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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... - Risk of Harm from Motrin, Aleve, Advil - Better Odds in a Crap Shoot
Jun-30-06 Complications from non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAID, have been linked to 103,000 hospitalizations and more than 16,000 deaths per year in the US, according to a study published in the American Journal of Therapeutics. A lack of information, experts say, is the root cause of the lack of concern over the health risks associated with NSAIDs. A... - 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... - 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 ] ... - ACE Inhibitors should have been Banned for Pregnant Women
Jun-10-06 In a group of 209 babies born to women taking ACE inhibitors in the early stages of pregnancy, a recent study published in the June 8, 2006 New England Journal of Medicine, reported that 18 or 7.1% of the infants, were born with serious birth defects. Data for the study were obtained from the Tennessee Medicaid database for the years between 1985 and 2000... - 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... - Ortho Evra Patch Maker Johnson & Johnson Waves A White Flag
Jun-3-06 On May 2, 2006, Johnson & Johnson attorney, Susan Sharko, wrote to New Jersey Superior Court Judge, Peter Bariso, to inform the court that the company had reached confidential settlements with 11 of the 12 plaintiffs involved in litigation in New Jersey. Less than a month earlier, on April 9, 2006, the New York Post reported that women who suffered life-t... - 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... - Beverly Enterprises - Poster Child Of Fraud And Neglect In Nursing Home Industry
Jun-1-06 Nowhere in the nursing home industry is the corruption, patient neglect and abuse and Medicare and Medicaid fraud more blatant than within the giant nursing home chain of Beverly Enterprises. Based in Fort Smith, it reportedly operates more than 400 nursing facilities, assisted living centers and hospices in 23 states and the District of Columbia. The cha... - Southeastern Restoration, Inc. Hurricane Price Gouging Settlement
The Florida Attorney General filed charges against the company, also known as Afterdisaster, regarding price gouging allegations stemming from the 2004 hurricane season. Afterdisaster allegedly charged an exorbitant fee to condominium associations for water extraction and mold remediation services. It apparently refused to provide the Oceania and the Ae... - Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline Help Send Kids To Prison
May-29-06 In 2003, the pharmaceutical industry passed out $16.4 billion worth of free drug samples to doctors. These so-called free samples are literally killing people. Two young lads who were lucky enough to get free samples of Zoloft are now sitting in prison. After visits to their family doctors, Christopher Pittman and Zachary Schmidkunz were both sent home wi... - Asbestos Poisoning: why weren't they told?
May-25-06 "I feel like I have been shafted. Nobody, not even our government, told us the dangers of asbestos and now my life is on the line. I don't have workers compensation because I am an independent contractor. I don't know who else to go after, or what to do." Zonolite Jim Hopkins from Coleman, Alberta is an electrician. He rewired a bunch of old houses in... - Neurontin Deal - Slap On The Hand To Pfizer
May-25-06 The off-label prescribing of drugs has become a serious problem over the past decade. Doctors are adjusting dosage levels and prescribing drugs for medical indications and treatment durations for which the drugs were never approved or intended. When the FDA approves a drug, it also approves the labeling for the drug, which explains the manner in which the... - Polk County, IA 911 Dispatch Error Wrongful Death Settlement
On November 16, Kathryn Mein called 911 when her husband, Scott, complained of numbness and pain. She provided her address, but the dispatcher sent Ankeny emergency crews to the wrong location using information maintained by Qwest. The error caused an 8 minute delay; Scott later died at Iowa Methodist Medical Center. In general, Iowa state law protects... - FDA Used to Shield Big Pharma From Lawsuits
May-12-06 In January 2006, the FDA announced the Bush administration's latest gift to Big Pharma in a statement that said people who believe they have been injured by drugs approved by the FDA should not be allowed to sue drug companies in state courts. "We think that if your company complies with the FDA processes, if you bring forward the benefits and risks of yo... - Universal Music Group Pay for Play Settlement
New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer filed charges against the music producer for paying and giving gifts to radio stations in exchange for airplay of its artists. Universal Music wanted more airplay for its artists in return for outright bribes to radio station programmers in the form of vacations, electronics and tickets to music and sporting event... - Tequin Antibiotic Blood Sugar and Tequin side effects class action lawsuit. Submit your Tequin complaint to a Tequin lawyer.
Health authorities at the FDA recently announced several consumer reports linking severe cases of hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia to antibiotic Tequin. Some of these consumer cases were fatal. Tequin (gatifloxacin) is in a class of antibiotics used to treat bacterial infections such as pneumonia, chronic bronchitis, urinary tract infections, and sex... - Whistleblower Mark Livingston Battles Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
May-10-06 Washington DC Attorney, Jason Zuckerman, says a positive result of the recent corporate scandals is the recognition of the value of whistleblowers in exposing fraud, corruption, and other wrongdoing within a company. As a result of a shift in the public's perception, he says, some whistleblowers are viewed as heroes for taking on powerful corporations lik... - Ex-Pfizer VP Peter Rost Takes On Goliath
May-9-06 Beginning in 1997, Pharmacia, currently a subsidiary of Pfizer, sought to boost its sales of the drug Genotropin. To that end, the company illegally marketed the drug to spur growth in short children and as an anti-aging drug for adults looking for the fountain of youth. In a nutshell, the off-label marketing scheme included: (1) direct payments to doct... - Kids Dying From Off-Label Use Of Antipsychotics
May-5-06 A recent USA Today sponsored review of the FDA database from 2000 to 2004 found at least 45 deaths in children under 18 with atypical antipsychotics listed as the "primary suspect," and 1,328 reports of other serious side effects, some life-threatening. Atypical antipsychotics are a relatively new class of drugs approved by the FDA for the treatment of a...