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Jan-2-10 Seattle, WA Andie was admitted to the hospital for three days with a back injury and was given several shots of heparin . A nurse told her that heparin injections were mandatory, even though Andie said she didn't want them. "I was admitted to the hospital in July 2007—my back injury was so bad that I had to get an ambulance, even though I live... - Maverick Tube Corp. Wins $6.5 Million Case
Dec-30-09 St. Louis, MO Attorneys Alan S. Breckenridge and Jennifer A. Bierman of Gallop, Johnson & Neuman L.C. served as co-counsel in a successful bad faith insurance case that will award more than $6.5 million to client Maverick Tube Corporation. Maverick Tube had submitted claims to its insurance company, Westchester Surplus Lines Insurance Company, for p... - Doctor Sues Hospital for Daughter's Substandard Care
Dec-24-09 San Marino, CA Dr. Angelique Campen did some serious soul searching before she decided to sue the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for delivering substandard care to her infant daughter. "It took her a long time to gather the strength to bring this medical malpractice lawsuit on behalf of her child because she is a practicing physician," says Dr. Campen's l... - Chinese Drywall Class Action Lawsuit Underway
Dec-13-09 New Orleans, LA A federal class action lawsuit was filed on December 9 in the US District Court in New Orleans against Knauf Plasterboard Tainjin Co. Ltd. (KPT), one of the primary manufacturers of Chinese drywall . New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton is the lead plaintiff, along with about 2100 people who registered their complaint by the deadlin... - More Evidence that Zicam Users Risk Loss of Smell
Dec-2-09 Washington, DC Yet another study has revealed the devastating effects of smell loss and various other Zicam side effects on unwary Zicam users. Many people are discovering through their Zicam lawyers that the drug was never approved or regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Zicam products were listed as homeopathic treatments contai... - Canadian Float Plane Crashes, Six Perish
Nov-30-09 Victoria, BC A float plane with eight people aboard crashed in the Gulf Islands of British Columbia late Sunday afternoon, injuring two and killing six, including a baby. The pilot and a female passenger were pulled from the water alive shortly after the plane crash and are expected to survive. According to CBC.ca this morning, it took divers eight... - ERISA Lawsuit Can Go Ahead Against Merck
Nov-27-09 Camden, NJ A recent court decision cleared the way for disgruntled employees to continue their litigation against pharmaceutical giant Merck, alleging that the company breached its fiduciary duties under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ( ERISA ). The matter goes back to 2000, when Merck became involved in a joint venture with Schering-Plou... - Niacin Found to Be More Effective than Vytorin at Lowering Cholesterol
Nov-26-09 Orlando, FL According to a recent study from the New England Journal of Medicine, generic B vitamin Niacin was found to be more effective at reducing levels of arterial plaque than Vytorin or Zetia. The limited study of 208 patients found that those who used ezetimibe, the active ingredient in Vytorin and Zetia, experienced greater risk of health atta... - Chinese Drywall Homeowner Applied for a Forbearance Agreement
Nov-20-09 Middleburg, FL Sherolyn, a paralegal, had to move out of her new home because it was built with Chinese drywall , and now she is asking her mortgage company for a forbearance agreement. "State officials are encouraging mortgage companies to grant this agreement to homeowners with this toxic drywall," she says. If Sherolyn doesn't get this agreement,... - Firm Takes Another Turn at Bat
Nov-20-09 Helena, MT A jury in Montana recently ordered the makers of the legendary Louis Slugger baseball bats to pay the Patch family $850,000 in a wrongful death and product liability suit the family never expected win. "When we were talking to them after they had no idea how much they had won," says attorney Michael Kauffman from Drake Law Firm. "I think hop... - Tylenol Found to Reduce Effectiveness of Vaccines
Nov-13-09 Rochester, NY Tylenol, a medicine cabinet staple in millions of households, has been getting some bad press lately. Linked in the past to acetaminophen toxicity, potential liver damage, and other Tylenol side effects , the product identified as Tylenol Arthritis Pain Caplets was recalled by Johnson & Johnson (J&J) after consumers reported that the pills... - Asbestos Exposure on the USS Independence
Nov-11-09 Great Lakes, IL When Steve was 17 years old he enlisted in the Navy as a boiler technician. He didn't know that his job description would also include asbestos clean-up. "We removed asbestos without respirators for three months," says Steve. "Once the medical officer found out, he demanded that we get issued respirators but the damage had already been done... - Risks of OSP and Kidneys Articulated One Year Before FDA Alert
Nov-11-09 San Diego, CA A group that knows a lot about oral sodium phosphate and OSP kidney damage recently wrapped up its 42nd annual conference in San Diego. The yearly meeting and scientific exposition, dubbed "Renal Week" by the American Society of Nephrology (ASN), took place from October 27th to November 1st. It was in the fall of 2007 that Renal Week... - Health scans seen as risky in wake of ct radiation overdose case
Nov-11-09 Miami, FL Medical science has provided modern man with many tests to better facilitate preventative health care, yet some of these tests - notably the CT brain scan – may potentially be more harmful to the patient in the long run. In a recent article in the Miami Herald, doctors warn that medical exams involving radiation should only be used in extr... - CT Scan Overdose Victims Have Rights
Nov-5-09 Los Angeles, CA: It seems that somebody at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center made a serious error when the hospital's CT Scanner was recalibrated in February 2008. Dozens of patients booked for diagnostic brains scans were blasted with megadoses of radiation – doses usually reserved for treating brain tumors. For 18 months the error went undetected... - "Heparin is Given Indiscriminately"
Oct-28-09 Lambertville, MI "Patients have to know that heparin is a dangerous substance and given indiscriminately to suspected heart patients as part of hospital protocol," says Mary. "I believe a lot of older people have died from heparin allergic reactions and heparin contamination; there are many patients who are not as pro-active as me and don't realize th... - Citibank Cancels Credit Cards with Little Warning
Oct-28-09 New York, NY Beyond the sometimes onerous fees associated with many credit cards, credit card abuse takes other forms—not the least of which includes the allegedly unjust termination of a credit card. One of the most recent cases involves a number of co-branded MasterCard accounts issued by Citibank. According to a recent report from MSNBC, Ci... - Nurse took Fen-phen, Diagnosis PPH
Oct-26-09 Austin, TX When Maxine was 57, she had to take early retirement from a nursing career she loved because in 1997 she took Pondamin , a component of the diet drug Fen-phen. "I stopped taking Pondamin after six months because it was making me 'hyper'," says Maxine. But six months was long enough to cause primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH), and irre... - Jury Awards $2.5 Million in SSRI Birth Defect Case
Oct-26-09 Philadelphia, PA The tragedy of SSRI birth defects was brought home last week when a jury in Philadelphia found for the plaintiff and held the manufacturer of an SSRI antidepressant responsible for the formation of heart defects in an unborn child. Given the growing concern over SSRI side effects, and the fact that selective serotonin reuptake inhibito... - SJS Risk Increases with Increase in Medications
Oct-19-09 San Francisco, CA The seriousness of Stevens Johnson Syndrome (SJS) is fostering research into the debilitating and sometimes fatal condition, even though it is rare. Part of the reason why Stevens Johnson Syndrome skin disease is not falling through the cracks, is due to what often triggers it: medication. Given the growing list of medications and var...