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Sort by date 16,393 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Sorin Stockert 3T Infection Lawsuit News and Legal Information
The Stöckert 3T heater-cooler system, a medical device that regulates a patient’s body temperature during certain surgeries, has been linked to a life-threatening infection. Also known as the Sorin Stockert Heater-Cooler System, the Stockert 3T manufactured by LivaNova (formerly Sorin), is the most commonly used heater-cooling system. ... - Investors Balk at Bayer with Roundup and Monsanto Class Action Lawsuit
Mar-25-22 Santa Clara, CA A group of investors has balked at Bayer with a class action lawsuit claiming they were deceived about the link between Roundup and cancer and the Monsanto purchase that includes over 125,000 Roundup lawsuits. Investors are demanding about $2.5 billion from Bayer, reported Reuters in January. That amount covered lawsuits from ab... - Google Slammed with Another Discrimination Lawsuit
Mar-24-22 San Jose, CA Google has been slammed yet again with a lawsuit alleging a pattern of racial discrimination against Black and minority employees. Filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San Jose and seeking class-action status, the plaintiff accuses Google of systematic discrimination against Black workers by placing th... - Coca-Cola Bottler to Settle ERISA lawsuit for $3.5 Million
Mar-21-22 Charlotte, NC Large independent bottler, Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc., has agreed to pay $3.5 million to settle a class-action breach of fiduciary duty lawsuit that could have involved thousands of plan participants. The ERISA lawsuit was originally brought in 2020 by two participants in the Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. 401k Plan. Cheyenne Jones v. Coc... - Lawsuits Filed Against Abbott for Failure to Warn About Baby Formula Risks
Mar-22-22 Detroit, MI Several lawsuits filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois over the last few weeks claim that Abbott Laboratories, which recalled lots of Similac, Alimentum and EleCare products mid-February, claim the pharma giant failed to warn consumers about the risk of feeding the formula to their babies before purchasing and t... - Two Lawsuits Filed Against Catholic Priests and Dioceses Under New Child Sex Abuse Law
Mar-16-22 Baton Rouge, LA New child sexual abuse lawsuits alleging two Catholic priests sexually abused teens decades ago, along with coverup lawsuits against the Diocese of Baton Rouge and the Diocese of Alexandria in Louisiana, have been filed under a new law that temporarily eliminated the statute of limitations in childhood sexual abuse cases. Jessica Arbou... - Stockert 3T Heater Cooler System and the FDA
Mar-8-22 Santa Clara, CA Since M. chimaera contamination was found during tests at Sorin’s manufacturing facility in 2014, and its 3T Heater-Cooler devices subsequently recalled, the FDA has kept close tabs on Sorin, now known as LivaNova. (Sorin Group, the original manufacturer of the heater-cooler devices, merged with Cyberonics, Inc. and the new compa... - UnitedHealthcare Cites Upcoding Fraud in Lawsuit against Emergency Room Staffing Company
Mar-9-22 Knoxville, TN On October 27, 2021, UnitedHealthcare filed a lawsuit against TeamHealth Holdings in the Eastern District of Tennessee. UnitedHealthcare Services v. TeamHealth Holdings , the ER fees lawsuit , charges that TeamHealth routinely overcharged emergency room patients for minor medical needs. UHC, as the administrator for many of those cla... - Peloton’s Bumpy Ride -- Employees File Wage and Hour Lawsuit
Mar-11-22 Los Angeles, CA A former Peloton sales representative claims that the exercise equipment company failed to pay overtime, minimum wage, vacation pay, work expenses and other violations of the California labor code . Mark Cohen, a sales representative who filed his lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court in January, worked at Peloton for more than five yea... - Failure to Reimburse Remote Work Expenses Lawsuits
Mar-10-22 Santa Clara, CA Many employees have worked remotely since the beginning of the pandemic and they have incurred business-related costs that can be reimbursed, according to California labor law . Failure to reimburse such costs have already resulted in remote work expenses lawsuits. Tally business expenses incurred over three years (many employees have b... - California Brings Back COVID Paid Sick Leave
Mar-7-22 Santa Clara, CA Many California workers can apply once again for COVID-related paid sick leave . Legislation approved by lawmakers and signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in February states that people who work for public or private companies that have 26 or more employees are entitled to up to 80 hours of COVID-related paid sick leave retroactive to January... - California Slams Tesla with Race Discrimination Lawsuit
Mar-3-22 Fremont, CA California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) has slammed Tesla with a race discrimination lawsuit . DFEH alleges that black workers at Tesla’s Fremont plant have incurred widespread discrimination and harassment, including racist slurs and graffiti and they are given the most physically demanding work. ... - Another NEC Similac Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Mar-4-22 Houston, TX Yet another wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against Abbot Laboratories, claiming it intentionally misled parents and doctors about the risk of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) from its baby formula Similac, which is fed to preemies while in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The Similac lawsuits assert product liability claims ag... - Surgical Company and its Physician Owner Settle for $3 million Whistleblower Lawsuit
Feb-27-22 Alpharetta, GA A federal whistleblower lawsuit claiming that Dr. Jeffrey Gallups, the owner of Milton Hall Surgical Associates in Georgia, directed his physicians—one of whom blew the whistle-- to order unnecessary tests for their patients to defraud government health programs has reached a $3 million settlement. Gallups ordered the wrong d... - Intragastric Balloon Surgery Lawsuits Legal News and Lawsuit Information
Intragastric balloon lawsuits are now taking shape after a dozen deaths were attributed to the recently-approved form of weight-loss surgery. As of June 2018, the Food and Drug Administration linked 12 deaths to the implantation of what appears to be a defective medical device. The most recent reports implicate the Orbera Intragastric Balloon, manufactur... - NEC Baby Formula Lawsuit News and Legal Information
Baby Formulas Similac and Enfamil have been linked to necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a life-threatening condition that mostly affects premature and low-weight infants. NEC lawsuits have been filed against Abbott Laboratories and Mead Johnson for failure to warn parents and medical professionals, and that the manufacturers knew or should have known that the... - Dostinex Valvular Heart Disease Lawyer
Dostinex (cabergoline) is used to treat hyperprolactinemic disorder, certain hormone problems (excess prolactin), and is used to reduce or prevent breast milk production, except after childbirth. Dostinex may also be used for Parkinson's disease, prolactin-producing tumors and to adjust various hormone levels in certain diseases (ovarian diseases)... - Bayer Done with Roundup Settlements
Feb-25-22 Santa Clara, CA It all boils down to federal regulators. Bayer has asked for a petition for a writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court and the Supreme Court has asked the Solicitor General to weigh in. A favorable decision for Bayer means it could be exempt from Monsanto’s Roundup lawsuits based on federal regulators' approval of its glyp... - Cerebral Palsy Birth Injury - Medical Malpractice Lawsuits - LawyersAndSettlements.com
Cerebral Palsy , also called Little's Disease or static encephalopathy, is a group of chronic disorders impairing control of movement. It is a condition that can develop during pregnancy or child birth or the first few years of life. Cerebral Palsy can be caused by a birth injury , possibly as a result of medical malpractice or human error. ... - The No Surprises Act Not Foolproof
Feb-23-22 Santa Clara, CA The No Surprises Act, that went into effect January 1, 2022 intends to provide protection against surprise medical bills such out-of-network bills for in-network hospitals and services such as an air ambulance ride (not ground ambulance) to an in-network hospital. But don’t be surprised if you get a surprise bill… Out-Of-N...