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May-7-09 Murfreesboro, TN Airborne asbestos fibers are a known cause of asbestos mesothelioma . So, it would follow that reducing the presence of asbestos and any associated risk of airborne fibers would be the safe and sensible thing to do. Recently, it was discovered that the Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital in Murfreesboro has old piping in the basement covered i... - Man's Suit Alleging Age Discrimination Nears Trial
Mar-4-08 Mount Vernon, IA: An age discrimination lawsuit filed against Bankers Life and Casualty Co. and one of the company's managers will go to trial in April. The plaintiff, Doug Smith, filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa in October 2005, alleging that the federal Age Discrimination in Employment act was violated by his for... - New Study Links Gadolinium to NSF in Kidney Patients
May-4-09 Washington, DC New evidence suggests a causal link between Gadolinium Based Contrast agents —(GBCA, routinely used in MRI procedures)—and nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) in patients with advanced kidney disease. While the risk for complications from Gadolinium MRI scans have long been suspected, this latest data supports a Gadolinium-NSF link. ... - California Labor Law: We were Silicone Valley SlaveGirls
Feb-29-08 Auburn, CA Because Janet Glenn was hired as a salaried manager for the retailer Anne Taylor, she understood that she was exempt from overtime. That was 20 years ago. If she was working in those same conditions today, the company would be violating the California Labor Law . First of all, Glenn was not exempt and therefore entitled to overtime. The la... - Daniel Troy - Bush Administration's Preemption Gang - Part II
Feb-26-08 Washington, DC: In the fall of 2004, Daniel Troy left the FDA armed with the preemption policy he put in place. Now a partner at Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, Mr Troy works for a firm that he told Lily Henning of the Legal Times on September 20, 2005, "represents pretty much almost every company" in the brand-name drug industry. In fact, Sidley Austin i... - Reglan Black Box Comes Nearly 30 Years Too Late
Apr-25-09 Washington, DC When the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) mandated a Black Box warning for Reglan , patients who have already experienced adverse reactions to the drug would not have been surprised. Reglan is the commercial name for the drug metoclopramide, a drug made by a number of generic manufacturers for the treatment of gastrointestinal disor... - Janitors Suing Target for Unpaid Overtime
Feb-20-08 San Antonio, TX Approximately 29 janitors who used to clean Target stores in the San Antonio area will be presenting their case to a mediator in order to resolve their lawsuit over wages that the employees claim were unpaid. The employees state that a number of duties were performed in excess of 40 hours a week and that they were not for work over 40 hours... - "I had an Allergic Reaction Immediately after the MRI Gadolinium Injection"
Apr-24-09 San Diego Jason says he has been having complications from a gadolinium based-contrast agent he was injected with during an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging). "I had an allergic reaction immediately after the gadolinium injection," says Jason. "Nobody told me beforehand about the risk factors, or even what it was." Jason found out later that gadolinium... - Good Samaritan Denied Workers Compensation in Arkansas
May-31-09 Little Rock, AR In an example of doing things 'by the book' at the possible expense of moral fairness, a McDonald's employee who filed a workers compensation claim after being shot while on the job was denied workers comp. Workers compensation law exists to protect the rights of employees who are injured in the course of their duties. In this case, t... - Whistleblower Lawsuit Leads to Nationwide Investigation
May-30-09 Buffalo, NY A whistleblower lawsuit settlement not only cost the defendants involved significant coin, it saved the struggling US health care industry millions—and all thanks to two men who engaged in some conscience-clearing whistleblowing with backing from the Whistleblower Act. Craig Patrick and Chuck Bates were former employees of Kyphon... - Heparin Contamination: The Dangers of Unknown Ingredients
May-29-09 Santa Fe, NM Following the Heparin contamination that was allegedly associated with numerous deaths and adverse reactions, patients have wondered whether their Heparin injection, or their exposure to Heparin syringes, might have resulted in their own adverse reaction. Meanwhile, spouses whose loved ones died after being exposed to Heparin are filing laws... - Lawmakers Catch Glaxo Hiding Paxil Suicide Risks - Again (Part I)
Feb-12-08 Washington, DC GlaxoSmithKline recently received greetings from a Congressional Committee, asking the company to explain the findings in a report unsealed last month in a lawsuit which shows that Glaxo knew as early as 1989 that Paxil increased the risk of suicidal behavior in patients by more than 8-fold compared to patients who received a placebo. In... - Mothers Act Fuels Multibillion Dollar Industry - Part 3 of 3
Apr-14-09 PART ONE - PART TWO The prescribing of seven drugs, including two antipsychotics and five antidepressants, to treat OCD is a typical example of the profit-driven drugging that women snagged by the Mother's Act will face, but it's a far cry from the description Katherine wrote about regarding the comparatively minor treatment she received, when she st... - Fosamax Triples Risk of Bone Necrosis
Feb-8-08 Rockville, MD On January 7, 2008 the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an alert highlighting the possibility of severe and sometimes incapacitating bone, joint, and/or muscle (musculoskeletal) pain in patients taking bisphosphonates, such as Fosamax . The severe musculoskeletal pain may occur within days or even years after starting a bisphosph... - Securities Fraud Litigation by the Numbers
Feb-6-08 Washington, DC It's not the record of 2002 when the Enron scandal drove the number of stock fraud lawsuits to 267 for just the second year in the New Millennium. However, 2007 looks like it's going to be a banner year just the same, and given the sub prime mess, it would surprise no one if 2008 appeared to be on track for securities arbitration . Ind... - Asbestos Mesothelioma: Lawsuit Names 200 Defendants
Apr-11-09 Madison, WV In what could well be the most ambitious asbestos-related lawsuit to date, the family of a bricklayer in Kentucky has filed an asbestos mesothelioma suit naming 200 defendants. The list of defendants includes many high profile companies and 2 universities, all of which allegedly knowingly exposed Charles Childress to the highly carcinogen... - Two Asbestos Mesothelioma Widows Win Big Victories
Apr-1-09 Port Orange, FL The widow of David Fortier, an ex-fireman on the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal who died from asbestos mesothelioma , was recently awarded a multimillion dollar settlement in an asbestos lawsuit that she and her husband filed before he died. Gail's husband was exposed to asbestos in the Navy, when he worked on the aircraft carrier betw... - The Whistleblower and The Smithsonian
Mar-29-09 Washington, DC The Whistleblower Act protects workers from retaliation when injurious or unsafe situations are revealed. The mere act of whistleblowing is, in itself, a courageous act that often puts the whistleblower in a difficult position. Such is the case with Richard Pullman, an exhibits specialist at the National Air and Space Museum in Washing... - Tragic Car Crash Kills Expectant Mother
Mar-29-09 Manhattan, NY A car accident that took the life of a pregnant woman Friday combined the worst attributes: leering to passersby, allegedly driving while intoxicated and the driving of an allegedly unsafe vehicle. While car crashes happen every day, car crash safety can help prevent car accidents by ensuring vehicles are safe, drivers are sober and focused... - Topps Beef Recall: Erring on the Side of Disaster
Jan-14-08 Elizabeth, NJ: Now that Topps Meat has gone into bankruptcy and the federal USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has promised to tighten up its food inspection protocols in the wake of the 21.7 million-pound recall of Topps products, it's time to ask a simple question: Was this trip necessary? The bottom line on food safety is straightforw...