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Sort by date 16,388 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- 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... - Propecia Lawsuit Battle Heats Up
Aug-31-14 New York, NY The battle appears to be heating up in Propecia side effects lawsuits. The lawsuits allege men who used Propecia suffered from sexual dysfunction and other Propecia long-term side effects. The National Law Journal (8/12/14) reports that plaintiffs and defendants are arguing over more than 1,800 documents. Plaintiffs want to compel Mer... - Anthem Blue Cross Faces Another California Insurance Lawsuit
Aug-28-14 Los Angeles, CA Another California insurance lawsuit has been filed against Anthem Blue Cross, alleging the company changed policyholders’ insurance plans without telling them, resulting in unforeseen medical bills. The lawsuit, filed in August, follows a California insurance lawsuit filed in July that made similar allegations against the insuran... - Defunct Sushi Restaurant Owner Pays $35,000 in Ohio Employment Restitution
Sep-2-14 Cincinnati, OH The owner of a popular sushi restaurant that once thrived in Hyde Park has closed the establishment in the wake of an Ohio Employment restitution order requiring him to pay thousands to employees over allegations of unpaid overtime and other violations to Ohio Labor Laws. According to a report by television news staff at WCPO 9, the... - Lipitor Lawsuits Mount
Aug-30-14 Charleston, SC Lipitor lawsuits , which allege patients who took the drug suffered serious side effects, are reportedly mounting. Plaintiffs claim Pfizer, maker of Lipitor, knew about the risks of serious side effects but did not offer adequate warnings about the risks, including a reported increased risk of type 2 diabetes. According to a report from... - Transvaginal Mesh Material Not Intended for Permanent Use, Testimony Excluded
Sep-1-14 Boston, MA The pendulum in the second bellwether trial in the transvaginal mesh lawsuit file has swung, again, toward the defendant. While pundits muse that this is not a good sign for TVT sling plaintiffs, the attorney representing plaintiff Maria Cardenas noted that the Court excluded what the plaintiff considered important testimony. Might that t... - Could Mirena Birth Control Side Effects Include Breast Cancer?
Aug-29-14 Washington, DC It’s possible that the active ingredient in Mirena IUD birth control, levonorgestrel, could trigger breast cancer. That’s the conclusion of a new Finnish study, just published, which found a 19 percent higher incidence rate of breast cancer in women using Mirena and other birth control products containing levonorgestrel, than wom... - Study Links Popular Oral Antibiotics to Increased Risk of Nerve Damage
Aug-23-14 Vancouver, BC A Canadian-US research team has made an important and scientifically proven link between a class of potent and commonly used antibiotics known as fluoroquinolones (FQs) and a condition known as peripheral neuropathy (PN) . “This is the first large epidemiologic study. It confirms a previous data mining study and the conclusions of the... - $130,000 Hotwire Class Action Lawsuit Settlement Reached
San Francisco, CA: Hotwire has reached a settlement agreement which would end the consumer fraud class action lawsuit it currently faces. The lawsuit alleges the company misled its customers by providing an estimated price for international vehicle rentals that did not include insurance fees or taxes. According to the lawsuit, class members mad... - Debt Collector Harassment: An Envelope Is a Window of Opportunity
Aug-31-14 Philadelphia, PA It may seem like a trivial thing at first glance, but placing a debtor’s account number in full view either on or through an envelope may constitute debt collector harassment , and most certainly serves as a violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), according to a recent appellate decision that overturned a lowe... - Of All Vytorin Side Effects, Potential for Cancer Is Getting Traction
Aug-31-14 Washington, DC One can’t help but forgive anyone filing a Vytorin lawsuit, due to not only the potential for various harms related to possible Vytorin side effects , but to the very culture that sees drugs such as these approved in the first place. Vytorin, as most familiar with the file are aware, is a combination of two drugs: Zetia (ezetimib... - AMS Transvaginal Mesh Good News and Bad News
Aug-25-14 Charleston, WV When Trudy complained to her doctor about stress urinary incontinence (SUI) after she gave birth to her third child, he advised her to have a simple procedure that would solve any leakage. “He told me that this product was the next best thing to sliced bread so I had the AMS transvaginal mesh implanted and I will never trust doctor... - General Motors Automotive Recalls
General Motors has recalled nearly 26 million vehicles in the U.S. alone, and almost 29 million worldwide as of June 30, 2014. The automaker has issued 45 vehicle recalls in 2014 alone, and only three of more than three dozen models haven't required GM to notify its customers. NBC news reports that the only models not among the list of 54 recalls t... - PPH, PAH & Fen-Phen - Ephedra, Ephedrine - LawyersAndSettlements.com
Fen-Phen and other diet drugs, including Adipex , Redux and Pondimin , were widely prescribed in the 1990s as short-term appetite suppressants. However, according to the FDA, , up to 20 percent of patients who took Redux, Fen Phen or Pondimin suffered heart damage, including Primary pulmonary hypertension ( PPH ) . PPH, PAH and Fen... - Employer Must Defend Against A Wrongful Death Lawsuit For Not Monitoring Employee Computer Use
Aug-29-14 An Illinois Appellate Court recently held that an employer must defend against a wrongful death lawsuit alleging that it was negligent in failing to investigate death threats that its employee had emailed to his family from his work computer, and not subsequently protecting the family from the husband’s threatened harm, which resulted in their death... - $9 Billion Actos Bladder Cancer Verdict to Stand
Aug-29-14 Los Angeles, CA A $9 billion verdict against Takeda Pharmaceuticals will stand, according to US District Judge Rebecca Doherty. The jury hearing a bellweather Actos bladder cancer case awarded the verdict on April 7th, and it was the first of almost 3,000 lawsuits coordinated before Judge Doherty. The lawsuits allege taking Actos increased the risk o... - West Coast Woman Says She Has Cipro Damage
Aug-26-14 San Diego, CA Eight months ago, a woman (we’ll call her “Susan”) was a healthy young mother looking forward to going on vacation. She believed she had a bladder infection and was anxious to see it cleared up before she headed south for a warm and sunny vacation. Her doctor listened to her list of symptoms and wrote a prescription for... - Alabama Court Rules Employer Has Duty of Care to Non-Worker in Asbestos Case
Aug-28-14 Huntsville, AL It has been long held by many plaintiffs that asbestos fibers brought home on work clothes from an employee exposed to asbestos can have a detrimental effect on the health of other family members, including the development of asbestosis disease . To that end, a federal court in Alabama has ruled that an employer can be held liable for the... - Tyson Loses Donning and Doffing Appeal
Aug-25-14 Denver, CO In an unpaid wages lawsuit that alleged employees of Tyson Foods were not properly paid for time spent donning and doffing protective clothes, Tyson has had its appeal of an award rejected. Plaintiffs were awarded $4 million in their lawsuit, in which they alleged time spent putting on and taking off protective gear equaled off-the-clock wor...