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Nov-16-08 After twenty long years, it appears that the epidemic in mental disorders in America might be coming to an end. It won't happen because of any great medical breakthrough but rather because the perpetrators of the greatest healthcare fraud in history are finally being exposed. The demolition of the giant "psycho-pharmaceutical complex" appears to be on the ho... - Jury Still Out on Safety of Drug Eluting Stents
Oct-20-08 Washington, DC When the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved 'Endeavor,' the drug-coated Medtronic stent earlier this year, it did so amidst a storm of controversy as to whether or not the stents promote potentially dire blood clots in heart attack patients. Drug eluting stents are still under FDA scrutiny, but as 2008 dawned there was little c... - Denied Insurance Coverage for Proton Beam Therapy
Feb-24-21 Santa Clara, CA Proton beam radiation therapy (PBRT) is purportedly a safer and more effective cancer treatment than x-ray or photon-based treatments and less invasive than surgery, but some insurance companies deny coverage, which has led to bad faith insurance lawsuits . Despite doctors recommending proton therapy treatment to treat cancer, some insu... - Avandia – Buyer Beware
Aug-4-08 Boston, MA Avandia , as of August 3, 2008, has undergone yet more prescribing information changes. Remarkably, the changes talk about the benefits of the drug, not the increased risk for cardiac events, edema, and breathlessness, which so many Avandia users have suffered. The update includes data from A Diabetes Outcome Progression Trial (ADOPT), which... - Pradaxa Bleeding Risk Increased With Certain Statins: Study
Dec-4-16 Toronto, ON: In tandem with oft-cited Pradaxa bleeding associated with the frequently-prescribed blood thinner, a new concern has emerged from a Canadian study suggesting that Pradaxa use with certain statins can heighten the risk for bleeding for patients suffering from atrial fibrillation. The latter, characterized by an irregular and rapid heartb... - What Led to the Black Box Warning on Asthma Drugs?
May-30-08 Washington, DC: Two years ago the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) stated that the asthma drugs Advair Diskus, Advair HFA, Foradil Aerolizer, Serevent Diskus must carry black box warnings—the most severe warning the FDA can issue. Most recently Symbicourt, Performist, (formoterol fumarate), and Brovana inhalation solution were added to list of... - Asbestosis Lawsuit Plaintiff Hopes for a New Day with New Trial
Nov-12-16 West Palm Beach, FL: An asbestosis lawsuit that originally found for the plaintiff but was overturned on appeal, has seen the appellate ruling upheld after the Fourth District Court of Appeal for the State of Florida refused to revisit its ruling. Thus, any hope for asbestosis compensation for the plaintiff will hinge on the outcome of a new trial o... - Abilify Good for Casinos and Credit Card Companies, but for Humans?
Nov-10-16 Portland, OR: The anti-psychotic drug Abilify may be good for casinos and credit card companies, but it may not even benefit those people who have schizophrenia—a disorder it was originally approved to treat. Pathological gambling is the most common impulse behavior connected to Abilify, according to the FDA. These compulsive behaviours can oc... - It's Game Over for Trasylol, but Bayer Refuses to Fold
May-25-08 Washington, DC If Trasylol maker Bayer AG were into playing the odds, the Germany-based manufacturer is hedging its bets over its once-dominant anti-bleeding drug, even though most believe that the Canadian BART clinical trial has effectively sounded the death knell for a drug that has allegedly spelled death for thousands of heart patients. After pr... - How to File a Claim for a Multi-car Pileup
Feb-20-23 Santa Clara, CA Unfortunately, traffic crashes often include more than two vehicles, especially in busy urban areas. If you’re one of the parties in a multi-car pileup, filing an insurance claim can be confusing. Here’s what you need to know about accidents involving multiple parties. What Is Comparative Fault? As an example, Atla... - California Wage Theft Rampant
Feb-16-23 Santa Clara, CA At least three class action lawsuits alleging wage theft violations have been filed in California courts within the last month. Vitamin Shoppe, Hyatt Regency Long Beach and Lowe’s are accused of violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and California labor laws. And each lawsuit blames understaffing for labor violation... - Celebrex Heart Attack: Risk Factors Remain, and so does The Drug
Apr-4-08 Chicago, IL First the good news—it appears that Celebrex taken at lower doses pose less of a risk for heart attack , than when Celebrex is taken at a higher dose. The bad news? There is a risk for heart attack either way. The COX-2 selective inhibitor manufactured by Pfizer Pharmacia has long been suspected of having links to cardiovascular eve... - HIV Drugs Under Suspicion for Increased Risk of Heart Attack
Mar-28-08 Washington, DC In what is fast becoming a never-ending story, a drug that showed no concern in clinical trials is suddenly under the microscope now that the drug is on the market and used by a wider number of Americans. This time it's HIV drugs Ziagen , and Videx , two drugs that have now been identified as posing a greater risk for heart attack tha... - Bank of America Breached Customer Contracts, Charging Overdraft Fees on Non-Recurring Transactions
Feb-5-20 New York, NY Cockrom v. Bank of America alleges that Bank of America (BofA) charged overdraft fees on everyday one-time purchases, like a cup of coffee or a tank of gas, even when its deposit agreements promised that overdraft fees would be levied only on recurring transactions, such as a mortgage payments. This is a new twist on bank overdraft fee la... - Go Figure: Your Wireless Implantable Defibrillator Can be Hacked
Mar-13-08 Washington, DC Taking a page right out of James Bond, a soon-to-be-published research paper analyzing the sophistication of implantable medical devices (IMD) and cardiac defibrillators (ICD) sheds new light on the capacity of such devices to be programmed and adjusted from outside the body by a medical professional, presumably your doctor. The bad n... - Alere Inaccuracies may lead to Legal Action
Sep-24-16 Dallas, TX: Now that the blood-testing device called Alere INRatio is known to cause misreadings, attorneys are beginning to focus on blood thinner-related injuries. And there may be legal action against Alere, the manufacturer. As well, an investigation regarding use of Alere that was used in Xarelto clinical trials, another blood thinner like... - Xarelto Lawsuits on the Rise
Sep-22-16 Philadelphia, PA: Due to a flood of Xarelto complaints, Judge Eldon Fallon in the Multi-District Litigation is extending the filing deadline by another 90 days, adding to more than 7,000 cases pending in the Eastern District of Louisiana. The first bellwether trials for those cases are slated for next February. Meanwhile, almost 1,000 cases in the P... - Customers Sue Countrywide Financial for Unfair Pricing
Feb-8-08 Los Angeles, CA: Two couples in California are suing Countrywide Financial Corp. , a home and mortgage lender, because they claim the company made agreements with appraisers to try and beat the sinking housing market by inflating the prices paid for homes. Filed in Los Angeles Superior court on Wednesday, the complaint also names KB Home Mortgage Co... - Plaintiff Appeals Boston Scientific Verdict and Wins New Trial
Sep-15-16 Boston, MA: More than two years ago the first Boston Scientific transvaginal mesh trial resulted in a verdict favoring the manufacturer. The jury found the TVM was not defectively designed but the appeals court may not agree. Plaintiff Diane Albright had the transvaginal mesh device implanted in 2010 to treat a cystocele, which is an anterior pelvic... - E-Cigarette Lawsuit Claims Deceptive Advertising, Fraud
Jan-20-20 Eugene, OR Among other e-cigarette side effects , Kewmarse Imani, who began JUULing in 2018, is now addicted to nicotine and will struggle with that addiction for life. Imani v. JUUL Labs, Inc. and Altria Group, Inc. , a class action lawsuit , claims that his nicotine addiction is the result of a permanent injury to his developing brain and that he suff...