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Sort by date 16,391 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Are Benicar Generics Flying Under the Radar?
Sep-4-17 Santa Cruz, CA: Drug maker Daiichi Sankyo has now offered $300 million to settle more than 2,000 Benicar lawsuits based on allegations that blood pressure medications, Benicar, Benicar HCT, Azor, and Tribenzor caused serious gastrointestinal injuries. But Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc., Apotex, Inc., Lupin Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Ascend Laboratories L... - LTD Plaintiff Breaks Through ERISA Barrier
Sep-4-17 Washington, DC: Long term denied disability lawsuits against employer-based plans are notoriously hard to win. But the rules may be about to change. Marcin v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company and Mitre Corporation Long Term Disability Insurance Program a 2017 decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, ma... - “The Bravelle Clock is Ticking,” Says Canadian Attorney
Sep-4-17 Vancouver, BC: While plaintiffs, both in Canada and the U.S., are joining Bravelle Infertility drug lawsuits against manufacturer Ferring Pharmaceuticals, some couples and individuals have exhausted their finances due to the allegedly ineffective fertility drug. And time is not on their side. In October 2016 tests showed that four lots of Bravelle... - Bag Search Plaintiffs Get Another Bite at Apple
Aug-30-17 Los Angeles, CA: On August 17, 2017, the Ninth Circuit breathed new life into Frlekin v. Apple , a class action suit brought by Apple employees : Frlekin v. Apple who contend that, under the provisions of California labor law they should be paid for the time they have to spend waiting to have their bags searched at the end of a shift. The ques... - Endo Will Pay $775M to End All Known AMS Vaginal Mesh Product Liability Claims
Santa Clara, CA: Endo International PLC has announced that it will settle “virtually all known” AMS transvaginal mesh product liability lawsuits. This includes lawsuits in the US and internationally. In a statement issued by the Irish-based maker of transvaginal surgical mesh, Endo stated it will end the known US claims at "reasonable... - Testosterone Lawsuits Begin, Outcomes Split
Sep-5-17 Chicago, IL: The makers of a testosterone supplement that only carries FDA approval for hypogonadism (severely depleted testosterone) but nonetheless has been heavily marketed to treat a largely manufactured disease, won their day in court at the end of last month when a jury in state court found in favor of AndroGel manufacturer AbbVie. The decision trans... - Capital One Robocall Lawsuit News and Legal Information
Lawsuits have been filed against Capital One Financial and Capital One Bank, alleging that Capital One violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by using an automated telephone dialing system to "robocall" consumers in an attempt to collect on a credit card debt. Robocalls and telemarketing calls are currently the number one source of consumer complaint... - $13.5 Preliminary Settlement Approved in Room To Go Consumer Fraud Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A $13.5 million settlement has received preliminary approval in a consumer fraud class action lawsuit pending against furniture retailer Rooms To Go. If the settlement receives final approval, it will end allegations that the company deliberately misled consumers into purchasing fabric protection that was not properly applied. US... - New Jersey Woman Files Mirena Lawsuit Alleging Blurred Vision
Sep-4-17 Newark, NJ: The majority of Mirena birth control side effects lawsuits are associated with device migration and various injuries stemming from the intra-uterine birth control device having drifted away from its original insertion point. Reported incidences of Mirena uterine perforation have included reports of uterine perforation when the device is ini... - Qui Tam Whistleblower Lawsuit Goes After “Up Coding”
Aug-28-17 Atlanta, GA: The Medical Center, Navicent Health (“Navicent”) has agreed to pay $2,549,742 to the United States and the State of Georgia to resolve allegations that it violated the federal False Claims Act (FCA) and the Georgia False Medicaid Claims Act by submitting inflated bills for ambulance transportation. The qui tam whistleblower lawsu... - Study Suggests Abilify Risks Outweigh Benefits
Sep-1-17 Washington, DC: A recent study conducted by researchers at the Veterans Affairs suggests that Abilify (aripiprazole) may not be as effective at treating depression as the medical community and patients have been led to believe by the manufacturer. The Study, published by the Journal of the American Medical Association ( JAMA ) determined that Abi... - Disgruntled Connecticut Account Holder Sues People’s United Bank over Fees
Sep-3-17 Bridgeport, CT: An overdraft fees class action lawsuit appears to be breaking new ground, and creating even bigger waves in the pool of complaints over excessive bank fees; namely, re-ordering transactions in such a way as to force an account into overdraft, thereby affording the offending bank the opportunity to pocket additional fees. To that end,... - Replacement Airbags Pose Serious Risk of Injury to Consumers
Aug-23-17 Las Vegas, NV: On Friday, August 18, 2017, attorneys for Karina Dorado, a young woman who suffered severe airbag injuries , filed suit in a Nevada state court. The case highlights the danger consumers face from replacement airbags. These are situations that slip through the cracks of massive airbag recall efforts and remain largely unaddressed by law. ... - Plaintiff Goes After Kohl’s With Proposed Class Action TCPA Lawsuit
Sep-2-17 Chicago, IL: Imagine getting over 100 unwanted calls to your cell phone. Well, Mark Ankcorn doesn’t have to imagine it. He alleges to have actually experienced such TCPA violations from Kohl’s department Store between July, and October 2014. After receiving upwards of 105 nuisance calls within a four-month period, Ankcorn filed a lawsuit allegi... - Los trabajadores de la comida rápida en California merecen horas extra
Sep-1-17 San Francisco, CA: "Cada centavo, cada penique", gritó una multitud de trabajadores de comida rápida de McDonald's en 2014, "¡Merecemos nuestro tiempo extra!" Es el estribillo ahora, pero la gente se ha expandido para incluir al gigante de la comida Chipotle Mexican Grill, Ministry of Taste LLC, Y Red Dog Restaurant - todos acusados ??d... - Farmworkers Another Step Toward California Overtime
Aug-25-17 Menlo Park, CA: Farmworkers employed by Apio Inc. fought for their rights and won last week, when a California overtime class-action lawsuit settled for almost $6 million. The lawsuit claimed that Apio, a Guadalupe packaging company, and Pacific Harvest, its labor contractor, failed to provide appropriate rest and meal times to workers, while also fa... - “The More I Find Out about this Hernia Mesh, the Angrier I Get, “ says Surgical Mesh Victim
Aug-29-17 Toronto, ON: Linda has been suffering from debilitating pain since she had routine abdominal mesh surgery. “I was better off before surgery with a little discomfort. Now I find out, too late, that some of the mesh is defective,” she says. “And to make me even angrier, studies show that not all hernias need surgery. I should have sat t... - Acuerdos y demandas de tiempo extra, desde los terapeutas de salud de Pennsylvania a los cuidadores de California
Aug-31-17 San Francisco, CA: A pesar de las leyes federales y estatales establecidas para asegurar que los trabajadores de cuidado de la salud –que abarcan desde los profesionales de la salud conductual en Pennsylvania hasta los cuidadores en casa en California- reciban compensación de horas extras a las que tienen derecho, los empleadores todav&iac... - Michigan Widow Files Asbestos Lawsuit
Aug-31-17 Port Huron, MI: A woman from Michigan claims her late husband, who died of lung cancer, was felled from the aftereffects of asbestos exposure while on the job. To that end, plaintiff Phylis Rutledge filed an asbestosis lawsuit on behalf of the estate of Warren Rutledge against a host of defendants. Asbestos is a known carcinogen whose lethal propert... - $5.5M Settlement Reached in Rite Aid Unpaid Overtime Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A $5.5 million settlement has been reached in an unpaid overtime class action lawsuit brought against Rite Aid by its store managers. If approved, the settlement would pay damages to two groups of managers, one involving a group of all current and former salaried store managers who worked at Rite Aid between March 2007 and the present,...