billion crackdown on healthcare professionals involved in schemes to defraud Medicare, Medicaid and healthcare services for US veterans and their families. The DOJ charged 412 healthcare profess... - Onglyza, Kombiglyze Maintain Risks in Spite of Dismissed Lawsuits
Jul-22-17 Trenton, NJ: Plaintiffs bringing either a saxagliptin lawsuit , or an Onglyza lawsuit (Onglyza is the trade name for saxagliptin) appear to have had a checkered track record in terms of success with their cases in spite of various side effects associated with the Type 2 diabetes drug. According to the Form 20-F filing issued by Onglyza manufacturer A... - Denied Disability Plaintiffs Overdue for Unum’s Cutting Board?
Jul-20-17 San Francisco, CA: One of the largest health insurers is back in the news, allegedly up to its old tricks of bad faith insurance tactics. Three Unum policy holders claim that their disability benefits were wrongfully terminated, according to their lawsuits. All the complaints were filed in California in June. June 27: : Denise Alsandor-Wiley file...