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May-27-07 Aliso Viejo, CA It's enough of a challenge to deal with the symptoms, and the reality of Parkinson's disease, without the thought that Permax the very drug helping to manage your Parkinson's, could instead attack your healthy heart. But that's the risk with Permax. And given the fact 18 years have passed since the drug was introduced, a lot of people... - Surgeon Says Transvaginal Mesh Victims Have Killed Themselves due to Pain
Jul-15-13 Concord, NH Kim, a registered nurse, has filed a transvaginal mesh claim on behalf of her mother, who spent the past two years in such misery after TVT surgery that she wanted to kill herself. And she isn’t the only one. “I read on transvaginal (TVT) mesh forums that women wanted to kill themselves rather than live with TVT side effects... - Patient Not Given the Facts—Grounds for Medtronic Infuse Lawsuit?
Jun-21-13 Rocky Mount, VA It took almost four years for Wendy to find out that her Medtronic Infuse bone graft was used off-label and it comes with risks. “If I knew that this Medtronic device was being used on me experimentally and if I knew all the potential side effects, I would have thought twice about having surgery,” says Wendy. A recent Bl... - Maryland’s Largest Water Utility Files PFAS Lawsuit
Aug-30-23 Greenbelt, MD On August 4, Maryland’s largest water utility, the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC), filed a perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS/PFOA) lawsuit against 3M and DuPont de Nemours among other defendants. Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission v. 3M Company alleges that the PFAS manufacturers made and marketed PFAS-co... - Da Vinci Robot Injury: When the Scalpel Is Held by a Machine
Apr-13-13 Denver, CO The sensitivity of human touch is widely held as the most compelling and accurate form of tactile contact known to man. Placing several tons of steel in between those two tactile contacts, critics will argue, only serves to dilute that sensitivity. Therein lay the basis for a robot lawsuit . The reduction of human touch is one of the argum... - Medtronic Infuse Patient Worse After Surgery
Jan-15-13 Myrtle Beach, SC Pansy says she was trained in surgical procedures so she did everything to avoid spinal surgery. But she wasn’t trained in the side effects of Medtronic Infuse bone graft. “I understand that spinal surgery is dangerous because you risk paralysis but my orthopedic surgeon said I had no choice if I wanted to relieve the pa... - Chinese Drywall - Chinese Drywall Lawsuit, Chinese Drywall Problems - LawyersAndSettlements.com
uilders and environmental consultants began investigating Chinese drywall after reports that the potentially toxic drywall caused unpleasant (rotten egg) odors. According to the Florida Department of Health and US Consumer Product Safety Commission, as of July 30, 2009, twenty-three states have reported 681 cases of health problems and/or metal corrosion... - Chinese Drywall Problem FAQ
What is Chinese Drywall? Between 2004 and 2007, thousands of homes throughout the US were built with drywall, or sheetrock, imported from China after a construction boom and repairs from several hurricanes led to a shortage in American drywall. It is estimated that about 500 million pounds of potentially defective Chinese drywall entered the US during... - Interview with an Insurance Advocate
Mar-1-06 J. D. Howard knows about insurance. He spent 40 years in the insurance claims field and knows just about every trick in the book - by insurance companies. Since 1965, he worked as an adjustor and insurance advocate in and around Phoenix and retired in 1994, but not for long. "I was sick and tired of watching Oprah, then one of my sons showed me the powe... - 3M to Settle PFAS/PFOA Water Contamination Lawsuit for $10.3 Billion
Jul-24-23 Stuart, FL On June 22, the 3M Company announced that it had agreed to settle a perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl ( PFAS/PFOA ) lawsuit brought by the City of Stuart, Florida for $10.3 billion. This will end the first bellwether PFAS lawsuit brought as part of the multidistrict litigation consolidated in the District of South Carolina. The settlem... - Surgeons Warned to Stop Using Synovo Total Hip Implants
Apr-24-24 Silver Spring, MD On January 3, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an updated advisory to medical professionals warning them not to purchase or implant, and to remove from their inventory all Synovo Total Hip Systems because the devices have been substantially modified since their initial 1991 approval. The gathering storm of Synovo... - Another Iraq Veteran with Traumatic Brain Injury
Jul-17-12 Orange Park, FL Kevin says he doesn’t regret joining the army—even though he has been diagnosed with PTSD and traumatic brain injury (TBI). But he does regret not fighting harder for benefits. “The VA doctors should have done more testing for my TBI—instead I was released from the army for PTSD,” says Kevin, age 33. &ldquo... - Tesla Racism Lawsuit Settles for $3.2 million
Apr-12-24 San Francisco, CA Tesla and former Black sub-contractor Owen Diaz have finally settled a California labor racial harassment lawsuit. The settlement ends a long-running battle over how much Tesla would pay Diaz after getting one of the largest awards in a U.S. employment discrimination case overturned. On March 15, Owen Diaz and Tesla Inc. told the dis... - Investment Firm Wants Johnson & Johnson to Be Accountable for Levaquin Side Effects
Jan-24-12 New Brunswick, NJ A California-based investment firm wants Johnson & Johnson to be held accountable for tendon injuries, irreversible nerve damage and other Levaquin side effects , The New Jersey Star-Ledger reported. According to the news source, Harrington Investments asked the company's management in a shareholder's proposal to describe new... - Supplier Tried to Warn Gree About Dehumidifier Problem Well Ahead of Recall
Apr-29-14 Washington, DC There is no question that the contents of the accompanying video is disturbing. That’s because what you’re looking at is one of the recalled dehumidifiers by Gree (and sold under different brand names). They’re manufactured in China. And this dehumidifier, depicted here in the throes of burning to a crisp, could easily... - Levaquin Nerve Damage Lawsuits Next?
Dec-23-11 Haynesville, GA Not only is Levaquin linked to ruptured tendons, its serious side effects also include nerve damage, as listed on the Ortho McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceutical medication guide. But Levaquin's black box warning came too late for too many people such as Lucille, who were prescribed this "last resort" antibiotic for respiratory problems. The... - DePuy Hip Replacement Prompts Lawsuit in UK
Dec-23-11 Merseyside, England More than 100 people are suing a medical device company over the side effects of allegedly faulty DePuy hip replacement implants that were withdrawn a year ago, according to the BBC . The news source reported that patients complained about pain and swelling, nerve, muscle and bone damage, and blood poisoning, according to a stat... - CPAP Lawsuit Spike Linked to Statute of Limitations
Jun-21-23 Santa Clara, CA June 14, 2023 marked the second year’s anniversary of the CPAP machine recall. Since Philips announced CPAP health problems following countless reports of tiny black particles found in the tubing and face masks released by the degrading sound abatement foam inside the sleep machines, thousands upon thousands of CPAP lawsuits have be... - Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants: Colossal Failure?
Oct-13-11 Vancouver, BC Sukinder has been living with chronic pain and walking with a limp since having metal-on-metal hip replacement surgery several years ago. "My orthopedic surgeon said the hip revision surgery is fine, but I know it isn't fine, and now, years later, I find out about metal-on-metal hip and knee recalls…" Sukinder was only 38 when h... - FDA Warns About Zinc-Containing Denture Adhesives
Oct-5-11 Washington, DC The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning the public about overuse of zinc-containing denture adhesives and associated adverse events such as nerve damage and numbness. The warning was prompted by case reports in the literature as well as the agency's own adverse event reporting data, showing a link between these side effects an...