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Sort by date 16,389 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Settlement Good News for Medtronic Infuse Bone Graft Victims
May-13-14 Los Angeles, CA Last week Medtronic agreed to settle its Infuse bone graft lawsuit for $22 million that involves 950 people. A further $140 million is estimated to also settle about 3,800 additional claims, 1,200 of which have been filed and the remainder (2,600) unfiled. Despite FDA reports of complications over the past four years resulting fr... - Plaintiffs in Texas Employment Lawsuit Settle “Souper” Wage Dispute
May-15-14 Carrolton, TX A nationally recognized and well-known restaurant chain with roots in Texas has been hit with a Texas Employment class-action lawsuit alleging that tipped workers have been underpaid, a violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and other statutes. Most people know TGI Friday’s as a venerable and highly popular brand. Howev... - Helicopter Accidents - Defective Products, Helicopter Crash
Helicopter crashes can be catastrophic events that lead to serious injuries and even fatalities. Helicopter crash victims can suffer from life-long injuries that have a serious impact on their wages and can cost a lot in medical bills. Although plane crash news tends to receive more media attention than helicopter crash news , helicopter crashes are rep... - Plaintiff Alleges Testosterone Heart Attack in Lawsuit
May-14-14 Philadelphia, PA The latest volley in the debate over the safety of testosterone supplementation was fired across the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas through the filing of a testosterone lawsuit alleging grievous health issues following use of Fortesta gel. The latter is a product from a manufacturer based in the UK, but used by Georgia resident... - Credit and Debit Card Companies Aiding the Fight against Predatory Internet Pay Loans
May-14-14 New York, NY In its fight against illegal Internet payday loans , the state of New York scored a major victory when two of the biggest players in plastic agreed to halt the processing of Internet payday loan transactions that violate state laws. “Whenever online payday lenders try new schemes to flout our laws and exploit New York consumers, we... - Hospital Workers Reach $475K Unpaid Overtime Class Action Lawsuit Settlement
Scranton, NJ: A preliminary settlement has been reached in an unpaid overtime class action lawsuit pending against Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, its related facilities and some 600 workers. The employment lawsuit alleges the hospital failed to properly calculate overtime pay prior to a 2012 change in New Jersey state employment law. Under... - Microsoft Hit with $11.6M Verdict for Wrongful Termination of Star Salesman
May-13-14 Austin, Texas - After three years of litigation, which culminated in a highly contentious two week trial, a Travis County jury awarded a software salesman $11.6 million on May 7 against Microsoft Corporation. Michael Mercieca, a 17-year veteran of Microsoft, was represented by Paul T. Morin and Roy A. Pollack of Austin, Texas, who proved that he was wr... - Actos Attorneys Face Sanctions for Misconduct
May-13-14 Las Vegas, NV In the ongoing Actos side effects litigation, Takeda Pharmaceuticals has faced some harsh words concerning its handling - or mishandling - of documents that could have been vital to plaintiffs in Actos lawsuits. Now, a judge in Las Vegas is reportedly considering sanctions against the drug company’s lawyers who are representing Take... - $29M Preliminary Settlement Reached in 9 Walgreens California Wage & Hour Class Actions
New York, NY: Walgreen Co. has reached a $29 million settlement of nine California wage and hour class action lawsuits, consolidated in federal court in California. The lawsuits had all alleged that Walgreens failed to provide its employees with adequate breaks, and pay them overtime for mandatory security checks. Additionally, the wage and hour l... - Testosterone Lawsuits: Shots Versus Gel?
May-12-14 Houston, TX Derrick was first getting testosterone injections for low-t count but he didn’t like them so his doctor prescribed AndroGel. Now Derrick and likely thousands of other men are concerned about the latest testosterone litigation development: Pfizer, the maker of Depo-Testosterone injection, is seeking to have the proposed testosterone mu... - Australian Driller Takes Asbestos Drilling Mud Very Seriously
May-12-14 Queensland, Australia What follows is a good indication that drilling mud , in spite of the knowledge we possess concerning the dangers, can still contain asbestos. It’s also indicative that this is a global problem. That said, there are operators out there who take it very seriously and are prepared to act. Not all do. However, this is an e... - Debt Collector Harassment Profitable for Some Companies
May-11-14 Boston, MA Although debt collector harassment is illegal, it can be highly profitable for companies attempting to recover money owed. Debt collector harassment lawsuits have been filed against a variety of debt collectors and financial firms, but for some companies, the profits make the risks worthwhile. Regulators are getting involved with concerns abou... - Target CEO Steps Down in Wake of Data Breach
May-11-14 Minneapolis, MN It’s fitting, in a way, that on Mother’s Day we’re highlighting one of the mothers of all data breaches, and the fallout that recently occurred with the resignation of Target Corporation’s Chief and CEO. A data breach is a serious compromise of security that can put sensitive data into the hands of criminals. ... - Preliminary $60M Settlement Reached in Hospira Securities Class Action Lawsuit
New York, NY: Hospira Inc, has agreed to pay $60 million to settle a securities class action lawsuit alleging the pharmaceutical company violated securities laws by providing misleading positive statements which resulted in artificially inflated share prices. If approved, the settlement will end the lawsuit which was filed in 2011 by a group of pen... - It Was the Breast of Times, It Was the Worst of Times for Risperdal Patients
May-10-14 Vancouver, BC It’s hard to ignore a medical study that involves a million participants. However, that was the size of the database researcher Mahyar Etminan, PharmD and his team at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver used in determining that Risperdal side effects , and specifically gynecomastia, can impact older men to the tune... - Study Showed AlloDerm Complications
May-10-14 Trenton, NJ As plaintiffs involved in AlloDerm complications lawsuits wait for the bellwether trials to go ahead, experts are looking back on what some studies found regarding AlloDerm skin graft adverse effects. AlloDerm has been around since the 1990s, and has a good track record, but that does not mean people have not suffered adverse events. A s... - AMS Transvaginal Mesh Settlement “Never Enough,” Says Attorney
May-7-14 Dallas, TX At first glance, American Medical Systems’ $830 million agreement to settle about 22,000 AMS transvaginal mesh complaints seems generous. But that only averages about $40,000 per case, before legal fees. The lawsuits allege the AMS polypropylene mesh is defective and that doctors and consumers were not properly warned about transvagina... - $11 Million Topamax Birth Defect Award Stands
May-7-14 Philadelphia, PA An $11 million jury award that went to a Topamax plaintiff in November of last year will stand following the decision of a Philadelphia lawmaker. Court of Common Pleas Judge George W. Overton, in denying Johnson & Johnson (J&J) subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals’ motion for a new trial, upheld the Topamax birth defect jur... - GMAC Settles Force-Placed Insurance Lawsuit
May-9-14 Philadelphia, PA GMAC Mortgage LLC has agreed to settle a force-placed insurance lawsuit alleging the company violated the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act. GMAC has also been involved in other force-placed insurance claims. Meanwhile, other companies are also settling lawsuits alleging their force-placed insurance practices are illegal. In Apr... - Staples Subsidiary Hit with Off-the-Clock Work Lawsuit
May-9-14 Los Angeles, CA An oft-cited lawsuit in the world of egress/regress and off the clock work is the Amazon action that saw a vast collection of employees working at Amazon’s sprawling sort facilities crying foul over having to line up for bag checks and other forms of security, allegedly on their own time. However, Amazon is not the only alleged of...