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Sort by date 16,394 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Single Mom Takes on Banking Giant in Force-Placed Insurance Bank Lawsuit
Feb-2-14 Dayton, OH It’s hard enough for a single mother to make a go of it, as she remains the lone person available to pay the mortgage, put food on the table and help children with homework. Now, Jacqueline Barnard must add to her plate the rigors of fighting a class-action lawsuit against the Force-Placed Insurance Bank that lobbed an expensive insura... - Giving and Taking Away Travel Time Violates California Overtime Laws
Jan-29-14 Glendale, CA Leroy is pretty certain that his employer is violating California overtime laws by not paying travel time. In Leroy’s case and according to California law, travel time is considered compensable work hours. “Last May I was hired as a delivery technician - I set up medical equipment in people’s homes when a hospital sett... - Mirena Led to Miscarriage, Hysterectomy
Feb-1-14 Portland, OR More than 800 Mirena lawsuits throughout the US have been filed by women claiming injuries caused by migration of the IUD. Recently, a number of women believe Mirena side effects have led to miscarriage, and in severe cases, hysterectomy. Mirena lawsuits claim that Bayer, the Mirena manufacturer, failed to warn women that the device had... - Safyral Users May Experience Drospirenone Side Effects
Feb-1-14 Baltimore, MD With all the focus on birth control side effects remaining on Yasmin and Yaz, it is easy to forget that Safyral also contains drospirenone and therefore comes with a potential risk of drospirenone side effects. In fact, Safyral is very similar to Yasmin and Yaz, but concerns about Safyral side effects have not been focused on as much as Y... - First Federal Actos Bladder Cancer Bellwether Trial Underway
Jan-28-14 Lafayette, LA The latest Actos bladder cancer bellwether case commenced January 27, in US District Court, Western District of Louisiana with the process of jury selection, or so it was expected by pundits and experts conversant with the case. Opening statements are likely to begin next week before US District Judge Rebecca Doherty, with trial expected... - Januvia Pancreatitis Victim Blames Doctor and Merck
Jan-28-14 Fort Myers, FL Matthew had only taken Januvia for two weeks but he wound up in hospital with acute pancreatitis anyway. He blames the diabetes drug because he was diagnosed with pancreatitis back in 2002, and should never have been prescribed Januvia. Last December, Matthew was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and his doctor prescribed Metformin, whi... - Airbag Injuries: Are Victims Hurt by Reduced Quality?
Jan-31-14 Seattle, WA When consumers purchase vehicles, they often take into consideration issues such as airbags and whether the vehicle in question has side impact airbags and other safety features. What they do not consider - or often know - is who the maker of these safety features is and what the risks of airbag injuries are. Airbags - drivers’ sid... - Gynecomastia Compensation Battle Continues
Jan-31-14 Philadelphia, PA The Risperdal story may be responsible for some of the darkest events in the history of modern pharmaceuticals. It came to market as a promising medication designed to control psychotic thoughts and behavior in patients suffering from bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Instead, Risperdal has been connected to serious side effects l... - ER Overcharges for Services Not Rendered
Jan-27-14 Kissimmee, FL Countless people have had to pay emergency room overcharges for the bare minimum of treatment. Perhaps they saw a doctor for a few minutes and left with a prescription and a bill for thousands of dollars. The following people didn’t even make it past the waiting room, but they were billed emergency room charges. Mr. Ibrahim took... - Engineer Tracks “Mission Mars G-Force”
Jan-27-14 Orlando, FL: Once a year Mark Cseles and his family go to Disney World, Disney’s famous amusement park in Orlando, Florida, and spend hours on the midway rides. Cseles, an engineer who teaches physics at a college in southern Ontario, Canada, is fascinated by the Mission to Mars ride. He’s been strapped into the dazzling cockpit and lau... - Life Before and After Nexium
Jan-30-14 Lake Placid, NY “Before taking Nexium I was in top athletic form,” says Alan, “but Nexium side affects have diminished my quality of life tremendously. I blame the drugmaker and my doctor’s negligence: how could they not warn people about Nexium fractures?” Alan says his life is divided in two: before and after Nexium... - Family of Asbestosis Disease Victim Receives Two Sets of Awards
Jan-30-14 Alameda, CA While many an asbestosis lawsuit has centered on industries such as shipbuilding and the renovations industry, where asbestos was at one time a popular choice for insulation, asbestos remains an important component associated with automotive brakes. A recent asbestosis claim highlights the risks associated with improperly handling the mater... - Johnson & Johnson to Pay Record $2.2B in Risperdal Whistleblower Lawsuit
Washington, DC: Global health care giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and its subsidiaries will pay more than $2.2 billion in a Qui Tam (whistleblower) investigation. The settlement will resolve criminal and civil liability arising from allegations relating to the prescription drugs Risperdal, Invega and Natrecor, including promotion for uses not approved... - $8.6M Asbestos Mesothlioma Settlement Awarded
Los Angeles, CA: An $8.6 million settlement has been awarded to the family of the recently deceased William Saller, who died from asbestos disease. According to the lawsuit, Saller allegedly contracted asbestos mesothelioma from exposure to asbestos dust generated by a thermal insulation product known as Mundet, made by defendant Crown, Cork & Sea... - $6.4M Settlement Awarded in Asbestos Mesothelioma Lawsuit
New Orleans, LA: A Louisiana jury has awarded $6.4 million to a woman who was diagnosed with asbestos mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos manufactured and sold by Asbestos Corporation Ltd (ACL). After a seven-day trial, a jury sitting in the Louisiana District Court, Parish of Orleans issued the $6,420,467 verdict in favor of New Orlean... - FDA Still Unmoved by Victoza Side Effects
Jan-26-14 Wilmington, NC In a letter appearing in at least two newspapers, the former executive director of the North Carolina Board of Pharmacy lamented the tendency for pharmaceutical ads to appear light-hearted and soothing, even though the context of the ad is far more serious. And while David Work of Wilmington was generalizing and not calling out any drug in p... - Prior Topamax Lawsuits Favor Plaintiffs, New Trials About to Start
Jan-29-14 Philadelphia, PA The two most recent lawsuits in the Topamax side effects portfolio, lawsuits that actually constitute the first two lobs into the Topamax MDL multidistrict litigation, may speak to the direction subsequent Topamax and pregnancy lawsuits could take going forward: both lawsuits found for the plaintiffs. And while the defendants announced... - Michaels “Possible” Data Breach
Jan-25-14 Irving, TX With consumers still reeling from Target and Nieman-Marcus data breaches , Michaels, the biggest arts and crafts retailer in the US, says its computer system that processes payment cards may have suffered a “data security attack”. In a statement issued Saturday by the retailer's CEO Chuck Rubin, Michaels has learned of "possi... - Testosterone Gel Safety Concerns Prompt Label Changes
Jan-25-14 Washington, DC While it has been a few years since the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) mandated significant label changes for the two most-used testosterone gel products, the risks associated with the products do not rank high on the public consciousness. And as testosterone gels are heavily promoted to the older, male demographic - and the produ... - Was Alleged Care Center Abuse and Neglect the Result of Planned Closures?
Jan-28-14 Woodbridge, NJ When one hears the phrase, “ care center abuse ,” one automatically thinks of nursing homes catering to elderly residents. But that’s only part of the story: there are care center facilities dedicated to all manner of individuals with special needs, regardless of age. To that end, the death last year of a patient in an in...