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Apr-5-07 Martinsburg, WV: Yet another lawsuit has been filed against Unum Group (formerly UnumProvident) claiming that the insurance company breached its contract with a policyholder and violated the Unfair Claims Settlement Practices Act of West Virginia. According to the lawsuit, the plaintiff waited almost a year between the time her husband died and the ti... - Medical Devices - April 2007 Litigation Update (Part I)
Apr-5-07 Washington, DC: There is certainly no shortage of lawsuits against medical device makers in the US these days and the future's not looking too bright as far as that situation changing anytime soon. The majority of lawsuits allege that the pharmaceutical companies promoted the devices off-label meaning they implanted the products in patients for uses no... - Doctors Ignore Black Box Warnings On SSRIs
Apr-2-07 Washington, DC: The FDA has issued numerous public health advisories and black box warnings over the past several years about the increased risk of suicidality associated with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressants, but many doctors ignore them. In October 2004, the FDA added a black box warning about an increased risk of suicidality i... - State Farm Insurance California: Customers Paying Too Much
Apr-1-07 San Diego, CA: California State Farm Auto Insurance policyholders may have paid an illegal accident surcharge if they bought their car insurance with the company any time from 1997 to 2002. The fee was charged to people who were either previously uninsured or who could not prove that they had insurance prior to buying insurance from State Farm. The ac... - North Carolina, USA Medicaid Billing System Contract Settlement
Raleigh, NC: (Mar-28-07) In a legal battle between the state of North Carolina and Texas-based Affiliated Computer Services, which stemmed from a breach of contract by the state, a settlement was reached wherein, the state agreed to pay $10.5 million to Affiliated Computer Services, ending further claims. Affiliated Computer Services won a five-year, $171... - NJ Transit Commuter Line Breach of Contract Settlement
Burlington, VT: (Mar-20-07) The Southern New Jersey Rail Group LLC filed charges against NJ Transit for a breach of contract concerning cost overruns for the Camden-to-Trenton commuter line, a massive transportation project. The NJ Transit board of directors reached a settlement agreement in which they would pay an additional $53 million to Southern New Je... - FDA Hounded Over Ketek Scandal
Mar-19-07 Washington, DC: The new drug application for the antibiotic, Ketek , was rejected twice, in 2001 and 2003, before FDA management approved the drug on April 1, 2004, based on fraudulent studies, and over the objections of the agency's own scientists. The approval of Ketek, marketed by Sanofi-Aventis, follows a pattern that has emerged since the Big Phar... - United States Government Breach of Launch Contract Settlement
Miami, FL: (Mar-15-07) New Valley LLC, a subsidiary of Vector Group, filed suit against the US Government seeking damages for breach of a launch services agreement covering the launch of one of Westar Satellites owned by New Valley's former Western Union satellite business. In the settlement reached, a payment of $20 million will be made by the government... - Nueces County, TX Fairgrounds Contract Settlement
Nueces County, TX: (Mar-15-07) A lawsuit filed by Zachry Construction Corp., the fairgrounds' general contractor, against the city accused it of breach of contract. The commissioners agreed at a special meeting to pay the firm $5,924,367 for work it completed at the fairgrounds before the commissioners voided their contract with Zachry after the county's b... - Eureka County, NV Employee Defamation and Wrongful Termination Settlement
Eureka, NV: (Mar-14-07) The Eureka County agreed to reveal the reasons to the termination and settlement that was negotiated with former counsel, Tamara Falor after county officials were accused of violating the open meeting law violations. It was claimed that the county had tried for months to find a reason to terminate Falor. Apparently, Falor had filed... - Off-Label Stenting For Profit
Mar-12-07 Washington, DC: On March 1, 2007, US House of Representatives, Henry Waxman (D-CA), the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, asked two medical device makers to turn over documents as part of an investigation into the safety and off-label marketing of drug-eluting stents. Stents are small wire-mesh tubes inserted in arteries... - Willdan Group, Inc. Construction Breach Of Contract Settlement
Anaheim, CA: (Mar-12-07) Willdan Group, Inc., a leading provider of outsourced services to public agencies, was charged by the City of West Hollywood for breach of contractual agreement with its engineering services subsidiary, Willdan. The dispute stemmed out of a construction project for the improvement of Santa Monica Boulevard. The matter went to trial... - J&J's Charite Spinal Disc Bonanza Short Lived
Mar-10-07 Newport, RI The Charite artificial spinal disc was FDA approved in October 2004, as an alternative to spinal fusion surgery. But in reality, experts say, the superiority of the two procedures is limited to the cost. Charite disc replacement can run as high as $50,000, while spinal fusion surgery costs less than half that at roughly $23,000. The Charit... - Ortho Evra Patch: Too Much Estrogen
Mar-8-07 Washington, DC Most women take the Ortho Evra Patch because it is more convenient than the birth control pill - they don't have to remember to take it every day. But the Patch has proven to be way more inconvenient than the pill. According to the latest research involving insurance claims data from about 34,000 women, the risk of blood clots occur mor... - Behind the Scenes Snake Oil Salesmen
Mar-7-07 Washington, DC: While the pharmaceutical industry's corrupt practice of peddling ineffective drugs and concealing dangerous side effects has come under scrutiny in recent years, critics say the contributions of the research scientists, academics, medical journals, and the FDA deserve far more credit for their part in the industry's overall marketing scheme... - FDA - The Rest of the Story
Mar-7-07 Washington, DC: The 12,000-employee FDA regulates products that account for more than $1.5 trillion in yearly sales, or about a 10th of the US economy. Besides food and drug safety, the agency also enforces regulations covering medical devices and cosmetics. The FDA is part of the executive branch of government and therefore, any filing of reports by co... - Best Kept Secret - SSRIs Do Not Work
Mar-3-07 Washington, DC: The medicalization of distress has led to a dramatic rise in the use of antidepressants, however it is questionable whether patients are being told that in controlled clinical trials the drugs barely outperformed a placebo, says Jonathan Leo, Associate Professor of Neuroanatomy, Lincoln Memorial University, DeBusk College of Osteopathic Med... - Suicide Risk of Neurontin Kept Hidden for Years
Feb-27-07 Washington, DC: Neurontin , the all-time poster child for an illegally promoted off-label drug, was marketed by Warner-Lambert and its Parke-Davis division until Pfizer acquired the company in 2000. The term "off-label" means prescribing a drug for indications not listed on the label, upping the recommended dose, prescribing a drug in combination with... - Nationwide Building Society Laptop Security Breach Fine
United Kingdom: (Feb-20-07) The Financial Services Authority (FSA) filed a complaint and fined the Nationwide Building Society claiming that the institution failed to have effective systems and controls to manage its information security risks. The fine is directly connected to the 2006 theft of a Nationwide laptop from an employee's home. Nationwide ha... - Investigations Target SSRI Prescribing Doctors
Feb-23-07 Washington, DC: In recent years, Federal and state investigators have been going after the makers of the antidepressants known as the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI), for promoting the drugs for off-label use under the theory that they are causing the submission of false claims to Medicare, Medicaid, and other public health care programs...