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May-1-08 Chicago, IL: The settlement for victims of a fatal 2003 Chicago administration building fire has reached a combined amount of $100 million. The settlement comes after the City of Chicago and two other defendants avoided a trial by agreeing to the settlement amount. The city and the two defendants agreed to settle for an amount of approximately $75 million... - The Cost of PPH: $21,000 a Day...
Apr-28-08 Whittier, CA PPH, or Primary Pulmonary Hypertension , is a rare but debilitating lung disorder that is potentially life-threatening and has been linked to prior consumption of diet drugs such as Fen-phen and others now banned and no longer on the market. However, it can take upwards of 10 years for the symptoms of PPH, now known as Pulmonary Arterial Hyp... - Back Injury Sustained in Car Accident Man Sues
Apr-27-08 New Haven, MI A $1 million lawsuit has been filed against New Haven President Brett Harris and New Haven Community Schools, Harris's employer, which claims Harris negligently crashed a school van into the pickup truck of Daniel Jackson, 52. Jackson says that the accident resulted in him having herniated discs in which two surgeries have been required. A... - Attorney Joseph H. Saunders on Toxic Contamination and Medical Device Law
Apr-25-08 Pinellas Park, FL: Joe Saunders was on the road when LawyersandSettlements reached him. Normally we don't approve of phoning while driving, but since his hands-free Bluetooth device was working, we stretched the point. Besides, as he said, "You lucked out catching me between depositions, so we'd better do this now!" Saunders recently filed a class actio... - Mechanic's Diagnosis: Mesothelioma
Apr-23-08 Montreal, QC: At the tender age of 16, Georgia's husband started work as a mechanic. That was 19 years ago, long enough to develop mesothelioma from exposure to asbestos in brake pads and clutches. "Back then the brake pads and clutches were filled with asbestos," says Georgia (not her real name pending a possible lawsuit). "Right up until last year... - Deaths of Two People in Truck Accident Could Have Been Avoided
Apr-23-08 Woodford, VT Early afternoon on April 16th, a fatal truck accident occurred on Route 9, killing a 29-year-old man and a 31-year-old man, both residents of Readsboro. They were killed when their pick-up truck got caught between a guardrail and a Readsboro. The 42-year-old man who was driving the tractor-trailer could be facing as much as 15 years in priso... - CA overtime: On the Sixth Day...
Apr-22-08 Turlock, CA John L is a bio-medical technician at a hospital that recently changed his and many other employees' work week. "Although we work 80 hours over two weeks, we work six days in a row," says John. He contends that on the sixth day, overtime should be paid. And he contends that his employer is violating the California overtime labor law. "We n... - Attorney John Heenan: "In Montana, a handshake is your contract."
Apr-21-08 Billings, MT: John Heenan runs a young one-person law shop in Billings, Montana; in a big state with a small population, that means working a broad spectrum of cases. Between college and law school, Heenan worked as a truck driver, fork lift operator, and teamster intern, experience which he says taught him the value of hard work and an honest paycheck. As... - Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Walgreen Co. for Securities Fraud
Apr-20-08 Baltimore MD It was announced on Friday April 18, 2008 that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Walgreen Co. on behalf of those who purchased the company's common stock between the dates of June 25, 2007 and November 29, 2007. The lawsuit, filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, alleges that two of its... - Who's Watching Out for the Consumer in Washington?
Apr-19-08 Washington, DC: Linda Sherry is Director of National Priorities for Consumer Action , a national non-profit organization that both educates and advocates for the consumer. In the Washington office of the San Francisco-based organization, Sherry and her team contribute to the drafting of important protective legislation and produce award-winning publicati... - Plane Crash: When a Million-Dollar Plane Falls Apart in the Sky
Apr-14-08 Wainwright, AB: When A.D. Williams Engineering President Reagan Williams taxied along the runway at the City Centre Airport in Edmonton, Alberta the morning of March 28th, he couldn't know that his Piper PA-46 aircraft would become the next plane crash statistic, and never make it back. In fact, he couldn't know that within a half hour he, and his four pa... - Diane Nygaard: Battling for Investors in Auction Rate Securities
Apr-11-08 Kansas City, MO: Nygaard Law Firm represents investors and consumers who have suffered large losses from fraud, most specifically in securities and annuity fraud, pension plan mismanagement, and financial planning. Based in their Kansas City office, Diane Nygaard started her practice in 1986 and, with her two associate attorneys, has collected tens of mil... - California Labor Law to Place Pressure on Pallet Makers for Violations
Apr-3-08 Sacramento, CA: An effort is being made by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to hold companies accountable for California labor law violations . The most recent focus of the effort has been pallet makers particularly in the Bay area. Many of the employers that produce the pallets have tried to fly under the radar of the Economic Employment Enforcement Coalit... - First Unum's Doctor Trumps
Apr-2-08 Orlando, FL Lucy was diagnosed with vertigo and First Unum , her medical insurer, recognized it as a valid condition. "My first long-term disability check arrived in January of 2007 and continued until December, 2007," she says, "but Unum denied my claim when their doctor—someone I had never seen—said I could return to work." As soon as... - Asbestos Fall-Out after 9/11
Mar-31-08 San Diego, CA Elliot R. moved to New York when he landed a job at the World Trade Center. Ten days later it came down and Elliot volunteered on the cleanup crew. "The air quality was overwhelming, the amount of particulate matter in the air was palpable," he says, "and a lot of asbestos was in the air." Elliot has asthma but it was under control when... - Regranex Increases Risk of Death from Cancer
Mar-28-08 Rockville, MD: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that it is conducting a safety review based on study data suggesting there may be an increased risk of death from cancer in diabetic patients using Regranex (becaplermin) Gel, a skin product used to treat foot, ankle, and leg ulcers. Regranex, approved for U.S. patients in 1997, is... - Gynecologist Face Malpractice Lawsuit, Possible Indictment
Mar-27-08 Barnstable, MA: A gynecologist is now facing a wrongful death suit after he performed an abortion on a patient at his Hyannis clinic in 2007, allegedly resulting in her death. The doctor is also facing a possible grand jury indictment. On March 10, 2008 Eileen Smith sued Dr. Rapin Osathanondh in Barnstable Superior Court for the wrongful death of her... - Jefferson Circuit Court Jury Awards $3.25 Million to Estate of Man who died in Car Fire
Mar-26-08 Louisville, KY: A Jefferson Circuit Court Jury awarded the Estate of Bernard Mulligan $3.25 million dollars for injuries suffered in a car fire resulting in Mr. Mulligan's death. The jury deliberated for three hours at the conclusion of a four-day trial presided over by Circuit Court Judge Martin McDonald. The jury determined that Don's Auto Clinic, which... - Asbestos Victim Given Last Rites
Mar-25-08 Calgary, AB: On Good Friday, Edgar Blouin was given his last rites at the Peter Lougheed hospital in Calgary. "Edgar started working with his dad when he was only 13," says his step-son Colin MacVicar. "He mixed bags of plaster and the air would be white with asbestos dust. Edgar just turned 64--way too young to die, especially because he was so healthy... - Trasylol: "It's somebody's fault, it's not mine."
Mar-20-08 Oceanside, CA: Like many older workers with long experience, Roy Bishop chose to stay on the job long after he could have retired. That was his plan but Trasylol , Bayer's clotting drug, may have put an end to that. Trasylol was used during surgery to reduce bleeding. Bayer pulled it from the market in November 2007 after studies found that it placed...