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Sort by date 16,382 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Bank Overdraft Fees Lawsuit Stresses Lack of Consumer Sophistication, Unfair Process
Jan-6-21 Atlanta, GA On December 17, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit heard oral arguments in Garcia v. Wachovia Bank , one of the bank overdraft fees lawsuits , consolidated in In Re: Checking Account Overdraft Litigation . The checking accountholders are appealing a September 2019 District Court decision that denied them the chance to proceed... - California Nursing Home Overtime Settlement
Jan-5-21 Los Angeles, CA A California labor lawsuit claiming wage and labor violations has finally been agreed upon for $3 million. The Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), originally filed in 2015, sought to represent over 250 former and current nursing home workers employed by Five Star Quality Care Inc. The 2015 lawsuit, filed in San Bernardino County... - Proton Pump Inhibitors – More Harm than Good, especially in COVID-19 Patients
Dec-31-20 Santa Clara, CA Over the past several years, Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPI) have been linked to serious health complications. And more recent studies indicate that these acid reflux drugs do more harm than good. One such study opines that PPI exposure increases mortality in COVID-19 patients. Other studies suggest PPIs can damage major organs and... - Ethicon Physiomesh Lawsuit News and Legal Information
Lawsuits are being filed against the Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon alleging its Physiomesh Flexible Composite Mesh is a defective product. The abdominal mesh, which is used in laparoscopic hernia surgeries, has been linked to higher than normal revision rates than other surgical hernia mesh products. Ethicon announced a Physiomesh Flexible Compos... - Nurse Recruiters Fight for Meal Break Pay
Dec-28-20 San Francisco, CA On December 1, the California Supreme Court heard arguments by nurse recruiters seeking to revive a California labor lawsuit against AMN Services LLC. The lawsuit, originally filed in 2014, arose from the way the company’s time-rounding software had tracked employees’ required meal breaks. In 2018, the Court of... - Essure Birth Control Defective Product Lawsuit Filed
Santa Clara, CA: Bayer is facing a defective products lawsuit alleging its Essure birth control coil causes painful and serious complications requiring surgery to remove the product. Filed by April Norman of Connecticut, the lawsuit asserts that Norman suffered severe complications including painful bleeding, blood clots, hair loss, discomfort d... - PFAS Association with COVID – Advice is Confusing
Dec-26-20 Traverse City, MI Some health experts and scientists offer confusing, and rather nonsensical, advice regarding PFAS and its association with COVID-19. Some health experts say that, "people with high levels of PFAS have a greater risk of being infected with COVID, and “special pandemic consideration may be appropriate for those exposed to... - “Do I have an Asbestos Case”? Your Questions Answered by Asbestos and Mesothelioma Attorney
Dec-20-20 Birmingham, AL “People can still bring cases and pursue claims of asbestos exposure today, even though this litigation has been going on for decades,” says Gregory Cade, mesothelioma and asbestos lawyer and President of Environmental Litigation Group (“ELG”). If your claim has been denied, attorney Cade explains how you... - Zimmer Knee Replacement | Knee Implants | NexGen Knee - LawyersAndSettlements.com
Since the Zimmer NexGen knee replacement system has been on the market, almost half a million people in the US alone have had Zimmer knee implants. However, the Zimmer knee replacement, namely the NexGen CR-Flex Porous Femoral component , has recently been linked to a variety of problems, from loosening of the implant to failure of the replacement knee,... - Zimmer NexGen FAQ
What is a Zimmer NexGen Knee? The Zimmer NexGen Knee Replacement is an implantable knee replacement system. In 2003 Zimmer Holdings, a leading designer, developer, manufacturer, and marketer of orthopedic devices and other medical devices, introduced the NexGen CR-Flex Fixed Bearing Knee. This Zimmer NexGen Knee is a synthetic device used to cap t... - Invokana Lawsuit Legal News and Lawsuit Information
Invokana lawsuits have been filed against Janssen Pharmaceuticals alleging Invokana side effects include an increased risk of kidney problems and cardiovascular problems. Additionally, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) have issued warnings about kidney problems and diabetic ketoacidosis—both of which... - Fourth Circuit Says “No” to Counting Commissions for Minimum Wage
Dec-18-20 Richmond, VA On November 24, the Fourth Circuit gave new life to a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) lawsuit brought by restaurant workers who accused their employer of violating the FLSA’s minimum wage and overtime requirements by mis-classifying gratuities and permitting ineligible employees to share in the tip pool. Wai Tom v. Hospitality V... - PFAS Contamination In Japan Linked to U.S. Military Firefighting Foam
Dec-15-20 Tokyo, Japan A new book detailing how the U.S. military is responsible for PFAS contamination in Japan is timely: firefighting foam lawsuits filed by local governments and water districts and former firefighters are on the rise across the U.S. The book and PFAS lawsuits claim, as Japan does, that direct exposure to PFAS chemicals, including contaminated... - Prevacid Complications Lawsuit News & Legal Information
Prevacid is a proton pump inhibitor, used to treat symptoms of acid reflux. According to reports, Prevacid side effects could include an increased risk acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease. Studies suggest that the risk of Prevacid complications and the risk of proton pump inhibitor side effects increases as the length of use or the medicatio... - “Abysmal” or “Too Conservative”? Supermarket ERISA Lawsuit to Settle for $17.5 Million
Dec-14-20 Boston, MA Toomey v. DeMoulas Super Markets, Inc. , a class action ERISA lawsuit filed in the Massachusetts District Court in 2019, will settle for $17.5 million and prospective changes to the plan’s investment strategy, pending the court’s final approval in April 2021. While ERISA industry advisors have characterized the DeMoul... - Rothenberg Ventures Management Employees Sue for Back Wages
Dec-11-20 San Francisco, CA In 2016, Katie Fanelli filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of California for the County of San Francisco alleging that her employer, Rothenberg Ventures Management Co., violated California state labor law by failing to pay workers overtime and stiffing them of their final paychecks when the company laid them off. As of November,... - Can California Cashiers Sit on the Job?
Dec-17-20 Sacramento, CA The latest ruling over Ralphs Grocery Store seating for cashiers – initially filed in 2016— has reversed a trial court’s decision to link two California labor lawsuits that accuse parent company The Kroger Co. of not providing its employees with seating. On November 20, the California state appeals court found that cases... - Essure Contraceptive Coils Lawsuits, Legal News and Information
New York, NY: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has received nearly 1,000 "adverse event" reports related to the contraceptive device Essure. According to news reports, 500 of those reports were made in 2013. Essure Coils Hailed as the next generation of contraception, Essure consists of implantable coils that are pe... - What to Expect in Zantac Cancer Lawsuits for 2021 and Beyond
Dec-8-20 West Palm Beach, FL As 2020 draws to a close, the toll of death and injury from Zantac-related cancers continues to rise, as do the number of Zantac cancer lawsuits . Meanwhile, In Re: Zantac (Ranitidine) Products Liability Litigation , the multidistrict litigation into which many of the individual lawsuits have been consolidated, grinds on without muc... - Walmart Howls at California Labor Law Fines
Dec-3-20 San Jose, CA “This case is about Walmart’s practice of routinely violating the California Labor Code .” The first sentence of plaintiff’s’ brief to the Ninth Circuit in Magadia v. Wal-Mart Associates, Inc. neatly sums up the workers’ argument. Walmart, on the other hand, argues that this is all very unfair,...