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  • Boston Scientific Mesh Lawsuit News, Information and Legal Help
    Boston Scientific faces transvaginal mesh lawsuits alleging the company's transvaginal mesh device was defectively designed and improperly tested. Among the alleged transvaginal mesh complications are a risk of mesh erosion, infection and pelvic pain. Thousands of lawsuits have been filed against Boston Scientific and the makers of other transvagina...
  • Retaliation Remains the #1 Employment Law Claim
    Mar-5-15 Retaliation remains the top charge that workers file on a yearly basis with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, totaling 42.8 percent of the charges that were filed in fiscal 2014. The high number of claims are due in part because retaliation claims are easier to prove than the underlying discrimination claims. A nurse in Ohio recently re...
  • Unum’s Charitable Donations Sure to Infuriate Policyholders’ Denied Disability Benefits
    Mar-4-15 New York, NY Last month, Unum, or Unum Provident reported that it contributed $3 million in 2014 to non-profit organizations in Southeast Tennessee and North Georgia. As well, Unum employees volunteered thousands of hours to “their favorite local causes.” No doubt this infuriates disabled policyholders who were denied their Unum long-term d...
  • FDA Demands Warnings for Cardiovascular Risks on all Prescription Testosterone Low-T Products
    Mar-4-15 Los Angeles, CA The potential risk for heart attack and stroke associated with prescription testosterone products has prompted the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to demand new warnings and label changes be made to all prescription “Low T” drugs, such as AndroGel, Axiron, Testim, Depo-Testosterone and other gels, creams patches and inje...
  • Off-the-Clock Work Allegations Made against Well-Known Establishments
    Mar-4-15 New York, NY A well-known national restaurant chain and an individual establishment co-owned by a television personality are facing unpaid wages claims and off-the-clock work allegations. On the TV side, Teresa Aprea - the star of the TV series The Real Housewives of New Jersey - also has an ownership stake in Angelo’s of Mulberry Street Inc...
  • Feed Your Body with Food, Not Herbal Supplements
    Mar-1-15 New York, NY Most everyone over 40 remembers Jefferson Airplane’s famous song, “White Rabbit.” Grace Slick, the writer and singer, said the song was intended to be a wake-up call to parents who read their children novels such as Alice In Wonderland, and then wondered why their children would later use drugs, namely hallucinogens. Today...
  • Caregivers Protest New California Overtime Laws—or Lack Thereof
    Mar-1-15 Sacramento, CA More than 400,000 California caregivers were scheduled to receive California overtime and an increase in pay starting in January, but a district court judge ruled against the federal wage law, arguing the changes must be made by legislature. This decision prompted a protest on February 26 by dozens of caregivers and supporters of ca...
  • “Transvaginal Mesh Ended My Sexual Life”
    Mar-3-15 Winnipeg, MB “My primary goal in filing a transvaginal mesh lawsuit is to get the message out to other women,” says Fran. “The mesh manufacturers should never have been allowed to put this defective device on the market.” Fran is amongst hundreds of Canadians who have filed a transvaginal mesh (TVM) lawsuit with attorneys i...
  • Viagra Melanoma: The Long Road to Concern
    Mar-3-15 Washington, DC It’s a given that all drugs, regardless of stripe or indication, come saddled with side effects. Sometimes it’s a possibility, other times a probability. And sometimes the risk starts small, then grows. This appears to be the case with Viagra Skin Cancer Diagnosis , where concern started small four years ago, only to have rise...
  • New Benicar Lawsuit Filed
    Feb-27-15 San Francisco, CA As Benicar lawsuits alleging patients suffered from Benicar side effects work their way through the courts, a new lawsuit has been filed. This lawsuit, which also makes claims about a link between Benicar and sprue-like enteropathy, was filed in California on behalf of a patient who alleges the makers of Benicar did not properly warn...
  • Whistleblowers Integral to the Fight against Medical and Healthcare Fraud
    Mar-1-15 Sacramento, CA As generous as they are, “sugar daddies” often get taken to the cleaners. For them, money is no object. When someone in a position of influence can invent reasons for a man of means to part with his cash, well, so much the better. It is with this parallel that we illustrate what happens when Medicaid and Medicare (and others), ba...
  • Outrageous Emergency Room Overcharges for Uninsured
    Feb-26-15 Ocala, FL When John asked the Munroe Regional Medical Center billing department why his emergency room overcharges and other hospital charges were 10 times more than the going rate, he was told it is because he is uninsured! “They have a contract based on rates with the insurance company and I don’t have a contract with them so they can...
  • Force-Placed Insurance Lawsuits Forcing Industry to Rethink Practices
    Feb-26-15 New York, NY As some force-placed insurance lawsuits move closer to resolution, more companies are announcing that they are stopping force-placed insurance practices. Meanwhile, federal regulators have also considered implementing new rulings to curb unethical practices used by some companies in the industry. Force-placed insurance, sometimes called...
  • Kugel Mesh One Helluva Mess
    Feb-28-15 Appleton, WI “If I knew that some Kugel Mesh had been recalled, I would have insisted on having it taken out sooner,” says Ann. “This mesh had 10 years to seriously damage my body.” Ann had a recent physical and her doctor thought she might have another hernia. Fortunately, she had the mesh removed before it could cause even...
  • More Mirena Lawsuits Expected with New Study
    Feb-28-15 New York, NY Bayer announced a 33 percent rise in Mirena IUD sales worldwide between 2010 and 2013, making it the drug company’s most popular model. But three recent studies may affect Mirena as a moneymaker in the future. One study showed that the risk of Mirena perforations is low - about 1 per 1,000 insertions. Out of 61,000 women included...
  • Zofran Birth Defects Lawsuits: Just the Cost of Doing Business for GlaxoSmithKline?
    Feb-25-15 Boston, MA Two product liability lawsuits have now been filed against GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), the maker of Zofran , claiming the drug used during pregnancy caused their children to be born with birth defects. Despite studies that have linked Zofran to birth defects, the drugmaker chose to market its drug off-label to pregnant women to treat morning...
  • Study Finds Children at Risk, Monster Energy Drink Trial Set for April
    Feb-27-15 Detroit, MI It’s a damning commentary on the energy drink sector and what it can mean to the health and even survivability of children. A university study has revealed that more than half of roughly 4,800 reported cases of harmful effects from energy drinks involved accidental consumption by children less than six years of age. Meanwhile, a wrongful...
  • $3.45 Million Bad Faith Verdict Affirmed Against Indiana Insurance Co.
    Feb-26-15 The Kentucky Court of Appeals affirmed a verdict against The Indiana Insurance Company for acting in bad faith during a drawn-out claims negotiation with the insured. James Demetre was a customer of Indiana Insurance since 2006. He insured multiple properties including his vehicle with Indiana for a total bundled policy of $2.5 million in liability cov...
  • Hip & Knee Implant Failure No Reason to Impede Expansion Plans
    Feb-25-15 Kalamazoo, MI It appears that the hip and knee replacement business can be a complicated one, even beyond Hip & Knee Replacement Implant Failure . The latter happenstance, affecting scores of people, is resulting in a vast collection of lawsuits after new-age artificial knee and hip joints have been failing in record numbers, and in record time. ...
  • Yasmin and Yaz Litigation “Wearing Everyone Down”
    Feb-22-15 East St. Louis, IL Not only are several thousand women who have filed claims alleging serious Yasmin side effects frustrated by Bayer’s litigation strategy, or lack thereof: Federal Judge David Herndon issued a case management order on February 13, accusing Bayer of attrition, or wearing people down, as part of its defense strategy. Judge Hern...
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