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Sort by date 16,385 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Advocacy Often the Difference between Fair Billing and Getting Fleeced
Dec-26-16 Lowell, MI: The last thing a person needs at this time of year are disputable emergency room charges over and above the Christmas bills that will soon be rolling in from the holidays. Advocates suggest that all too often ER bills are inaccurate, too high and are almost impossible to resolve without the help of a professional . A telling example o... - California Overtime and the Almost Final Rule
Dec-24-16 Sacramento, CA: Time’s Up—or is it? As of December 1, 2016, California employers must adhere to the “Final Rule” that may affect about 400,000 workers who previously were not entitled to California overtime pay. But a federal judge has put the rule on hold… Six months ago the DOL enacted this policy, which gave employe... - Attorney: Unpaid Wages Violations "Pervasive"
Dec-26-16 New York, NY: The phrase donning and doffing is used to describe situations where employees put on or take off special gear or clothing for their work, but donning and doffing lawsuits are part of a larger area of litigation known as unpaid wages litigation, where employees are not properly paid for all their time involved in work-related activities. E... - California Workers Compensation Lawsuit News & Legal Information
California workers' compensation is paid to a worker when that worker can no longer perform the duties required of his or her employment due to an on-the-job accident. Some workers may have unreasonably been denied their workers' compensation benefits or may find they have long waits for their California workers' compensation benefits to kick in. In su... - Three Points for Alere INRatio Device
Dec-21-16 Dallas, TX: Negligence allegations against Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson and Bayer AG may have fizzled somewhat. Two recent issues do not bode well for plaintiffs filing Alere INRatio lawsuits. The FDA recently announced that the Alere INRatio anti-coagulation monitoring device had no substantial effect on the outcome of the ROCKET-A... - Alpha Electric & Gas Reaches $1.1M TCPA Class Action Settlement
Santa Clara, CA: Preliminary approval of a $1.1 million proposed settlement has been granted, potentially ending a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) class action lawsuit pending against Alpha Gas and Electric in New York. Filed by Stewart Abramson in July 2015, the lawsuit asserted that Alpha Gas, which provides gas and electrical service... - Implanon Lawsuits Allege Nightmare Situations for Women
Dec-19-16 Cleveland, OH: It's a nightmare many women don't anticipate when making a decision concerning birth control—the risk that reversible birth control might suddenly become irreversible. But that's what some women allege has happened after they received the Implanon birth control implant. Plaintiffs in lawsuits filed against the maker of Implanon sa... - Wrongful Death Talcum Powder Lawsuit Filed
Dec-23-16 Lufkin, TX: A talcum powder lawsuit alleging wrongful death has been filed against Johnson & Johnson by a widower who says his wife's use of talcum powder caused her ovarian cancer, which ultimately killed her. The lawsuit joins scores of other lawsuits filed against Johnson & Johnson by plaintiffs who say they or their loved ones died of ovari... - Surgical Mesh Lawsuit to Proceed
Dec-23-16 Providence, RI: A Rhode Island man who received recalled abdominal mesh just prior to a product recall in 2005, will see his surgical mesh lawsuit go forward after a Rhode Island judge refused to dismiss the case. According to court documents Wayne Smith received the Composix Kugel Hernia patch abdominal mesh for repair of a ventral hernia. Not long... - Merck Implanon Migration Class Action Lawsuit
A birth control lawsuit has been filed against Merck and it’s subsidiary Organon, over allegations that its Implanon birth control device migrates through the body, becoming irretrievable and exposing women who have had the device implanted to a continuing risk of potential side effects. Approved by the Food and Drug Administration... - Taxotere Hair Loss: a Look Back at 2016
Dec-22-16 Washington, DC: The close of another year affords an opportunity to look back and review the various events that characterized the legal implications of Taxotere hair loss over the past year. Taxotere, which is generically known as Docetaxel, was granted approval by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1996. Sanofi, Aventis Pharma SA in Fran... - C.R. Bard Reveals Latest Litigation Cases in SEC Filing
Dec-22-16 Murray Hill, NJ: Performance filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are informative in more ways than one, as documents often reveal the state of a corporation’s liability and litigation threats. Such is the case with C.R. Bard Inc. (C.R. Bard), a noted manufacturer of inferior vena cava filters that has been targeted with a ras... - Airbag Injuries Plaintiff Three Inches From Death Defective Airbag
Dec-21-16 Houston, TX: Serena Martinez had no idea that when she exited her car following a low-speed collision, she was three inches from death. The airbag had deployed and ruptured, spraying the driver with shrapnel and leaving the Texas woman with airbag injuries to her arms and chest. A passerby instructed Martinez to lie on the ground and remain calm, until... - Essure Injury Lawsuits Moving Forward
Dec-13-16 St Louis, MO: A Missouri federal judge at the beginning of December ruled against Bayer’s motion to dismiss its Essure lawsuit and ruled in favor of 32 women who allege serious and permanent injuries from the permanent birth control device. The Essure lawsuit has been remanded to St. Louis Circuit Court. Judge Henry E. Autrey of the US Distric... - Olympus America Attempts a Power Morcellation Comeback
Dec-19-16 Orlando, FL: In spite of a position taken by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that Laparoscopic Uterine Surgery for women Involving power morcellators only be used in relatively rare cases, Olympus America Inc. has released a new power morcellator equipped with a containment bag. Power morcellation had been widely employed in recent years f... - Johnson & Johnson Wins An SJS Lawsuit
Dec-14-16 Hartford, CT: Although there have been some huge victories for plaintiffs in Stevens Johnson syndrome lawsuits, 2016 saw a win for Johnson & Johnson, which was fighting a claim involving a young man who took his own life after developing Stevens Johnson syndrome (SJS). 2016 also saw the Supreme Court uphold a massive award for an SJS plaintiff, off... - ER Hospital Overcharges: Bat Bite Cost Uninsured $40K
Dec-18-16 Crewe, VA: No medical insurance? If it’s not a life-threatening situation, you may want to reconsider treatment at a hospital’s emergency room. Carlos could have saved thousands of dollars if he was treated by a veterinarian. Instead he is dealing with outrageous emergency room overcharges . Well, sort-of kidding about the veterinarian,... - Cash for Whistleblowers in the Health Care Industry
Dec-15-16 The US government doesn’t like to be cheated. In fact, the government dislikes being cheated so much that it will pay people to tell on fraudsters that submit false or inflated bills for government services or try to avoid paying money they owe to the government. Under the False Claims Act whistleblowers are entitled to receive between 15 percent a... - Lyrica and Topamax: Same but Different
Dec-15-16 Washington, DC: Studies have shown that some anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) are safer than others during pregnancy. For instance, Lyrica is classified as Category C while Topamax has Category D status. But both AEDs have been associated with birth defects. Pregnancy Category D means there is positive evidence of human fetal risk based on human d... - J&J and DePuy Looking to Have Qui Tam Pinnacle Lawsuit Dismissed
Dec-17-16 Boston, MA: A hip replacement implant failure lawsuit that was dismissed back in February, only to be appealed by the plaintiffs to a higher court, remains firmly in the sights of defendants Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and DePuy Orthopaedics Inc (DePuy). Earlier this month, J&J together with DePuy urged a three-judge panel with the First Circui...