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Sort by date 16,385 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Premature Insulation Failure in Recalled St. Jude Medical Riata Defibrillator (ICD) Leads
Washington, DC: In January, 2013, the FDA posted a statement concerning people with implanted St. Jude Riata or Riata ST Silicone Endocardial Defibrillation Leads. Riata and Riata ST leads connect an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) to the heart in order to monitor heart rhythms. ICD's can detect life-threatening heart rhythms and deli... - Airbag Injuries and Defective Airbags Getting More Complicated
May-12-17 Kansas City, MO: Recent reports of airbag injuries suffered by a young woman in an older-model car that had been in an accident and returned to the road with a replacement airbag , together with media reports originating from Kansas City with regard to recycled airbags , points to an entirely new issue with recalled airbags, and accompanying airb... - Deadly Drugs and Devices Report by AAJ is a Must Read for Women
May-28-17 Washington, D.C. The American Association of Justice’s (AAJ) review of 150 years of drugs and devices offered to ostensibly improve or protect the health of women, sometimes with devastating even deadly results, is a well-researched, informative and sometimes oddly entertaining read. The AAJ report “From Accutane to Zonite: A History of Dangero... - California Unpaid Overtime, from Caregivers for the Elderly to Caretakers for the Unborn
May-28-17 Los Angeles, CA: Caregivers who have been denied California overtime for years may finally have their rights upheld, thanks to an overtime lawsuit filed by the LA City Attorney. And “birth tourism” workers are following suit. Last September, Senate Bill 105 gave domestic workers, including caregivers, permanent overtime protections in the... - Surgical Mesh Lawsuit Nets $2.16 Million for Pen Argyl Plaintiff
May-28-17 Philadelphia, PA: Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson has just lost its fourth surgical mesh lawsuit after a jury in Philadelphia just this past Friday returned a verdict of $2.16 million against Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and its subsidiary Ethicon Women’s Health and Urology (Ethicon). The fourth loss for the defendants in as many tr... - Angioplasty TVAM, Doctors and the FDA
May-19-17 Washington, DC: Angioplasty was designed as a safe alternative to open heart surgery, but a procedure using balloon angioplasty devices called transvascular autonomic modulation (TVAM) is not safe, which the FDA has warned of repeatedly. Some doctors, however, believe its benefits outweigh the risks involved. The agency in March 2017 issued a war... - Consumer and Legal Advocates Concerned About Potential Threats to Class Action Lawsuits
May-23-17 Washington, DC: Consumer advocates see potential storm clouds on the horizon and they are standing-at-the-ready to fight any forthcoming threat that might preclude consumers from using class action suits to pursue justice. For years, the fine print section of contracts, particularly in the financial services industry, has often asked consumers to si... - Risperdal Victims Candid Photographs Speak Volumes
May-23-17 Detroit, MI: Most jurors in Risperdal trials are likely sympathetic and at the same time shocked to discover how boys who developed female breasts have suffered. The public are likely reacting the same way after seeing a photo project online titled “Risperdal Boys”. Photographer Richard Johnson has captured the pain and suffering and emb... - Generic Docetaxel Inclusion in Taxotere MDL Significant Departure
May-24-17 Philadelphia, PA Eight Manufacturers of a generic form of Taxotere known as Docetaxel are also being included in the ongoing MDL in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana (New Orleans). As a result, more women will likely join the approximately 1,000 women already involved in the litigation. Generic versions of brand-name drugs that com... - Retaliation to be added to Tesla Inc. Workplace Racial Discrimination Suit
May-26-17 Oakland, CA Legal team representing a 44-year-old African American man who claims he was harassed and discriminated against while working as an assembly line worker at the Tesla car factory in Fremont, California is adding a charge of retaliation to the already long list of claims of violations of the California state labor laws. DeWitt Lambert, wh... - $39M Settlement Reached in USAA Auto Insurance Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A $39 million settlement has been agreed between class members and The United Services Automobile Association in a bad faith insurance lawsuit alleging the insurer breached the terms of auto insurance policies by failing to fully pay members for sales tax in the purchase of a comparable vehicle after their vehicles were written off... - Ongoing Efforts to Improve Endoscope Disinfection May not be Enough
May-21-17 Ivyland, PA: It was just about a year ago, on May 29 2016 that the Sunday Telegram of Massachusetts highlighted the trials and tribulations of a manufacturer and their endoscope cleaning machine. Custom Ultrasonics Inc., based in Ivyland PA., had been previously taken to task by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with regard to an endoscope cleaning... - Judge Awards $2 Million Verdict in Defective Hip Implant Lawsuit
May-21-17 Albuquerque, NM: A New Mexico judge has ruled that Zimmer must pay $2 million after a bench trial concerning one of its hip implant devices that allegedly injured a patient. Judge Nan G. Nash on March 31, 2017 awarded a $2 million judgment to plaintiff Michael McDonald in a lawsuit against Zimmer Inc. and Zimmer Holdings Inc. McDonald filed th... - From $20 Million to Fifty Bucks: Could the Same Thing Happen in Texas?
May-25-17 Dallas,TX: A legal showdown is brewing in the state of Texas over that state’s cap on punitive damages. Texas medical malpractice lawyers representing plaintiffs who saw their $502 million jury award over failed DePuy Pinnacle hip implants reduced to $150 million, are challenging the state caps at the same time that DePuy principle Johnson &... - $5M Discover Home Loans Preliminary TCPA Settlement Approved
Santa Clara, CA: Preliminary approval of a $5 million settlement has been granted in Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) class action pending Discover Financial Services and Discover Home Loans Inc. The suit alleged that the defendants made unsolicited telemarketing calls to customers without receiving consent to do so. If you received telema... - Catheter Injury Lawsuits following Catheter Recalls
May-20-17 Dallas, TX: In the wake of more than four million catheter recalls over the past year by numerous medical device manufacturers, dozens of patients have reported injuries and two wrongful death lawsuits have been filed due to broken catheters. In most of these injuries the catheter tips have fractured or other parts of the device have separated withi... - South Carolina Stockert 3T Lawsuits Won't Head to MDL
May-22-17 Greenville, SC: The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) will not allow a large group of federally filed lawsuits concerning the Stockert 3T heater-cooler system to be consolidated in one court for more efficient handling. In Jan. 2017, plaintiffs filed a motion In RE: Sorin 3T Heater-Cooler System Products Liability Litigation ,... - Ex Bailarina exótica comienza una demanda de horas extras en California
May-24-17 Santa Bárbara, CA: Una bailarina exótica que afirma no haber recibido ingresos de ningún tipo por parte de los propietarios del club de caballeros para el que trabajó brevemente, ha presentado una acción colectiva putativa en un tribunal de California que alega violaciones de las leyes estatales de pago de horas extras... - Showdown between Honeywell Inc. and Retirees Brewing in Michigan
May-23-17 Detroit, MI: A showdown is brewing between retirees of Honeywell International Inc. and the company for whom they once worked, over health care benefits Honeywell is threatening to take way. The former unionized workers counter that ongoing healthcare benefits were part of their promised retirement packages and they are litigating their Michigan employme... - Attorney Max Kennerly Takes Sides against Essure
May-18-17 Philadelphia, PA More and more women are coming forward with complaints and complications related to the use of Bayer’s Essure contraceptive device . So far, only a few Essure lawsuits have been filed and attorney Max Kennerly does not expect any of the cases he is working on to get near a courtroom any time in the near future. For confident...