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Sort by date 16,393 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Asbestos Mesothelioma Widow’s $2.3 Million Award Delayed Yet Again
Feb-9-16 Philadelphia, PA: It was back in April of last year when an appellate court affirmed a lower court’s verdict and ruling to award $2.3 million in compensation upon the conclusion of an Asbestos lawsuit brought by Frank and Charlotte Vinciguerra. And yet it isn’t over, in spite of the appeal. That’s because the Pennsylvania Supreme C... - California Overtime $1.5 Million Settlement Up for Final Approval in April
Feb-8-16 Los Angeles, CA: It was in December of last year that an overtime pay laws class action was quietly granted preliminary approval for a $1.5 million settlement. Plaintiffs in the action are looking forward to April 12, the date during which arguments for final approval will be heard. The defendant in the overtime pay lawsuit in California is Restorat... - Yasmin Death and “Lucky to Be Alive”
Feb-5-16 Hong Kong : While the FDA has been criticized for its lack of warning and other issues regarding Yasmin and Yaz, the agency is commendable compared to the Hong Kong Health Department. A Hong Kong man recently filed a lawsuit against Bayer claiming the oral contraceptive caused the death of his wife. You don’t even need a prescription for birth... - PNC Bank NA Settles Forced-Place Insurance Lawsuit for $32.3 Million
Feb-7-16 Miami, FL: Plaintiffs embroiled in a Lender insurance lawsuit against PNC Bank NA will have the opportunity to avoid the rigors of a trial and still receive what has been described as an excellent compensatory agreement following final approval of a settlement worth $32.3 million. The settlement will benefit some 130,000 plaintiffs who allege they w... - Beastie Boys Settle Conflict with Monster Energy
Feb-6-16 New York, NY: While Monster Energy faces a variety of lawsuits concerning its actual energy drinks, it no longer has to deal with the copyright infringement lawsuit filed by the Beastie Boys. That’s because the lawsuit was settled for an undisclosed amount in January 2016. With that claim out of the way, Monster Energy can focus again on other e... - Rolling the Dice with Abilify
Feb-6-16 Hackensack, NJ: Most consumers conversant with adverse reaction reports associated with pharmaceutical drugs are nonetheless surprised upon learning of a particular aspect of Abilify side effects that allegedly can leave an Abilify patient in financial ruin. The problem with Abilify (aripiprazole) and similar drugs that impact dopamine in the brain... - 200 Women File Class Action Law Suit Against Celebrity Hair Care Product WEN
Feb-5-16 More than 200 women in 40 states who used WEN Hair Care have filed a class action law suit against the conditioning hair care system and its creator, celebrity stylist Chaz Dean. The women who joined the class action suit in November 2015 experienced rashes, irritation, hair breakage, and extreme hair loss after using the infomercial-driven product. M... - Healthcare CEO Files Whistleblower Lawsuit
Feb-5-16 Roseburg, OR: As one healthcare fraud lawsuit is settled, another healthcare whistleblower lawsuit has been filed alleging a worker was fired for reporting improper payments. The lawsuit was filed by the former CEO of a healthcare provider, and alleges the plaintiff was fired for reporting fraudulent Medicare payments. The Oregonian (1/26/16) repo... - If the Feds Can Get Hacked in a Data Breach, How Safe Are We?
Feb-4-16 Washington, DC: Mary Woo is just one of some 21.5 million Americans whom the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) estimate were affected in some way by a massive data breach that hit the OPM, and is considered the largest hack of its kind suffered by the US Government. Disgruntled plaintiffs - Mary Woo among them - who assumed the federal government... - Cigna Faces Two New Denied Disability Lawsuits
Feb-4-16 Pittsburgh, PA: A woman injured in a car accident has filed a denied disability insurance lawsuit against Cigna, alleging the company improperly denied her disability claim. Meanwhile, a man in Louisiana has also filed a lawsuit against Cigna, also alleging he was improperly denied his long-term disability. The Pennsylvania Record (1/26/16) report... - Monster Energy Drink Deaths & Hospitalizations Lawsuit News & Legal Information
Lawsuits have been filed against Monster Beverage alleging Monster Energy Drinks are unreasonably dangerous. Plaintiffs allege their loved ones died as a result of ingesting Monster Energy Drinks due to elevated caffeine levels contained in the drinks. One high-profile lawsuit was filed by the family of Anais Fournier , who alleged Fournier's cardiac ar... - Testosterone Side Effects: Centralization for Some Lawsuits Hinges on Ruling
Feb-3-16 Chicago, IL: A request by plaintiffs to review a ruling in late 2015 fell below the radar, but nonetheless speaks to allegations of potential health issues related to Testosterone side effects and alleged efforts by manufacturers to spin a natural aspect of aging in healthy men into a disease for the purposes of selling testosterone supplements. Pla... - Despite Recalls and Lawsuits, Airbags Still Linked to Deaths
Feb-2-16 Detroit, MI: Despite numerous airbag recalls linked to defective airbags, and lawsuits alleging the airbags caused numerous deaths, reports indicate that people are still dying in minor accidents because of airbag failures. Carmakers have faced increased scrutiny over their handling of airbag recalls in recent years, but according to reports, that scru... - US Supreme Court Won’t Hear Risperdal Appeal
Jan-29-16 Washington, DC: The United States Supreme Court has decided it will not hear Johnson & Johnson’s appeal of a $124 million judgment against it in a Risperdal lawsuit . The lawsuit was filed by the state of South Carolina, alleging Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals illegally marketed its antipsychotic medicati... - Lyft Settles California Overtime Lawsuit
Jan-31-16 Sacramento, CA: Lyft has agreed to settle the proposed class-action California overtime lawsuit filed by thousands of the company’s drivers, who alleged they were misclassified as independent contractors instead of employees. The settlement leaves Uber, another ride-sharing company, to face its own lawsuit filed by drivers who claim they should b... - New DePuy Hip Implant Lawsuit Filed While Bellwether Cases Move Forward
Jan-31-16 Chicago, IL: A new hip replacement lawsuit has been filed against DePuy Orthopaedics, alleging the company was negligent in the design of its artificial hips and knew about potential hip defects in its metallic hip implant devices. The lawsuit is one of many filed against numerous hip device makers that allege the companies produced hip replacement dev... - New Year Sees 400 More Lawsuits Added to Xarelto MDL
Jan-28-16 New Orleans, LA: The new year has seen more than 400 Xarelto lawsuits added to the multidistrict litigation, with almost 3,000 lawsuits now consolidated for pretrial proceedings. Xarelto lawsuits allege patients given the blood thinner were not properly warned about the increased risk of bleeding events, nor that the newer-generation anticoagulant did... - Automatic Renewals Are a Runaway Freight Train, but Lawsuits Are Fighting Back
Jan-30-16 Sacramento, CA: The passage of California’s automatic-renewal law in 2010 and the rise in class-action lawsuits that have resulted is indicative of a transition by an increasing number of retailers and service providers to a model that was once the bastion of the magazine industry. And while service providers appear to finally be getting the message... - Highway Worker Recovers $5.1 Million After Construction Jig Falls on His Head
Jan-29-16 A young highway worker who was paralyzed when a construction implement used to lift concrete barriers fell on him has recovered a $5.1 million recovery for his injuries. Elias Marmon, the plaintiff, was employed by Plain Feather Construction in Billings, Montana to assist in the construction of concrete barriers in a road construction contract that ha... - Propecia Problems Top Twitter
Jan-26-16 Somerset, NJ: Only men who live in a bubble would not know about Propecia risks by now. Not only are there warnings on television, from commercials to the evening news, there were recently 4.4 million tweets involving @Merck and a Propecia victim. Almost four years ago, JAMA ( The Journal of the American Medical Association ) reported that finas...