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Sort by date 16,395 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- How Lawsuit Funding Can Help Victims Avoid Settling for Too Little
Jun-1-12 Accidents are never planned; often, they're unavoidable whether on the roadways, in the workplace, or on personal property. Thousands of people suffer from personal injuries each year--and while you might think a serious injury could never happen to you or someone you love, it can. An injury caused by the negligence of another can have devastating, life c... - For Memorial Day Safety, Statistics Aren't on Your Side
May-21-12 Santa Cruz, CA The approach of Memorial Day heralds the start of the busy summer season, when families do most of their leisure time and other activity together (as opposed to separately). And yet, as welcome as the onset of Memorial Day is, there is an underlying current of caution… Disaster can happen—be it on the roads, in a pool, at an... - Potentially Thousands of Sears Peeping Tom Victims
May-31-12 North Hollywood, CA For the women who were caught on tape by the so-called Sears Peeping Tom , the sense of the loss of privacy is immeasurable. Patrons of the clothing store expected to use the change rooms without falling victim to a Sears secret video tape made by the maintenance worker. Now, the retailer could face a Sears customer lawsuit or a Sear... - The Real Cost of Zimmer NexGen Knee Replacement Revision: Time
May-30-12 Bonham, TX The trouble with surgery is that your life comes to a stop for the process. The actual procedure, combined with healing can take weeks or months, during which time an individual may be off work or unavailable for important events. In sum, surgery such as Zimmer Knee Replacement , can be a huge interruption to one's life. Imagine if you hav... - Forced-Placed Insurance Terms Force Homeowners' Wallets
May-30-12 New York, NY The term 'forced-placed insurance' might be one you have yet to hear, but you soon might—especially if you live in a flood-prone area, or if you have a financial liability with a lender having recently discovered the profits made possible by mandating additional forced-placed insurance terms on a homeowner. The Post Standard of... - Class Action over Deceptive Labeling of Muscle Milk Products
San Francisco, CA: The United States District Court for the Northern District of California has ruled that a false advertising lawsuit against Cytosport, Inc., producer of the popular Muscle Milk line of products, could proceed. According to the lawsuit, to increase sales figures, Cytosport intentionally misrepresents the purported health benefits of M... - A Tale of Two NuvaRing Studies With Vastly Different Outcomes
May-29-12 Washington, DC A recent study on NuvaRing side effects published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) is at odds with results of another study funded by NuvaRing manufacturer Merck. One study claims the risk of NuvaRing blood clot is insignificant, while the other suggests a risk as high as 90 percent. Guess which study was funded by the manufactu... - Stevens Johnson Syndrome Lawsuit Nets Record Award
May-29-12 New York, NY A Stevens Johnson syndrome lawsuit, alleging malpractice on the part of various New York hospitals, has resulted in a record award to the plaintiff. Although the case did not involve Zithromax Stevens Johnson syndrome , it did question how hospitals treat patients when they develop the condition. Not much is known about whether Zithromax... - Enterprise Financial Services Corp. EFSC Securities Fraud
Company: Enterprise Financial Services Corp. Ticker Symbol: EFSC Class Period: Apr-20-10 to Jan-25-12 Date Filed: Apr-10-12 Lead Plaintiff Deadline: Jun-9-12 Court: Eastern District of Missouri Allegations: New York, NY: A securities class action lawsuit was filed in the United States... - J&J Guilty of Deceptive Marketing in Arkansas Risperdal Lawsuit
New York, NY: Johnson & Johnson (J&J) may have to pay $1.25 billion for deceptive marketing of its atypical antipsychotic Risperdal , according to media reports. The settlement, ordered by a judge in Arkansas, is one of the larger J&J may have to pay for deceptive marketing of the drug. According to a report by Bloomberg, jur... - Preliminary Settlements Reached in Nutella Consumer Fraud Class Actions
San Francisco, CA: Settlements have been reached in two consumer fraud class action lawsuits against Ferrero U.S.A., Inc. ("Ferrero") regarding its labeling, advertising and marketing of the Nutella brand hazelnut spread. The Settlements provide Class Members who do not opt out the opportunity to receive monetary relief as well as prospective relief in... - Yasmin Settlements Update
May-25-12 Cresskill, NJ Deadlines for Yasmin lawsuits filed against Bayer, the manufacturer of Yasmin and Yaz, were moved back another three months at the beginning of May, which will allow settlement negotiations to continue. To date, settlement amounts are averaging about $218,000 per case, according to Bayer. As of April 26, Bayer had paid $142 million in... - No More Golf, Courtesy Zimmer Natural Knee
May-25-12 Dixon, IL Bill had his first Zimmer knee replacement in 2009 and says it’s just fine. But he had a Zimmer Natural knee replacement on the other knee in 2010 and experienced all kinds of problems including infection and instability. And it put the kibosh on his golf game. “My golf game wasn’t worth a damn anyway,” says Bill, l... - Daughters Allege Their Mother Died From Pradaxa Bleeding
May-28-12 Georgetown, TX The potentially premature death of a much-loved mother and teacher, coupled with the observations of various surgeons raises concerns about a drug that was meant to effectively update a much older, finicky blood thinner used to prevent blood clots. Instead, Pradaxa side effects can be deadly—because once bleeding starts, there is v... - GameStop Settles Fraud Class Action in California
San Francisco, CA: A settlement has been reached in the consumer fraud class action lawsuit against GameStop. The lawsuit alleges the retailer engaged in "deceptive and misleading practices" with its used game sales and paid downloadable content. Filed two years ago, by James Collins of California, the suit claims GameStop sells used copies of g... - Rochester Meat Company E. Coli Recall
Yet another company has announced a recall of beef products. This time, the recall involves Rochester Meat Co. and was issued after the company received reports that six people fell ill after eating its ground beef patties. Approximately 188,000 pounds of ground beef patties and other products are affected by the recall. Officials are concerned th... - Emergency Room Charges: Some Hospitals Raking In Record Profits
May-27-12 Raleigh, NC Inflated emergency room charges and other high costs incurred by patients could be a sign of a bigger issue amongst some of the more profitable hospitals, according to a five-part series recently published by The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina. The news outlet discovered that not only are some hospitals making huge profits... - Sears Peeping Tom Suspect Said to Have Used Up to 60 Cameras
May-27-12 North Hollywood, CA The miniature video camera with which The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo secretly filmed her antagonist in the movie of the same name is commonplace these days, as miniaturization gets more sophisticated and prevalent. It is this perpetual shrinking of things like computer chips and cameras that allowed the Sears Peeping Tom suspect to... - St. Joseph's Health System Facing Patient Data Breach Class Action
Santa Rosa, CA: A privacy class action lawsuit has been filed against St. Joseph Health System, which operates Santa Rosa Memorial, Petaluma Valley and Queen of the Valley hospitals, for allowing private patient data to be searchable online for 31,800 patients across the system' California hospitals, including about 10,000 patients locally. Th... - Settlement Proposed in Diamond Walnuts Consumer Fraud Class Action
San Francisco, CA: A notification program has begun, as ordered by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, to purchasers of Diamond of California brand walnut products about a proposed consumer fraud class action settlement of Zeisel v. Diamond Foods, Inc., Case No. 3:10-cv-1192-JSW. This lawsuit claims that Dia...