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Sort by relevance 16,394 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Plaintiff in Overtime Pay Dispute with Nike Sticks to Her Guns
Sep-11-17 Los Angeles, CA: The lead plaintive in a representative Private Attorney General Act (PAGA) claim against Nike is having none of the defendant’s argument that individualized misclassification inquiries would be unmanageable. Plaintiff Payal Patel maintains in her overtime pay complaint that the burden of proof associated with breaking out the spe... - Tristar Pressure Cooker Company and Texas Couple Reach Settlement
Sep-10-17 Brownsville, Texas According to documents filed on August 8, 2017 (case 1:115-cu-00) filed in a Brownsville, Texas court Tristar Products Inc. and Ninfa Vasquez and Jose Vasquez have “reached a settlement of all the issues pending in this lawsuit”. No details were made public. According to the statement of claim on July 3, 2014 Ninfa and J... - Coming Unglued – DePuy Synthes Attune Buckles at the Knees
Sep-9-17 West Chester, PA: Evidence continues to mount that the DePuy Synthes Attune knee replacement device may be a defective product that can harm patients. There are many reasons for hip and knee implant failure , but a major culprit in the malfunction of Attune knees appears to be something rather technically referred to as “tibial baseplate fail... - Aetna Long Term Disability Lawsuit Demonstrative of Dissatisfaction with Insurers
Sep-8-17 Bangor, ME: Given a widespread dissatisfaction that many consumers have with delays in claims processing on the part of their insurance companies – and dissatisfaction with the insurance industry overall – it comes as little surprise that an insurer such as Aetna is tagged with a rating of a hair over one star out of five, according to the Cons... - $57.1M Ethicon TVT Secur Mesh Verdict Awarded
Sep-8-17 Philadelphia, PA: A $57.1 million verdict has been awarded against the makers of defective TVT Secur mesh, Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary, Ethicon. The award breaks down as $50 million in punitive damages and $7.1 million in compensatory damages for plaintiff Ella Ebaugh, a Pennsylvania resident, according to court documents. The award may we... - Banks Fight Excessive Overdraft Suits with Bid for Arbitration
Sep-8-17 Atlanta, GA: Only a nut would sue for $35. Banks count on that when they boost overdraft fees through a technique known as “debit resequencing.” The 2010 changes in banking law that were part of Dodd-Frank have failed to kill the practice. It persists even after a $35 million class-action settlement over Union bank excessive overdraft fees... - Whistleblower Alleges Healthcare Fraud in Lawsuit
Sep-7-17 Camden, NJ: A former employee of Cooper Health System in New Jersey has filed a whistleblower healthcare fraud lawsuit after the paramedic claims he was fired for raising concerns about poor treatment of patients, potential billing fraud and other allegations related to regulatory violations. The stated reason for his termination, however, was falli... - Florida Man Died from his Airbag Injuries in 2016
Sep-7-17 Hialeah, FL: Thankfully, there appears to be little new on the airbag injuries front since the horrific airbag injuries suffered by teen Karina Dorado back in March, when the recalled Takata airbag inflator in her used car blew apart following a relatively minor collision, sending shards of shrapnel into her throat and trachea, damaging her vocal chord... - Insys Faked Cancer Patients to Get Fentanyl Sales
Sep-7-17 Washington, DC: : Federal investigators have revealed a massive scheme by Insys, maker of Subsys, a sprayable form of fentanyl, to mislead insurers and boost sales of the opioid. The congressional investigation is led by Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Democrat from Missouri, where deaths by opioid overdose have more than doubled between 2005 and 2014. Acc... - Class I Recall Issued for Datascope Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumps
Washington, DC: Datascope Corp./MAQUET is recalling 5,049 defective CS100i, CS100, and CS300 Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumps made from July 1, 2003 to June 16, 2017 due to False Blood Detection Alarm and Ingress of Fluid into the Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump. Datascope Corp./MAQUET's CS100i, CS100, and CS300 Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumps are cardiac assist... - On-Call Driver Sues Starbucks for Wage Theft
Sep-6-17 Santa Cruz, CA: Walter Savinovich, an Evolution Fresh driver, filed suit in Santa Cruz County Superior Court on August 7, alleging that Evolution Fresh and its parent company, Starbucks Corp. violated the wage and hour provisions of California labor law by failing to pay for time spent on call. The complaint alleges that Evolution Fresh drivers were no... - Despite Concerns over Onglyza, FDA Keeps Going Back to the Trough
Sep-6-17 Washington, DC: In the accepted parlance of the pharmaceutical and medical industries, a drug is considered not unsafe for the intended patient if the benefits of the drug outweigh the risk. One can therefore assume that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) took this mantra to heart in 2009 when the federal regulator approved Onglyza (saxagliptin) in... - $60M Deal Reached in Victoza Fraud Cases
Washington, DC: A $60 million deal has been agreed between Novo Nordisk Inc., and federal agencies who alleged the pharmaceutical company engaged in misleading marketing practices concerning its best selling Type 2 diabetes drug Victoza. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) charged that the company misled physicians and insurers about the associated... - Testosterone Lawsuits Begin, Outcomes Split
Sep-5-17 Chicago, IL: The makers of a testosterone supplement that only carries FDA approval for hypogonadism (severely depleted testosterone) but nonetheless has been heavily marketed to treat a largely manufactured disease, won their day in court at the end of last month when a jury in state court found in favor of AndroGel manufacturer AbbVie. The decision trans... - Smith & Nephew Defective Knee Replacements
Santa Cruz, CA: Allegations of knee replacement failure are being made against device manufacturer Smith & Nephew. In some cases people have filed personal injury and defective knee replacement lawsuits. Claims against Smith & Nephew knee replacements state early failure and failure at an unacceptable failure rates. Specifically, the knee r... - Are Benicar Generics Flying Under the Radar?
Sep-4-17 Santa Cruz, CA: Drug maker Daiichi Sankyo has now offered $300 million to settle more than 2,000 Benicar lawsuits based on allegations that blood pressure medications, Benicar, Benicar HCT, Azor, and Tribenzor caused serious gastrointestinal injuries. But Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc., Apotex, Inc., Lupin Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Ascend Laboratories L... - New Jersey Woman Files Mirena Lawsuit Alleging Blurred Vision
Sep-4-17 Newark, NJ: The majority of Mirena birth control side effects lawsuits are associated with device migration and various injuries stemming from the intra-uterine birth control device having drifted away from its original insertion point. Reported incidences of Mirena uterine perforation have included reports of uterine perforation when the device is ini... - LTD Plaintiff Breaks Through ERISA Barrier
Sep-4-17 Washington, DC: Long term denied disability lawsuits against employer-based plans are notoriously hard to win. But the rules may be about to change. Marcin v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company and Mitre Corporation Long Term Disability Insurance Program a 2017 decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, ma... - “The Bravelle Clock is Ticking,” Says Canadian Attorney
Sep-4-17 Vancouver, BC: While plaintiffs, both in Canada and the U.S., are joining Bravelle Infertility drug lawsuits against manufacturer Ferring Pharmaceuticals, some couples and individuals have exhausted their finances due to the allegedly ineffective fertility drug. And time is not on their side. In October 2016 tests showed that four lots of Bravelle... - $28M Settlement Reached in Monitronics TCPA Multidistrict Litigation
Charleston, WV: Monitronics has agreed to pay $28 million to settle multidistrict litigation alleging it violated the Telephone Consumer protection Act (TCPA) by autodialing consumers regarding their home security systems. Class members alleged Monitronics, which sells security alarm monitoring equipment, and several alarm manufacturers, of violati...