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Aug-22-17 Toronto, ON: Four years ago David had triple bypass heart surgery and he has been suffering from infections ever since. “Nobody could tell us why he was getting so many infections, until we got a letter from the hospital that said this Stockert 3T heater-cooler system used during surgery is linked to a rare bacterial infection,” says Shelly,... - Pain from Surgical Mesh Complications Dropped Physiomesh Patient “To My Knees”
Aug-12-17 Dartmouth, NS: It might be argued that an 86-year-old individual shouldn’t be spending his twilight years suffering debilitating pain and surgical mesh complications from an allegedly defective surgical product. But such is the fate of a Canadian man who alleges that Ethicon Physiomesh, which has been recalled by Health Canada, is responsible for... - Father Worries about his Incarcerated Son with Risperdal “Female Boobs”
Aug-9-17 New Orleans, LA: This is Frank’s story about his son Frankie, who was prescribed Risperdal to treat ADHD when he 11 years old. (Risperdal is frequently prescribed off-label for uses not approved by the FDA.) By the time Frankie was 16, he had developed “female boobs” or gynecomastia. Frank’s son was incarcerated at 18 years of... - Contractor Not to Blame for Veterans’ Health Problems
Aug-9-17 Baltimore, MD In a controversial ruling, a US District Court judge in Maryland has ruled US Veterans and their families cannot sue KBR contracting for exposing American soldiers to plumes of toxic smoke that emanated from burn pits used to dispose of trash near US military bases in Afghanistan and Iraq. The decision to dismiss the lawsuit against KB... - $6.5 Million Settlement for Déjà Vu Dancers Approved, But Delayed on Appeal
Aug-8-17 Detroit, MI: A settlement deal worth $6.5 million that was given preliminary approval in February of this year was granted final approval in June, ending about a decade of legal wrangling involving a gentlemen’s club franchise and the dancers who toiled within. The Déjà Vu lawsuit combined a somewhat unique sector with an old proble... - Xarelto Seeking FDA Approval for Lower Dosage While Litigation Posturing Continues
Aug-5-17 Washington, DC: Towards the end of May plaintiffs embroiled in some 18,000 Xarelto lawsuits consolidated in multidistrict litigation were pushing back against a move by defendants Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Janssen, a division of Johnson & Johnson) and Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Bayer) to escape claims that relied on allegations plai... - Duality Observed in Illinois Cause for Confusion, but Plaintiff Benefits Nonetheless
Jul-30-17 Chicago, IL: A unique Illinois Workers Compensation lawsuit has been quietly percolating through the courts of Illinois. At stake are two claims for workers compensation benefits filed by a personal assistant for an individual with disabilities. At the heart of the Illinois denied workers compensation claim, is an interpretation under Illinois law as t... - Cambio de turno y protocolo de pago de McDonald's bajo lupa legal en un tribunal
Jul-29-17 Los Angeles, CA: La demanda laboral en California en la que el gigante de comida rápida McDonald's está envuelta no es nada rápida, habiendo sido litigada desde 2013 y sin mostrar señales de un arreglo rápido. Sin embargo, un juicio en tribunales que se llevó a cabo a fines del mes pasado para resolver varios asuntos legales antes de lo que se... - Toxic Talc Trial Begins in California
Jul-29-17 Los Angeles, CA: After plaintiff’s expert testified that talc is indeed toxic, defendant Johnson & Johnson is on the offensive in the talcum powder bellwether trial that began this week in California state court. Expert witness Laura Plunkett, a toxicologist and pharmacologist and former consultant to the pharmaceutical industry testified... - Kentucky Supreme Court Upholds Appellate Ruling, IVC Filter Lawsuit Can Proceed
Jul-28-17 Frankfort, KY: An IVC filter lawsuit that was originally tossed out by a trial court due to the absence of an expert witness has survived after all, following a ruling by the Kentucky Supreme Court that the trial court judge was too hasty in dismissing the lawsuit. An appellate panel had originally reversed the trial judge’s dismissal, and the... - Essure Sales Decline as Complaints Increase and ObGyn Tips for Removal
Jul-13-17 Paris, FR: While Essure lawsuits are being filed in France, Canada and the US on behalf of women who have suffered complications from the permanent birth control device (and at least one death in France), gynecologists say a “small minority of women” are requesting removal. But what constitutes a small minority? About one million of the... - Charges Laid Against 412 Individuals for Medicaid Fraud and Opioid Prescribing
Jul-13-17 Santa Clara, CA: The US Attorney General’s office has charged 412 defendants in 41 federal districts with Medicaid fraud resulting from false billings, and prescribing and distributing opioids and other dangerous drugs. The fraud is estimated to have cost Medicaid $1.3 billion resulting from false billings. More than 120 defendants have been c... - Taxotere Hair Loss: Are Doctors Forthright with their Patients as to Risk?
Jul-6-17 Washington, DC: Many a Taxotere hair loss lawsuit asserts that the manufacturer of Taxotere (docetaxel), Sanofi, knew about the increased risk for permanent hair loss associated with its cancer drug, and yet downplayed the risk without revealing that competing products on the market were just as effective at treating cancer as Taxotere, but without the... - Victoria's Secret Reaches $12M Deal In California Unpaid Wages Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A $12 million settlement has been reached in a California overtime and labor laws class action lawsuit pending against Victoria’s Secret. If approved, the deal will end allegations brought by sales clerks in Victoria’s Secret’s California stores that the company failed to properly compensate workers scheduled for "... - Ohio Says Opioid Epidemic Generated by Drug Companies
Jun-10-17 Columbus, OH Fed up with a deadly and costly drug addiction epidemic Ohio has become the second state after Mississippi to launch a lawsuit against five major pharmaceutical companies that manufacture and market prescription opioids such as OxyContin, Percocet and Vicodin. The Defendants named in the lawsuit are Johnson & Johnson (Janssen Pharm... - Ohio Sues Big Pharma for Misleading Opioid Marketing
Jun-6-17 Santa Clara, CA: A deceptive opioid medication marketing lawsuit has been initiated against five prescription opioid manufacturers over allegations of fraudulent marketing and misrepresentation of the risks associated with these drugs, specifically the risk for addiction. Filed by Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, the lawsuit alleges, among other... - McDonald’s Overnight Shift and Pay Protocol Tested in Court
Jun-5-17 Los Angeles, CA: The California labor lawsuit in which fast food giant McDonald’s is embroiled is anything but fast, having been litigated since 2013 and showing no signs of a quick settlement. Nonetheless, a bench trial underway late last month to settle various legal issues ahead of what is expected to be a jury trial going forward, is trying t... - Number of Taxotere Multidistrict Litigation Cases Surpass 1,100
Jun-3-17 New Orleans, LA: A Louisiana multidistrict litigation (MDL) that began in 2016 with less than three dozen transferred Taxotere lawsuits has now swelled to more than a thousand pending cases. The Louisiana Taxotere MDL In Re: Taxotere (Docetaxel) Products Liability Litigation , MDL No. 2740, US District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana concern... - Chinese Caregivers at Alleged Birth Tourism Center Sue For Unpaid Overtime
Jun-1-17 Irvine, CA Chinese caregivers for pregnant Chinese women who traveled to the US to give birth so their babies would have instant US citizenship are suing an alleged "birth tourism center," in a California overtime lawsuit, claiming they were paid low wages and denied overtime. Six Chinese immigrant caregivers, including two from Orange County, on Ma... - $1.6M Settlement Reached in Vita-Mix and Kelly Services Employment Class Action
Santa Clara, CA: A $1.6 million settlement agreement has been reached in an unpaid wages and overtime class action lawsuit pending against blender maker Vita-Mix Corp. and staffing agency Kelly Services Inc. The lawsuit was filed lead plaintiffs Rainoldo Gooding and Nadeen Good in June 2016 against Vita-Mix and Kelly Services. The plaintiffs allege...