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Fort Lauderdale - The US Department of Justice investigated the leading provider of newborn, maternal-fetal and pediatric physician subspecialty services company related to Medicaid and TRICARE fraud for neonatal services provided from January 1996 through December 1999. Pediatrix Medical Group has finalized its previously announced agreement and ha... - Following Suit: Student Loan Lawsuit Update
Apr-10-14 Allegations have been made about unethical practices on the part of student loan companies . These allegations include financial fraud and violations of consumer protection laws. • So far, at least one lawsuit has been filed against a student loan servicing company and a student loan lender. The plaintiff alleges her extra payments were not used... - Concern Over Suspected Link between Risperdal and Male Breasts Growing
Mar-31-14 Philadelphia, PA The basket of various Risperdal side effects , which includes Risperdal diabetes and Risperdal stroke, appears to be tilting more heavily toward the phenomenon known as gynecomastia: the development of breasts in males. Once thought to be the bastion of older, sedentary men who tend to pack on the pounds in mid-life, gynecomastia has no... - ShapeMatch Cutting Guide Lawsuit(s) a Non-Issue in Stryker’s Q4
Mar-30-14 Kalamazoo, MI When Stryker did an about-face on its troubled ShapeMatch Cutting Guide in November 2012 after only 18 months, the medical device company said at the time that patients who had undergone knee replacement utilizing the recalled guides would not require follow-up “beyond the routine standard of care.” However, plaintiffs having file... - Bellwether Actos Bladder Cancer Lawsuit Long on Complexity
Mar-29-14 Lafayette, LA An Actos bladder cancer lawsuit underway in Louisiana appears to be taking various detours around the primary allegation that pioglitazone (Actos) causes bladder cancer. To that end, the plaintiffs allege that a former marketing executive with the co-accused, Eli Lilly (Lilly), committed perjury in association with previous testimony conc... - TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Abbott Laboratories and Takeda Pharmaceutical Lupron Pricing Settlement
The Illinois Attorney General filed a lawsuit against the three companies which manufacture and distribute the prostate cancer drug Lupron. The 2005 lawsuit claimed the companies published fraudulent prices for the drug, causing government programs to overpay hundreds of millions of dollars. TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Abbott Laboratories and Takeda Ph... - Fairfield Resorts Inc. Undeveloped Land Marketing Settlement
A lawsuit was filed against the Florida developer on behalf of 1,500 consumers who purchased lots in the Fairfield Glade community in the 1970s and 1980s. The Tennessee Attorney General accused Fairfield of committing to extend water, sewer and road improvements to undeveloped lots, but the company did not keep those promises. Fairfield Resorts has agre... - Prudential Financial Inc. Rapid Trading Settlement
The U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the attorneys general of Massachusetts and New York were investigating the life insurer regarding improper mutual fund trading. The case charged former Prudential employees with making millions of dollars by rapid trading of mutual funds and claimed Prudential allowed hedg... - ProCycle Consumer Fraud Settlement
Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon filed a 'bait and switch' consumer protection lawsuit against the motorcycle dealer. The lawsuit claimed ProCycle lured customers into the store with misleading advertising and then charged higher prices by adding processing fees, credit card surcharges, assembly charges, delivery fees and other hidden costs. ProCycle... - US Attorney General Seeks National Standard for Data Breach Disclosure
Mar-12-14 Washington, DC The reality that finds more and more Americans conducting increasing transactions online, together with the existence of personal information parked and stored within various sources vulnerable to being hacked, suggests that data breaches will continue to be a growing threat. To that end, US Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. is on record... - St. Paul Travelers Cos. Inc. Insurance Settlement
The St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc. was under investigation regarding its producer compensation, insurance placement practices and "non-traditional" insurance products. The company has settled regulatory charges and awarded $42 million to The Attorneys General of New York, Connecticut and Illinois and the New York State Dept. of Insurance. The compan... - Advocate Lutheran General Hospital and Dr. George Melnyk wrongful death Settlement
Three months after the birth of her daughter in 2001, Melanie Stokes was treated for depression by Dr. George Melnyk at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge. Four days after being released from the hospital, Melanie jumped to her death from the 12th floor window of a hotel room. Her husband filed a wrongful death lawsuit alleging that Melani... - General Electric Co. false claims Settlement
In October 2000, two General Electric (GE) employees filed a lawsuit claiming that GE sold defective turbine parts, and five more employees joined the suit in January 2002, alleging the company covered up defects in turbine blades and vanes during production. The federal government joined the suit after investigating the allegations and negotiated the s... - Wachovia Corp. research Settlement
A 28-month investigation into the Wachovia Capital Markets division of the North Carolina-based bank company began when New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer released e-mails from analysts at Merrill Lynch & Co., in which they denigrated stocks they had endorsed in their research reports. The state securities regulators claimed that Wachovia fai... - As Lipitor MDL Is Approved, Will Cases of Atorvastatin Type 2 Diabetes Spike?
Feb-22-14 Washington, DC While a previous request this past September to consolidate Lipitor lawsuits in front of a single judge was not granted, a subsequent request has been granted. A release from PRWEB (2/19/14) noted that oral arguments supporting the proposed Lipitor MDL were heard at the end of January. This week, the Lipitor Diabetes Lawsuits MDL was g... - Deloitte & Touche trust funds Settlement
A lawsuit filed against Deloitte & Touche alleging accounting fraud involving Symbol Technologies Inc. has reached an understanding. A settlement agreement of $24 million is proposed with the $1 billion Louisiana Sheriffs' Pension & Relief Fund, $550 million Louisiana Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System and City of Miami General Employees' and... - Victim: “Stryker Rejuvenate Hip Implant Not the Only Stryker with Defects”
Feb-11-14 Newton, MA Because Bill was young (age 50) and athletic, his surgeon implanted a Stryker Cormet resurfacing hip replacement rather than a Stryker Rejuvenate hip replacement. But the Cormet failed Bill, and like thousands of Rejuvenate victims, he too wound up with revision surgery. Bill regrets that he didn’t research the Cormet before having... - California PTSD Sufferer Denied Disability Insurance
Feb-9-14 Sacramento, CA In spite of California Insurance Law and other federal statutes that dictate a constituent’s right to pursue disability insurance as required, most applicants will tell you that in the majority of cases an application for disability is routinely denied, and sometimes stamped denied ERISA disability a second time on appeal. Some... - Baxter Healthcare Medicaid Fraud Settlement
The Texas attorney general filed a lawsuit against Baxter Healthcare in 2004 for alleged Medicaid fraud. The lawsuit claimed a scheme falsely reported wholesale prices of I-V fluids and injectible medications prescribed for Medicaid patients. Baxter denied any wrongdoing but agreed to pay the state an $8.5 million settlement. (Jun-12-06) [ KLTV NEWS ] ... - Province of Nova Scotia Shelburne Centre Employees Settlement
In the 1960s and 1970s, youth jail workers at the Shelburne centre and the Nova Scotia School for Girls in Truro, Nova Scotia, were accused of physical and sexual abuse by inmates, although claims surfaced in the 1990s. Some of the 79 aging former staff lost their jobs, became ill from stress and two workers committed suicide. A lawsuit was filed a...