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Mar-24-18 Dallas, TX: The bellwether defective hip implant lawsuits that were tried in the Northern District of Texas as part of multidistrict litigation 2244 have yielded some staggering awards for the plaintiffs. The latest Alice hip failure lawsuit ended with a $247 million award to six plaintiffs. A previous bellwether trial awarded $1.4 billion to a gr... - First Responders Sue after Chemical Plant Meltdown during Hurricane Harvey
Mar-9-18 Crosby, TX If they'd been told just how dangerous the Arkema Inc. chemical plant could become the plaintiffs would have taken more precautions, but according to the statement of claim filed in a Texas court, Arkema's failure to warn authorities and the public resulted in serious injuries to a team of first responders and nearby residents. No Refrig... - Illegal Towing Lawsuit News and Legal Information
Illegal towing and predatory towing is conducted by towing companies without the owner's consent. Predatory towers can overcharge, damage vehicles and often have monetary contracts with property owners to illegally tow vehicles from their property. llegal Towing and Predatory Towing Practices Some illegal practices include patrolling privat... - Johnson and Johnson Receives FDA Warning regarding DePuy Hip Implant
Feb-13-12 Washington, DC Johnson and Johnson subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics has reportedly received a warning from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) about its DePuy hip implant . The Johnson and Johnson subsidiary is the same company that marketed the DePuy hip replacement devices, which were recalled in 2010 and linked to a high failure rate. Those metal-... - New York Insurance Bill Addresses Bad Faith Insurance Practices
May-26-21 Albany, NY On May 18, New York Senate Bill 6813 (S6813) was referred to the Senate Insurance Committee. If enacted into law, it would add a new Section 2601-a to the New York Insurance law. Proponents of the legislation see an opportunity to address the problem of insurance companies’ bad faith insurance claim practices. Detractors predict th... - Childhood Asthma Risk Linked to Mother’s PPI Use during Pregnancy
Feb-5-18 Washington, DC: As many as 80 percent of expectant mothers suffer from heartburn or acid indigestion during pregnancy. Until recently proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), such as Nexium, Prilosec and Prevacid, were thought to be both effective for mom and safe for baby. New studies , suggest otherwise, however: a mother’s use of PPIs during pregn... - Transvaginal Mesh Collateral Damage Too High for TVM Settlement
Jan-21-18 Houston, TX: Although Jordan will receive compensation from Boston Scientific for transvaginal mesh injuries, she says the settlement cannot cover the collateral damage suffered not only by her injuries but also by her family. Jordan suffered from pelvic organ prolapse after childbirth back in 2007 so upon her doctor’s advice, she had the tran... - Smith & Nephew Defective Knee Replacements
Santa Cruz, CA: Allegations of knee replacement failure are being made against device manufacturer Smith & Nephew. In some cases people have filed personal injury and defective knee replacement lawsuits. Claims against Smith & Nephew knee replacements state early failure and failure at an unacceptable failure rates. Specifically, the knee r... - Are Orlistat Benefits Worth the Alli Side Effects?
Dec-5-11 Helena, MT When it comes to losing weight, many people are willing to risk minor Alli side effects so they can achieve the results they want. But are the benefits worth the reported Alli side effects? Public Citizen, a public advocacy organization, says the risks of drugs that contain orlistat (the generic version of Alli) are far too high, and the ben... - Public Citizen Calls for Ban on Alli
Nov-19-11 Washington, DC For patients desperate to lose weight, the risk of Alli side effects may not be all that much of a concern. After all, the risks associated with being overweight include diabetes, heart disease and other serious health problems. But for some people, the risk of side effects associated with Alli, known generically as orlistat, are simply... - Yasmin/Yaz Lawsuits Gaining Momentum, Says Attorney
Nov-14-11 Dallas, TX For the past three years, attorney and physician Dr. Shezad Malik has been working on Yasmin/Yaz lawsuits and his firm is involved in the federal MDL litigation which has been centralized in the Southern District of Illinois, in East St. Louis. "The first bellwether trials, which will take place in January 2012, will start with the pulmonary... - “I want this Mirena IUD out, over and done with.”
Dec-30-17 Toronto, ON. Nickey followed her doctor’s orders, and the Mirena manufacturer’s orders: five years after the IUD was implanted, she made an appointment to have it removed. But it wasn’t that easy. Next month will be the fourth, and she hopes final, attempt to have all of the birth control device removed from her uterus. “O... - EMA to Examine Alli Side Effects
Oct-21-11 Washington, DC The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has announced it is reviewing information regarding Alli side effects following reports of Alli liver damage. The agency is concerned about serious cases of orlistat side effects, which reportedly include severe liver injury. The US Food and Drug Administration has also received reports about serious A... - Two Arguments to Watch in Physiomesh Bellwether Trials
Dec-18-17 Atlanta, GA As the Ethicon Physiomesh hernia patch lawsuits start to go to trial in January 2018, all eyes will be on the fate of two competing arguments . Plaintiffs in the cases centralized as In RE: Ethicon Physiomesh Flexible Composite Hernia Mesh Products Liability Litigation will argue that the mesh was defectively designed. Defendants,... - PPI Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Apr-16-21 Newark, NJ A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against AstraZeneca, Merck & Co., Procter & Gamble and other manufacturers of proton pump inhibitor (PPI) drugs. Plaintiff Daisy Perez claims her husband, a New Mexico man, died of metastatic gastric cancer after taking Nexium and Prilosec. Daisy Perez filed the lawsuit April 1, 2021 in the U... - Insufficient Funds Charges Threaten Small-Balance Accountholders
Mar-31-21 Albany, NY Excessive bank fees that are based on insufficient funds (NSF) charges may pose a greater threat to checking accountholders than overdraft fees. Recent lawsuits recognize that, without protections based largely in state contract law, consumers have little protection from NSF fees that result when checks or electronic payments that are presente... - Shoulder Pain Pump: "I can either spend the rest of my life in pain or a narcotic stupor."
Jul-9-11 La Conner, WA Before his second shoulder replacement surgery, Larry asked his orthopedic surgeon if he was going to get another shoulder pain pump . "We don't do that anymore," his doctor said. And that's when Larry understood why he has suffered so much pain. Larry says he has lived with chronic pain for more than six years and has undergone five sh... - "Levaquin the Mother of All Horror Stories"
Jun-27-11 Queens, NY "My attorney who is handling my Levaquin complaint said I need an MRI of my shoulder to proceed with a Levaquin case," says Patrick. "My x-rays haven't shown any Levaquin rupturing or tearing so my doctor arranged for me to get an MRI done today, and that should prove the damage this drug has caused." Patrick took five Levaquin pills in A... - FDA Takes Tougher Stand on Zocor 20 Years After Initial Approval
Jun-26-11 Washington, DC The announcement earlier this month by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with regard to serious Zocor side effects has prompted critics to wonder what cumulative damage the 80mg dose of Zocor (simvastatin) has wreaked in the 20 years since its approval by he FDA in 1991. That's the point made by blogger Matthew Herper, writing... - For Patients with Stevens Johnson Syndrome, Recovery Is Not Certain
Jun-20-11 Denver, CO For patients who develop Stevens Johnson Syndrome , recovery is not always certain. Even those who recover from their Stevens Johnson syndrome symptoms may face a lifetime of health problems, including blindness and sensitivity to the sun. And there are those who do not recover from Stevens Johnson Syndrome—sometimes called SJS—wh...