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Sort by date 16,394 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- DES Cancer Survivor Has Battled Cancer Six Times
Jan-3-13 Batavia, IA One can imagine the heartbreak and anger associated with taking a drug that had been on the market for 30 years and had been prescribed to millions of women, only to be later found to have a serious liability and removed from the market. Why did it take so long to get Diethylstilbestrol (DES) off the market? And why were these concerns not... - What Will 2013 Hold For Yasmin Birth Control?
Jan-3-13 St. Clair County, IL It's been a year since US District Judge David Herndon decided to postpone the trial associated with a Yasmin lawsuit in an effort to have the thousands of cases mediated instead, with the view of reaching a settlement. That effort with regard to Yasmin birth control, as well as Yaz lawsuits, resulted in the November 2012 settle... - Latest Study Suggests Lexapro et al Carry No Benefit For Pregnant Women and Babies
Dec-30-12 Boston, MA While experts agree that attempting a thorough clinical trial into SSRI antidepressants on pregnant women is ethically questionable, researchers continue to search for answers to a long-debated question: are depression patients who become pregnant better off without their antidepressants in an attempt to avoid the possibility of Lexapro birth... - SSRI Autism Roundup: New Concerns for a New Year
Jan-2-13 Atlanta, GA The Ohio Department of Health has been named in an autism lawsuit filed by the parents of a toddler stricken with the disorder. At issue is an alleged denial by the state of Ohio of federally mandated treatment options that the plaintiffs hold should be made available for their infant son. The lawsuit is but one example of the issues surrou... - Former Pro Athlete Dissatisfied with Zimmer NexGen Knee
Dec-26-12 Los Angeles, CA “Hell, my Zimmer NexGen knee should have been recalled,” says Ed with a laugh. “I have to laugh to keep from crying because I am so dissatisfied.” Ed, age 60 and a former pro athlete, is baffled: why did his 80-year-old mother have a faster recovery rate with her hip replacement than Ed did with his knee r... - Credit Card Abuse Comes in All Shapes and Sizes
Jan-1-13 Brooklyn, NY While the settlement may be worth CDN $8 million, the value to credit card holders affected by the agreement is worth about five bucks. On the other side of the credit card abuse ledger is a case that may easily translate to the largest antitrust case in US history. The latter stems from a seven-year battle by trade associations and mer... - Consumers of LCD Flat Screen TVs, Monitors and Laptops Eligible For Refunds in $1.1 Billion Settlement
Lansing, MI: Customers – both private and corporate – who purchased certain TFT-LCD (thin-film transistor liquid crystal display) flat panels from 1999 to 2006 are eligible to share in a $1.1 billion price fixing class action lawsuit settlement fund. Eligible consumers and businesses in 24 states and the District of Columbia may be able to co... - Iraq Veterans Awarded $85M in Personal Injury Lawsuit Against KBR, Halliburton
Portland, OR: 12 soldiers who became ill after serving in the Iraq war have been awarded an $85 million settlement in their personal injury lawsuit against American military contractor Kellogg Brown and Root (KBR). In their lawsuit, the first concerning soldiers' exposure to a toxin at a water plant in southern Iraq, the servicemen allege that KBR... - Infertile Woman Blames Mirena
Dec-24-12 Toronto, ON Sadly, Cathy’s doctors believe she is infertile, a condition that Cathy links to Mirena birth control. Now armed with information regarding Mirena side effects she has a lot of questions, both for her doctor and Bayer, the manufacturer. Cathy (not her real name) was prescribed the Mirena uterine device (IUD) about four years ago bu... - Yasmin User Believes she was “Headed for a Heart Attack”
Dec-27-12 Los Angeles, CA Within weeks after discontinuing Yasmin birth control Karla says episodes of her heart beat “getting out of sync” also discontinued. “I believe I was headed for a heart attack,” she says. Karla, age 52, was prescribed Yasmin about six years ago to treat her hormonal imbalance. She never associated “hear... - The Season for Giving—Including Hip and Knee Replacements
Dec-16-12 Salt Lake City, UT This is the time of year for giving, and that even extends to hip and knee replacements. Thanks to Operation Walk, 200 people in the US received free joint replacements last week. However, at the risk of putting a damper on this charitable cause, three of those patients will likely need revision surgery within three years. One in... - Are Crestor Issues Slowly Killing You One Cell at a Time?
Dec-29-12 Tampa, FL Crestor is only one of a handful of statin drugs that represent the mother lode for those pharmaceutical companies with a product serving that market. Aging Baby Boomers, coupled with the prevailing wisdom that statin use lowers the bad cholesterol thought to promote heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular events has combined to make stat... - $18M Settlement Awarded fo Ex-UPS Supervisor in Wrongful Termination Lawsuit
Los Angeles, CA: A former United Parcel supervisor (UPS) has been awarded an $18 million verdict for wrongful termination in settlement of his California labor lawsuit. Marlo was denied a promotion for a number of years, and was eventually terminated on November 12, 2008, a few months before his wage-and-hour case was scheduled for trial. Mich... - New DePuy Hip Replacement Side Effect Reported
Dec-28-12 Montreal, Canada Patients who have filed a DePuy lawsuit following revision surgery to remove a metal-on-metal DePuy hip replacement are already aware of the pain caused by metallosis. But researchers in Canada may have found another side effect that could be attributed to metal-on-metal hip devices such as the DePuy ASR, at least according to a recent... - Nurses Fight for Overtime Pay
Dec-28-12 Seattle, WA When it comes to overtime pay for nurses , people tend to think that after eight hours of work, the nurses receive their overtime pay. But as nursing overtime lawsuits show, the issue is not as cut-and-dried as that. For example, nurses are scheduled to take certain rest breaks but often work through those breaks, without pay. That adds extr... - Paxil Birth Defects Class Action in Canada
Dec-21-12 Vancouver, BC A Canadian woman’s Paxil birth defects case against the pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has been certified as a class action in early December. “We have been contacted by at least 20 potential class members across Canada since the case was certified,” says Paxil attorney David Klein. The plaintiff in the... - Pfizer Agrees to Pay $67.5M to Settle Pristiq Securities Class Action
Washington, DC: Pfizer has agreed to pay $67.5 million to settle a securities class action lawsuit brought by former Wyeth Inc shareholders who allege they were misled about the risks associated with Pfizer' antidepressant Pristiq. Pfizer bought Wyeth in 2009. The lawsuit was prompted by a loss in market value of more than $7.6 billion on July 24,... - Doctors Advise Patients to File Shoulder Pain Pump Lawsuits
Dec-27-12 Riverside, CA Jordana’s latest orthopedic surgeon advised her to go online, find a shoulder pain pump attorney and file a shoulder pain pump lawsuit. “He told me that the cartilage in my shoulder has worn away and that is why he doesn’t use these pain pumps anymore,” says Jordana. Jordana had her first shoulder pain pump ba... - Appealing an Insurance Claim Denial
Dec-27-12 Los Angeles, CA If you have had an insurance claim denied because of bad faith insurance practices, regardless of how you purchased your insurance policy you may want to consider hiring an insurance lawyer to help you through the appeals process. That is because there are different rules governing insurance policies, and that rules that govern your pol... - Decreased Libido, Increased Propecia Lawsuits
Dec-19-12 New York, NY While men suffering hair loss have experienced decreased libido and more severe Propecia side effects since taking Propecia, attorneys are experiencing increased Propecia lawsuits , both in the US and in Canada . There are more brave men going public with Propecia sexual dysfunction. Sam reports from Indiana that since 2003 he has...