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Sort by date 16,391 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Consumers Unhappy with Home Warranty Companies
Dec-10-12 Los Angeles, CA Although they are not covered in the media as frequently as big insurance companies, home warranty companies have started to get the attention of customers and clients who say these companies also practice bad faith insurance. Among the tactics allegedly used by insurance companies—some of which have faced a home warranty lawsuit... - SEC Whistleblower Program Awards $50K to Anonymous Whistleblower
Washington, DC: The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that it had granted the first whistleblower fraud award under its new program to a witness who helped stop a multi-million dollar fraud. The unidentified whistleblower will receive nearly $50,000. The award represents 30 percent of the amount collected by the SEC so far, which... - Stryker Rejuvenate Hip Patient shows signs of Metallosis
Dec-9-12 Bergen County, NJ When Paul, who had a Stryker Rejuvenate hip implanted, received a Stryker recall letter from his doctor he immediately had blood tests to rule out the possibility of metallosis, which has been linked to the device and one of the reasons for the recall . “Sure enough I have a chromium level of 8.8 which is high and cause for con... - Problems for Defective St. Jude Heart Valve Patient Lay in Waiting Beyond Surgery
Dec-9-12 Milwaukee, WI Problems encountered by patients with regard to the allegedly defective St. Jude heart valve , often wind up with more trouble than they bargained for even after the allegedly defective heart valve is replaced. According to Health Law Week (11/2/12), one Silzone mechanical heart valve patient discovered a whole new issue when her hear... - Asbestos Veteran Counts his Blessings
Dec-5-12 Washington, UT “Many people I worked with on US Navy ships during the war passed away from asbestos related diseases ,” says Julias. “I have been blessed—I thank god that I didn’t get a disease like mesothelioma.” When Julias was just 17 years old he worked for the US Navy in the shipyards. He is now a spry 84-year... - Yasmin and Yaz Surpass Asbestos in Pending Litigation
Dec-5-12 Chicago, IL While Yasmin birth control and its close cousin Yaz have been around for barely a decade, lawsuits tied to the oral contraceptive duo have now surpassed asbestos as the largest pending litigation in the country, according to reports. Considering that the dangers of asbestos have been known for a hundred years, the story of Yasmin's rapid ri... - Lawsuit Funding Prevents Home Foreclosure
Dec-8-12 A construction worker was seriously injured in an auto accident and unable to work as a result of his injuries. He filed a personal injury lawsuit, but the litigation process was progressing slowly. In the meantime, the medical bills were accumulating, the mortgage payments were in arrears, and the utility companies were sending “turn off” notices. ... - Colorado Town Faces Lawsuits Over Fracking Ban
Dec-8-12 Longmont, CO While the ongoing debate over hydraulic fracturing water contamination continues, one municipality in Colorado has taken the bull by the horns in banning fracking outright. That decision this past November by the voters of Longmont, which is located near Boulder, is popular with residents and equally unpopular with oil and gas companies, a... - Studies Suggest Link Between Actos and Bladder Cancer
Dec-8-12 Boston, MA Although a generic version of Actos has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), lawsuits alleging patients were not warned about Actos side effects continue to mount. The focus is primarily on the link between Actos and bladder cancer, a link that has been supported in recent studies. There has also been concern about a l... - LivingSocial Agrees $4.5M Settlement in Consumer Fraud Class Action Lawsuit
Los Angeles, CA: A $4.5 million settlement has been agreed in the consumer fraud class action lawsuit pending against LivingSocial Inc. The lawsuit alleges that the daily deals company put expiration dates on its coupons. The lawsuit was filed approximately six months after Groupon Inc was hit with a similar lawsuit. Filed in April 2011by Melissa F... - KISSmetrics Agrees Settlement in ETags WireTap Class Action Lawsuit
Los Angeles, CA: A settlement has been reached in the wiretap class action pending against analytics company KISSmetrics. The lawsuit alleged the company used supercookies called ETags to illegally track Internet users even after those users had deleted the HTTP cookies and enabled "Private Browsing Mode"to block all cookies. The lawsuit, filed... - A Trio of Auto Accident Related Back and Neck Injuries
Nov-27-12 Chicago, IL Last month, oddly enough, three separate back and neck injury lawsuits stemming from rear end car accidents were filed in Illinois within three days of each other. Angela Hausmann filed a lawsuit October 26 in St. Clair County Circuit Court against Natalie Williams (St. Clair County Circuit Court case number: 12-L-577) . The same day, i... - For Many, a Hurricane Sandy Lawsuit for Christmas
Dec-7-12 New York, NY When Hurricane Sandy made landfall at New Jersey and New York state, the last things on resident's minds was the potential for a Hurricane Sandy power outage lawsuit or any other form of litigation. When such a storm threatens you prepare as best you can, hope for the best and respond to whatever befalls you. However, litigants in a Hur... - LoJack Settles 2 California Wage and Hour Class Actions for $8.1M
Los Angeles, CA: A class action settlement agreement has been reached between LoJack Corportation and plaintiffs in two California wage-and-hour class action lawsuits. The settlement, which is subject to final approval, stipulates that LoJack will pay up to $8.1 million, including plaintiffs' attorneys' potential fees and costs, to resolve all remainin... - Reasons for Prescribing Depakote Could be a Factor in Lawsuits
Dec-6-12 Orlando, FL As with many medications, there could be a variety of reasons for prescribing Depakote . Although Depakote is mainly used and approved as an anti-seizure medication, it can be prescribed off-label to treat migraines. The problem is that the risk of Depakote side effects experienced by the infant, including a reported risk of Depakote birth d... - Accutane Complaints and Lawsuits Mounting
Dec-6-12 Atlantic City, NJ A New Jersey jury in July 2012 awarded $9 million each to two plaintiffs who claimed their inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) was directly caused by Accutane . The suit argued that Roche, the maker of Accutane, failed to warn patients of heightened risks for IBD. This is good news for Sandy, who also blames IBD on the acne drug. Accut... - AMS Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuit Alleges Product Liability
Dec-2-12 New York, NY You hear about lawsuits every day. You also hear about events happening in an individual's life that to the rest of us amount to a headline in the paper, or a few lines of text in a news report. However, for the individual adversely affected by AMS mesh , such events can be life-changing experiences from which they may never recover. Deb... - Head Injuries Leading Cause of Death for Skiers
Dec-5-12 Akron, OH With the start of December comes the beginning of the ski season, and the beginning of stories about serious ski hill injuries . Although the majority of skiers—and ski resorts—practice safe enjoyment of the hills, every year there are stories about ski hill lawsuits, brought about when a person suffers a ski injury as the result o... - Morgan Keegan Agrees $62M Settlement in Investment Fraud Class Action Lawsuit
New York, NY: Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc. has agreed to pay $62 million as part of a preliminary settlement of a securities class action involving more than 10,000 nationwide clients. The Commercial Appeal reports the terms of the settlement won't force the investment firm to admit any wrongdoing resulting from the 2008 meltdown of its mutual funds. ... - Pfizer Settles Chantix Suicide Lawsuit
New York NY: A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit against Pfizer and its anti-smoking drug Chantix. The settlement, the details of which remain confidential, was reached just prior to the case going to trial. The lawsuit was brought by the widow of Mark Alan Whitely, from Minnesota, who allegedly killed himself in November 2007 as a result...