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Sort by date 16,385 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- $6.2M Settlement Reached in Permanente Call Center Nurses Unpaid Wages Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: Preliminary approval of a $6.23million settlement will be granted potentially ending an California unpaid wages class action lawsuit against Permanente Medical Group Inc. The lawsuit was brought by call center-based nurses who alleged they weren’t compensated for time they spent booting up and shutting down their computers. So... - For Comenity Bank, TCPA Violation Lawsuit Keep Coming
Jul-7-17 Chicago, IL: A bank that isn’t really a bank in the traditional sense has been hit yet again with Comenity Bank TCPA violations by plaintiffs who assert the bank’s use of robocalling and other, allegedly unlawful methods of contact amounted to undue harassment and flies in the face of regulations governed by the Telephone Consumer Protectio... - Bumble Bee Pleads Guilty to Tuna Price Fixing with Possible $25M Fine
Washington, DC: Bumble Bee Foods LLC has agreed to plead guilty to charges of price fixing practices on its tinned tuna products and pay a criminal fine of at least $25 million to the US Department of Justice (DOJ). The charges against Bumble Bee are the first to be brought by the DOJ in its ongoing investigation of antitrust practices in the... - Hip Replacement Patient says Better Off Without
Jun-28-17 Seattle, WA: When Sharon had a Hip replacement she expected, and was told, it would improve her quality of life, her overall well-being. Instead, her health has deteriorated and she is totally disabled. And her third hip revision surgery is scheduled for next month. “Not even a year after my Biomet hip replacement failed—and I st... - California Labor Law Protects Workers, from Pole Dancers to Pot Growers to Babysitters
Jun-30-17 San Francisco, CA: No matter your profession, California workers are protected by, and employers must adhere to California labor laws . Increasingly, workers are standing up for their rights but some employers didn’t get the memo. For instance, a former exotic dancer in March 2017 filed a class action lawsuit against a Spearmint Rhino club... - Taxotere Hair Loss: Are Doctors Forthright with their Patients as to Risk?
Jul-6-17 Washington, DC: Many a Taxotere hair loss lawsuit asserts that the manufacturer of Taxotere (docetaxel), Sanofi, knew about the increased risk for permanent hair loss associated with its cancer drug, and yet downplayed the risk without revealing that competing products on the market were just as effective at treating cancer as Taxotere, but without the... - Bone Graft Substitutes Lawsuit News and Legal Information
Los Angeles, CA: The FDA is informing healthcare providers, patients, and parents/guardians that bone graft substitutes containing recombinant proteins or synthetic peptides should not be the first treatment considered for patients under age 18 with significant bone defects or rare bone disorders. The FDA has not approved these products for use i... - Pregnant with Mirena IUD
Jul-1-17 Fort Mitchell, AL: The Mirena IUD for birth control has been in the news recently, albeit under bizarre circumstances. One mom in Alabama posted on Facebook a photo of her newborn holding the IUD that was meant to prevent his appearance. A woman in the UK was implanted with Mirena when she was unknowingly pregnant—sadly the baby was stillborn. ... - Party Animal “Cocolicious” Dog Food Subject of Class Action
Jul-1-17 Pasadena, CA Two companies involved in the manufacture and distribution of an upscale dog food known as “Cocolicious” are the subject of a class action lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Court. The suit alleges Party Animal Inc. of California and Evanger’s Dog and Cat Food Company of Illinois are responsible for selling cans of Part... - Smith & Nephew Birmingham Hip Resurfacing Lawsuit Filed
Jul-5-17 Santa Clara, CA: Smith & Nephew is the latest hip replacement maker to face a lawsuit over defective design resulting in personal injury. The complaint was filed by a woman who alleges she developed metallosis, or metal blood poisoning, after having a Smith and Nephew 50mm Birmingham Resurfacing femoral head, and a 56mm Birmingham Resurfacing a... - Eli Lilly & Co. Testosterone Bellwether Trials Scheduled for 2018
Jul-4-17 Chicago, IL: AbbVie Inc., the makers of AndroGel, have garnered the lion’s share of attention (and the highest proportion of lawsuits) in the testosterone side effects MDL to date. However Eli Lilly and Co. (Lilly), the manufacturer of Axiron, is the subject of renewed focus after the federal judge in Illinois overseeing multidistrict litigation... - Former Amazon Manager Sues For Overtime Wages
Jul-4-17 Seattle, WA: A former warehouse manager for Amazon has filed a lawsuit for California overtime violations , claiming that Amazon failed to pay overtime and misclassified his employee status. Michael Ortiz, a former shift manager for Amazon in its San Francisco Bay area warehouses, filed a lawsuit against Amazon in June 2017, claiming that Amazon impr... - With Takata Falling, Airbag Injuries and Recycled Airbags Take Center Stage
Jul-4-17 Los Vegas, NV: Karina Dorado appears, by circumstance, to have become the latest poster child for airbag injuries . The 18-year-old Nevada resident was involved in a relatively minor front-end collision earlier this year from which most people would walk away. However, the force with which the driver’s side airbag in her used Honda Accord deployed... - $11M Settlement Gets Final Approval in Frontier TCPA Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: An $11 million settlement of a nationwide Telephone Consumer protection Act (TCPA) class action lawsuit against Frontier Communications has received final court approval. The complaint alleged that Frontier commissioned thousands of automated telemarketing calls which were made through a company called Virido in violation of the TCPA... - Federal Judge Allows Hip Implant Lawsuit to Move Forward
Jul-3-17 Philadelphia, PA: A federal judge will allow a hip implant lawsuit related to a Stryker hip implant system to continue after she dismissed two of the plaintiff's claims but allowed a manufacturing defect claim to remain. US District Judge Wendy Beetlestone on April 27, 2017 dismissed plaintiff Gary Smith's strict liability design-defect and negligen... - Employers Can’t Eat in to Workers’ Lunch Period says Lawsuit
Jul-2-17 Los Angeles, CA California employers got a big heads up in December 2016 when the highest court in the State came down on the side of workers who either expect to be paid or left in peace during their breaks. Los Angeles employment lawyer, Nicholas De Blouw, from Blumenthal Nordrehaug & Bhowmik says that Augustus v ABM Security Services decis... - New Jersey Man Claims Diabetes Medicine Caused His Heart Disease
Jun-27-17 Trenton, NJ: A New Jersey man has filed a federal lawsuit against drug manufacturers Bristol-Myers Squibb and Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals, claiming he suffered injuries after taking the diabetes drug Saxagliptin, sold under the brand names Onglyza and Kombiglyze XR . Earl Binns filed the lawsuit Earl Binns v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company et al , Cas... - Zimmer Biomet Shoulder Failure: Consider Rehabilitation over Revision Surgery
Jun-27-17 Washington, DC: Not only is the failure rate of Zimmer Biomet shoulder surgery abnormally high, a new study shows that some patients undergoing shoulder replacement surgery have an increased risk of complications, including the need for revision surgery—which comes with its own set of risks. Every surgery has a risk of failure, and because sh... - Canadians Miffed at Failed Physiomesh Approved Under FDA 510(k) Clearance
Jun-29-17 Toronto, ON: Colleen Copland feels that she is far too young, at age 34, to be dealing with surgical mesh side effects stemming from an implantation of the now-recalled Ethicon Physiomesh. A routine procedure to repair an abdominal hernia mushroomed into a nightmare for the Canadian woman, who along with one other sufferer interviewed by CTV News (03/28/... - Prolift Transvaginal Mesh Introduced Without FDA Pre-Market Clearance: Report
Jul-1-17 Washington, DC: Expert insight from a witness in a recent transvaginal mesh lawsuit provides a revealing look into how some products reach the market prior to evolving to become a thorn in the side (or elsewhere) for a patient having undergone a surgical procedure in good faith with a device presumed to be safe. In late May, plaintiff Sharon Beltz w...