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Sort by date 1,862 pages found matching %3Cscript%3Ealert%28%27What_Security?%27%29%3C/script%3E- Georgia Plaintiff Alleges Use of Nexium Caused Chronic Kidney Disease
Mar-4-18 Newark, NJ: Heartburn, more correctly known as acid reflux, continues to be a common complaint affecting a vast cross section of the American population. Relief is often in the form of medication - and, specifically proton pump inhibitors such as Nexium, a product of AstraZeneca. Plaintiff Shirlene Bonner began regular use of Nexium to relieve heartburn fr... - Enfamil Linked to Preemie Blindness, Cerebral Palsy
May-23-23 Evansville, IN On April 17, Sandra Hayes sued Mead Johnson & Company, alleging that the baby formula manufacturer was responsible for injuring Adam Hayes shortly after his birth. The necrotizing enterocolitis lawsuit details baby Adam’s injuries including partial blindness and cerebral palsy brought on by his consumption of Enfamil Premature... - San Francisco Superior Court: Pay Banquet Servers $9 Million
May-18-23 San Francisco, CA In John Ordono et al. v Marriott International Inc. , San Francisco Superior Court Judge Ethan P. Schulman has tentatively found that banquet servers were entitled to $8.97 million because reasonable customers might have concluded that mandatory service charges were intended as gratuities. Under California Labor Code 351, gratuitie... - Another WARN complaint Hurled at Twitter
May-9-23 San Francisco, CA A former Twitter employee has filed a California labor complaint accusing the social media platform of violating the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, the California WARN Act and the California labor code by failing to give workers requisite notice of companywide layoffs. Plaintiff Eitan Adler’s... - Xarelto Bellwether Score is 3-1 for the Defendants: MDL to Map out Strategy
Jan-7-18 New Orleans, LA: With three federal bellwether cases having gone to the defendant and a fourth in state court favoring the plaintiff, the judge heading up the 18,500 consolidated cases in federal court has signaled he is looking for guidance from the various parties involved, with oral arguments on the docket for the end of the month following a status repo... - Exploding Airbags Cause Chemical Burns
Dec-6-17 Washington, DC While many exploding airbag lawsuits focus on the harm caused by flying shrapnel, it is also important to be aware of the risk of high temperature chemical burns. Airbags are filled with sodium hydroxide that becomes an aerosol during deployment. If the airbag is improperly vented or filtered, the gas can cause serious chemical burns, in... - California Startup Has Faced Three Class Action Lawsuits in its Young History
Nov-20-17 San Francisco, CA: A shopping service that found favor with busy urban professionals but vilified by some of its service personnel is set to finalize a settlement worth $4.6 million in January 2018, reports the San Francisco Business Times (05/24/17). The class action California overtime lawsuit was brought by employees and independent contractors of... - The Opioid Crisis—Who is Responsible?
Nov-14-17 Santa Clara, CA: : While cities, counties and states nationwide are filing opioid lawsuits , those defendants--that include big Pharma, manufacturers, distributors and pharmacy chains-- maintain that they cannot be held responsible for what happens to pain pills once they travel down the supply chain. And is anyone taking into account people in pain? ... - 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... - The Predatory Lending Cycle of the Car Title Loan
Mar-13-17 Fort Worth, TX: The greed from need cycle of car title loans is far from new. In February, 2015 the Star-Telegram (02/14/15) in Fort Worth was reporting that the average resident of Texas was about $40,000 in debt. The car title loan was one quick and easy way for Texans to deal with short-term financial crises, such as a family emergency. However... - Camp LeJeune First Hearing
Apr-13-23 Raleigh, NC The first Camp Lejeune hearing to hold the government accountable for victims—Marines and their families-- who were sickened by toxic water at Marine Base Camp Lejeune was held on April 5, 2023. Two Camp Lejeune survivors present were Jerry Ensminger, whose daughter passed away after battling leukemia, and Mike Partain, a male bre... - The Curious FDA Reversal over Allegedly Flawed Endoscope Washers
Jun-5-16 Washington, DC: The curious about-face by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over its position on an allegedly flawed endoscope cleaning machine has roots in a back-and-forth relationship between the federal regulator and Custom Ultrasonics Inc. (Custom) dating back to 1991. The history between the two parties, together with recent links to hospital... - Memphis Man Suffers Broken Neck from Explosion of E-Cigarette
May-26-16 Memphis, TN: It’s an emerging issue from a relatively new device meant to bring the art, or habit, of smoking into the twenty-first century. The e-cigarette has captured the fancy of millennials having embraced “vaping,” or inhaling vapor as a preferred alternative to actual smoke. While long-term health benefits and risks associated with... - ERISA Lawsuit Settlement Hits Stumbling Block
Jan-30-23 Cincinnati, OH The partial settlement of Berry v. FirstGroup America , which seemed like a sure thing less than a month ago, has hit a snag that may require substantial changes. The class action ERISA lawsuit alleged that FirstGroup America removed well-performing investment funds from the FirstGroup America, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan (the “P... - Thinx, Inc. to Settle PFAS/PFOA Lawsuit
Mar-20-23 New York, NY In late January, Thinx, Inc. announced that it had reached a $5 million settlement agreement to end Dickens v. Thinx, Inc ., a class action perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS/PFOA) lawsuit. Thinx will provide up to $5 million to reimburse consumers who bought the company’s signature period underwear between November 12, 2016 and... - Study: IVC Filters Don't Save Trauma Lives
Oct-12-16 Boston, MA: A new study suggests that not only do IVC filters not save the lives of trauma patients, but leaving the IVC filters in for too long could put patients at increased risk. The study, which examined the use of inferior vena cava (IVC) filters in trauma patients, was published online in the journal JAMA Surgery (9/28/16). Lawsuits have been... - Family of Shooting Victim Files First Responder Injury Lawsuit
May-30-17 Denver, CO: A purported drug raid two years ago that left a Colorado man dead and his family allegedly traumatized has now become a wrongful death and first responder injury lawsuit , with the victim’s family and estate filing a case just days ago in Colorado. The victim of the police shooting was James Edward Strong Jr., age 32 at the time of... - Lack of State Oversight Prompting Texas City to Act
Apr-24-17 Abilene, TX: Texas is one of two US states (the other being New Mexico) that as yet does not observe any kind of blanket arbitration protocol for the resolution of disputes involving the car title loan . The latter is a form of financing akin to a payday loan that extends quick cash to consumers, often with no questions asked and exorbitant annual rates... - Misclassified Plaintiffs in Massachusetts Eyeing $2.9 Million Proposed Settlement
Apr-21-17 Boston, MA: Plaintiffs in a recent Massachusetts employment law collective action have asked a federal judge in Massachusetts to approve a settlement worth $2.9 million that would settle claims of improper classification allegedly costing employees overtime pay. Massachusetts labor law – together with the Fair Labor Standards Act, a federal st... - Prilosec Kidney Damage Lawsuits
Apr-16-17 Washington, DC: The risks of taking popular heartburn medications such as Prilosec likely outweigh the benefits. According to a recent study, PPI users may be increasing their risk of serious kidney damage without having any symptoms of kidney problems. Given this latest research and previous studies, attorneys are currently investing complaints inv...