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Feb-24-09 Minneapolis, MN Patients with the Medtronic Fidelis Sprint lead , a medical device that connects to the heart and was expected to be effective in 95 percent of patients in spite of a recall two years ago, may be worse off than first thought. A new study suggests that three years after implantation the Sprint Fidelis lead is only expected to remain functio... - Flight 3407 Reported Significant Ice Build-up Moments Before it Crashed
Feb-13-09 Clarence, NY: The latest news from the scene of the fatal plane crash of Continental Express Flight 3407 is that ice may have been a factor. According to data from the flight recorders, the cockpit crew were discussing "significant ice build up" on the plane's windshield, and leading edges of the wings, moments before the plane hurtled into the Weilinski's... - Two Recent Surgical Mesh Lawsuits Assert Ethicon Physiomesh is Defective
Mar-15-17 Washington, DC Two hernia mesh lawsuits have been filed related to failed Ethicon Physiomesh that has since been recalled voluntarily by the manufacturer in several countries. The product was approved in 2010 by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) through the fast-track 510(k) Clearance program as it was deemed to be substantially similar to othe... - The Predatory Lending Cycle of the Car Title Loan
Mar-13-17 Fort Worth, TX: The greed from need cycle of car title loans is far from new. In February, 2015 the Star-Telegram (02/14/15) in Fort Worth was reporting that the average resident of Texas was about $40,000 in debt. The car title loan was one quick and easy way for Texans to deal with short-term financial crises, such as a family emergency. However... - Takata to Pay $1B for Airbag Scandal
Feb-28-17 Santa Clara, CA: Takata Corporation has agreed to pay $1 billion to settle multi-district litigation alleging the airbag manufacturer was aware of the fatal defect with its airbags but sold them anyway. At least 11 deaths have been linked to the airbags, which can explode due to a design defect. According to the proposed settlement terms Takata will... - California Labor Lawsuit Settles for $1.8 Million
Feb-23-17 Los Angeles, CA: A California labor lawsuit that’s been waged for over three years appears to be on the brink of resolution following a settlement agreement between the defendant, Zales Delaware Inc. and plaintiffs in a class action alleging that employees were stiffed on wages. The lawsuit was originally filed and litigated in federal court in C... - Family Blames Takata Airbag for Woman's Death
Feb-23-17 Detroit, MI: The children of a Michigan woman who died earlier this month say their mother never fully recovered from Takata airbag injuries sustained in a low-speed crash in 2014, according to the Detroit Free Press . Dianne Moulton died Feb. 2, three years after the Takata airbag in her 2002 Honda CR-V exploded in a parking lot collision in Dearb... - Risperdal Case Load Shows No Sign of Slowing Down
Feb-21-17 Philadelphia, PA: With Risperdal side effects lawsuits continuing to grow at a compelling rate within a mass tort in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, the file is poised to move forward with a meeting planned for March 9 with regard to the centralized litigation (In Re: Risperdal Litigation, Case No. 100300296). As reported by senior staff wr... - Oracle Claw-Back Violation of California Labor Laws
Feb-16-17 San Francisco, CA: Oracle America Inc. has been sued in federal court by a former sales employee claiming violations of the California labor laws and unfair business practice laws. In her lawsuit, Marcella Johnson claims that Oracle has a “retroactive re-plan” that reduced her earned commissions. The company retroactively increases quot... - Heparin Contamination Still Under a Cloud of Questions
Nov-24-08 Washington, DC The heparin contamination story that has dominated the medical news in the last year, touching everything from heparin injection with heparin syringes to the exposure of Americans to lax quality standards in China, continues to play out. And now there is a new wrinkle with the recent charge by a Texas Republican Congressman that the US... - Monsanto Loses Labelling Battle in California – Tentatively
Feb-3-17 Fresno, CA: Opponents and families involved in lawsuits against the makers of the chemical herbicide known as Roundup are hailing a “tentative decision” by a California judge based on written arguments to allow glyphosate to be added to the “list of chemicals known to the state of California to cause cancer” under... - J&J Talcum Powder Lawsuit Claims Ovarian Cancer Risk Was Known
Feb-3-17 Santa Clara, CA: The fourth ovarian cancer trial brought against Talc maker Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and Imerys Talc America is set to go to court next week. It follows three previous trials, all of which saw multi-million dollar awards for plaintiffs who alleged they developed ovarian cancer from using J&J Talc-containing products. In 2... - Despite $1B Penalty by the Feds, It’s Not Over Yet for Takata: Airbag Injuries
Feb-1-17 Washington, DC: The massive $1 Billion criminal penalty announced by the US Department of Justice earlier this month surrounding defective Takata airbags is not, in reality, an end to the troubles for the beleaguered Japanese manufacturer. Just one day after the Christmas holiday this past December, German automotive manufacturer BMW announced a recall of... - Risperdal Litigation Second Largest
Jan-29-17 Philadelphia, PA : Litigation over the antipsychotic drug Risperdal was the second largest mass tort (just behind Reglan) in 2016 and believed to be mainly responsible for the pharmaceutical inventory in Philadelphia’s Complex Litigation Center to be “at its highest level in recent years.” The Legal Intelligencer (Jan 27, 2017) re... - Preemption - True Motives
Oct-21-08 In the original petition for writ of certiorari filed in the US Supreme Court in March 2007, under reasons for granting the petition, Wyeth reveals the true motives behind the pharmaceutical industry's all-out push for a preemption win against a lone citizen from Vermont, Diane Levine, when stating: "There are tens of thousands of individual claims, and p... - A Tangle of Hernia Mesh Complaints
Jan-15-17 Miami, FL: Knowing you have surgical abdominal mesh in your body that has been recalled is unnerving, to say the least. Even worse, and for many people, suffering pain and infection long after the mesh has been withdrawn or recalled from the market means mesh removal surgery followed by a possible hernia mesh lawsuit. Ethicon Physiomesh Lawsui... - Free Drug Samples the New Threat to Children
Oct-6-08 Washington, DC Patients love 'em because they're free, and will save them a buck or two at the drug store. Doctors love 'em because their patients love 'em—plus the added benefit of ensuring a patient without the means to afford expensive prescription drugs can have access to them. However a new study out today suggests that free drug samples do litt... - Avandia Heart Attack: Questions Still Remain
Sep-30-08 Washington, DC The Avandia debate continues to provide a basis for confusion in the face of conflicting information. GlaxoSmithKline (Glaxo), the makers of Avandia, continues to claim that studies conclude there is no risk of heart attack . However, questions remain. Why does Avandia carry a black box warning? And why was there never an Avandia recall ?... - Alere Inc. In Tough over Recalled INRatio, Abbott Merger in Jeopardy
Jan-3-17 Georgetown, DE: An Alere lawsuit filed by former suitor Abbott Laboratories Inc. (Abbott) over a proposed merger is, for the moment, redirecting attention away from the failed INRatio measuring device that was recalled in July. The recalled product nonetheless has a role in the recent performance of Alere Inc. (Alere) that has prompted Abbott to back a... - Car Accident Data Released
Sep-15-08 Washington, DC The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has released its 2007 Annual Assessment of Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes, in which fatality counts and estimates of injuries stemming from [ car accidents ] and other motor vehicle crashes are compared with the counts and estimates from 2006. Although the numbers are down from last...