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Sort by date 16,385 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Fresenius Facing GranuFlo Lawsuits
Oct-8-14 Boston, MA GranuFlo lawsuits filed against Fresenius Medical Care allege patients suffered severe injuries and were not warned about the risks associated with GranuFlo. Although many lawsuits involve concerns about GranuFlo, Fresenius has also faced a lawsuit concerning procedures at one of its medical centers. According to court documents related t... - Major Oil Drilling Enterprise References Drilling Mud Lawsuits in Q2 Report
Oct-13-14 Houston, TX It is no surprise that asbestos, long used as a heat retardant for its excellent insulating properties, would be used on drilling rigs in order to keep drills and other drilling apparatus cool to avoid catastrophic breakdowns and other failures. Amongst the allegations contained in many a drilling mud lawsuit is that mud engineers and other... - Chrysler Air Bag and Steering Wobble Recalls
Oct-10-14 Los Angeles, CA The rate of automotive recalls this year appears to be accelerating with Chrysler vehicles accounting for some major numbers. This week, the car manufacturer added to its growing list of recent recalls, a recall affecting approximately 22,100 small cargo vans because of inadvertent side air bag deployments, the company and U.S. safet... - Personal Attendants Eligible for Overtime Pay
Oct-9-14 Sacramento, CA For personal attendants who have long been subject to unpaid overtime , the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights now provides them with overtime pay. The problem could be making sure their employers actually follow California’s overtime pay laws. Employers who would prefer to continue paying their personal attendants a day rate for time... - $32M Settlement Approved in BofA TCPA Class Action Lawsuit
Los Angeles, CA: A $32 million settlement has been reached in a Telephone Consumer protection Act (TCPA) class action pending against Bank of America (BofA). The lawsuit claims the bank and FIA Card Services, also a defendant, violated the TCPA when it used automatic telephone dialing systems and/or an artificial or prerecorded voice to contact indi... - More Than One Way to Skin a Cat Over Washington LTD Benefits
Oct-11-14 Everett, WA This is a Washington long term denied disability lawsuit story with a difference. Rather than having been denied disability benefits, a union representing Washington County and City employees alleged they were overpaying for their benefits. The revelation was especially hard to swallow in the wake of layoffs, job furloughs and wage freezes... - Nurse Says Unum Ordered Her Back to Work, but She Might Kill Someone!
Oct-5-14 Richmond, VA Constance worked as a nurse for 32 years, until her fibromyalgia caused her to make errors on patients’ hospital charts. HR at the hospital contacted Unum, or Unum Provident on her behalf and, to make a long story short, Constance began collecting Unum long term disability (LTD) payments. According to Constance, Unum told HR that... - Xarelto Lawsuits Reportedly Filed
Oct-10-14 Dallas, TX The first Xarelto lawsuits alleging patients were not adequately warned about the risk of Xarelto side effects have reportedly been filed. Although the number of lawsuits alleging Xarelto bleeding complications is small, it could grow as the number of reports of bleeding events grows. According to Reuters (6/14/14), Bayer AG faces fewer... - Tort Reform Cuts $73M Boston Scientific Vaginal Mesh Verdict to $34M
Oct-10-14 A Texas judge cut a $73 million verdict recently awarded to a plaintiff in a transvaginal mesh lawsuit filed against Boston Scientific Corp. to $34 million. According to court documents dated October 2, Texas District Court Judge Ken Molberg cut the plaintiff’s punitive damage award to $11 million. Among other things, Judge Molberg noted that Texas... - Close Cousin of Beyaz Drospirenone Alleged to Have Contributed to Death of Teen
Oct-10-14 Hackettstown, NJ Joan Cummins knows all about the heartbreak associated with drospirenone. The latter is the new-age synthetic progestin hormone that is found in a handful of birth control pills manufactured by Bayer. Beyaz drospirenone is one of them, along with Yasmin, Yaz and Ocella. These oral contraceptives are designed to provide added benefits t... - Avoid Debt and Keep Credit Intact with Pre-Settlement Lawsuit Funding
Oct-10-14 Injuries from an auto accident prevented Matt from returning to work. He filed a lawsuit to collect damages from the negligent party, but he had no means of paying the bills until his case settled. Matt applied for pre-settlement lawsuit funding , and received his lawsuit cash advance within two days. The initial funding he received, plus one additional a... - Bashas' Grocery Settles Hispanic Discrimination Class Action Lawsuit for $6.5M
New York, NY: A $6.5 million settlement has been reached in a discrimination class action lawsuit filed against Arizona-based Bashas' Inc, alleging the grocery chain discriminated against its Hispanic workers for nearly a decade, by paying them less than Caucasian employees. Filed in 2002, the class action alleged Bashas' paid its employees at it... - Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Stock Options Case
Oct-4-14 Washington, DC The US Supreme Court will hear an ERISA lawsuit alleging a company provided imprudent investments for an ERISA plan. The case was taken to the Supreme Court after lower courts found that employees at Edison International could not file suit because the statute of limitations on the employee benefits claim had run out. According to CF... - Microsoft to Pay $2 Million in Workplace Bullying Case
Oct-4-14 Austin, TX Michael Mercieca kept the faith and after seven years finally saw the courts order Microsoft to pay for bullying him to a near breaking point. The judge in the Texas employment labor law case, Tim Sulak, has issued a Final Judgement ordering Microsoft to pay $2 million in compensatory and punitive damages and legal fees. Judge Sulak fo... - “Nickel Ride” Results in $490,000 Settlement
Oct-9-14 Philadelphia, PA A practice that has reportedly been used repeatedly in Philadelphia has resulted in a $490,000 settlement with a man who suffered a neck injury as a result of the practice. The plaintiff reportedly suffered a broken neck as a result of an altercation with an off-duty police officer. According to the Inquirer (9/25/14), James McKe... - Faulty Airbags Contributed to Deaths of Young Mother and Her Unborn Child
Oct-9-14 Mount Airy, NC The woes recently affecting General Motors (GM) over ignition switches and, in a related issue, the relationship those defective switches have to airbag failure continue to mount. And while a steady stream of recalls appears to reflect the manufacturer’s pledge that no stone will be left unturned in its quest to stand behind its pr... - Stryker Orthopedics Metallosis Is Not a Good Source of Iron
Oct-9-14 Bergen County, NJ As consolidated lawsuits stemming from the Stryker Orthopedics Rejuvenate Modular Hip System Recall continue to pile up in two jurisdictions, industry watchers are circling their calendars for June and July 2015 when two bellwether cases in New Jersey are scheduled to begin. At issue are early failures associated with the Stryker O... - Attorney: Hospital ER Overcharges “Unfair”
Oct-8-14 Los Angeles, CA Uninsured patients who visit ER rooms are reportedly being hit with hospital emergency room overcharges , meaning they are paying far more for medical care and services than other patients are. Barry Kramer, of the Law Office of Barry Kramer, says uninsured patients do not have someone negotiating a discounted rate for services, and as a... - Paxil y HPPR
[ IN ENGLISH ] El 27 de septiembre de 2005, la Adminstración de Alimentos y Drogas (FDA) alertó a los profesionales de la salud y a los consumidores respecto de la modificación introducida por GlaxoSmithKline en su aviso de advertencia de Paxil (paroxetina), en el que se incluyó el riesgo de defectos de nacimiento. Los res... - AMS Transvaginal Mesh Must Go—In More Ways Than One
Oct-7-14 Stettler, AB Jodi’s life changed for the worse since having AMS transvaginal mesh implanted. “For the past three years I haven’t been able to play soccer with my kids because the slightest exertion causes me to double over in pain,” she says. “This transvaginal mesh has even affected my family.” Jodi, a nurse, s...