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Mar-22-08 Orlando, FL: Darden Restaurants , which operates the Red Lobster, LongHorn, and Olive Garden restaurants, is now the subject of a lawsuit filed March 19, 2008 in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida on behalf of its stockholders. The complaint alleges that Darden, based out of Orlando, misrepresented its business, market prospects,... - Lawsuit Against GSK Alleges Avandia To Blame For Injury Requiring Heart Bypass Surgery
Feb-13-08 Philadelphia, PA: Pat Kelly and his wife Sandra Kelly of Grove, Oklahoma, filed a lawsuit on February 12, 2008, against Philadelphia-based GlaxoSmithKline ("GSK"), the maker of Avandia , in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania - Case 2:08-cv-00667-RK, accusing GSK of causing serious injury to Mr. Kelly due to its negligence, fr... - Did Heparin cause Mother's Death?
Mar-15-08 Tustin, CA "My mum was given Heparin after she had an appendectomy as a blood thinner," says John G. "Maria was fine after this minor surgery but next day she lapsed into a coma—she never left the hospital." Maria was only 68; with the exception of high blood pressure, she was healthy. John's lawyer is now looking into the cause of her death and... - FBI Investigating Countrywide for Securities Fraud
Mar-11-08 Washington, DC: A criminal investigation has been opened against Countrywide Financial by the FBI and the Justice Department for possible securities fraud . The FBI and the Justice Department is investigating whether or not the nation's largest mortgage lender falsified its financial condition and the stability of its loans in security filings. The in... - ERISA lawsuit filed against Dell over 401(k)
Nov-10-06 Seattle, WA: A class action lawsuit has been filed against Dell Inc. , on behalf of participants and beneficiaries of the company's 401(k) plan for violating the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). The suit, filed September 29 in Seattle, claims that Dell and various defendants breached their fiduciary duties to 401(k) participants. Acc... - Getting Totaled by State Farm
Mar-7-08 Redlands, CA Over the past several years, State Farm Insurance has taken public steps to shine up its image of fair dealings with its policyholders. Yet it revealed quite a darker face to Rachel when she tried to obtain a State Farm totaled vehicle title for an unfit car. "In 2003 I had an accident," say Rachel, "and reported it to State Farm. My ag... - SJS Scars Child for Life
Jan-30-08 Southfield, MI: Len is 27 now, but no amount of time will erase the psychological scarring he still suffers after an almost fatal childhood occurrence of Steven-Johnson Syndrome (SJS), an allergic reaction to a drug. At 9 years old Len had been prescribed the antibiotic erythromycin for pneumonia. On his way home from school shortly after beginning... - Jury Trials in 2008 Expected to Expose SSRI Maker's Dirty Secrets
Jan-23-08 Washington, DC: The blockbuster sales figures for the new generation of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressants ( SSRI 's), which have resulted from their promotion for so many unapproved uses, represents the most profitable off-label marketing coup in the history of modern medicine. Sales total about $21 billion a year, according to IMS Hea... - Birth Control Patch Lawsuits against J&J Piling Up
Oct-23-06 Princeton, NJ: On October 17, 2006, News Inferno announced that another lawsuit had been filed against Ortho-McNeil, a division of Johnson & Johnson, on behalf of a young Idaho women who was 17 when she was prescribed the Ortho Evra birth control patch , and in less than a month, she developed deep vein thrombosis, a potentially fatal blood clot condition... - No Excuse for marketing Ace Inhibitors to Pregnant Women
Oct-20-06 Waltham, MA In the wake of a study published in June 2006, in The New England Journal of Medicine found a higher rate of birth defects in infants born to mothers who filled prescriptions for Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors (ACE inhibitors), during the first trimester of pregnancy. The FDA advised women to reconsider the use of those drugs b... - Glaxo gets Hit with another Paxil Birth Defects Lawsuit
Oct-17-06 Denver, CO Two years ago, little Eric Jackson was born with persistent pulmonary hypertension, a life-threatening lung disorder in which an infant's arteries to the lungs remain constricted after birth, limiting the amount of blood flow to the lungs and oxygen in the bloodstream. Persistent pulmonary hypertension (PPHN) is associated with substantial in... - Man claims Medical Device destroyed his Heart
Feb-12-08 Everett WA Paramjit Singh had a small heart attack and had to undergo bypass surgery at the Providence Everett Medical Center, which is one of the best cardiac hospitals around. However, things didn't go exactly as expected when Singh didn't awake out of the anesthesia. Instead, he spent six weeks in the hospital before he opened his eyes. When Singh aw... - Bristol-Myers Slaps Black Box Warning On Coumadin
Oct-11-06 Los Angeles, CA After a request by the FDA, Bristol-Myers Squibb slapped a black box warning on the label of the blood thinning drug Coumadin (generic warfarin), to alert the public about a potentially fatal risk of bleeding . The drug's previous prescribing information noted the risk, but the warning was not highlighted by a black box. Without... - Bank of America: Income Down 95%, 401k Plans Down?
Feb-2-08 Charlotte, NC: Bank of America is yet another victim of the slowing US economy and the damaging sub-prime mortgage crisis, prompting the company to undertake a multi-billion-dollar debt write down. Worse, the less-then-stellar performance may have put Bank of America retirement fund investors at risk for reduced Bank of America 401k portfolios, alleging... - Zetia Raises Heart Attack Risks
Feb-2-08 Whitehouse Station, NJ: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said, on Friday (Jan 25, 2008), that they will review the safety and efficacy of Zetia /Zocor (Vytorin) after results from the ENHANCE trial suggested that the combination had no significant reduction in atherosclerotic-plaque progression. Steven Nissen, M.D., director of cardiovascular med... - Update: Newborn Burned in Hospital Warmer Remains in Critical Condition
Jan-30-08 Minneapolis, MN: The newborn, which was severely burned , at Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids, remains in critical condition. The baby's head, shoulders, part of his face, and the tops of his hands were all burned. Maverick, who was only 12 hours old when the oxygen hood he was wearing caught fire, received burns to 18 percent of his body and is now rec... - Burn Injury: Hospital Fires a Hot Topic
Jan-29-08 Coon Rapids, MN: Little wonder we fear fire, so—not only can it do so much damage to property, but fire can lead to burns , which can be the most painful injury to have, and can be the most expensive to treat. Imagine the horror when a burn injury happens to a 12-hour-old child. Tragically, that's exactly what happened to a newborn in Coon R... - Chantix by Pfizer: Quitting Smoking Could Kill You
Dec-23-07 Dallas, TX Trying to quit smoking is hard enough, without being driven to suicide. But that appears to be a possibility with Chantix, and its United Kingdom counterpart Champix, after reports of smoking cessation patients experiencing suicidal thoughts. The European Medical Agency (EMEA), which is responsible for regulating medicines in 27 countries ove... - Nursing Home Fraud, Neglect & Abuse Much Too Common
Sep-24-06 Highland Heights KY Residents in nursing homes are some of the most vulnerable and helpless citizens in the US, with nearly 1.7 million elderly and disabled persons residing in about 17,000 facilities. And as difficult as it is to believe in this day and age, there is indisputable evidence to show that many nursing home residents are being neglected... - Less harassment - greater protection - for injured railroad workers
Dec-13-07 Workin' on the railroad all the live-long day is one way not to live long at all, as thousands of railroad workers in the U.S. have discovered. It is an issue the United States Congress is now investigating, and [ lawsuits ] are being filed. The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee recently concluded its first hearing into the ongoing use...