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Sort by date 1,864 pages found matching %3Cscript%3Ealert%28%27What_Security?%27%29%3C/script%3E- Google Mail California Claims Expire end of September: File Now, Attorney Urges
Sep-14-18 Santa Clara, CA: Attorney Ray Gallo has filed a lawsuit against Google on behalf of individuals seeking compensation for invasion of privacy. Gallo says that if you do not use Gmail but sent an email to a Gmail user, Google intercepted it and processed it for advertising purposes, and you may be owed $5,000 under the California Invasion of Privacy Act. ... - Are ER’s Cashing in on Upcoding?
Feb-3-18 Washington, DC Since 2009 emergency room charges have jumped by as much as 85 percent . Are patients really sicker? Has the actual cost of care gone up that much? Are hospitals price-gouging? For both uninsured patients and those with big deductibles, the bottom line is the same – a gaping hole in the pocketbook. The secret (and thus perha... - Landmark Credit Union Settles Overdraft Fees Lawsuit
Aug-15-18 New Berlin, WI: Danell Behrens filed a proposed class action overdraft fees lawsuit in February 2017 against Landmark Credit Union (LCU), alleging the not-for-profit financial institution charged its members more than $2 million in overdraft fees, in violation of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (ETFA) and LCU’s own overdraft program contract. LCU has... - Drywall Contractor Fined $2 million; Is California Wage Theft Rampant?
Aug-10-18 Los Angeles: After workers at Fullerton Pacific Interiors Inc., complained about California labor law violations to the non-profit Carpenters Contractors Cooperation Committee, the California Labor Commissioner’s Office stepped in. Investigators found that the drywall company paid a daily rate that didn’t include overtime hours or rest breaks and 28... - Victory for Risperdal Plaintiffs
Dec-18-17 St Louis, MO: November was a good month for Risperdal gynecomastia plaintiffs, involving a multi-plaintiff case before a federal judge in St. Louis. And the only verdict that favored Johnson & Johnson in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas has been reversed. In the Missouri Risperdal lawsuit, Johnson & Johnson asserted that the multi... - Study Suggests IVC Filter Use is on the Decline, But Problems Remain
Nov-25-17 St. Louis, MO: Does a win by Cook Medical in a recent bellwether IVC filter lawsuit , together with the release of a study suggesting that IVC filter use is beginning to trend downwards after thirty years of growth, point to the beginning of a sea change for the inferior vena cava filter industry, and IVC filter patients? Earlier this month MedPage... - Pennsylvania CIGNA Denied Disability Lawsuit Seeks Compensation
Nov-12-17 Johnstown, PA: A CIGNA long term disability lawsuit filed in September has been proposed as a class action on behalf of all persons who may have been adversely affected with regard to the handling of disability benefits by CIGNA Health and Life Insurance Co. According to the Pennsylvania Record (09/29/17) the lead plaintiffs are Anthony and Amanda... - Study Further Links Proton Pump Inhibitors to Gastric Cancer and Conflicts with FDA study, Lawsuits to Follow
May-31-18 Santa Clara, CA: A link between proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and high risk of gastric cancer isn’t new, but the results of a new study conflicts with the FDA’s mandated PPI study. Cancer Risk after H.pylori Eradication The October, 2017 study , published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) was conducted by researchers from Hong Kong. Whil... - Between Slips, Falls and Dog Bites, Consumers Need to be Wary
Oct-24-17 Orlando, FL: A Florida consumer has launched a Florida premises liability lawsuit against a Wal-Mart store in Orlando, alleging she was injured due to a problem with the flooring in the store. The Florida slip and fall lawsuit was filed in May. According to the Florida Record (06/15/17), plaintiff Carmen R. Rodriguez was shopping in the defendant&... - 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... - 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... - 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... - Last-Minute Maneuvering Underway Prior to Next Round of Xarelto Lawsuits
Mar-11-18 Philadelphia, PA: With three new bellwether Xarelto bleeding issue trials set to begin next month in Philadelphia, defendants Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals and Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. are pushing back against attempts by plaintiffs to amend the master complaint in the Xarelto mass tort. In spite of the fact defendants won the first three bellwe... - Defective Airbag Deaths and Injuries Continue
Mar-17-18 Oklahoma City, OK: With the revelation earlier this year that yet another victim of Takata airbag injuries had died, it’s instructive to look back at the case of Ashley Parham, widely believed as the first known victim of a defective airbag in 2009. The facts of the two cases are similar. Both victims – the first, and the 21st – we... - Deadly Onglyza Side Effects Set in Fast and Lawsuits Lumber On
Feb-25-18 Pittsburgh, PA: Viola Chapman began taking Onglyza and Kombiglyze XR (Saxagliptin) to treat her type 2 diabetes in February 2015. By December, as her Onglyza lawsuit claims, those drugs had caused heart failure, congestive heart failure and cardiovascular injury . That went south fast. What's not fast is the pace of Onglyza lawsuits. Chapman'... - California Labor Lawsuit Expected to Settle for $2 Million
Mar-14-18 Los Angeles, CA: A California unpaid wages lawsuit that was originally filed in August, 2014 at Los Angeles before removal a year later to the US District Court for the Central District of California, may settle for $2 million if an agreement on the part of all parties in the class action meet with Court and judicial approval. The lawsuit, which all... - 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... - 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... - Essure Sales Decline as Complaints Increase and ObGyn Tips for Removal
Jul-13-17 Paris, FR: While Essure lawsuits are being filed in France, Canada and the US on behalf of women who have suffered complications from the permanent birth control device (and at least one death in France), gynecologists say a “small minority of women” are requesting removal. But what constitutes a small minority? About one million of the... - Kmart settles healthcare fraud lawsuit for $32.3 million
Jan-20-18 Washington, DC The Department of Justice announced that Kmart Corporation has agreed to pay $32.3 million ($59 million including state law issues) to settle a lawsuit that claims in-store pharmacies overbilled Medicare Part D, Medicaid, and TRICARE. The healthcare fraud scheme, which a Kmart pharmacist stumbled upon only when he had his own presc...