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Sort by date 16,393 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Employee Stock Ownership Lawsuit Unmasks Brazen Corporate Fraud
Jun-18-20 Riverside, CA The allegations made in Gamino v. KPC Healthcare are pretty lurid, especially as ERISA lawsuits go. Even apart from the loaded handgun and the slashed tires, the Complaint tells a tale of shocking financial malfeasance. The lawsuit claims that in 2015 Kali Pradip Chaudhuri, the sole shareholder of KPC Healthcare, sold the company to... - Ninth Circuit: Workers Must be Paid for Call-in Shifts
Jun-15-20 San Francisco, CA In Herrera v. Zumiez, Inc ., the Ninth Circuit affirmed that, under Wage Order No. 7 and the California Labor Code , workers must be paid if they are required to call in prior to a scheduled shift to determine whether they should actually come to work. The ruling, which follows the Court of Appeal’s reasoning in Ward v... - ERISA Lawsuits Target United HealthCare Reimbursements Practices
Jun-10-20 Pasadena, CA The Glendale Outpatient Surgery Center’s (“GOSC”) ERISA lawsuit against United HealthCare Services Inc. and UnitedHealthcare Insurance Co. (collectively “United HealthCare”) claims that the insurance giant skimped on reimbursement for services rendered by GOSC to United HealthCare patients. On May 19 the Ninth C... - The Environmental Protection Agency no longer Protecting Monsanto?
Jun-17-20 Santa Clara, CA A federal court last week slammed the EPA for approving dicamba-based weed-killing products sold by agricultural giants Bayer AG, BASF and Corteva Agriscience, now making it illegal for farmers to use dicamba herbicides. The EPA also sided with Monsanto and its Roundup weedkiller, which has tragically resulted in more than 125,000 Monsanto... - Insured Californians Getting Gouged by Out-of-Network Providers
Jun-16-20 Santa Clara, CA Back in 2017, a law was passed to protect Californians against surprise medical bills for non-emergency care. Before that, AB1611 was proposed: it was supposed to protect against emergency room overcharges but California consumers are still getting gouged by out-of-network providers. Two years after California’s surprise-billing... - Federal Court Sends Excessive Overdraft Fees Plaintiffs to Arbitration
Jun-9-20 Chicago, IL On May 18, the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ruled that two of the three named plaintiffs in Page v. Alliant Credit Union could pursue their claims only through arbitration. This ends their participation in a class action bank overdraft fees lawsuit . The lawsuit alleges that Alliant charged insufficient funds fees e... - Employment Discrimination, Disability Accommodations and Return to Work after COVID-19 Closures
Jun-10-20 New York, NY Vincent White, a partner at White, Hilferty and Albanese, hears stories like this frequently now: An employee at a New York financial services firm wants to continue to work from home even after the rest of the sales operation returns to the office. His serious heart condition raises the risks associated with exposure to COVID-19, but... - Nexium Use and Increased Risk for Fracture
Washington, DC: Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), including Nexium (esomeprazole), which are used to treat heartburn and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), ulcers in the stomach and small intestine, and inflammation of the esophagus, can cause bone fractures. According to data from a study published in the Annals of Family Medicine in 2011, r... - Two Zantac Lawsuits, Two types of Cancer
Jun-12-20 Tampa, FL Two Zantac lawsuits recently filed allege the popular heartburn and acid reflux medication causes Zantac bladder cancer and Zantac colon cancer. Both plaintiffs claim they were exposed to dangerous amounts of N--Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), a known cancer-causing chemical found in the medication. Zantac Complaints Christopher Montgo... - Safeway and McDonalds Coronavirus Safety Lawsuit
Jun-11-20 Tracy, CA Pedro Zuniga and at least 51 other Safeway workers contracted the coronavirus in “dangerous and hazardous conditions” at the company’s warehouse but they were not given personal protective equipment nor did they social distance. Instead, they were forced to work in close quarters and deterred by their employer from calling in si... - FDA Issues Warning for Injectable Silicone for Body Contouring and Enhancement
Washington, DC The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an alert to the public and healthcare providers alike, stating that the agency has not approved injectable silicone for use to enhance or augment the body. Such use can lead to ongoing pain, infections, and serious injuries, such as scarring and permanent disfigurement, embolism (bloc... - Elmiron Vision Loss Lawsuits Mounting
Jun-5-20 Santa Clara, CA On the heels of studies linking the bladder drug Elmiron to vision loss, lawsuits are being filed nationwide against Janssen Pharmaceuticals, claiming the interstitial cystitis medication causes serious vision damage, namely maculopathy — a degenerative disease of the retina. Further, the drug manufacturer has been accused of knowing... - Former Canadian Health Minister on Juul Board while Current Minister Opposes Vaping
Jun-4-20 Ottawa, ON Some people opposed to vaping would say that former Canadian Health Minister Rona Ambrose has put profit over people, specifically Juul e-cigarettes over teenage health. Former Health Minister --Current Hypocrite? In 2014, when she was Canada’s Health Minister, Ambrose said that, "Currently, without scientific evidence demonst... - California McDonald’s Workers Cite COVID-19 Safety Issues
May-25-20 Los Angeles, CA McDonald’s workers filed complaints under the Private Attorney Generals Act (PAGA) claiming that the California Division of Occupational Health and Safety’s failure to address COVID-19 workplace safety issues has put workers in “imminent danger.” McDonald’s now has less than a month to correct violatio... - Excessive Overdraft Fee Lawsuits Hit the Heartland
May-29-20 Johnson County, IA In March 2020 Catherine Razavi filed a bank overdraft fees lawsuit against GreenState Credit Union. She alleges that the credit union charged her an overdraft fee even though there was enough money in her account and seeks class-action status for the lawsuit on behalf of similarly situated customers. Her story is symptomatic of a pro... - FDA Issues Warning for Transvascular Autonomic Modulation (TVAM)
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a safety alert regarding an experimental procedure called Transvascular Autonomic Modulation (TVAM). This procedure may put patients at risk because it is being promoted as treatment for a variety of conditions even though it has not been formally studied in clinical trials. Reported risks include TVAM... - New York Medical Malpractice Lawsuit News & Legal Information
New York medical malpractice claims are made against doctors or other healthcare professionals or organizations whose standard of care fails to meet an acceptable level. When the standard of care falls and a patient suffers harm as a result, a New York medical malpractice lawsuit may be filed against the doctor, health care provider, or institution whose ac... - Taxotere Hair Loss Lawsuit Information and Legal News
Santa Clara, CA : Taxotere (generic name docetaxel) is a chemotherapy drug used in the treatment of certain cancers, including breast cancer. One drug side effect includes permanent hair loss, called alopecia. Taxotere lawsuits have been filed against Sanofi-Aventis, the manufacturer, claiming the drug company failed to warn of Taxotere hair loss . ... - St. Jude Medical Heart Device Legal News & Lawsuit Information
Attorneys are investigating possible ICD and CRT-D defibrillator lawsuits resulting from the devices possibly short-circuiting and causing harm to patients. St. Jude Medical Inc., issued a recall of some of its Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs) and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Defibrillators (CRT-Ds) implanted in about 400,000 people... - Truckers Fight Against Bill AB5, No Backup from Teamsters or State of California
May-31-20 Santa Clara, CA Uber and other gig-based companies aren’t the only ones battling California labor law Assembly Bill 5. Late last year, the Western States Trucking Association and the California Trucking Association also filed lawsuits challenging AB5 and its “ABC test”, which has now been challenged by the state and the Teamsters...