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Sort by relevance 16,394 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Johnson & Johnson Wins An SJS Lawsuit
Dec-14-16 Hartford, CT: Although there have been some huge victories for plaintiffs in Stevens Johnson syndrome lawsuits, 2016 saw a win for Johnson & Johnson, which was fighting a claim involving a young man who took his own life after developing Stevens Johnson syndrome (SJS). 2016 also saw the Supreme Court uphold a massive award for an SJS plaintiff, off... - $2M Verdict Against Apple in Unpaid Overtime and Rest Break Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: An unpaid wages and overtime lawsuit brought against Apple has resulted in a $2 million jury verdict against the tech giant, which is accused of violating meal period law for its retail employees. The long-running suit alleges the company cheated its workers out of break time and final paychecks. According to the original compl... - Johnson & Johnson Ordered to Pay $1 Billion in Hip Replacement Lawsuit
Dec-13-16 Dallas, TX: Johnson & Johnson has been ordered by a federal jury in Dallas to pay more than $1 billion to six patients who said the company's metal-on-metal Pinnacle hip implants were defectively designed and caused them harm. Although Johnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics indicated it would appeal the decision, the victory could be a... - Essure Injury Lawsuits Moving Forward
Dec-13-16 St Louis, MO: A Missouri federal judge at the beginning of December ruled against Bayer’s motion to dismiss its Essure lawsuit and ruled in favor of 32 women who allege serious and permanent injuries from the permanent birth control device. The Essure lawsuit has been remanded to St. Louis Circuit Court. Judge Henry E. Autrey of the US Distric... - Court Spells Out Bair Hugger Bellwether Trial Timelines
Dec-13-16 Ramsey County, MN: It’s been almost a year to the day that a small collection of plaintiffs having filed a Bair Hugger lawsuit had their cases transferred to federal court in Minnesota, effectively creating multidistrict litigation cases that were characterized as being several dozen in number. That was December 11, 2015. A total of fourteen j... - Updated FDA Review Suggests Link Between Actos and Bladder Cancer
Dec-13-16 Santa Clara, CA: Findings from an updated review by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on the use of type 2 diabetes medicine pioglitazone (Actos, Actoplus Met, Actoplus Met XR, Duetact, Oseni) suggests there may be an increased risk for bladder cancer associated with drug. The FDA has issued an alert based on their findings. Additionally,... - Court Approves Alorica California Overtime, Wage and Hour Lawsuit
Dec-12-16 Sacramento, CA: Call center employees who allege they are not properly paid California overtime and are not properly paid for all hours worked have been filing lawsuits against companies they allege make them work off-the-clock. These wage and hour lawsuits allege call center employees are forced to work before and after their shifts logging onto and o... - A Potpourri of New York Unpaid Wages Lawsuits
Dec-12-16 New York, NY: A nationwide Chipotle class action is also a New York Donning and Doffing lawsuit given that Chipotle has a healthy presence in New York State, and thousands of potential class participants alleged they worked off the clock on a routine basis. The end result, according to allegations asserted in the class action, is wage theft. The law... - $9M Settlement Reached in Wonder Bread Unpaid Overtime Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A $9 million settlement has been reached in an employment class action brought by distributors for Flowers Foods, Inc., the company behind Wonder Bread and Nature’s Own. Brought by named plaintiffs Scott Rehberg, Willard Allen Riley and Mario Ronchetti in 2012, the lawsuit alleged that the distributors were misclassified as indep... - $60M Settlement Approved in Deutsche Bank Gold Price-Fixing Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A $60 million settlement has been granted preliminary approval, potentially ending an antitrust class action lawsuit against Deutsche Bank AG which claims the bank engaged in illegal price-fixing of the gold market. The suit was brought by investors and traders in March 2014, alleging UBS Deutsche, HSBC, Societe Generale SA, The Ba... - Taxotere and Cosmetic Prostheses
Dec-11-16 Calgary, AB: Since having six rounds of chemotherapy treatment with Taxotere Sharon and Glenna have been wearing expensive hair pieces. Both women have their eyebrows tattooed. Both women finished chemo years ago and their hair never grew back. “My hair is so thin in the front of my head that you can see my scalp and I have bald patches throug... - Latest Bellwether Risperdal Lawsuit Underway in Philadelphia
Dec-10-16 Philadelphia, PA: With the $70 million Risperdal settlement from back in the summer continuing to reverberate, the sixth bellwether Risperdal lawsuit as part of the Pennsylvania Mass Tort is underway. The plaintiff, a Nebraska man, is claiming in his Risperdal gynecomastia lawsuit that Risperdal is responsible for the growth of male breast tissue. T... - More Hospitals, Not FDA, Warn Patients of Stockert 3T Heater Cooler Infection Risk
Dec-10-16 Springfield, MA: Hospitals across the US are warning cardiac patients of a potential infection risk if they had surgery involving the Stockert 3T heater-cooler system . Some hospitals have discontinued using the device and Stockert 3T lawsuits are being filed. Baystate Medical Center is the latest facility to warn patients of nontuberculous mycobacte... - Judicial Panel Considers Consolidating Invokana Lawsuits
Dec-10-16 Charlotte, NC: On December 1, 2016, the US Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) considered consolidating Invokana lawsuits for pretrial proceedings. Although a decision has not been issued yet, a response to the motion for consolidation was filed by Janssen Pharmaceuticals and indicates the company is also in favor of consolidating the law... - Abilify Coast to Coast: “Off-Label” Lawsuit Settles in California, MDL Pending in Florida
Dec-9-16 San Diego, CA: Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., the Abilify distributor, will pay $19.5 million to settle a business code violations lawsuit. The multi-state Abilify lawsuit stems from the marketing the anti-psychotic drug off-label. Abilify is approved to treat schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder and Tourette's disorder in adults an... - Transvaginal Mesh Complication Increases with Procedures Performed in Tandem
Dec-9-16 New York, NY: A recent study published in JAMA Surgery online (11/30/16) references an association with transvaginal mesh complication most plaintiffs having filed a transvaginal mesh lawsuit could identify and understand: a high risk for repeat surgery and mesh erosion requiring management. The study looked at TVT side effects associated with pro... - Propecia Side Effects, Propecia Sexual Dysfunction, Propecia Lawsuit, Proscar and Propecia Help
Lawsuits have been filed against Merck & Co. alleging serious Propecia side effects including Propecia sexual dysfunction and other Propecia side effects in men . Among allegations in the most recent Propecia lawsuit are that Propecia (Finasteride) can cause anxiety attacks and insomnia. Plaintiffs allege that Propecia long term side effects, suc... - Fire Department Sees Two Dehumidifier Fires in Sheboygan
Dec-8-16 Sheboygan, WI Battalion Chief Gary Kolberg from the Sheyboygan Fire Department in Sheboygan, Wisconsin says the dehumidifier in the house his firefighters were called to was so incinerated he couldn’t even tell what the serial number was on the unit. “It was so destroyed it is impossible to say what happened to it and there was a lot of other mater... - Zillow Will Pay $6 Million to Settle California Labor Lawsuit
Dec-8-16 Irvine, CA: Online real estate company Zillow has reportedly agreed to pay $6 million to settle a California labor law suit alleging the company did not pay its employees overtime and encouraged workers to skip meal and rest breaks they were entitled to. The lawsuit was filed by employees at the company's Irvine office and was one of a multiple lawsuit... - DePuy Pinnacle Plaintiff Received Hip Replacement at 16, Says “Life Ruined”
Dec-8-16 Dublin, IRELAND: While the $1 billion-plus DePuy Pinnacle bellwether verdict continues to be the source for much water cooler chatter and speculation regarding the potential outcome of future trials, lost in the conversation is the impact the allegedly defective devices are having on DePuy Pinnacle hip replacement patients. We also sometimes assume...