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Sort by date 16,385 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- California Unemployment Appeal Not the End of the Road
Apr-1-16 Sacramento, CA: Having a California unemployment insurance claim denied can be surprising, especially for workers who feel they meet all the criteria for filing a claim. But sometimes employers misrepresent the reason for terminating employment, leading to an unfair California unemployment insurance denial. In such cases, workers can file a claim to ha... - Diabetes Specialist Defends Invokana, Plaintiff Continues with Her Lawsuit Anyway
Apr-3-16 Toronto, ON: When a woman from Ontario, Canada, launched her blockbuster $1 billion Invokana side effects lawsuit last September, a diabetes specialist based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, weighed in, suggesting that in her view Invokana represents no threat to the kidneys of patients suffering from type 2 diabetes. “We know that even if you use it i... - 60% of Companies are Facing a Class Action – New Survey Report
Apr-3-16 According to new research by defense law firm Carlton Fields, corporate spending to defend class actions is up after four years of decline. This marks an important turning point, and defense litigation spending is projected to increase in 2016 as well. Highlights include the following findings: • After four consecutive years of decline, there has... - Laparoscopic Power Morcellation amongst Most Dangerous Medical Procedures
Apr-3-16 Milwaukee, WI: About a year ago we shared with you the story of Dr. Amy Reed, 42, an anesthesiologist and mother of six who is currently battling for her life after a diagnosis of leiomyosarcoma, a ferocious uterine cancer that spread through her body. She learned of the cancer about a week after she underwent Laparoscopic Power Morcellation on her ute... - Transvaginal Mesh: Men Also Suffer
Mar-29-16 Scottsdale, AZ: Men are also victims of transvaginal mesh . Legally it’s called loss of consortium. At home it’s called pain and no sex. And sometimes the mesh ends a relationship. Arnie’s wife had urinary incontinence and, like so many women, trusted her doctor when he advised her to have a transvaginal mesh sling. “The first... - $4M HSBC Settlement Reached in Massachusetts Forced-Place Insurance Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A settlement has been reached between HSBC and the office of the Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey for $4 million, ending allegations that HSBC took illegal commissions and kickbacks for forced-place insurance policies. Reportedly, thousands of borrowers were allegedly improperly charged force-placed insurance premiums, h... - $11.1M Ethicon Vaginal Mesh Settlement Upheld on Appeal
Apr-1-16 Santa Clara, CA: An $11.1 million verdict in a Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaginal mesh lawsuit has been upheld in appeals. It is the first bellwether trial alleging personal injury from Gynecare pelvic mesh implants made by J&J’s subsidiary Ethicon Inc. The New Jersey appellate court stated it could see no reason to overturn the awa... - Check Re-presentment: What It Is and Why It Matters to You
Apr-1-16 Washington, DC: You may have never heard of it. You may have never seen it either, or for that matter, given your permission for it. And yet you have potentially felt its sting without even knowing what it is. What’s more, that warm feeling that comes with assuming your banking and financial partners have your best interests at heart may have little... - Toronto Father Believes His Son among “Suspected” Energy Drink Deaths
Mar-29-16 Scarborough, ON: Health Canada keeps on file a list of adverse reactions related to the use of caffeinated energy drinks. Its Summary of Adverse Reactions shows 87 adverse events (from 1964 to 2012), including three deaths, in which Health Canada says a caffeinated energy drink, or product, had “a suspected role” in causing some type of phy... - Tired of Doffing Her Pay, Server Gets Her Plaintiff On
Mar-31-16 Hixson, TN: An Unpaid Wages lawsuit filed just yesterday (March 30, 2016) takes a well-known restaurant chain to task for allegedly forcing, or allowing, employees to work off the clock, and in so doing, paying them less than the standard minimum wage. The Chattanooga Times Free Press (3/31/16) reports the defendant in the case is Ruby Tuesday, a... - Lyft Settlement Might Not Pass Muster
Mar-31-16 San Francisco, CA: The federal judge in a California employment lawsuit said in March that the settlement isn’t high enough to adequately compensate plaintiffs. The California lawsuit, which was filed by Lyft drivers against the ride-sharing company, alleged drivers were employees and not independent contractors, meaning they should have been pai... - Canadian Pediatrician Expresses Concern about “Energy Drinks”
Mar-31-16 Halifax, NS: Dr. Noni MacDonald, a Canadian pediatrician and member of an expert panel convened by Health Canada to study the sale and consumption of caffeinated energy drinks in 2010, is clear about what she believes should be done. “Caffeine is a drug and these beverages contain a drug,” says Dr. MacDonald. “In my view, these d... - A Tale of Two Long Term Disability Denied Lawsuits
Mar-31-16 Houston, TX: Derek Williams has a bone to pick with Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. (MetLife), and as do a number of others in his position, he’s doing his picking in the court of law. Williams, a client of MetLife through his employer, accuses the insurer of denying long term disability benefits to which he is entitled and has launched a Long term... - GlaxoSmithKline Faces Zofran Birth Defect Lawsuits
Mar-30-16 Pittsburgh, PA: GlaxoSmithKline faces more Zofran lawsuits alleging babies developed birth defects after being exposed to Zofran in the womb. While some women say their children have outgrown the Zofran side effects, others say the effects have lasted well into their child's life, and traumatized their families. With lawsuits consolidated for pretrial... - Fewer Than Ten Percent of Retrievable IVC Filters Are Successfully Harvested
Mar-29-16 Washington, DC: It was a year ago this month that the influential Wall Street Journal (WSJ 3/23/15) articulated what has been on the minds of pundits and advocates alike in recent years: the 510(k) Clearance loophole observed by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the role the fast-tracked approval process may have played in various injuries s... - $6.9M Awarded in Asbestos Mesothelioma Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A retired boilermaker who sued his former employer, Southern Pacific Railroad and who died of asbestos mesothelioma in 2014, won his case, with $6,951,265 in damages being awarded to Union Pacific, which merged with Southern Pacific in 1997. The suit alleged Emerson was exposed to asbestos regularly, both directly in his job and... - Personal Care Workers: Are Your Employers in Compliance?
Mar-28-16 Los Angeles, CA: Much focus has been placed, over the past several months, on the minimum pay raise to $10 per hour that came into effect the first of the year, together with the equal pay regulations that also took effect this past January 1. However, lost in the introduction of these latest updates to California labor law is a statute that came into... - Billions at Stake in Canadian Tax Shelter Scam Lawsuit
Mar-28-16 Regina, SK: Seems everybody from the small-time investor right on up to the office of Canada’s Prime Minister got sucked into a convoluted tax shelter scam that is alleged to have bilked Canadian investors out of billions of dollars. The courts determined in 2015 that a registered charity and purported tax shelter called Global Learning Gifting In... - Kentucky Risperdal Lawsuit Settles for $15.5 Million
Mar-28-16 Frankfort, KY: Risperdal remains an effective drug for the treatment of various degrees of psychosis and schizophrenia, bipolar disorder as well as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). However, akin to every pharmaceutical on the market, there are Risperdal side effects , some of which can be particularly harmful to children and the elderly... - Denied California Unemployment Insurance? Call in the Experts…
Mar-25-16 Los Angeles, CA: It was back in December of last year that an Antioch woman was sentenced to jail time and ordered to pay restitution for, amongst other things, applying for unemployment insurance in the name of six individuals. The woman worked as a human resources administrator for a private airline and had access to employee records. She presumably thou...