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Jan-4-21 San Mateo, CA On December 18, the California Superior Court refused to dismiss a Complaint alleging that Oracle America, Inc. systematically paid women less than men for comparable work. The California labor lawsuit , describes a pattern all-too-familiar from other gender discrimination lawsuits against Silicon Valley tech giants, including Google... - Proton Pump Inhibitors – More Harm than Good, especially in COVID-19 Patients
Dec-31-20 Santa Clara, CA Over the past several years, Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPI) have been linked to serious health complications. And more recent studies indicate that these acid reflux drugs do more harm than good. One such study opines that PPI exposure increases mortality in COVID-19 patients. Other studies suggest PPIs can damage major organs and... - “Abysmal” or “Too Conservative”? Supermarket ERISA Lawsuit to Settle for $17.5 Million
Dec-14-20 Boston, MA Toomey v. DeMoulas Super Markets, Inc. , a class action ERISA lawsuit filed in the Massachusetts District Court in 2019, will settle for $17.5 million and prospective changes to the plan’s investment strategy, pending the court’s final approval in April 2021. While ERISA industry advisors have characterized the DeMoul... - 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... - Essure Side Effects Lawsuit News and Legal Information
Essure is a birth control device intended to cause permanent sterility without surgery, marketed and distributed by Bayer Healthcare. Since its approval in 2002, the FDA has received thousands of complaints about Essure side effects. Essure lawsuits have multiplied, and the FDA has required a ”black box” warning since 2016. Bayer has now take... - 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... - Navy Federal to Settle Overdraft Fees Lawsuit for $16 Million
Nov-17-20 Alexandria, VA The Eastern District of Virginia appears poised to approve a proposed settlement in a class action bank overdraft fees lawsuit originally filed against Navy Federal Credit Union in 2019. Under the terms of the proposed settlement, checking account customers at Navy Federal who were overcharged will have a common fund of $16 mill... - Third Circuit Revives Oil Workers’ Donning and Doffing Lawsuit
Nov-16-20 Philadelphia, PA On October 26, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals revived a wage & hour lawsuit originally filed by oil rig workers in 2011. At its heart, Tyger v. Precision Drilling Corp. is a “donning and doffing” lawsuit . Rodney Tyger, Shawn Wadsworth and approximately 1,000 other rig hands seek to recover unpaid overtime, allegedly... - Zimmer Natural - Zimmer Natural Knee, Zimmer Natural Hip
Hip and Knee Attorneys are currently reviewing Zimmer Natural Knee and Zimmer Natural Hip complaints. A number of patients implanted with the Zimmer Natural knee or hip or the Zimmer Natural Knee II have experienced complications and some patients may be facing revision surgery. Zimmer Natural Knee and Hip... - Zimmer Knee Replacement | Knee Implants | NexGen Knee - LawyersAndSettlements.com
Since the Zimmer NexGen knee replacement system has been on the market, almost half a million people in the US alone have had Zimmer knee implants. However, the Zimmer knee replacement, namely the NexGen CR-Flex Porous Femoral component , has recently been linked to a variety of problems, from loosening of the implant to failure of the replacement knee,... - Zimmer NexGen FAQ
What is a Zimmer NexGen Knee? The Zimmer NexGen Knee Replacement is an implantable knee replacement system. In 2003 Zimmer Holdings, a leading designer, developer, manufacturer, and marketer of orthopedic devices and other medical devices, introduced the NexGen CR-Flex Fixed Bearing Knee. This Zimmer NexGen Knee is a synthetic device used to cap t... - FDA Warns of Increased Risk of Invokana Leg and Foot Amputations
Washington, DC: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting the public about interim safety results from an ongoing clinical trial that found an increase in leg and foot amputations, mostly affecting the toes, in patients treated with the diabetes medicine canagliflozin (Invokana, Invokamet). The agency has not determined whether canag... - FDA Warns of Ketoacidosis Linked to SGLT2 inhibitors Canagliflozin, Dapagliflozin, and Empagliflozin
Washington, DC: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning that the type 2 diabetes medicines canagliflozin (Invokana), dapagliflozin (Forxiga), and empagliflozin (Jardiance) may lead to ketoacidosis, a serious condition where the body produces high levels of blood acids called ketones that may require hospitalization. The FDA is investi... - Volkswagen Salespeople Claim Lost Income due to VW’s Deceptive Practices
Oct-27-20 Santa Clara, CA A dispute over whether Volkswagen is a joint employer stems from a California labor lawsuit that has dragged on since 2016. VW sales representatives in California claim the German automaker is liable for wage and hour violations and the commissions they lost over the emissions-cheating scandal that blew up in 2015. Plaintiff... - Court Greenlights Class Action Status for Home Depot 401k ERISA Lawsuit
Oct-22-20 Atlanta, GA On September 21, the District Court for the Northern District of Georgia ruled that an ERISA lawsuit brought by participants in the Home Depot FutureBuilder 401(k) Plan against plan fiduciaries could proceed as a class action lawsuit. Pizarro v. The Home Depot is particularly notable for the number of participant who may be affected &ndas... - Looks like New Jersey hosts Elmiron MDL
Oct-20-20 Newark, NJ It’s a toss-up: whether to send 80 Elmiron vision loss lawsuits to Pennsylvania or New Jersey. Currently the latter seems to be the best bet. Lawyers have so far filed 80 Elmiron lawsuits and they anticipate hundreds more. Plaintiffs are rooting for the Garden State. On September 23, plaintiffs urged the Judicial Panel on Multidistric... - C.R. Bard Hernia Mesh Trial Gets the Green Light
Oct-18-20 Santa Clara, CA Federal hernia mesh lawsuits filed against C.R. Bard are proceeding with the first bellwhether trial scheduled for January 2021 (it was postponed due to COVID), despite numerous efforts by the medical device maker to have the case dismissed. This trial may well indicate the future of hernia mesh litigation and significantly impact up... - IVC Filter FAQ
What is an IVC filter ? An IVC (Inferior Vena Cava) filter is a small, metal device implanted by vascular surgeons or interventional radiologists into a patient’s inferior vena cava vein to prevent blood clots from moving to the lungs - a health condition known as pulmonary embolism or PE. The inferior vena cava is the main vessel returning b... - Denied Disability Insurance FAQ
What is short-term disability insurance? Short-term disability insurance is usually the first step in an insurance claims process and is offered for employees who are temporarily unable to work due to a medical condition, including an injury or illness. Short-term disability insurance benefits provide payments to the policyholder, usually lasting betwee... - Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) Filter Lawsuit News & Legal Information
Patients implanted with Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) blood clot filters have suffered severe complications when the devices broke or fractured inside their body, allegedly due to a design flaw and/or the filters being implanted for too long. The majority of IVC filter lawsuits have been filed against manufacturers C.R. Bard and Cook Medical, alleging punctured v...