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Sort by relevance 16,386 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Taxotere Docetaxel Side Effects Not Limited to Permanent Hair Loss
Jan-22-17 Washington, DC: The Taxotere hair loss lawsuit file continues to move forward, with various Pretrial Orders issued in the early part of the New Year with proposed Plaintiff and Defendant fact sheets due to be filed Monday (January 23). Meanwhile, Taxotere patients continue to deal with the frustration, disappointment and emotional turmoil that are the... - Adverse Events for Patients Using Alere INRatio System
Jan-21-17 Houston, TX: Patients taking blood thinning medications know they have to be careful to ensure their blood remains in therapeutic levels, to prevent major bleeding episodes. That’s why they use devices like the Alere INRatio2 system, to ensure that if they need it, their blood clots properly. But what happens if they can't be sure the systems tha... - Transvaginal Mesh Litigation: Positive Start to 2017
Jan-21-17 Pittsburgh, PA: If transvaginal mesh litigation at the beginning of 2017 is anything to go by, the coming year is hopeful for mesh victims. Last year a jury awarded Sharon Carlino $13.7 million who claimed that she had suffered irreversible damage from Ethicon (J&J subsidiary) transvaginal mesh. Ethicon challenged the outcome and filed post... - Johnson & Johnson Faces Another Hip Replacement Lawsuit
Jan-20-17 New Brunswick, NJ: Days after a Texas jury awarded $1 billion to six patients in a hip replacement lawsuit , another lawsuit has been filed against Johnson & Johnson. The pharmaceutical company is not the only to face allegations of problems with its hip replacement devices, however. In addition to J&J subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics, Stryker and... - Healthcare Whistleblowers Protect Patients' Rights
Jan-20-17 Marion, NC: Patients rely on doctors, medical centers, and healthcare companies to ensure the treatment they receive is safe and lives up to strict regulations. But sometimes healthcare companies attempt to get around the rules, putting the health and lives of their patients at risk. In those cases, healthcare whistleblowers —the people who know o... - People Angry with Department of Motor Vehicles Violating their Privacy
Jan-19-17 Charlotte, NC: “It’s reassuring that attorneys are trying to stop the DMV from selling our private information ,” says Gary. “I wondered how these companies got my address and phone number—until I read on LawyersandSettlements about an attorney filing complaints about DPPA violations.” Gary is referring to attor... - More Talc Litigation Coming in 2017
Jan-19-17 St. Louis, MO Expect more news on the talc litigation front in 2017 – lots of it. After three mega million dollar verdicts in 2016 there are several more high profile, high stakes trials coming in the legal war against Johnson & Johnson (J & J), the makers of a number of talc based bath and beauty products, which have been linked to o... - In the Midst of Concern Over Endoscope Infection, a New Threat Looms
Jan-19-17 Philadelphia, PA: It’s been just over a year since Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., ranking member of the US Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a Minority Staff Report detailing the results of a year-long investigation into deaths related to antibiotic-resistant infections from contaminated duodenoscopes. Such dea... - Power Morcellator Patient Advocate Dies
Jan-19-17 Pittsburgh, PA Bonnie Davis, a patient who fought to ensure patients knew about the risks associated with power morcellation has died at age 57 from cancer. Davis had undergone power morcellation in 2012 and was diagnosed six days later with cancer. She worked to raise awareness of the serious risks reportedly linked to the use of power morcellators, t... - Restaurante pierde $3.2 millones en demandas laborales en California
Jan-18-17 5 de mayo de 2016, 13:45:00. Por Heidi Turner Los Ángeles, California - Una cadena de restaurantes de Los Ángeles ha sido sentenciada a pagar $3.2 millones en una demanda laboral de California presentada por un ex empleado que alegó discriminación racial y terminación ilícita de su contrato. La cadena Roscoe'... - Inside the $13 Million Pelvic Mesh Award: A Defendant Without Empathy
Jan-18-17 Philadelphia, PA: Following the refusal of a Pennsylvania state judge to strike down a $13.7 million transvaginal mesh lawsuit verdict, defendant Johnson & Johnson and its Ethicon unit immediately signaled they would appeal the award to the state Supreme Court, in spite of the judge’s admonitions that the plaintiff’s suffering was real... - Optical Disc Drive Antitrust Class Action Settlement
Santa Clara, CA: Settlements have been reached in an antitrust class action lawsuit alleging a group of electronics companies conspired to fix the prices of optical disk drives. These devices enable data to be read from and/or written to optical disks, such as DVDs, CDs and other computer software storage. The consolidated class action results f... - Catheter Recalls Number into the Millions. Will Lawsuits Follow?
Jan-17-17 Washington, DC: With some four million allegedly defective catheters having been recalled from the market, such a number extrapolated across risk factors suggest defective catheters causing injury lawsuits will result, given the number of fairly common medical procedures for which catheters are routinely employed. The usefulness and benefit of cathe... - A Renewed Shot at Justice for Bravelle Infertility Plaintiffs
Jan-16-17 Chicago, IL: The most recent news on the Bravelle lawsuit front continues to be the capacity for Bravelle litigants to continue their actions, following a failed bid last year by Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. to have the matter dismissed. Bravelle is a fertility drug intended to aid couples experiencing challenges with conception. Various costs assoc... - $5M Settlement reached in J&J Bed and Bath Consumer Fraud Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is seeking final approval of a $5 million settlement of a consumer fraud class action lawsuit pending against it for alleged false advertising of certain bed and bath products. If approved, the settlement would end nearly five years of litigation. The original lawsuit was filed by a mother in Illinois in Jul... - Settlement Reached in Magic City Dancers FLSA Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A settlement has been reached in an employment lawsuit brought by exotic dancers who worked at the Atlanta strip club Magic City, claiming the club owners violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The suit was scheduled to go to trial on January 17th. The lawsuit was first brought in 2013, alleging M-Entertainment Properties L... - IT Workers Settle New York Labor Lawsuit with Citigroup
Jan-15-17 New York, NY: A New York overtime lawsuit that did not succeed as a class action nonetheless will culminate in a settlement $325,000, making it a happy new year for 18 plaintiffs in the New York employer lawsuit against Citigroup Inc. According to court records the dispute began in April, 2015 when the plaintiffs, IT workers, initiated litigation th... - A Tangle of Hernia Mesh Complaints
Jan-15-17 Miami, FL: Knowing you have surgical abdominal mesh in your body that has been recalled is unnerving, to say the least. Even worse, and for many people, suffering pain and infection long after the mesh has been withdrawn or recalled from the market means mesh removal surgery followed by a possible hernia mesh lawsuit. Ethicon Physiomesh Lawsui... - Defective Tire Lawsuit News and Legal Information
Defective tires put vehicle occupants at risk of serious injury or death. Among defective tire lawsuits are claims that tires have been negligently manufactured, designed, or constructed resulting in an accident. In such cases, lawsuits can be filed against the companies that design, manufacture, or sell such tires. Tire recalls have been announced i... - California Supreme Court Weighs In on Intent of Rest Period
Jan-14-17 Los Angeles, CA: A revealing opinion issued at the end of last year by The California Supreme Court addressed, and clarified a heretofore murky area of California labor law , notably just what constitutes a true rest period, and what doesn’t. Specifically, the difference between rest periods whereby employees are relieved of all work tasks and...