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Sort by date 16,386 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Xarelto Litigation Story Still Unfolding
Sep-9-14 Louisville, KY Attorney David Koon sees more litigation ahead for anticoagulant Xarelto . Some is already in progress, but given the drug’s similarity to Praxada , another oral blood thinner with similar properties, Koon’s firm, Hughes & Coleman, is already preparing for failure to warn and product liability cases on behalf of people... - Beyaz and Yasmin/Yaz: All in the Family
Sep-11-14 Washington, DC Various pundits are left to wonder why the plethora of Beyaz side effects have led to little if any legal activity with regard to Beyaz side effects . Is it because Beyaz is so dramatically similar in chemical formulation to Yasmin and Yaz? The aforementioned chemical cousins of Beyaz are manufactured by Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals (... - Washington Settles Claims following Car Accident
Sep-11-14 Seattle, WA Washington state will pay $10 million to settle claims filed after a tree fell on a vehicle, killing two people and causing serious back injuries in three others. The three people who survived the accident suffered permanent injuries, including a back injury that has left one of the victims a quadriplegic. According to The Seattle Times... - Airbag Defect Leads to Recall
Sep-7-14 Detroit, MI An airbag defect has reportedly led to a recall of certain Honda vehicles. The recall, which affects approximately 63,000 vehicles, has so far not been linked to any airbag injuries. This is the latest in a string of issues with airbag failures, some of which have resulted in lawsuits. According to Reuters (8/28/14), Honda will recall... - Record $75M Settlement in Capital One TCPA Class Action
Los Angeles, CA: A $75 million proposed settlement has been reached in a class action against Capital One Financial Corp, and three collections agencies that allegedly made calls to customers' cell phones without consent, using an automated dialer, in violation of the Telephone Consumer protection Act (TCPA). Preliminary approval was granted by... - Attempt to Throw Out $9 Billion Actos Award Rejected
Sep-9-14 Lafayette, LA Takeda Pharmaceuticals and Eli Lilly, maker and marketer of Actos, have lost a bid to have a $9 billion award against them in an Actos lawsuit thrown out of court. The lawsuit, filed by Terrence Allen, alleged the companies did not properly warn about the risk of Actos side effects, including a possible link between Actos and bladder canc... - “Iron Man” Blames Stroke on Testosterone Therapy
Sep-6-14 Seattle, WA Like many healthy men in their 30s and 40s taking testosterone therapy, Jerry (and his doctor) can’t comprehend why he suffered a stroke. “I’m 47 years old with iron health. No one has been able to determine why this happened,” says Jerry. “The last possible suspect would have to be the testosterone injections... - $1.5M Settlement Reached in Mountain West Research Center TCPA Class Action Lawsuit
Los Angeles, CA: A settlement has been reached in a Telephone Consumer protection Act (TCPA class action lawsuit that alleges the polling and public opinion research company Mountain West Research Center LC violated the Act by contacting consumers by phone without their permission. The preliminary $1.5 million settlement will resolve the class... - Accutane Victim Considers Herself Fortunate
Sep-8-14 Charlotte, NC Tasha considers herself fortunate because she only took Accutane for three months. “If I didn’t wind up in the emergency room, I probably wouldn’t have stopped taking Accutane and I would likely be much worse off today,” she says. Tasha hasn’t been diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis or inflammatory bowel d... - Say It Ain’t So, GranuFlo…
Sep-8-14 Waltham, MA When does being tactful depart from the simple observance of good manners, arriving instead at a point of deception? That’s the question any fair-minded individual is left with in regard to alkali dosing errors inherent with GranuFlo and NaturaLyte, and the seemingly endless stream of lawsuits that have followed. GranuFlo and Natur... - Judge Refuses to Dismiss Asbestos Lawsuit
Sep-5-14 New York, NY Although many asbestos lawsuits are filed by employees who allege they were exposed to asbestos in the course of their work, some asbestos claims are known as “take-home asbestos exposure.” These asbestos mesothelioma cases allege that the person who developed the disease did not work with it, but was exposed to it by a loved o... - The Fluoroquinolones Community—and Their Leader Mark Girard
Aug-30-14 Ottawa, ON Seven years ago Canadian Mark Girard was strong and healthy and living a very comfortable life. He worked as a chef in the high-altitude vacation lodges cradled in the pristine Rocky Mountains. On his days off, there was unlimited ATV riding surrounded by iconic scenery, and in the winter there were snowmobile adventures in the back country. ... - Bayer Facing Lawsuits over Xarelto Bleeding Events
Los Angeles, CA: Bayer AG and Janssen, the makers of Xarelto (Rivaroxaban) EI, are facing a wrongful death lawsuit recently filed by the family of a man who suffered irreversible brain bleeding allegedly as a side effect of taking the blood thinner: he died shortly thereafter. Xarelto is a new generation anticoagulant that is being linked to an in... - Unum Denies and Policyholders in Denial
Sep-7-14 Chattanooga,TN Many policyholders collecting long-term disability benefits with Unum insurance are sadly surprised when Unum reduces their checks each month by the amount they receive from Social Security benefits - which Unum demanded they apply for. And some policyholders don’t want to give up that lump sum of back pay from Social Security. But... - Defendant Slammed for Attempting to Remove Xarelto Bleedout Lawsuit Too Soon
Sep-6-14 Philadelphia, PA A blood thinner that lacks an effective reversing agent in the event of uncontrolled bleeding is beginning to have its days in court, but not before the rights holder of Xarelto allegedly attempted to thwart those days in court by having a Xarelto lawsuit removed to federal court from state court before its time. Janssen Ortho LLC,... - Following Suit: Lipitor Lawsuit Updates
Sep-3-14 Philadelphia, PA By August 15, 2014, court records show that 1,162 Lipitor claims have been filed against Pfizer Inc., the manufacturer of the “best-selling prescription drug of all time.” The Lipitor lawsuits filed by plaintiffs who developed Type 2 diabetes allege that Pfizer failed to adequately warn patients and their doctors about the... - Medical Lien Funding: What It Is and How It Can Help
Sep-5-14 Farmington Hills, MI So now we are on the subject of medical lien funding, which is another type of lawsuit advance similar in nature to pre-settlement funding and other lawsuit loans . However, to understand the idea behind medical lien funding, you first have to understand what a medical lien is. A medical lien is not unlike other forms of liens th... - Pre-Settlement Lawsuit Funding Helps Plaintiffs Hold Responsible Parties Accountable
Sep-5-14 Auto accident lawsuits can be hard-fought and take months, even years to settle. During this time, victims may struggle financially without the resources to pay the bills. Many will settle for less than they deserve because few know there is an alternative known as pre-settlement lawsuit funding . “I was in an auto accident last year. Due to my injur... - Plaintiff’s Assertions Over Medtronic Bone Graft Preempted: Judge
Sep-4-14 St. Louis, MO A federal judge in Missouri has thrown a wrench into the Medtronic lawsuit brought by plaintiff Kathleen Arthur, rejecting a majority of the plaintiff’s claims against the manufacturer of Infuse Bone Graft by way of a ruling that most of the plaintiff’s claims are preempted by federal oversight. “In order to properly... - Trio of Washington Bad Faith Insurance Lawsuits Spurs Action
Sep-3-14 Washington, DC Sometimes it takes a Washington long term denied disability lawsuit in order to affect change. And there are two examples where litigation has succeeded in waking up insurers or federal regulators with regard to the very real needs of Americans, together with the need for fairness. In July, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...