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Sort by date 16,385 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Essure Banned in Another Country, Essure Victim in US wants it Banned Worldwide
Jun-15-17 Cleveland, OH: Brazil found Essure such a risk that it’s national health agency banned the permanent sterilization device this past February. Finland is the second country to follow suit. Given the fact that thousands of women have been seriously injured by Essure, isn’t it time the U.S. followed these two forward-thinking countries? Wo... - Wisconsin Plaintiff’s Lawsuit Revived on Appeal
Jun-21-17 Chicago, IL: A Wisconsin employment lawsuit that may have been lost on a complex legal technicality will live on to see another day, following a ruling by a split panel of the Seventh Circuit in Chicago. The plaintiff in the Wisconsin labor case is Tracey Coleman. The defendant is the Wisconsin office of the Department of Labor Review Commission (DL... - Are Recalled Duodenoscopes Any Safer?
Jun-21-17 Washington, DC: Any medical device plaintiff fighting an endoscope infection lawsuit appears to have a friend in Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash). The Democratic lawmaker noted back in April that she had become alarmed in the face of a superbug outbreak in Europe late last year, and thus had issued a request to medical device manufacturer Olympus Corp. (O... - Johnson & Johnson Asks For New Trial in $151 Million Hip Lawsuit Judgment
Jun-14-17 Dallas, TX: Johnson & Johnson and its DePuy Orthopaedics unit have filed a brief asking an appeals court to reconsider denial of their motion for a new trial that resulted in a $151 million judgment against those manufacturers on a Pinnacle hip implant bellwether trial. Johnson & Johnson (J & J) and DePuy on April 18, 2017, filed the app... - Olympus Settles Four Power Morcellator Lawsuits
Jun-18-17 Upper Saucon Township, PA: Olympus Corp. of the Americas has settled four lawsuits for injuries and one death allegedly related to the company's power morcellator surgical device, according to The Morning Call . The lawsuits against Olympus Corp. and its Gyrus division alleged that women who underwent gynecological surgeries using the Olympus power... - Talcum Powder Cancer Trial Not Boding Well for Johnson & Johnson
Jun-20-17 St. Louis, MO: The sixth talcum powder cancer trial hasn’t started well for deep-pocket defendant Johnson & Johnson. Jurors heard a pharmacology and toxicology expert—and former consultant to the pharmaceutical industry—testify that “talc is toxic.” Pharmacology and toxicology expert Dr Laura M. Plunkett has her Ph... - School District Attempts to Dismiss Lead Poisoning in Drinking Water Lawsuit
Jun-15-17 Pittsburgh, PA: A school district north of Pittsburgh is doing what it can to stymie and stem a lead poisoning class action lawsuit , making claims of precedent and holding the view that plaintiffs do not have standing to represent their children. Undaunted, lead poisoning lawyers representing the plaintiffs in Tait et al v. Butler Area School District... - Trio of Eliquis Blood Thinner Lawsuits Allege Defective Product
Jun-19-17 New York, NY: Three separate Eliquis side effects lawsuits each make similar claims: that Eliquis is unnecessarily dangerous and defective, and was rushed to market without an available antidote capable of reversing Eliquis anticoagulant bleedouts. The clinical trial used to approve apixaban (Eliquis), known as ARISTOTLE, was carried out in China and w... - Hawaii Sues Three Automakers Over Defective Takata Airbags
Jun-13-17 Honolulu, HI: The State of Hawaii is suing Ford, Nissan and Toyota for marketing and selling vehicles with Takata airbags that could potentially explode and cause injuries or death. On May 24, 2017, The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Office of Consumer Protection (CCA) on behalf of the State of Hawaii filed a lawsuit , State of Haw... - Woman Awarded $2.1M in Fourth Pelvic Mesh Trial
Jun-15-17 Santa Clara, CA: A jury has awarded $2.1 million in damages in the fourth consecutive transvaginal mesh bellwether product liability lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson (J&J). The lawsuit is part of a massive multi-district litigation and was brought against J&J’s Prolift pelvic mesh. It was made and marketed by J&J’s subsid... - Seeking Help Difficult for Bipolar Man with Risperdal “Man Boobs”
Jun-14-17 Plattsmouth, NE: Most of us don’t think twice to talk with our doctor if we think there is an issue—a side effect—associated with a prescribed medication. But many people with mental illness don’t have the wherewithal to seek help. Such is the case with Jared, who was prescribed Risperdal for bipolar disorder and schizophrenia... - One Defendant Dismissed from Benicar Lawsuit, Daiichi Sankyo Remains
Jun-16-17 Trenton, NJ: A Benicar lawsuit alleging Benicar side effects has been disentangled from one if its defendants after a doctor was summarily dismissed from the lawsuit on grounds that his inclusion in the lawsuit was without merit. The Benicar illness and weight loss lawsuit is Williamson, D.O. et al v. Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. et al , Case No. 1:16... - Toyota, Subaru, Mazda and BMW Agree $553.6M Settlement in Takata Airbag MDL
Santa Clara, CA: $553.6 million in settlements has been agreed in multi-district litigation (MDL) involving Toyota, Subaru, Mazda and BMW, which will see the automakers pay the sum to end claims brought by plaintiffs over alleged defective Takata airbags. To date, the airbags, which can explode, have been linked with 11 deaths in the US. According... - Feds Reach $8M Settlement with Omnicare in False Claims Whistleblower Suit
Santa Clara, CA: An $8 million settlement has been reached in a qui tam lawsuit brought against Omnicare Inc, a subsidiary of CVS Health Corp, by The US Department of Justice and 28 states. The whistleblower lawsuit alleged the defendants violated the False Claim Act by incorrectly labeling generic drugs. The labeling procedure enabled claims to be... - Invokana Adverse Events Subject to Much Scrutiny
Jun-13-17 Boston, MA: A new study recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine (06/08/17) with regard to the potential for diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) shows that type 2 diabetes patients on sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor drugs appear to have double the risk for DKA when compared with patients using dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) in... - Fast Food Workers Deserve California Overtime
Jun-12-17 San Francisco, CA: “Every nickel, every dime," shouted a crowd of McDonald’s fast food workers back in 2014, "We deserve our overtime !” That’s the same refrain now but the crowd has expanded to include food giant Chipotle Mexican Grill, Ministry of Taste LLC, and Red Dog Restaurant—all accused of violating California... - Plaintiff Files Proposed Class Action Lawsuit over Nuisance Bank Robocalls
Jun-11-17 Orlando, FL: The availability of autodialing technology is not lost on the banking industry, competitive as it is. And while disgruntled plaintiffs line up over Comenity Bank TCPA violations , as an example, Comenity is not the only bank accused of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). To that end, Capital One NA is facing a pro... - Unum’s Suspension of Benefits and Outsourcing
Jun-11-17 Chattanooga, TN: If you receive disability benefits from the health insurance provider Unum , you might want to seek legal advice if and when they send you a “Suspension of Benefits” letter: it is likely another bad faith tactic to deny your benefits altogether. Technically, there are two things a disability policy can do—pay or de... - Illinois Plaintiff Launches TCPA Robocall Lawsuit against Fifth Third Bank
Jun-13-17 Chicago, IL: The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and the Federal Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) were enacted to protect consumers from needless harassment over the phone. Common purveyors of such harassment have historically been telemarketers, or debt collectors that often wind up harassing the wrong people over a debt no longer owed, due... - $20M Verdict Awarded in Ethicon TVT Mesh Personal Injury Mass Torte
Santa Clara, CA: A $20 million verdict has been awarded against Johnson & Johnson (J&J) in punitive damages, in the third bellwether Ethicon pelvic mesh injury lawsuit, part of the pelvic mesh mass torte. The 12-member jury hearing the case in Philadelphia returned the verdict after testimony was given by Plaintiff Margaret “Peggy” Engleman, demo...