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Sort by relevance 1,836 pages found matching %3Cscript%3Ealert%28%27What_Security%3F%27%29%3C%2Fscript%3E- Restaurant Loses $3.2 Million California Labor Lawsuit
May-5-16 Los Angeles, CA: A Los Angeles restaurant chain has been ordered to pay $3.2 million in a California labor lawsuit filed by a former employee who alleged racial discrimination and wrongful termination. Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles is reportedly appealing the award and has since filed for bankruptcy. According to The Los Angeles Times... - Are Inferior Vena Cava Filters Effective?
Apr-30-16 Baton Rouge, LA: The number of lawsuits consolidated for pretrial proceedings in two MDLs continues to grow, with plaintiffs alleging their health was put in jeopardy by IVC filters that broke, fractured or otherwise failed. Meanwhile, researchers asked in an article how IVC filters could have been approved for use with so little evidence of their effe... - Major Hearing Scheduled in SoCalGas Porter Ranch Well Blowout Case
Apr-26-16 Los Angeles (April 26, 2016) (Press Release): A Los Angeles Superior Court will hear arguments tomorrow in the Southern California Gas Company case regarding continued relocation of residents from the Porter Ranch well blowout. This hearing follows the reversal by the California Court of Appeal of another superior court judge who rejected the County’s re... - Arizona Jury Awards $27.6 Million To Company Founder in Retaliation Suit
Apr-25-16 PHOENIX, ARIZ. (April 25, 2016) (Press Release): An Arizona federal jury has awarded $27.6 million to a healthcare staffing company founder who claimed his allegation of internal medical billing fraud led to a retaliation plan with a highly unusual method to oust him. The total awarded on April 20 to Marc A. Wichansky, former president of Zoel Holding C... - Does the IVC Filter Produce More Harm Than Benefit?
Apr-21-16 Washington, DC: It’s little wonder that IVC filter plaintiffs are ticked about the possibility that the spider-like filter placed into the inferior vena cava, intended to entrap blood clots and prevent them from reaching the lungs, may cause more harm than benefit. It’s also somewhat ironic that the specific placement for the inferior vena... - IVC Filter Lawsuits Allege Serious Defects
Apr-8-16 Baton Rouge, LA: More than 300 IVC lawsuits have been filed, alleging patients who had the medical devices implanted were put at risk of serious complications, including having the inferior vena cava filters break. Patients who have been implanted with retrievable IVC filters may be at a risk of complications if the filter is left implanted for too lon... - FDA to Add Heart Failure Warnings to DPP-4 Type 2 Diabetes Medications
Apr-6-16 Washington, DC: Type 2 diabetes medicines containing saxagliptin and alogliptin may increase the risk of heart failure, particularly in patients who already have heart or kidney disease, according to a recent safety review by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Saxagliptin (Onglyza, Kombiglyze XR) and alogliptin (Nesina, Kazano, Oseni)... - 60% of Companies are Facing a Class Action – New Survey Report
Apr-3-16 According to new research by defense law firm Carlton Fields, corporate spending to defend class actions is up after four years of decline. This marks an important turning point, and defense litigation spending is projected to increase in 2016 as well. Highlights include the following findings: • After four consecutive years of decline, there has... - Laparoscopic Power Morcellation amongst Most Dangerous Medical Procedures
Apr-3-16 Milwaukee, WI: About a year ago we shared with you the story of Dr. Amy Reed, 42, an anesthesiologist and mother of six who is currently battling for her life after a diagnosis of leiomyosarcoma, a ferocious uterine cancer that spread through her body. She learned of the cancer about a week after she underwent Laparoscopic Power Morcellation on her ute... - California Unemployment Appeal Not the End of the Road
Apr-1-16 Sacramento, CA: Having a California unemployment insurance claim denied can be surprising, especially for workers who feel they meet all the criteria for filing a claim. But sometimes employers misrepresent the reason for terminating employment, leading to an unfair California unemployment insurance denial. In such cases, workers can file a claim to ha... - California Overtime Pay Lawsuit against Zillow Granted Class-Action Status
Mar-22-16 Irvine, CA: It’s been a long time coming, but after 15 months of litigation, an overtime pay laws class action has been given the green light by a federal judge in Santa Ana. The overtime pay lawsuit seeks damages from Zillow, the online real estate entity founded a decade ago, for alleged violations with regard to working hours, missed meal brea... - Plaintiffs Allege IVC Filters Are Dangerous, Cannot Be Retrieved as Designed
Mar-21-16 Sioux Falls, SD: For many, 2016 began not with a resolution, but with resolute determination to seek justice and compensation from manufacturers of inferior vena cava (IVC) filters following failures of the implantable device. Some of those IVC filter failures have been catastrophic in nature, leaving many patients not only having to deal with pain... - CaseyGerry Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit on Behalf of Boy After Father Killed in Tragic Ontario, Calif., Accident
Mar-19-16 SAN DIEGO, CA (March 18, 2016) (Press Release): In another case of reported unintended acceleration, CaseyGerry has filed a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of a nine-year-old Temecula boy whose father, Matthew Pusateri, 29, was killed on New Year’s Eve 2015 when the Toyota Solara in which he was a passenger was struck violently from behind by a 2015 Toy... - Endo Stops Making AMS Transvaginal Mesh
Mar-13-16 Eden Prarie, MN: Endo International is closing its Astora Women’s Health device unit, the company that sells the now-defunct American Medical Systems (AMS) transvaginal mesh implants for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) or pelvic organ prolapse (POP). Endo, which bought AMS in 2011 for $2.9 billion, said it is shutting down transvaginal mesh pro... - Stronger Warnings for Essure Not Enough
Mar-6-16 The FDA has slapped a black box warning on Essure , but many critics and Essure victims say this strictest warning is not enough - they want the permanent birth control device permanently removed from the market. Along with Essure’s heightened risk warning, the FDA is ordering Bayer to conduct a clinical study, or postmarket surveillance study ,... - Identity Theft Complaints on the Rise
Mar-4-16 Washington, DC: A report from the Federal Trade Commission indicates that complaints about identity theft increased 47 percent in 2015 over 2014. As more organizations become victims of data breaches , more consumers are exposed to a risk of identity theft. Consumers are fighting back, filing lawsuits against the companies and organizations they trust w... - Nail Salon Industry in New York Reportedly Filled with Wage Violations
Mar-1-16 New York, NY: Following up on a report from 2015, the New York Times (2/29/16) has once again investigated the New York nail salon industry, and has found widespread wage and hour violations . Workers in the nail salon industry, The Times reports, are frequently underpaid and overworked, and at risk of serious illness linked to the chemicals they ar... - 1% of Physicians Account for One-third of Paid Medical Malpractice Claims
Feb-25-16 The New England Journal of Medicine has analyzed some appalling data that 1% of physicians account for approximately 32% of paid medical malpractice claims. The data - which was pulled from the National Practitioner Data Bank - shows that over a recent 10-year period, a small number of physicians with distinctive characteristics accounted for a dispr... - Yasmin Death and “Lucky to Be Alive”
Feb-5-16 Hong Kong : While the FDA has been criticized for its lack of warning and other issues regarding Yasmin and Yaz, the agency is commendable compared to the Hong Kong Health Department. A Hong Kong man recently filed a lawsuit against Bayer claiming the oral contraceptive caused the death of his wife. You don’t even need a prescription for birth... - Cigna Faces Two New Denied Disability Lawsuits
Feb-4-16 Pittsburgh, PA: A woman injured in a car accident has filed a denied disability insurance lawsuit against Cigna, alleging the company improperly denied her disability claim. Meanwhile, a man in Louisiana has also filed a lawsuit against Cigna, also alleging he was improperly denied his long-term disability. The Pennsylvania Record (1/26/16) report...