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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... - Report: Banks Make $6 Billion Off of Fees
Jan-23-16 New York, NY: Even if you think banks make huge profits off the various fees they charge their customers - including overdraft fees - you might still be surprised to learn just how much money the banks make. According to CNNMoney and SNL Financial, the three largest banks earned more than $6 billion in 2015 just from their ATM and overdraft fees. T... - Missouri Bard G2 IVC Filter Lawsuit Alleges Defective Design, Lack of Testing
Jan-28-16 St. Louis, MO: The consolidation and centralization of Bard IVC Filter lawsuits in Arizona (In re Bard IVC Filters Products Liability Litigation MDL No. 2641, JPML August 17, 2015) is indicative of the interest and significance of a legal issue that appears to be poised for further growth amidst the aging American population. With baby boomers advancin... - Medicaid Patients Denied Harvoni Treatment
Jan-22-16 Indianapolis, IN: Although most of the news regarding denied Harvoni insurance claims and resulting lawsuits involves private insurance providers, it appears Medicaid is also denying patients necessary Harvoni treatment. Patients allege Medicaid and other insurance providers are playing with their lives by deeming the hepatitis C treatment not medicall... - Transvaginal Mesh Nerve Damage “Horrendous”
Jan-22-16 Philadelphia, PA: Imagine not knowing when you have to urinate. It happened to all of us as babies, and it happens to some elders. But Yolanda is in her 40s and she has been living with this horrific incontinence since having transvaginal mesh implanted five years ago! Generally, urinary stress incontinence means leakage of urine when you cough, lau... - Frontline Investigates Herbal Supplement Industry
Jan-22-16 New York, NY: A Frontline documentary exploring the Herbal Supplement industry suggests herbal supplements may not contain the ingredients consumers think they’re buying. The documentary, which aired on PBS on January 19, is the latest in a string of investigations into how herbal supplements are made and marketed, including lawsuits filed by N... - Hip Implant Lawsuit Moved to Federal Court, Judge Recuses Herself
Jan-27-16 Tampa, FL: A defective hip implant lawsuit removed to federal court in early December of last year has the distinction of having a federal judge in Florida remove herself from the case because of a perceived conflict inherent to a family member working for the law firm that represented the defendants in the suit. The family member, or the relationsh... - Judge Denies GlaxoSmithKline Motion to Dismiss Lawsuits
Jan-27-16 New York, NY: A judge has reportedly denied GlaxoSmithKline’s motion to dismiss Zofran lawsuits , which alleged the morning sickness drug caused birth defects in infants exposed to the medication prior to birth. Plaintiffs in the Zofran side effects lawsuits argued it’s too early to dismiss the lawsuits because no discovery has happened yet,... - A Recall That Took Some Resistance
Jan-25-16 Washington, DC: Resistance cords continue to be an attractive method of resistance training for consumers who don’t have access to a gym or for whom using weights for resistance is an unrealistic option. Resistance cords and bands are also used in treatment protocols within physiotherapy. However, as innocent as resistance cords and bands appear when... - Chipotle Faces Securities Lawsuit, among Others
Jan-25-16 Simi Valley, CA: In the wake of an E. coli outbreak and a norovirus outbreak, Chipotle faces a securities lawsuit and other lawsuits alleging the company attempted to hide the outbreak and misled investors about the nature of its sanitation procedures. This is in addition to a criminal investigation linked to the foodborne illness outbreak in Simi Vall... - Illinois Couple Taking on a Host of Defendants in Asbestosis Lawsuit
Jan-24-16 Belleville, IL: Since Lee Sturdivant was diagnosed with asbestosis lung cancer in early 2013, he and his wife Betty have proven not to be shy about pursuing an asbestosis lawsuit in the courts of law. To that end, the Sturdivants are taking to task no fewer than 70 firms, together with insurance juggernaut Metropolitan Life, in their asbestosis disease... - Bair Hugger and Knee Replacement—the Perfect Storm
Jan-24-16 Fort Wayne, IN: If you came out of hip or knee replacement surgery with an infection, according to some recent lawsuits, there is a chance the infection may have been brought on by a forced air warming blanket, such as the Bair Hugger warming blanket during surgery. According to some estimates, more than 100 million procedures have used Bair Hugger... - Supreme Court Will Not Hear Appeal of $140 Million SJS Award
Jan-21-16 Washington, DC: The US Supreme Court will not hear Johnson & Johnson’s appeal of the $140 million verdict in a Stevens Johnson syndrome (SJS) lawsuit related to its Children’s Motrin medication. Johnson & Johnson was found by a lower court to have failed to adequately warn patients about the risk of SJS, a potentially fatal and life... - Stricter California Overtime Rules Spell More Lawsuits
Jan-21-16 Sacramento, CA: A number of California overtime complaints that were filed last year may be a warning to employers: it doesn’t pay to not pay overtime. Nurses overtime class action The California Court of Appeal ruled last October that a class action brought by nurses against Aurora Behavioral Health Care in Southern California can be certif... - Accutane Acne Medication Lawyers & Attorneys - Accutane Lawsuit
Accutane acne medication is reported to have severe side effects including increased risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), birth defects, depression and suicide. Recently, Health Canada warned about a risk of serious skin reactions. These Accutane side effects have resulted in lawsuits being filed against the manufacturers of the Accutane medication... - FDA Wants More Data on Saxagliptin Dapagliflozin Combo Diabetes Medication
Washington, DC: A new diabetes medication that combines two existing AstraZeneca drugs, Saxagliptin and dapagliflozin, has been denied approval by the Food and Drug Administration. The agency has asked AZ for more data which may warrant new clinical trials. Had the combination treatment been approved, it would have been competed directly wi... - Business to Pay $1.75 Million for Unpaid Wages Linked to Bathroom Breaks
Jan-23-16 Philadelphia, PA: We’ve all heard of companies that refused to pay their employees for time spent putting on or taking off uniforms, and companies that faced unpaid wages lawsuits for time employees spent in security checks. But what about lawsuits where the employer is alleged to have forced employees to clock out to go to the bathroom? Those ar... - Why Are Medical Devices Failing?
Jan-23-16 Washington, DC: It’s been almost a year since the Zimmer Persona Recall and - specifically - the voluntary Class II recall of the Zimmer Persona Trabecular Metal Tibial Plate. The latter is a specific component of the Zimmer Persona system, and has led many a disgruntled and negatively impacted patient to file a Zimmer Persona lawsuit. There ha... - A Myriad of Mirena Side Effects
Jan-20-16 Seattle, WA: Is the Mirena IUD for birth control worth the risk? Not according to thousands of women who have suffered severe side effects and consequently filed Mirena lawsuits, claiming the device is indeed a dangerous risk. Despite the contraceptive method being highly effective and - if all goes according to plan - convenient, many women have re... - Porter Ranch Gas Leak: Are You Safe?
Jan-19-16 Los Angeles, CA: Attorney Patricia Oliver, who specializes in cases involving water contamination from oil production and waste injection wells, says people in and around Porter Ranch should be concerned about this gas leak, from benzene levels in the escaping gas to the SoCal Gas plan not to include a safety valve replacement on the well. Even if y...