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Ernest Tusino was elected chief executive officer of Local 170 in Worcester in 1988 but was ousted eight years later for publicly endorsing James Hoffa in the 1996 general election. A court judge found the Teamsters action against Tusino was a purposeful and deliberate attempt to suppress dissent within the union. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd C... - Bextra - What Did Pfizer Know? - Everything
Feb-28-06 Critics say millions of people were needlessly exposed to the risks of Bextra due to intense off-label promotion and advertising that boosted the painkiller to a position near the top of the list of the most widely prescribed drugs in US history. Although a drug can only be marketed for specific indications approved by the FDA, doctors are allowed to pres... - FDA Grants Guinea Pig Status To US Citizens
Feb-28-06 "It is outrageous that, for all intents and purposes, the FDA allowed a clinical trial to proceed, which makes every citizen in the United States a potential "guinea pig," without providing a practical, informative warning to the public." The statement of outrage above was included in a letter to acting FDA Commissioner, Dr von Eschenbach, from Senator Ch... - FDA Shields Drug Companies From Lawsuits
Feb-27-06 Last month, the FDA revealed its latest protective policy for drug companies 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 your drug, a... - Sex Crimes: A Tragic Story of Physical and Mental Abuse
Feb-27-06 Lisa Tri, from Buffalo, Minnesota was sexually and physically abused by her mother's ex-fiance when she was 10 years old. "He had me so scared that I didn't tell anyone," says Lisa. "Besides, nobody would believe me - he worked for a minimum security correctional facility in Redwing, Minnesota and had me so brainwashed I didn't even tell my Mom until we m... - Tenet Healthcare Corp. Medicare and Medicaid Over Billing Settlement
The Florida attorney general filed charges against the hospital chain for allegedly over billing Medicare and Medicaid. The lawsuit claimed Tenet violated racketeering laws by inflating profits in the federal elderly Medicare health program and over billed Medicaid, the federal health insurance program for the poor. Tenet Healthcare Corp. has agreed to... - Psych Drugs - Doctors Serve As Middle-Man Pushers
Feb-21-06 Although peddling psychiatric drugs for off-label treatment of every ailment known to man is highly profitable, it is also illegal. Marketing schemes that increase the rates at which drugs are prescribed for off-label use, result in the sale of drugs that have not been proven safer or superior to FDA approved medications already on the market. That said,... - AOL and Compuserve Telephone Cramming
Feb-21-06 AOL can't get its billing act together: Customers are still complaining of double billing and over-billing. You would think a high-tech Internet service provider like AOL would be able to get the little things - like account billing - right. Despite being a deep-pocketed, multi-media, premier Internet service provider, (with years of complaints and lawsu... - Uniwest, J.T. Riley Inc. and Strober Haddonfield Group Elevator Shaft Accident Settlement
In January 2001, Robert Bruce and Thomas Stinson were both 35-year-old members of the Elevator Constructors Local 5. While working on the Center City building in Philadelphia, the scaffolding gave way and the two men fell 30 feet to the shaft pit below. Stinson died the day after the accident and Bruce suffered injuries to his head, shoulder and back. B... - Whistleblowers Reveal Over-Medicating For Profit
Feb-19-06 In Pennsylvania, whistleblower, Dr Kruszewski, discovered cases where adults and children in state care were prescribed as many as 5 psychiatric drugs at the same time. When he went to his superiors to report the over-prescribing and warned of the potential liability to the state if it was allowed to continue, he was told "it is none of your business." A... - Advanced Contracting Corp. Demolition Workers Unpaid Overtime Settlement
Demolition laborers who worked on construction projects for the company filed a lawsuit for allegedly failing to pay mandated overtime compensation. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of laborers who worked overtime from December 21, 1999 to March 22, 2005. R. Friends Cleaners and Mer Sites staffing agencies were set up to supply low wage demolition worker... - ADHD Drugs - Cash Cow For Pharma
Feb-13-06 "Our society viewed with loathing those who 'pushed' stimulant drugs on children," says child psychiatrist Dr Peter Breggin. "Yet today, there are more children taking Ritalin and amphetamines from doctors than ever received them from illegal pushers," he says. "Parents and teachers and even doctors have been badly misled by drug company marketing practic... - Poisoning In the Womb - SSRIs
Feb-9-06 New research has linked the use of SSRIs during pregnancy to a complication in newborns of a rare but life-threatening lung problem, according to this month's New England Journal of Medicine. Infants born to women who took the drugs in the second half of their pregnancy, had 6 times the risk of developing the disorder, the researchers reported. Only a cou... - Auto Manufacturers: Is Safety Secondary?
Feb-9-06 Rebecca Bond, from Orange Park, Florida was driving her 1997 Ford Explorer last June, 2005 when she ran off the road. The car rolled over five times after hitting a signpost. "The airbag didn't inflate and my wife was knocked unconscious when it flipped," says husband Mackenzie Bond. "She hit her head on top of the steering wheel and hi... - J.D. Byrider Inflated Vehicle Settlement
The Kentucky attorney general filed a lawsuit against the car dealer for allegedly selling substandard cars and trucks at inflated prices. The case was filed on behalf of 14,400 people who purchased vehicles at the Louisville dealer from January 1, 2000 through December 31, 2004. J.D. Byrider of Louisville has agreed to pay a $7.1 million settlement tha... - General Motors: Manufacturing Defective Vehicles
Jan-30-06 Susan Doyle and Jen are furious with General Motors. With good reason. Susan Doyle is from Brantford, Ontario. "The head gasket went in my Pontiac transport van and apparently it is a known problem with GM (due to the type of antifreeze GM used from 1996 to 2000) and my motor blew," says Doyle. Naturally, the warranty had expired. "We bought it in 200... - Small planes, a new trend among travelers, a new concern for authorities
Jan-26-06 Airplane manufacturers are producing small jet planes, ideal for personal travel and charter, though the safety risks have yet to be determined. Although statistics claim that it is 4 times safer to fly in a commercial plane than to drive a car, small personal planes or charter planes have an accident rate 7 times higher than automobiles. And in small pla... - Stock Options and Your Retirement Fund: Is Your Employer Obeying ERISA?
Jan-26-06 A number of lawsuits have been launched against companies who don't follow the laws around stock options, 401k plans and retirement funds. ERISA, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, has special rules for companies that offer stock options as a retirement plan investment. This includes a company's fiduciary duties to their employees. Simply put,... - Kawasaki Recalled
Jan-23-06 The Kawasaki 2005-2006 model year Mule 600 Utility Vehicles has been recalled by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A., of Irvine, California. About 15,200 of the utility vehicles have been recalled due to a problem with the steering knuckle. It can twist or break from wheel forces transmitted to th... - Ford admission of cruise control fire danger too late
Jan-11-06 While Ford finally admitted that the cruise control wiring in the F150, amongst others, holds a serious risk of catching fire, it comes too late for some families. Ford refuses the following families compensation saying that, due to the extent of the fire, it cannot be determined what exactly caused the damage. Talk about a Catch-22! Life-threatening...