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Feb-21-14 New Orleans, LA Only a few months after Erica, age 19, started taking Yasmin , she started getting pains in her stomach, but chalked it up to something she ate. She didn’t know those symptoms could be early warning signs leading up to life-threatening Yasmin DVT. Erica’s doctor prescribed Yasmin birth control last November, telling her it... - Asbestos Drilling Mud Exposure a Concern Decades Later
Feb-21-14 Corvallis, OR One of the recurring themes with asbestos, whether dealing with asbestos drilling mud , asbestos in construction or asbestos in any of a number of other industries, is that asbestos exposure can come back to haunt a person many years later. And it does not matter if a person was exposed to asbestos through drilling mud or any other manner,... - Following Suit: Data Breach Updates
Feb-11-14 • A data breach can occur in a number of ways. Mainly computer hackers and computer theft allow unlawful access to customer information, which often results in personal information being sold illicitly, followed by data breach lawsuits. For instance, the stolen Target customer data immediately resulted in Target credit card attack lawsuits. Another... - FDA to Review Risk of Testosterone Heart Attack, Stroke
Feb-14-14 Los Angeles, CA There is little doubt that “Low-T” has ascended to dizzying heights in the lexicon of men’s health, and pop culture surrounding men’s health, in the last decade. “Low-T” is the requisite slang for low testosterone, and there is little doubt that the latter is a real and debilitating problem with some agin... - Nexium Fracture Claim Accepted by Attorney
Feb-17-14 Crystal River, FL “When the LawyersandSettlements attorney accepted my case, I found out that they have an entire Nexium division to handle so many claims,” says Julieann. “I shouldn’t be surprised at the number of lawsuits because I too suffered a Nexium fracture!” Even though you read about a drug’s side effects... - Concerned About Beyaz Side Effects? You Should Be
Feb-17-14 Washington, DC It’s amazing the things you find on product labeling and product websites. It’s all there. And anyone who has any query or question over potential Beyaz side effects need only read the information that’s readily available from the manufacturer. In so doing, the manufacturer is telling you that there is the potential ris... - Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Accuses Surgeon of Leaving Procedure Early
Feb-16-14 Fresno, CA The allegations of medical malpractice surrounding the fate of a California man and an operation gone horribly wrong are compelling. The claim is that a noted Fresno cardiologist was responsible for leaving an open heart surgery patient in a vegetative state after the surgeon left the operating theatre before the procedure was complete. A... - Banks Accused of Aiding and Abetting Predatory Internet Payday Loans
Feb-18-14 Four Oaks, NC Victims of Internet payday loan proprietors and the predatory interest rates they charge have a friend in the US Justice Department. As various states have taken matters into their own hands and launched Internet payday loan lawsuits against Internet lenders, the feds have launched their own initative. Dubbed “Operation Choke Point,... - Risperdal: When a Settlement Is Not a Settlement
Feb-14-14 Philadelphia, PA Lawyers involved in Risperdal side effects lawsuits allege that the makers of Risperdal have attempted to go back on an agreed-upon settlement. As a result, in November 2013, the lawyers filed a motion to enforce settlement against the defendants in the Risperdal lawsuits. The motion was filed in relation to the Risperdal litigati... - Debt Collector Issues Extend beyond Harassment
Feb-13-14 Washington, DC Many complaints about debt collectors focus on issues such as debt collector harassment, where debt collectors repeatedly phone and threaten people who owe money. Debt collector lawsuits allege consumers have been subjected to aggressive language and false threats, sometimes over debts that they do not owe. In July 2010, the Federal Trad... - Lawsuit Filed in Brain Injury Hazing Case
Feb-13-14 Elmore, OH It is not just the NFL that faces brain injury lawsuits linked to football players, although the NFL likely faces many of the lawsuits related to traumatic brain injury from sports. High school students can also suffer a brain injury from their involvement in sport. As one lawsuit, filed against a school district and high school football coa... - Accutane Victim Becomes Amateur Accutane Investigator
Feb-16-14 Troy, MI Colin recently discovered that one of many Accutane side effects is ulcerative colitis. Now Colin’s Accutane attorney needs proof that he took the acne drug - and Colin has become “Amateur Accutane Investigator.” “I can’t find anything to prove that I took Accutane,” says Colin. “I wrote letters to... - FDA to Wait For Precision Results Before Changing NSAIDs Safety Labeling
Feb-12-14 Washington, DC The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will wait until a large study currently underway is finished, before deciding whether labeling for non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) including Celebrex and Naproxen, should contain warnings for increased risk of cardiac events. The FDA made the decision on the recommendation of... - Employee Appealing to Florida Labor Law in Wrongful Termination
Feb-15-14 Pensacola, FL Demetrius was a cook in a nursing home until last month. “I couldn’t get to work because I was stuck in an ice storm so I was fired for missing one day,” says Demetrius. “I believe I was wrongfully terminated and my employer violated the Florida labor law .” Demetrius worked the 4 am-1 pm shift and had neve... - Stryker ShapeMatch Cutting Guide Recalled Due to Misalignment Concerns
Feb-15-14 Mahway, NJ When patients anticipate hip and knee replacement failures , they generally think the problem will be with the implant itself. Many people do not consider that there might be an issue with the technology that is supposed to make the implant surgeries easier. But concerns about the Stryker ShapeMatch Cutting Guide suggest that while there can... - Victim: “Stryker Rejuvenate Hip Implant Not the Only Stryker with Defects”
Feb-11-14 Newton, MA Because Bill was young (age 50) and athletic, his surgeon implanted a Stryker Cormet resurfacing hip replacement rather than a Stryker Rejuvenate hip replacement. But the Cormet failed Bill, and like thousands of Rejuvenate victims, he too wound up with revision surgery. Bill regrets that he didn’t research the Cormet before having... - Police Officer Dropped His Cell Phone, Resulting in Back and Neck Injury
Feb-14-14 Sarasota, FL When a Sarasota police officer dropped his cell phone while driving and took his eyes off the road for a split second to retrieve it, that’s all it took for a 30-year-old woman to be left with back and neck injury after her car was rear-ended. When the injured woman filed a lawsuit, the city of Sarasota and the plaintiff are reported... - Januvia and Pancreatitis: Double Shock
Feb-14-14 Oklahoma City, OK Lester is hopeful that his case will soon be added to the growing number of Januvia lawsuits against the makers of incretin mimetics, including Januvia. As of February 2014, more than 262 product liability lawsuits are underway in the federal multidistrict litigation in the Southern District of California. Januvia attorneys are acc... - defective auto
Defective automobiles put vehicle occupants at risk of serious, life-threatening injury. Although newer vehicles have enhanced safety features designed to protect occupants in the event of an automobile crash , there are still situations in which the safety features designed to protect drivers and passengers actually result in injury. Auto defect lawsui... - J&J Admits Destroying Vaginal Mesh Data
Feb-7-14 Charleston, WV Johnson& Johnson, the maker of defective vaginal mesh implants and which are the subject of numerous defective products lawsuits, has been found to have improperly destroyed files related to the products. The finding was handed down by U.S. magistrate judge Cheryl Eifert, who is presiding over the Charleston, W. Va., court where de...