LAWSUITS NEWS & LEGAL INFORMATION
Search Results for
Sort by date 2,441 pages found matching data breach- Stem Cell Therapy Legal News and Lawsuit Information
Stem cell treatments have been defined as both miracle treatments and snake oil. The public has heard from researchers and licensed doctors, unlicensed frauds and for-profit companies that stem cell therapy can regenerate hair and organs, cure cancer and emphysema, and eradicate deadly infectious diseases. It is commonly used in plastic surgery and eye surge... - California Wildfire Bad Faith Insurance Denial Lawsuits Get New Life
Mar-1-21 San Francisco, CA In May 2020, the California Court of Appeal for the First Appellate District reversed the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to State Farm Insurance Co. Leonard and Patricia Fadeeff challenged the insurer’s denial of their claim for damage to their home in the 2015 Valley Fire. Fadeeff v. State Farm continues to be a... - Plavix Mixed with Heartburn Drugs Potentially Dangerous
Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke Increases In Stent Patients Patients who have stents, and who are on the blood thinner Plavix, may be at greater risk for heart attack, stroke, hospitalization or coronary artery bypass, if they also take certain heartburn drugs, such as Nexium, the proton pump inhibitor made by AstraZeneca. The results are cause for r... - Nexium Use and Increased Risk for Fracture
Washington, DC: Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), including Nexium (esomeprazole), which are used to treat heartburn and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), ulcers in the stomach and small intestine, and inflammation of the esophagus, can cause bone fractures. According to data from a study published in the Annals of Family Medicine in 2011, r... - Judge Rules against GSK--Teen Paxil Suicide Case goes to Trial
Oct-5-08 Philadelphia, PA A federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled on Wednesday, October 1, 2008 that a lawsuit filed by the parents of a 16-year-old New Jersey boy who committed suicide while taking Paxil can proceed to a jury trial. In doing so, the Court denied the motion for summary judgment filed by Paxil manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) . This was GSK... - Health Insurers' Medical Claims Denial Lawsuit News & Legal Information
Medicine and healthcare has evolved: treatments and services available today were non-existent a few decades ago. But health insurance has also evolved, often to our detriment. Increasingly, bad faith insurance lawsuits are filed against Health Insurers denying medical claims. Insurers such as Anthem & Blue Cross/Blue Shield require increasingly high co-... - New York Medical Malpractice Lawsuit News & Legal Information
New York medical malpractice claims are made against doctors or other healthcare professionals or organizations whose standard of care fails to meet an acceptable level. When the standard of care falls and a patient suffers harm as a result, a New York medical malpractice lawsuit may be filed against the doctor, health care provider, or institution whose ac... - FDA Issues Warning for Transvascular Autonomic Modulation (TVAM)
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a safety alert regarding an experimental procedure called Transvascular Autonomic Modulation (TVAM). This procedure may put patients at risk because it is being promoted as treatment for a variety of conditions even though it has not been formally studied in clinical trials. Reported risks include TVAM... - Medtronic Sprint Fidelis Update: The News is No Better
Aug-26-08 Minneapolis, MN It's been several months since the Medtronic Sprint Fidelis lead recall made headlines after defibrillator patients experienced inappropriate shocks due to a fracture in the super-thin lead. However, the story is still at play: lawsuits keep coming in, and continued research verifies the problem with the Medtronic Sprint Fidelis . To... - Arizona Medical Malpractice Lawsuit News & Legal Information
Arizona medical malpractice lawsuits occur when patients in Arizona believe their healthcare provider has been negligent in his or her healthcare duties. Arizona malpractice claims can include allegations that healthcare providers failed to act in a manner that a reasonable healthcare provider of the same medical specialty would act, by either taking act... - Ohio overtime | Ohio employment law | Lawyersandsettlements.com
Ohio Employment Law Ohio labor and employment law lawsuits allege violations of Ohio labor laws including wage and hour violations. The rights of employees in Ohio are protected by a number of laws including prevailing wage laws and minimum wage laws, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA). Possible violatio... - Lawsuit Against GSK Alleges Avandia To Blame For Injury Requiring Heart Bypass Surgery
Feb-13-08 Philadelphia, PA: Pat Kelly and his wife Sandra Kelly of Grove, Oklahoma, filed a lawsuit on February 12, 2008, against Philadelphia-based GlaxoSmithKline ("GSK"), the maker of Avandia , in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania - Case 2:08-cv-00667-RK, accusing GSK of causing serious injury to Mr. Kelly due to its negligence, fr... - Byetta FAQ
What is Byetta used for? Byetta, known generically as exenatide, is used as a treatment to improve glycemic control in adults who have type 2 diabetes mellitus. It is meant to be used along with diabetes and exercise. Byetta is not approved for use in patients with type 1 diabetes or to treat diabetic ketoacidosis. It is also not approved for use alo... - Byetta Pancreatic Cancer Lawsuit News & Legal Information
The use of Byetta has been linked to impaired kidney dysfunction and renal kidney failure as well as serious Byetta side effects including acute pancreatitis. Additionally, a recent UCLA study showed a possible increase in Byetta pancreatic cancer and Byetta thyroid cancer . Byetta attorneys are investigating lawsuits for users diagnosed with Impair... - Global Asbestos Mesothelioma: 174,300 Dead or Dying
Jan-25-11 Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan Asbestos has long been viewed as a trigger for mesothelioma, an incurable disease that can lay in wait for as long as 30 to 50 years before emerging. And while little is known about the global impact of mesothelioma, a scientific paper appearing online this month in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) and pub... - E-Cigarettes Pose Health Hazards Legal News & Lawsuit Information
Santa Clara, CA Research shows that serious health risks are associated with electronic cigarettes, including cancer. Health officials for more than a decade have warned consumers of e-cigarette side effects from toxic vapes that contain additives in the liquid nicotine, which converts to high amounts of aldehydes and toxic chemicals. E-Cig... - Allergan Refuses to Pay for Surgery to Remove Breast Implants Linked to Cancer
Dec-1-20 Hackensack, NJ Jody Craft has now joined the growing number of women who have filed lawsuits seeking compensation for the harm Allegan USA, Inc. allegedly caused by marketing textured breast implants now linked to breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL). BIA-ALCL is a rare form of cancer seen almost exclusively in women... - Hearing Examinations to Begin in 3M Combat Arms Defective Earplugs Lawsuits
Nov-19-20 Pensacola, FL On October 20, the District Court for the Northern District of Florida issued a pre-trial order setting the requirements for the medical examinations of five service members who allege that they suffered hearing loss because of the 3M defective earplugs that were standard military issue from 2003 to 2015. The Order sets out a sc... - Another Monsanto Roundup Lawsuit filed in California
Jul-26-21 San Francisco, CA Monsanto has been hit with another lawsuit claiming its Roundup product causes non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and other cancers. Plaintiff Michael Langford of Sacramento was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 2007 and later developed other cancers. Langford’s Monsanto lawsuit filed in late June comes on the heels of a claim also... - Bad News for Avandia from Two Big Studies
Jun-28-10 Washington, DC Two studies on the controversial diabetes medication Avandia (rosiglitazone) were made public today, providing independent evidence that the drug puts patients at increased risk for cardiac events, specifically myocardial infarction, stroke, heart failure and death. One study, an updated meta-analysis of 56 clinical trials, showed a...