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Sort by date 16,391 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- California Saxagliptin Lawsuit Plaintiffs Score Big Procedural Win
Aug-11-17 Washington, DC: Saxagliptin lawsuit plaintiffs just got a big victory. The fact that they can sue in California courts under California law will affect whether and how much they can recover for the injuries they have suffered. Saxagliptin, a prescription drug used in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes, is marketed as Onglyza and Kombiglyze XR. In... - Abogado discute la demanda y el acuerdo de empleo de California en Augustus vs ABM Security Services
Aug-19-17 Oakland, CA: Miles de guardias de seguridad están extremadamente complacidos con el resultado de su demanda en relación con los descansos, que se mantuvo en el sistema judicial durante años. "Después de 12 años, acabamos de recibir la aprobación final del tribunal de nuestro acuerdo por $110 millones", dice el abog... - $9.8M Awarded in Defective Wheelchair Injury Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A $9.8 million settlement has been awarded to a 35-year old plaintiff who suffered injuries resulting from defects in his wheelchair. The defective wheelchair personal injury lawsuit, filed in San Diego, alleged plaintiff Toby Morin suffered life altering injuries as a result of defective design, manufacture, warnings and repair. Fur... - Recycled Defective Airbags Akin to ‘Ticking Time Bombs’
Aug-17-17 Orlando, FL: The dead do not tell tales about airbag injuries , and there are sixteen people around the world (11 in the US alone) who can no longer speak for themselves after shrapnel from an airbag failure ripped into them and snuffed out their lives in deaths that the Associated Press (AP 06/26/17) characterize as “grisly.” Karina Do... - Summary Judgment for DePuy Upheld in Defective Hip Lawsuit
Aug-17-17 St. Louis, MO: A judgement for the defendant made by a lower court was upheld on appeal, affirming the original finding in favor of DePuy Orthopaedics in a hip replacement implant failure lawsuit . And while there is little doubt the plaintiff suffered from her allegedly defective hip implant, issues with the testimony of an expert witness appeared to s... - Unum Lawsuits Face SSDI Offset Snag
Aug-13-17 Phoenix, AZ: On August 7, 2017, a federal judge in Arizona denied a long term disability plaintiff’s motion for partial summary judgment based, roughly speaking, on the sheer worthlessness of his LTD ride, according to Lexis Legal News . The decision is more bad news for Unum lawsuit plaintiffs, who have long struggled with similar issue... - Disability Insurance is not a Slam Dunk says Lawyer
Aug-15-17 Minneapolis, MN Disabled workers sometimes get a rude awakening when the workplace disability insurance policy they thought would help them maintain their standard of living in the event of injury or illness abruptly ends. “Many people think once the disability company finds them disabled and starts paying benefits these benefits will continue un... - Implantable Defibrillators with Faulty Batteries Lead to Class Action
Aug-12-17 Toronto, Ontario Thousands of Canadians and American cardiac arrhythmia patients with implantable defibrillators powered by faulty ion batteries and manufactured by St. Jude’s Medical Inc. and St. Jude’s Medical Canada are or will soon be eligible to join class actions suits in Canada and the US. Attorney Paul Miller, from the Toronto l... - Propecia Lawsuit Plaintiffs Should Brace for Statute of Limitations Fight
Aug-14-17 Washington, DC: Plaintiffs have now filed more than 1,400 Propecia lawsuits alleging that the drug, also known as finasteride, caused a variety of side effects, including sexual dysfunction, depression and cognitive disorders. These symptoms may persist even after the drug is discontinued. Many of these cases have been consolidated into multi-dist... - Cancer Patient Files Lawsuit for Delayed Diagnosis
Aug-14-17 Atlanta, GA: In May 2015, Cynthia Ziegler from Brookhaven, Georgia received a devastating diagnosis from her doctor. Ziegler had stage IV lung cancer and there was no reason for optimism. Until that day Ziegler had no idea there was a dangerous cancer lurking in her chest. Two years earlier, in December 2016, Ziegler had surgery to repair an abnormal a... - Florida Plaintiff Resolves Citibank Nuisance Call Lawsuit
Aug-13-17 Tampa, FL: The telephone has, for generations, served as a communications conduit. And while technology has evolved to include mobile, music, video (live and passive) and data, the role of ‘the phone’ has remained largely unchanged, as a modicum of contact. Various forms of abuse, however resulted in the establishment of the Telephone Consumer... - Deadline Set in $300 Million Settlement in Benicar Lawsuit – Short Window!
Aug-10-17 Houston, TX Users of the blood pressure medication Benicar will receive an estimated average payout of $100,000 each in a settlement deal reached with Diiachi Sankyo and Forest Laboratories. The company admits no liability but agreed to pay compensation plaintiffs to some individuals who experienced gastrointestinal problems after using the medication... - Pain from Surgical Mesh Complications Dropped Physiomesh Patient “To My Knees”
Aug-12-17 Dartmouth, NS: It might be argued that an 86-year-old individual shouldn’t be spending his twilight years suffering debilitating pain and surgical mesh complications from an allegedly defective surgical product. But such is the fate of a Canadian man who alleges that Ethicon Physiomesh, which has been recalled by Health Canada, is responsible for... - Another DePuy Defective Hip Implant Lawsuit Heads to Trial
Aug-5-17 Washington, DC: Alicea et al v. DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. et al, the fourth bellwether defective hip implant lawsuit involving DePuy’s Pinnacle Ultamet implant will go to trial on September 5, 2017 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. There are currently more than 9,000 Pinnacle hip failure lawsuits consolidated in... - Liberty Mutual Ignored Plaintiff’s Fibromyalgia: Lawsuit
Aug-9-17 Miami, FL: It could be argued that it’s somewhat unfair to paint an individual insurance company as a villain without acknowledging the role other insurance companies play in creating a less-than savory reputation for an industry known for denying legitimate claims. Be that as it may, Liberty Mutual has its share of Liberty Mutual wrongly denied di... - Airbag Recall: My Subaru Passengers in the Back Seat
Aug-9-17 Vancouver, BC: I drive a Subaru because it consistently gets top marks in safety from Consumers Reports and the insurance industry. It constantly gets "top safety pick” by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. And it looks good. But all these years that I’ve been driving a Subaru, it never occurred to me that there was a risk of airba... - California Overtime Lawsuit Settles in Record Time for $5.95 Million
Aug-11-17 San Francisco, CA: A California overtime pay class action lawsuit will settle for $5.95 million following the granting of final approval by a California federal judge earlier this week. The settlement brings to a close a lawsuit brought by a class of service managers against Ecolab Inc., alleging violations against California overtime law. According... - Tipsters Play Huge Role in Rooting Out Financial Fraud
Aug-2-17 New York, NY: The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been relentless in its pursuit of wrongdoers in the financial industry. Since 2011 it has recovered $975 million in enforcement actions ranging from elaborate investment schemes to financial advisors that work to benefit themselves rather than investors. Although the industry came und... - Guardian Denied Disability Lawsuit Goes to Mediation in Florida
Aug-8-17 Gainesville, FL: Smith v. Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, a Guardian denied disability lawsuit, has been sent to mediation in the Northern District of Florida. A settlement is expected in November, 2017. Dr. William E. Smith Jr., a surgeon, filed a complaint in March, 2017 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida... - California Employment Labor Law Class Action Gets Nod for $1.35 Million Settlement
Aug-10-17 San Francisco, CA: A California employee labor law class action is one step closer to resolution after a San Francisco judge signaled he would grant final approval of a settlement worth $1.35 million. The lawsuit, which has been ongoing for about 18 months, pits a beer distributor from the Bay Area against a class of hourly employees who claimed violat...