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Apr-16-20 Santa Clara, CA Almost one-third of Americans with health insurance who wind up in an emergency room find out after the fact that their health plan doesn’t cover as much as they thought. Given that there are about 140 million ER visits each year, and “surprise” emergency room charges are so frequent that 59 percent of Americans have bee... - Zimmer Knee Replacement | Knee Implants | NexGen Knee - LawyersAndSettlements.com
Since the Zimmer NexGen knee replacement system has been on the market, almost half a million people in the US alone have had Zimmer knee implants. However, the Zimmer knee replacement, namely the NexGen CR-Flex Porous Femoral component , has recently been linked to a variety of problems, from loosening of the implant to failure of the replacement knee,... - Zimmer NexGen FAQ
What is a Zimmer NexGen Knee? The Zimmer NexGen Knee Replacement is an implantable knee replacement system. In 2003 Zimmer Holdings, a leading designer, developer, manufacturer, and marketer of orthopedic devices and other medical devices, introduced the NexGen CR-Flex Fixed Bearing Knee. This Zimmer NexGen Knee is a synthetic device used to cap t... - BOEING DEFENDANTS IN STOCK DROP LAWSUIT CLAIM THEY WERE NOT FIDUCIARIES
Mar-31-20 Chicago, IL On March 2 attorneys for Boeing, its 401k retirement plan and the plan’s investment committee asked the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois to dismiss Burke v. The Boeing Co. The defendants claim that Newport Trust Co., the plan’s investment manager, was solely responsible for any losses incurred by participants... - New Herbal Supplement Targeted by Investigation
Sep-22-15 New York, NY The herbal supplement industry faces an additional crackdown, after New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced he was targeting the makers of an arthritis supplement. This is the latest move in a crackdown on herbal supplement makers for allegedly misleading customers by not using proper ingredients in their products. In Febru... - Can Coronavirus and Lawsuits Vaporize E-cigarettes?
Mar-25-20 Santa Clara, CA Coronavirus and e-cigarette use have one thing in common: they harm the lungs. And as of March 2020, hundreds of Juul e-cigarette lawsuits have been combined in a California federal court, with many more complaints expected. The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids says growing evidence indicates that vaping can harm lung health and vapers... - CIGNA Denied Disability Lawsuit News and Legal Information
Consumers who have CIGNA insurance may have been victims of CIGNA denied disability claims, in which CIGNA is accused of violating consumer protection laws. Recently, a regulatory settlement was announced with five states, settling claims that CIGNA' claims-handling procedures did not conform to required standards. CIGNA Insurance Cla... - Former Head of Third-Party Billing Company on trial for Health Care Fraud
Jul-21-22 Islip, NY A number of elements go into the calculation of emergency room fees . Apart from the cost of providing care, hospitals must factor in reasonable expectations that some bills will go unpaid and that insurance companies will try to negotiate certain charges down – sometimes because of suspicions of healthcare fraud. The net effect, however... - 2005 Profitable Year for Whistleblowers
Oct-1-06 Washington, DC The year 2005 was a very good year for Whistleblowers . According to a report by the Department of Health and Human Services, a grand total of $136,756,946 was awarded to Whistleblowers who filed q The Act requires that recoveries from health care investigations, including criminal fines, forfeitures, civil settlements and judgments, and... - Mental Health Patient Advocates Fight Wit Reversal
Jul-18-22 San Francisco, CA In 2019, the Northern District of California’s decision in Wit v. United Behavioral Health was hailed as a big win for patients seeking coverage parity for mental health disorders. But on March 22, 2022 the Ninth Circuit panel reversed the District Court’s decision. The latest twist in this ERISA lawsuit has throw... - Nursing Home Inspection Process Full Of Corruption
Sep-2-06 Nursing home companies invest heavily in local politicians. They do so to ensure the failure of efforts to pass legislation unfavorable to the industry and to buy protection against fines and penalties levied by state officials charged with investigating and monitoring the industry. According to a September 2006 report by Consumer Reports, "they wield con... - E-Cigarette Toxic Vape Ban Less Than Meets the Eye, Critics Say
Feb-17-20 Washington, DC Effective February 6, a change in FDA policy banned sales of fruit, mint and dessert-flavored vape pods that were reportedly intended to attract teens. The effectiveness of this ban in protecting young consumers from e-cigarette health hazards remains in doubt, however. The ban does not affect menthol or tobacco-flavored pods, open-tank sy... - Surgical Stapler Lawsuit Information and Legal News
Surgical stapler lawsuits aimed at medical device manufacturers claim that these defective surgical staplers have caused serious injuries—for many years: The majority of complications were concealed from the public by the FDA in a “hidden database” and have just recently been made public. Defective Surgical Staplers Surgical stap... - Class Action Settlement Monies to Feed Hungry Kids
Reno, NV: The $25 million settlement of a nationwide class action brought against vitamin companies that allegedly cheated customers through illegal price fixing, will be used to help fund food banks and feed hungy elementary school children in Nevada, according to state officials. Nevada was one of 22 states to join a suit filed in November 2009... - GlaxoSmithKline Sued Over Paxil Birth Defects
Jul-29-06 A lawsuit was filed against GlaxoSmithKline on July 28, 2006, in Philadelphia on behalf of Adrian Vasquez, who was born on April 19, 2004, with birth defects as a result of his mother having been prescribed Paxil during pregnancy. Paxil belongs to the class of antidepressant drugs known as selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs). At birth, Ad... - Supreme Court Sends IBM Stock Drop ERISA Lawsuit Back to Second Circuit
Feb-11-20 Washington, DC On January 14, the Supreme Court sent Retirement Plans Committee of IBM v. Jander , a much-watched ERISA lawsuit , back to the Second Circuit for further consideration of defensive arguments raised by the plan administrators. The decision is a setback, although perhaps not a fatal one, for participants in employee stock ownership plans (... - The Big Story of UBS Whistleblower Lawsuit
Jul-7-22 New York, NY After nearly seven years in court, Trevor Murray prevailed in his whistleblower lawsuit against UBS Securities, his former employer. The latest flurry of activity is an after-the-fact attempt by UBS’s attorneys to reduce the firm’s financial liability. No harm, no foul. It’s simply what diligent lawyers try to do. ... - Drug Companies Still Peddling Risperdal and Zyprexa For Off-Label Use
Jun-17-06 According to Kelly O'Meara, author of the newly released book, Psyched Out, America has a drug problem. "It's not as covert as those illicit and illegal "Just Say No" drugs," she says, "but, rather, Americans have become drug users by way of being diagnosed as suffering from one or a number of alleged mental disorders." "Sharing one's feelings with a doc... - Allergan Pleads Guilty to Off-Label Promotion of Botox, Will Pay $600M
Washington, DC: American pharmaceutical manufacturer Allergan Inc. has agreed to plead guilty and pay $600 million to resolve its criminal and civil liability arising from the company's unlawful promotion of its biological product, Botox Therapeutic, for uses not approved as safe and effective by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Justice Dep... - Nursing Home Industry - Breeding Ground for Whistleblowers
Jun-2-06 One of the most effective weapons the government has for unearthing fraud against Medicare and Medicaid in the nursing home industry is the False Claims Act. The fraud is so rampant in that industry that it should be officially designated as a breeding ground for whistleblowers. A provision in the FCA, called Qui Tam, allows persons with evidence of fraud...