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Sort by relevance 16,394 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- 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... - Essure: Women Helping Women
Jan-13-17 Alameda County, CA: The announcement that Fidelma Fitzpatrick is lead counsel for Essure victims should have Bayer even more concerned that litigation may find in favor of plaintiffs. “In a case like [Essure] where we’re talking about birth control devices and women’s health issues it’s particularly important to have women repr... - Older Model Duodenoscopes Pulled from Market
Jan-13-17 Santa Clara, CA: Fuji, the maker of allegedly defective duodenoscopes, has announced it plans to remove its legacy 250/450 duodenoscope models from clinical use. The decision is reportedly based on the limited number of duodenoscopes currently in use, not because of a known safety risk, and noted that it has not received any recent reports of adver... - Bair Hugger Lawsuits Keep Coming, Class Actions in US and Canada
Jan-13-17 Harris County, TX: It’s been a little over a year since plaintiff Ruth Childers from Texas filed her Bair Hugger lawsuit against 3M Co. and three other defendants, alleging the forced-air warming blanket system caused a drug-resistant infection that cost the plaintiff her leg. Childers is suing for more than $1 million in compensation by way of h... - Ford Increases Recall Over Defective Takata Airbags
Jan-13-17 Santa Clara, CA: Ford Motor Co is issuing a recall of about 816,000 vehicles following a previous recall due to defective Takata Airbags. The new recall brings the total number of Ford vehicles with Takata air bag inflators recalled around the world to 3 million, the majority being in the United States and Canada. This latest recall by Ford f... - Implanon Lawsuits Allege Serious Birth Control Side Effects
Jan-13-17 Boston, MA: Women are used to being given a long list of side effects linked to their birth control, so hearing about alleged Implanon side effects is likely nothing new. Some birth control comes with alleged risks such as blood clots, others may increase the chances of pseudotumor cerebri, still others can increase the risk of depression. For its par... - San Francisco Transit Board Okays Overtime Settlement
Jan-13-17 San Francisco, CA: San Francisco's Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors has voted to approve to settle an overtime lawsuit with Muni operators for $8 million. The lawsuit had originally sought almost $400 million and alleged operators were not properly paid for time spent traveling between their clock-in sites and the sites they picked up... - Pool Drowning Lawsuit News and Legal Information
While swimming pools are wildly popular for children, pool drowning is the second leading cause of injury-related deaths of children. Whether in private, above-ground pools or public in-ground pools, swimming pool accidents usually occur when children are unsupervised. When a fatal drowning incident occurs, the property owner may be found negligent... - Family Donates to University in Memory of Stevens Johnson Syndrome Victim
Jan-12-17 Champaign, IL: The family of a young woman who died from Stevens Johnson syndrome has made a $22,000 donation to Vanderbilt University in honor of their lost loved one. Angela Anderson died around Christmas in 2015, only days after seeking medical attention for her SJS symptoms at a hospital. The donation is being used to fund research into SJS. Acc... - IVC Filters: Remove from Body and Market
Jan-12-17 Seattle, WA: The FDA recommended back in 2010 that IVC filters be removed as soon at the risk passed and in 2014 repeated this communication, adding that filter pieces could migrate within the body. And judging from the growing number of IVC Filter lawsuits, including two inferior vena cava (IVC) filter class actions in Canada, the device may soon be... - $1M Settlement Proposed in Harmless Harvest Coconut Water Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A $1 million settlement has been proposed in a pending consumer fraud class action lawsuit filed against Harmless Harvest Inc, makers of coconut water products that allegedly carried false information on their labelling. The lawsuit claimed that the coconut water product packaging contained false and misleading statements that its... - Asbestosis Risk has been known since Roman Times
Jan-11-17 Edmonton, AB: While a class action lawsuit waged against Halliburton Co. has gone on for some 14 years, it’s been more than 114 years that knowledge about the dangers of asbestos and asbestosis lung disease has been known. Only in the last few decades has the industrialized world taken the risks of asbestos seriously by phasing asbestos out in ce... - Attorney Anticipates Surgical Mesh and Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuits Similar in Volume
Jan-11-17 Dallas, TX: A number of complaints allege that Ethicon Physiomesh, a surgical mesh used to repair hernias, has done more harm than good. “I anticipate surgical mesh lawsuits, such as Ethicon Physiomesh, will see similar volume as transvaginal mesh lawsuits,” says attorney Shezad Malik. Surgical mesh came under fire several years ago, beg...