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Nov-10-06 Oxford, MA: While other insurance companies are settling their lawsuits, Oxford Insurance is still in arbitration in a suit brought by a group of New Jersey doctors. Along with Oxford Insurance, Cigna Healthcare, United Healthcare, and Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield were all named in the lawsuit which was filed in 2002 on behalf of at least 40,000 New... - Merck to Settle NuvaRing Lawsuits for $100M
New York, NY: Hundreds of NuvaRing lawsuits are about to be settled by Merck & Co. The New Jersey based pharmaceutical company has agreed to pay $100 million to settle the lawsuits, and end allegations it downplayed serious health risks associated with the contraceptive device. The agreement will settle cases in both federal and state courts,... - Doctors not Warned about Guidant Defibrillators Defects
Nov-6-06 Indianapolis, IN: In June 2005, Guidant Corp. recalled 50,000 of its implanted defibrillators, which are used to prevent cardiac arrest in the event of a rapid heartbeat. There are a couple of major problems with the Guidant defibrillators. In some cases the defibrillator does not perform properly when it is needed, responding instead by sending the n... - Skechers Settlement
Louisville, KY: A federal judge tentatively approved a $40 million settlement in the class action lawsuit Grabowski v. Skechers U.S.A., Inc. , No. 3:12-cv-00204 (W.D. Ky.) on August 13, 2012. The lawsuit claimed that Skechers violated certain state laws and consumer protection statutes in connection with the marketing and sale of their toning shoes. Skec... - $40M Settlement Approved in Healthcare Consumer Fraud Lawsuit
New York, NY: Final approval of a consumer fraud class action settlement in Smith, et al v. Collinsworth, et al. has been obtained on behalf of approximately 48,000 consumers who were sold a limited benefit health insurance policy and a membership in a doctor discount program marketed as providing coverage that was as good or better than major medic... - Ranbaxy Guilty, Settles Federal Charges for $500M
Washington, DC: Ranbaxy has pled guilty to federal drug safety violations and will pay $500 million in fines to resolve the claims. The generic drug manufacturer is alleged to have sold subpar drugs and made false statements to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) about its manufacturing practices at two factories in India. According to the... - Broadcom Reaches $160.5 Million Settlement
Irvine, CA: Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM) today announced that it has agreed in principle to settle the securities class action litigation pending against the company and certain of its current and former officers and directors. The class action, relating to the company's historical stock option accounting practices, was brought on behalf of persons... - Working 9 to 5 and Then Some...
Oct-24-06 Long Pond, PA Working Off the Clock simply means not getting paid for the time worked. And this is illegal. Increasingly, employees are faced with a choice in the workplace: either work "off the clock", quit or get fired. They are often promised advancement by showing up early and staying late. Or being on call like Dan McGuinness, and threatened with... - Birth Control Patch Lawsuits against J&J Piling Up
Oct-23-06 Princeton, NJ: On October 17, 2006, News Inferno announced that another lawsuit had been filed against Ortho-McNeil, a division of Johnson & Johnson, on behalf of a young Idaho women who was 17 when she was prescribed the Ortho Evra birth control patch , and in less than a month, she developed deep vein thrombosis, a potentially fatal blood clot condition... - Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch - Statistics do not Lie
Oct-13-06 Dallas, TX During one 17-month period between April 2002 and September 2003, the FDA received 9,116 adverse reaction reports on the Ortho Evra birth control patch . In stark contrast, during a 6 year period between 1997 and September 2003, the Ortho birth control pill only generated 1,237 adverse event reports and 6 time more women were using the pill... - Bristol-Myers Slaps Black Box Warning On Coumadin
Oct-11-06 Los Angeles, CA After a request by the FDA, Bristol-Myers Squibb slapped a black box warning on the label of the blood thinning drug Coumadin (generic warfarin), to alert the public about a potentially fatal risk of bleeding . The drug's previous prescribing information noted the risk, but the warning was not highlighted by a black box. Without... - Multi-Million Dollar Settlement Reached in Asbestos Mesothelioma Lawsuit
Los Angeles, CA: A multi-million dollar asbestos mesothelioma settlement has been awarded to the family of Gordon Bankhead. The plaintiffs alleged their father and husband was exposed to asbestos dust through his work with vehicle brake parts and that the defendant company's liability was the cause of wrongful death which led to the loss of companions... - Sensa to Pay $26.5 Million for Consumer Fraud Refunds
Washington, DC: On January 7, 2014, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced settlements relating to fraudulent advertising claims made by three weight-loss products, namely Sensa, L'Occitane, and HCG Diet Direct. In total, the weight-loss marketers will pay approximately $34 million for consumer redress. In addition to the $26.5 million to be... - NutraCea Securities Class Action Settled
Pheonix, AZ: NutraCea has announced that on October 27, 2010, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Arizona approved the settlement of the securities class action lawsuit against NutraCea and certain former officers and directors. The order became final and non-appealable on November 11, 2010. The District Court for the District of Arizo... - Mega Brands Reaches Preliminary Settlement over Magnetix Toys
New York, NY: A defective product class action lawsuit filed against Mega Brands has reached a preliminary settlement this week, with the toymaker stating that, under the terms of the settlement, it will provide refunds for qualified US claimants. If approved, the settlement would refund the price of the magnet toys, which were recalled in 2006,... - $20M Settlement Reached in MacMillan eBook Consumer Fraud Class Action Lawsuit
New York, NY: A $20 million settlement has been agreed in the consumer fraud class action lawsuit pending against Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH' MacMillan unit, which alleged the publisher conspired with Apple Inc, and other US publishers to fix prices of electronic books, or ebooks. The settlement resolves the allegations brought in t... - More Asbestos Workers with Lung Cancer
Sep-30-06 Birmingham, AL Barry Parr (not his real name) didn't know the dangers of asbestos when he started working with it. In fact, for a long time most people didn't know that asbestos could lead to cancer. Unfortunately, a lot of products in the past century were made or packaged with asbestos. Barry worked with some of those products and now he has lung canc... - Termination for Disability Illegal
Sep-25-06 Sacramento, CA "Millions of people that innocently buy long term disability insurance through their workplace need to know how insurance companies profit from the misery of others," says Lana Milligan, "and at the same time, have it sanctioned by acts of Congress and our courts." "My insurance company, Aetna, refused to pay me long term disability. I... - FDA Needs To Ban Accutane
Sep-20-06 Austin, TX: Unfortunately hundreds of parents already know that Accutane can cause some teenagers to commit suicide. But new evidence of a link between the acne drug and depression in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology , will hopefully put an end to the years of claims by Hoffman-LaRoche that its drug is not responsible for the suicides. Scien... - Zyprexa: Another Link to Diabetes
Sep-19-06 Truro, NS In September 2005, Mary Allen was hospitalized and treated for manic depression. She was given Zyprexa . "I was never told about any side effects," she says. "My doctor nor I knew at the time of any correlation between Zyprexa and diabetes. "At the hospital, I was a subject of a clinical study to determine whether Zyprexa was more effecti...