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Sort by relevance 16,394 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Propecia Lawsuit Battle Heats Up
Aug-31-14 New York, NY The battle appears to be heating up in Propecia side effects lawsuits. The lawsuits allege men who used Propecia suffered from sexual dysfunction and other Propecia long-term side effects. The National Law Journal (8/12/14) reports that plaintiffs and defendants are arguing over more than 1,800 documents. Plaintiffs want to compel Mer... - Of All Vytorin Side Effects, Potential for Cancer Is Getting Traction
Aug-31-14 Washington, DC One can’t help but forgive anyone filing a Vytorin lawsuit, due to not only the potential for various harms related to possible Vytorin side effects , but to the very culture that sees drugs such as these approved in the first place. Vytorin, as most familiar with the file are aware, is a combination of two drugs: Zetia (ezetimib... - The Fluoroquinolones Community—and Their Leader Mark Girard
Aug-30-14 Ottawa, ON Seven years ago Canadian Mark Girard was strong and healthy and living a very comfortable life. He worked as a chef in the high-altitude vacation lodges cradled in the pristine Rocky Mountains. On his days off, there was unlimited ATV riding surrounded by iconic scenery, and in the winter there were snowmobile adventures in the back country. ... - Lipitor Lawsuits Mount
Aug-30-14 Charleston, SC Lipitor lawsuits , which allege patients who took the drug suffered serious side effects, are reportedly mounting. Plaintiffs claim Pfizer, maker of Lipitor, knew about the risks of serious side effects but did not offer adequate warnings about the risks, including a reported increased risk of type 2 diabetes. According to a report from... - Employer Must Defend Against A Wrongful Death Lawsuit For Not Monitoring Employee Computer Use
Aug-29-14 An Illinois Appellate Court recently held that an employer must defend against a wrongful death lawsuit alleging that it was negligent in failing to investigate death threats that its employee had emailed to his family from his work computer, and not subsequently protecting the family from the husband’s threatened harm, which resulted in their death... - $9 Billion Actos Bladder Cancer Verdict to Stand
Aug-29-14 Los Angeles, CA A $9 billion verdict against Takeda Pharmaceuticals will stand, according to US District Judge Rebecca Doherty. The jury hearing a bellweather Actos bladder cancer case awarded the verdict on April 7th, and it was the first of almost 3,000 lawsuits coordinated before Judge Doherty. The lawsuits allege taking Actos increased the risk o... - Could Mirena Birth Control Side Effects Include Breast Cancer?
Aug-29-14 Washington, DC It’s possible that the active ingredient in Mirena IUD birth control, levonorgestrel, could trigger breast cancer. That’s the conclusion of a new Finnish study, just published, which found a 19 percent higher incidence rate of breast cancer in women using Mirena and other birth control products containing levonorgestrel, than wom... - Anthem Blue Cross Faces Another California Insurance Lawsuit
Aug-28-14 Los Angeles, CA Another California insurance lawsuit has been filed against Anthem Blue Cross, alleging the company changed policyholders’ insurance plans without telling them, resulting in unforeseen medical bills. The lawsuit, filed in August, follows a California insurance lawsuit filed in July that made similar allegations against the insuran... - Alabama Court Rules Employer Has Duty of Care to Non-Worker in Asbestos Case
Aug-28-14 Huntsville, AL It has been long held by many plaintiffs that asbestos fibers brought home on work clothes from an employee exposed to asbestos can have a detrimental effect on the health of other family members, including the development of asbestosis disease . To that end, a federal court in Alabama has ruled that an employer can be held liable for the... - Stevens Johnson Syndrome: Bug Bite Turns Tragic
Aug-27-14 Detroit, MI For most people, it would be unthinkable that a bug bite could set off a chain of events that results in a person’s death, but when it comes to Stevens Johnson Syndrome (SJS) , that is exactly what can happen. Some antibiotics used to treat bug bites have side effects that include SJS. Although reports have not indicated what antibioti... - $9.5M Settlement Reached in Lowe's Managers' Unpaid Overtime Class Action Lawsuit
Los Angeles, CA: A $9.5 million settlement has been reached in an unpaid overtime class action pending against Lowe' Home Centers Inc. The lawsuit was brought by the big box DYI store' human resources managers' who alleged they were misclassified as being exempt from overtime Filed in August 2012, the lawsuit alleged that Lowe' classified its human... - West Coast Woman Says She Has Cipro Damage
Aug-26-14 San Diego, CA Eight months ago, a woman (we’ll call her “Susan”) was a healthy young mother looking forward to going on vacation. She believed she had a bladder infection and was anxious to see it cleared up before she headed south for a warm and sunny vacation. Her doctor listened to her list of symptoms and wrote a prescription for... - Tyson Loses Donning and Doffing Appeal
Aug-25-14 Denver, CO In an unpaid wages lawsuit that alleged employees of Tyson Foods were not properly paid for time spent donning and doffing protective clothes, Tyson has had its appeal of an award rejected. Plaintiffs were awarded $4 million in their lawsuit, in which they alleged time spent putting on and taking off protective gear equaled off-the-clock wor... - AMS Transvaginal Mesh Good News and Bad News
Aug-25-14 Charleston, WV When Trudy complained to her doctor about stress urinary incontinence (SUI) after she gave birth to her third child, he advised her to have a simple procedure that would solve any leakage. “He told me that this product was the next best thing to sliced bread so I had the AMS transvaginal mesh implanted and I will never trust doctor... - TD Bank Reaches $9.9M Unpaid Overtime Class Action Settlement
Los Angeles, CA: A tentative $9.9 million settlement has been reached in an unpaid wages and overtime class action lawsuit pending against TD Bank NA. The class and collective action claims that the bank failed to pay assistant store managers overtime wages. The settlement fund includes service payments, attorneys' fees and costs and other exp... - Plaintiff’s Home Warranty Insurance Win Overturned by State Supreme Court
Aug-24-14 Philadelphia, PA For most homeowners purchasing a new structure from a builder, home warranty insurance is a must to protect the purchaser from defects in construction or structural integrity not readily apparent when the new owners take occupation. Various home warranty companies vend coverage that kicks in after the initial warranty period from the o... - Study Links Popular Oral Antibiotics to Increased Risk of Nerve Damage
Aug-23-14 Vancouver, BC A Canadian-US research team has made an important and scientifically proven link between a class of potent and commonly used antibiotics known as fluoroquinolones (FQs) and a condition known as peripheral neuropathy (PN) . “This is the first large epidemiologic study. It confirms a previous data mining study and the conclusions of the... - Actos Bladder Cancer Plaintiff Loses Kidney, Sues Takeda
Aug-23-14 Chicago, IL Due diligence by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in June 2011 and the regulator’s warning that use of Actos for more than one year can raise the risk for Actos bladder cancer would certainly not have helped a New York plaintiff who was prescribed Actos (pioglitazone) for Type 2 diabetes in 2003. Seven years later, in 2010... - Almost Three Years After Memo Sent, Fresenius Lawsuits Increasing
Aug-23-14 Waltham, MA It has been almost three years since an internal memo regarding alkali dosing errors was sent to Fresenius medical care centers and almost two-and-a-half years since the FDA announced a Class I recall of the products. GranuFlo lawsuits continue to mount, with patients and their loved ones alleging harm as a result of the use of GranuFlo and... - $28.4M Recovery for Texas Women in Company Car Crash
Aug-22-14 A Texas jury returned a verdict of $28.4 million to a mother and daughter for injuries sustained as passengers in a 2010 company vehicle accident. The case was tried in 79th Judicial Court of Jim Wells County. On entry of judgment the verdict may be increased to as much as $32 million due to pre-trial interest. The accident took place on October 19,...