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Sort by relevance 16,386 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Wells Fargo’s Pursuit of Arbitration a Waste of Resources: Plaintiffs
Apr-24-17 Atlanta, GA: A long-running class action lawsuit alleging banking giant Wells Fargo charged their clients and consumers excessive overdraft fees is attempting to move forward amidst a petition by the plaintiffs that Wells Fargo is not in any position to seek arbitration, as the defendant has tarried too long for arbitration to be appropriate. Wells... - Key Energy Agrees to Settle California Workers Class Action for $3 Million
Apr-23-17 New York, NY: Key Energy Services California has agreed to a $3 million settlement on a class action for California labor law violations. The class action consolidated two lawsuits originally filed nearly four years ago by former Key Energy employees. Paul Grillo, a non-exempt "floor hand" on a Key Energy onshore oil rig, filed a lawsuit in Santa... - Odd Ruling in Hip Implant Failure Lawsuit?
Apr-23-17 Atlanta, GA: Many an artificial hip manufacturer is embroiled in lawsuits alleging hip replacement implant failure . Accolade, Smith and Nephew, DePuy, and Stryker are but a few examples of the manufacturers commonly referenced in litigation involving failed implants, including the now vilified metal-on-metal implants. However, there are other manufa... - Zimmer Biomet Shoulder—Shocking Surprises
Apr-22-17 Washington, DC: The fact that Zimmer Biomet had its Comprehensive Reverse Shoulder approved without any human testing likely comes as a shocking surprise to many recipients of the device. And another surprise: the device was pulled from the market in 2010 after Biomet received complaints of fracturing. But it returned just one year later… In... - Misclassified Plaintiffs in Massachusetts Eyeing $2.9 Million Proposed Settlement
Apr-21-17 Boston, MA: Plaintiffs in a recent Massachusetts employment law collective action have asked a federal judge in Massachusetts to approve a settlement worth $2.9 million that would settle claims of improper classification allegedly costing employees overtime pay. Massachusetts labor law – together with the Fair Labor Standards Act, a federal st... - Implanon Lawsuits Still in Court One Year After FDA Warning Label Update
Apr-21-17 Washington, DC: March 2017 marked the one-year anniversary of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) update of the warning label of the popular implantable birth control device Implanon to include risks of device migration. Implanon is a matchstick-sized rod containing a birth control drug that is inserted by a medical professional into the patient's... - $3M Awarded to Widow in Generic Paxil Suicide Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) will pay $3 million in damages having been found liable for the death of Stewart Dolin, a partner at the law firm Reed Smith LLP. The money will be paid to his widow, who filed the suit claiming that a generic version of GSK’s antidepressant Paxil (paroxetine) caused her husband to commit suicide. The... - Pharmaceuticals Fast-Tracked to Market through Little-Known FDA Protocol
Apr-20-17 New Orleans, LA: An interesting sidebar to Taxotere hair loss litigation has opened up through a peek into docetaxel hair loss multidistrict litigation, and an accompanying analysis of the various approval protocols employed to bring both branded and generic docetaxel (Taxotere) to the market. Most are familiar with the 510(k) Clearance protocol emp... - Camioneros mal clasificados en California – Reclaman violaciones de la ley laboral
Apr-20-17 Los Angeles, CA: A menudo los empleadores clasifican mal a sus trabajadores en un esfuerzo por ahorrar dinero. Graebel Van Lines clasifica a sus conductores de camiones como contratistas independientes y evita proporcionar pausas y descansos, y otras violaciones a la ley laboral de California , de acuerdo con la demanda de los camioneros, que está... - Recent Study Suggests Endoscope Infection Escapes Even Rigorous Cleaning
Apr-20-17 Minneapolis, MN: A peek into the archives of the Nursing Times (09/21/00) provides some perspective into endoscope infection , and just how long the issue of cleaning and sterilizing endoscopes sufficiently to avoid passing infections between patients, has been a concern. The venerable publication, which serves the nursing industry, noted that tran... - Lead Poisoning Still Happens
Apr-19-17 Dallas, TX It was an alert physician who first noticed signs and symptoms of lead poisoning in some of her patients in Flint, Michigan. It was soon discovered water from the Flint River had corroded aging pipes causing lead to leach into the city’s water supply. Dangerous amounts of lead were slowing building up in the blood streams of Flint r... - Will Federal Deregulation make it Easier for Plaintiffs to Sue over Defective Catheters?
Apr-19-17 Washington, DC: We are just a few days beyond the one-year anniversary of the issuance, by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), of a Class 1 designation to the recall of the Fetch 2 Aspiration Catheter by medical device manufacturer Boston Scientific. The voluntary recall was triggered by the manufacturer the previous month, on March 22, 2016. ... - $55M Personal Injury Verdict Against Honda Stands
Apr-19-17 Santa Clara, CA: A $55 million jury verdict brought against Honda Motor Co, in 2014 will stand, according to a ruling by the Pennsylvania Superior Court. The settlement resulted from a personal injury lawsuit against Honda that alleged the automotive manufacturer ignored a seat belt defect. The suit was brought by a man who claimed that defect resu... - Power Morcellation Suits Wrap Up but Doctors Still Like Procedure
Apr-18-17 San Diego, CA The majority of the lawsuits brought by women who developed cancer after a power morcellator procedure to extract uterine fibroids are wrapping up usually via a settlement agreement with Johnson and Johnson. Charles (Andy) Childers from the firm of Childers, Schlueter & Smith in Atlanta, Georgia says, “We have one wrongful... - Man Ejected from United Airlines Seat Prepares to Sue
Apr-18-17 Chicago, Ill Lawyers representing Dr. David Dao, the 69-year-old passenger who was forcibly removed from a United Airlines flight, have filed an emergency request with a court in Chicago asking the airline to preserve all video, cockpit recordings, surveillance video, passenger and crew lists and other evidence related to the incident. “There... - FDA Warns Against Off Label Angioplasty Treatment Known as TVAM
Apr-17-17 Dallas, TX The FDA is taking the unusual step of calling out a specific doctor and warning people to steer clear of the use of TVAM angioplasty as a treatment for serious illnesses such as Parkinson’s disease, Multiple Sclerosis and other autonomic disorders. According to the FDA safety communication issued on March 8, 2017 the procedu... - Stevens Johnson Syndrome Victim Has Permanent Scarring in her Mouth
Apr-17-17 Tampa, FL: Donna Rushing is a resident from Tampa who developed Stevens Johnson Syndrome from a medication she had been taking. While she was spared hospitalization and more serious SJS side effects that can often include massive loss of skin and life-threatening infections, her battle with Stevens Johnson skin disease was enough to cause her to lose w... - Australian Researchers Urge Sharing Data On Contaminated Medical Devices
Apr-17-17 Waltham, MA: Three University of Melbourne researchers have recently published a letter to the editor in the New England Journal of Medicine voicing concern that thousands of patients worldwide could be exposed to contaminated medical devices. The letter , written by Australian researchers Deborah Williamson, M.D., Ph.D., Benjamin Howden, M.D., PhD... - Transvaginal Mesh Global Roundup: Sensational, Scandal and Settlement
Apr-17-17 London, UK: British tabloids have sensationalised transvaginal mesh by describing one victim’s botched surgery a “biting vagina”; an Australian Senator compares the mesh to Thalidomide as one of Australia's worst health scandals; and in the US a transvaginal mesh class action lawsuit is settled for $12.3 million. Sensationalized... - Airbag Lawsuits Dismissed as Parties Try to Work Out Settlement
Apr-17-17 Winston-Salem, NC: Two lawsuits filed in North Carolina last year against Takata Corp. over defective airbag injuries were voluntarily dismissed in January 2017 in favor of trying to work out a settlement, according to the Winston-Salem Journal . The Winston-Salem Journal article did not disclose settlement details. The lawsuits, one filed in...