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Sort by date 16,385 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- California Government Worker Seeks Class-Action Status in Overtime Pay Lawsuit
Feb-11-15 San Francisco, CA A double standard is alleged amongst the ranks of investigators employed by KeyPoint Government Solutions Inc. This, according to an overtime pay lawsuit filed at the end of January in California by a KeyPoint investigator who feels there are potentially thousands of employees misclassified as contractors and thus are owed a ton of mo... - Asbestos Lawsuit Granted Reprieve by Appeals Court
Feb-10-15 Madison, WI Donald Peter worked as a machinist at Pabst Brewing Co. He began working there in 1959 and would have thought nothing of the working conditions beyond basic safety on the job. And then in 2012, he was diagnosed with malignant pleural asbestos mesothelioma . He sued Sprinkmann Sons Corp., alleging that exposure from pipe insulation the defend... - AMS Transvaginal Mesh, What Is It Good For? Absolutely Nothing.
Feb-7-15 Pittsburgh, PA And women say it again: AMS transvaginal mesh is good for absolutely nothing. At one time it reaped a nice profit for Endo International Plc, owner of American Medical Systems (AMS). But the recent $1.3 billion settlement by Endo clearly has eaten into the drug company’s bottom line. Endo has agreed to pay nearly $1.3 billion to... - Hawaiian Back and Neck Injury Plaintiffs Sue State for Raised Seabed
Feb-9-15 Honolulu, HI A back and neck injury lawsuit can take all forms; whiplash from an automobile accident, a slip and fall, and so on. In what appears to be a unique and compelling neck and back injury compensation claim, two men from the Oahu district of Hawaii have launched lawsuits alleging that state officials, when adding sand to a beach area to appeas... - Major Retailers Asked To Stop Sales Of Store Brand Herbal Supplements
Feb-5-15 Los Angeles, CA Four major retailers, GNC, Target, Walmart, and Walgreens, received letters earlier this week from Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman’s office regarding the alleged selling of store brand herbal supplement products in New York that either could not be verified to contain the labeled substance, or were found to contain ingredie... - Woman with SJS Released from Hospital
Feb-7-15 Fresno, CA A young woman who developed Stevens Johnson syndrome (SJS) after taking a pill given to her by a friend has now been released from the hospital. The patient, 19-year-old Yassmeen Castanada, still faces a long road to recovery, with the SJS symptoms having affected 90 percent of her body. Castanada has also undergone multiple surgeries to rem... - Actos Bladder Cancer Expert Witness Paid for Testimony
Feb-6-15 Philadelphia, PA An expert witness on behalf of Takeda Pharmaceuticals, who told jurors in Philadelphia that in his view the plaintiff’s Actos bladder cancer was not caused by pioglitazone, disclosed to jurors that he had been previously paid by Takeda for his expert testimony. The Actos lawsuit is Kristufek v. Takeda Pharmaceuticals America... - Horrific Theme Park Accident Lawsuit Loses on Appeal
Feb-6-15 Valencia, CA Here now, a potpourri of events in the Amusement Park Accident portfolio one would not necessarily think of. But it happens. To wit, a man who suffered severe brain trauma after being hit by a rollercoaster, and a theme park fined by the US Government after failing to protect its workers from the sometimes severe heat of summer. As for... - Pre-Settlement Lawsuit Funding Provides Financial Peace of Mind
Feb-6-15 A “personal injury” is that life-changing moment when you are seriously injured as the result of someone else’s negligence or carelessness. While the most obvious example of this is an automobile accident, a personal injury lawsuit can result from a slip and fall accident, medical malpractice, dog bite, dangerous or defective product, and much more. Ho... - ERISA Lawsuit to Be Heard by Supreme Court in February
Feb-6-15 Washington, DC An ERISA lawsuit concerning the statute of limitations in ERISA plan claims will be heard by the Supreme Court this month. The lawsuit, Tibble, et al vs. Edison International, et al, originally involved claims about imprudent investments for a company ERISA plan, but the Supreme Court will hear arguments concerning the statute of limit... - Diabetes y aumento de peso por Zyprexa
Zyprexa (olanzapina) es un medicamento recetado para el tratamiento de la esquizofrenia y la manía bipolar y se lo ha vinculado a la diabetes mellitus, la hiperglucemia, la pancreatitis y a trastornos de azúcar en sangre. Se han informado 288 casos de diabetes en pacientes a los que se administró Zyprexa; 23 de ellos resultaron fatales... - More Than 700 Lawsuits Sit in Propecia MDL
Jan-31-15 New York, NY More than 700 Propecia lawsuits currently sit in a Propecia MDL for pretrial proceedings, according to documents from the US Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. The lawsuits allege men suffered serious Propecia side effects, including sexual dysfunction. These reported Propecia side effects in men are also allegedly longer lasting... - Fake Social Media Account by Police Allowed Without Warrant
Feb-5-15 Keep your friends close, and your Instagram friends even closer. One of your online friends might be the police and a search warrant is not needed to befriend you on social media. A US District Court Judge in New Jersey ruled that photos and information obtained by police through an undercover Instagram account can be admitted as evidence against a su... - Pfizer’s Attempt to Toss Lawsuits in Lipitor Diabetes Lawsuits MDL Rejected
Feb-5-15 Charleston, SC The manufacturer of Lipitor recently attempted to cast off 10 atorvastatin type 2 diabetes cases in the Lipitor Diabetes Lawsuits MDL on grounds that failure-to-warn claims made by the plaintiffs were preempted by federal regulation. But a South Carolina federal judge would have none of it, finding in favor of the plaintiffs and rejec... - Unpaid Wages Lawsuits Filed against Food Processors
Feb-2-15 Clovis, CA Two food processors face unpaid wages lawsuits alleging they failed to properly pay employees for all time spent in work-related duties. Included with the unpaid wages claims are allegations against one of the companies that employees were improperly charged for their uniforms. The lawsuits seek class-action status. According to the Fres... - Wells Fargo Reaches $14.5M Debt Collection TCPA Class Action Settlement
Los Angeles, CA: A $14.5 million preliminary settlement has been reached in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) class action lawsuit brought on behalf of millions of customers who alleged Wells Fargo Bank NA called them on their cellphones to collect credit card debt. Brought by lead plaintiff Lillian Franklin, the settlement motion, if appr... - $11M Awarded in Toyota Camry Sudden Unintended Acceleration Lawsuit
Feb-4-15 Los Angeles, CA An $11 million verdict has been awarded to the plaintiffs in a Toyota sudden acceleration personal injury lawsuit resulting from a defect in a 1996 Camry. The jury ruled that the defect contributed to an accident which left three people dead and two seriously injured. While the jury found that the Camry’s driver, Koua Fong Lee, was... - Viagra Linked to Melanoma (Skin Cancer) It Was Formerly Prescribed to Treat
Feb-4-15 Washington, DC With conflicting research regarding drugs such as Viagra , no wonder health professionals can barely keep pace with drug alerts and warnings. Just four years ago doctors were prescribing Viagra to treat melanoma and now research indicates that the “little blue pill” may actually cause skin cancer! In 2011, researchers sugge... - The Fight to Have Mental Illness Properly Covered by Insurance
Feb-3-15 Los Angeles, CA As patients with physical ailments fight to have their denied disability claims overturned, patients with mental illness also fight to receive proper treatment from insurance companies. Recent news reports and denied disability lawsuits allege some insurers in the US routinely discriminate against patients with mental illness, denying t... - Januvia “A Killer”
Feb-3-15 Fort Myers, FL Although Claudeth’s father was diabetic, she believes that Januvia killed him. “It wasn’t until after he died that we heard about its link to pancreatitis and Januvia pancreatic cancer. My dad was only 60 years old,” says Claudeth. “Dad was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in the early ’90s but he ha...