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Nov-17-17 Atlanta, GA: A Georgia widow has filed a Medical Malpractice lawsuit against an Atlanta hospital group. She is charging that negligent care caused her husband to endure fourth-degree bedsores during his stay at the facility and resulted in unnecessary suffering that ultimately lead to his death. William S. Mays was admitted to the hospital on Dece... - More Fallout from Alleged Carr Miller Capital Ponzi Scheme
Feb-4-11 Las Vegas, NV In addition to the investors who lost money in the alleged Carr Miller Capital Ponzi Scheme , there may be more fallout from New Jersey's actions against Carr Miller Capital. Charges have been filed against nominal defendants who may not have known about the alleged Ponzi scheme, but are still implicated because of their association with C... - Forest Laboratories Settles Lexapro Marketing Allegations
Feb-2-11 Madison, WI Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen recently announced that Forest Laboratories and subsidiary Forest Pharmaceuticals Inc. have paid nearly $1.5 million to settle allegations of improper marketing of drugs such as Lexapro . According to a release from the Attorney General's office, the pharmaceutical company paid $1,427,527.98 to W... - Did FDA Fast-Track Contribute to IVC Filter Injuries?
Nov-10-17 Washington, DC: While we wait for the bellwether trials to proceed in the Cook IVC Filter Litigation MDL and the Bard IVC Filters MDL , maybe it’s time to have a conversation about root causes. How did we end up in late 2017 with more than 2,000 pending IVC filter lawsuits ? One thing these IVC filter injury cases have in common is this:... - $200 Million Settlement Agreed for Discover Card Customers
Washington, DC: Discover Bank has agreed to pay $200 million to settle consumer fraud allegations brought by federal investigators concerning credit card add-ons that consumers were led to believe were free. After a one year investigation into the telemarketing and sales tactics used by Discover agents, federal investigators found that consumer... - Bayer Reports Spike in Essure Lawsuits and Congress Questions FDA
Nov-8-17 Decatur, IL: Litigation involving Essure is taking its toll on Bayer. In less than a year, the permanent birth control device manufacturer has seen lawsuits more than double, and it has been removed from every global market, except in the U.S. At the beginning of the year, the pharma giant in its financial statement reported it was facing 3,700... - Stockert 3T Bacterial Infection Can Linger
Oct-27-17 Santa Clara, CA: Many warnings, complaints and investigations linking the Stockert 3T heater-cooler system to nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infections and other serious side effects seems to have cooled down. But NTM infections can take years to manifest, and many of the Stockert 3T systems used to regulate body temperature during cardiopulmonary s... - What is Next for Burn Pit Lawsuits?
Oct-26-17 Washington, DC In August, the plaintiffs filed a Notice of Appeal In re: KBR, Inc., Burn Pit Litigation seeking to overturn the decision of the Fourth Circuit that barred them from suing the military contractor who operated the burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan. Since individuals cannot sue the military itself, the Fourth Circuit decisi... - Accounting Malpractice Lawsuit Launched against Giant E&Y Firm
Dec-31-10 New York, NY A major Accounting Malpractice lawsuit has been filed in the State of New York, and is the first major action to emerge from the failure of the once-Herculean Lehman Brothers bank. While all eyes are on the action and how it all plays out, the lawsuit also comes at a critical time for New York with the ascension of outgoing New York Attorn... - Monster Beverage Corporation MNST Securities Fraud
Company: Monster Beverage Corporation Ticker Symbol: MNST Class Period: Feb-23-12 to Aug-9-12 Date Filed: Aug-21-12 Lead Plaintiff Deadline: Oct-20-12 Court: Central District of California, Allegations: New York, NY: A securities securities class action lawsuit ha... - Is Abdominal Mesh Overused?
Oct-14-17 New Orleans, LA: A recent hernia mesh lawsuit was filed at the end of September in Louisiana by a plaintiff who underwent surgical repair for a hernia a year ago this month, only to experience surgical mesh side effects that necessitated revision surgery just six months later. The Bard Ventralex ST Hernia Mesh, manufactured by C.R. Bard (Bard) and Davo... - Woman Injured in Las Vegas Shooting Launches Lawsuit
Oct-13-17 Las Vegas, NV: A 21-year-old college student from California has filed a multi-defendant lawsuit claiming their negligence is responsible for the injuries she sustained at a country music festival in Las Vegas as a deranged shooter fired a hail of automatic gunfire into a crowd from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Casino Resort killing 58 people an... - Green Dot Corporation GDOT Securities Fraud
Company: Green Dot Corporation Ticker Symbol: GDOT Class Period: Jan-26-12 to Jul-26-12 Date Filed: Jul-31-12 Lead Plaintiff Deadline: Sep-29-12 Court: Central District of California Allegations: New York, NY: A securities class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States Distri... - Opioid Epidemic Lawsuits Filed Nationwide while Big Pharma Makes Big Profits
Sep-28-17 Miami, FL: In the wake of the Opioid Epidemic now declared a national emergency, big Pharma faces a tsunami of litigation. Miami has just announced it may file a prescription opioid lawsuit against the manufacturers, adding to the long list of cities and municipalities that have declared an opioid crisis. This June, the New York Times wrote that... - Is Alleged Pressure to Prescribe Narcotics VA Hospital Malpractice?
Oct-25-10 Hampton, VA While it smacks of VA hospital malpractice , a VA hospital in Virginia has been largely cleared by federal investigators of wrongdoing. Specifically, according to the October 12th issue of the Virginian-Pilot , allegations had surfaced that doctors had been coerced into overprescribing powerful narcotics to veterans. However, it appears... - $2.5 Million California Overtime Settlement Granted Preliminary Approval
Sep-16-17 Los Angeles, CA: An overtime pay class action launched against an insurance claims administrator achieved preliminary approval earlier this month, when a non-revisionary cash settlement worth $2.5 million was given the nod by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl. The unpaid overtime lawsuit alleged that various policies observed by the def... - Risperdal Plaintiff Green Lighted to Pursue Risperdal Lawsuit in New York
Sep-11-17 New York, NY: The plaintiff in a Risperdal lawsuit who faced a petition for summary judgement on the part of the manufacturer, won the right to pursue the majority of his claims following a ruling by a New York judge that testimony by an expert witness is admissible, and may stand. According to Court documents plaintiff Jamal Adeghe was ten years of... - 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... - AstraZeneca to Pay $520 Million in Seroquel Settlement
Sep-30-10 Harrisburg, PA The state of Pennsylvania will receive $9 million of the $520 million settlement AstraZeneca Pharmaceutical is paying for improperly marketing Seroquel , an anti-psychotic. Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett said that a state and federal investigation accused the drug maker of marketing Seroquel "off-label" and paying kickbacks... - Study: Fosamax, Other Drugs Double Risk of Esophageal Cancer
Sep-29-10 Oxford, UK A recent study has revealed that the use of Fosamax , along with other bone-building drugs, can double a patient's chance of developing esophageal cancer. Researchers from the University of Oxford in the UK examined medical records and found that the use of Fosamax and other oral bisphosphonates may increase the risk of developing esophage...