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Sort by date 16,382 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Knee Replacement Patient with Infection Blames Bair Hugger
Jun-21-16 Bristol, VA: Patsy contracted a MRSA infection after knee replacement surgery and has undergone a number of revision surgeries since. She blames the Bair Hugger Forced Air Warming blanket for causing the infection. Bair Hugger lawsuits have been filed against 3M Health Care by hundreds of hip and knee replacement patients. They allege the blower... - Airbag Injuries Read Like a Bad Horror Movie
Jun-23-16 Richmond, TX: The airbag injuries associated with allegedly defective Takata airbags have been horrific and read like a script from a horror movie: a woman, at first glance, appearing to have been shot in the neck before police determined shrapnel from an exploding airbag had sliced into her neck… Another woman - who testified before a congre... - Seatback Collapse Litigation “Alive and Well”
Jun-23-16 Orlando, FL: Unfortunately for consumers, not much has changed over the last 30 years when it comes to horrific injuries or death that can result from the “cheap” passenger seats some manufacturers install in their vehicles. The Newsome Melton Law Firm in Orlando, Florida, keeps an evidence warehouse where it stores vehicles involved in litigati... - Benicar Lawsuits Continue to Climb While FDA Continues to Support Benicar
Jun-22-16 Washington, DC: The very latest intel on Benicar Lawsuits according to the most recent filing by Allergan plc and Warner Chilcott Ltd. puts the number of Benicar side effects cases at 1,239. This, according to their Form 10-K filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for the fiscal period ending December 31, 2015. The filing was submitte... - Canadian Zimmer Durom Cup Hip Implant Class Action Settlements Reached
Vancouver, BC: Subject to court approval, a settlement has been reached in the certified class actions involving Canadians who were implanted with the Zimmer Durom Cup hip implant. Class actions have been certified in British Columbia (Jones v. Zimmer) and Ontario (McSherry v. Zimmer). Authorization (Certification) is pending in a proposed class acti... - Lawsuit Filed against City for Officer’s Alleged Sexual Misconduct
Jun-21-16 Helena, MT: A woman who worked as a confidential informant for the Missouri River Drug Task Force has filed a lawsuit against the City of Helena alleging professional sexual misconduct on the part of one of the city’s police officers. The unnamed plaintiff alleges that she was sexually assaulted multiple times by a police officer from May 2012 to... - Propecia Manufacturer Hit with Citations While Propecia Impotence Lawsuits Continue
Jun-21-16 Washington, DC: It was in 1997 that Merck & Co. brought Propecia finasteride to market as an effective response to male pattern baldness. While a fountain of youth takes on many forms, for men the representative summation of youth is a full head of hair, regardless of how accepted a bald head on a young male has become increasingly acceptable and c... - Anton Yelchin Killed by Jeep Grand Cherokee Under Recall
Jun-21-16 Santa Clara, CA: Twenty-seven-year-old Star Trek actor, Anton Yelchin, died this week in an accident involving his 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee. According to the coroner’s report, Yelchin's death resulted from blunt force asphyxia after his Jeep rolled backwards, pinning him against a brick mailbox pillar and a security fence in his driveway. M... - Corning to Pay $66.5M in Price Fixing Settlement
Santa Clara, CA: A $66.5 million settlement has been reached ending allegations of price fixing brought against Corning International Kabushiki Kaisha (Corning International K.K.) by The Justice Department. The antitrust charges included price-fixing, bid–rigging and allocation of markets for ceramic substrates sold in the United States. Accordi... - Overdraft Fees Still a Big Payday for Financial Institutions
Jun-18-16 Washington, DC : Despite rules meant to curb excessive overdraft fees , according to information from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), some consumers are still having a difficult time getting out of overdraft, given the high fees charged for each overdraft transaction. According to the FDIC report (as cited by The Washington Post ; 6/13... - Body Powder and Cancer: When an Old Friend Turns on You…
Jun-20-16 Washington, DC: One can imagine the shock and dismay at the realization that a heritage product held for generations as a safe and effective strategy for hygiene, and trusted akin to Mom’s apple pie, carries a dark health risk. And yet, as many a body powder lawsuit asserts, talcum powder is alleged to cause ovarian cancer, a risk that has been k... - California Farmworkers Denied Overtime
Jun-17-16 Sacramento, CA: California farmworkers will not be entitled to extra California overtime starting in 2019. Currently, agricultural workers receive overtime only after 10 hours. Bill AB2757 would have meant they were entitled to overtime after eight hours. The Los Angeles Times (June 2, 2016) reported that legislation to give farmworkers additional... - Retrievable IVC Filters Not Meant to Be Permanent
Jun-19-16 Washington, DC: With the process that will eventually see IVC filter bellwether trials rolling out either late 2017 or 2018, it is instructive to look back at a three-year-old report published in JAMA that sheds a revealing light on the IVC filter controversy. It was on April 8, 2013 that JAMA Internal Medicine (JAMA) published Indications, Comp... - Suicide as a Wrongful Death or Medical Malpractice Suit
Jun-14-16 Frisco, TX: Although there are a number of lawyers who have had suicide as a wrongful death suit , there is no one who focuses their entire practice on wrongful death by suicide like veteran Texas attorney, Skip Simpson. Simpson was practicing criminal law in 1987 when one of the partners in his firm asked him to speak to a woman who had come looking... - $10.9 Million Verdict Revived Against Topamax Maker Janssen Pharmaceutical
Jun-18-16 A Pennsylvania appeals court affirmed the $10.9 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen Pharmaceuticals involving the anti-seizure drug Topamax that caused birth defects. Topamax is an antiepileptic medication used to treat epilepsy and migraines. Janssen Pharmaceuticals attempt to upset the plaintiff’s jury verdict failed after the app... - Zofran Studies: Link or No Link to Birth Defects?
Jun-15-16 Pittsburgh, PA: While Zofran birth defects lawsuits continue to be filed, a recent study has not found a link between the anti-nausea drug and birth defects. The study, published in Reproductive Toxicology (May 9, 2016) and conducted by the UCLA Department of Medicine, went so far as to suggest that women who took Zofran during their pregnancy we... - Long-Term Disability Insurance: Denial Is Job One
Jun-17-16 Bloomfield, CT: It seems readily apparent that following closely on the heels of collecting premiums paid faithfully and consistently by policyholders, the next most-important priority of the insurance industry is to deny benefits considered to be appropriate and deserved. And in the arena of Wrongly Denied Disability Claims , the following dissertation... - Are More People at Risk for Airbag Injuries?
Jun-12-16 Salt Lake City, UT: In what could be baffling to many people, a US Senate Committee has issued a report indicating that there are still vehicles being sold on the market with Takata airbags that are subject to a massive recall. As carmakers recall certain vehicles due to reportedly defective airbags, some cars are coming out with the recalled safety de... - Xarelto Lawsuits Continue Unabated, Now Over 5,000 and Growing in Number
Jun-16-16 New Orleans, LA: It was barely two months ago that consolidated lawsuits in the Xarelto Lawsuit multidistrict litigation numbered about 4,500. Today, there are in excess of 5,381 pending in US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Pundits from the outset held that Xarelto, akin to Pradaxa, would result in heavy litigation due to the way... - Florida Workers’ Compensation Law Unconstitutional
Jun-10-16 Tallahassee, FL: If you ever had a Florida labor law or Florida employment case involving Workers’ Compensation, you likely found it difficult to find legal representation, unless you were able to pay attorney fees to obtain benefits. But the Florida Supreme Court has recently ruled that you will no longer be on the hook for legal fees. Acco...