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Mar-22-17 Denver, CO: The issue has been reverberating through the courts for some time, but now a Colorado employment law complaint is one step closer to resolution with news that a preliminary approval has been granted for a proposed settlement valued at $1.65 million. The defendant is CorePower Yoga, a franchise with headquarters in Colorado. The lead plai... - Auto Manufacturers Claim to be Takata Airbag Victims
Mar-3-17 Miami, FL: The $1 Billion settlement in association with Takata airbag injuries (including at least 11 deaths which have been documented in the US), appears to be setting up a showdown between plaintiffs and automotive manufacturers caught up in a wave of airbag lawsuits involving the defective airbags. The airbags in question have been found to bec... - Granuflo Bellwether Case Fails to Prove Fault
Mar-3-17 Santa Clara, CA: The first bellwether Fresenius trial for people who opted out of the earlier $250 million dollar settlement has failed to make its case, with the jury finding in favor of Fresenius Medical Care. The federal jury in Massachusetts delivered their verdict after deliberating for a day. They found that the plaintiff could not establish... - Reaching a Settlement for Kome Restaurant Workers takes a Community
Aug-20-20 San Francisco, CA Attorney Winni Kao with the Asian Law Caucus wants workers to know there are community groups and government agencies to help with California labor violations , particularly wage theft. “We encourage workers to stand together as they are likely all experiencing the same violations,” says Kao. Such was the case with Kome Japan... - Southern California Attorney Answers Dog Bite Questions
Jan-10-11 Dog bite injury lawyer Kip Scott and the Personal Injury Law Center team have over a decade of experience assisting people in the southern California area who have suffered a personal injury from a dog attack. The firm has recovered millions of dollars on behalf of their injured clients. There are more than 60 million dogs in the US, and 40 perc... - Endoscope Disinfection Problems Extend Beyond Devices Themselves
Feb-14-17 Washington, DC: When the Olympus XTJF-160A Duodenoscope, part of the EVIS EXERA II 180 System, was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in early 2008, that approval was by way of an FDA 510(k) Clearance. In other words, the new device was deemed by the FDA to be sufficiently similar to existing devices, and thus qualified for a pass from h... - Idaho Whistleblower Lawsuit Settled for $2.425 Million
Dec-8-10 Boise, ID A Qui Tam Whistleblower lawsuit has been settled, with the whistleblower taking home $364,425 as her share of the $2.425 million settlement against two speech therapists and three hospitals in Eastern Idaho. The alleged fraud, which was reported to have involved the use of unlicensed speech therapists for services billed to Medicaid as licens... - California Employment Lawyer Answers Wrongful Termination-Retaliation Questions
Nov-30-10 Los Angeles, CA Attorney Morris Nazarian has extensive experience handling California labor law issues and employment disputes. His law firm helps countless employees obtain their unpaid wages, overtime and other benefits to which they are entitled. Increasingly, the law offices of Morris Nazarian are seeing more retaliation and wrongful termination cl... - Chinese Drywall Homeowners Finally Getting Their Due
Nov-28-10 Homestead, FL The Chinese drywall debacle is finally coming to an end for dozens of homeowners in Florida stricken with the substandard drywall. Not only will they have their homes repaired, but also their attorney's fees and other expenses will be covered. Another victory for the homeowners is that they won't have to reimburse the manufacturer if less... - California Overtime Law Case Affects IT Workers
Nov-26-10 San Diego, CA The California overtime law settlement between Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and its IT workers will be closely monitored by drug companies, where pay rate lawsuits can be abundant, CBS's BNET reports. The $2.9 million settlement threatens to bring IT staff into the overtime wage fray, according to the news provider. The case centere... - Healthcare Whistleblowers Protect Patients' Rights
Jan-20-17 Marion, NC: Patients rely on doctors, medical centers, and healthcare companies to ensure the treatment they receive is safe and lives up to strict regulations. But sometimes healthcare companies attempt to get around the rules, putting the health and lives of their patients at risk. In those cases, healthcare whistleblowers —the people who know o... - Christus Settlement Part of Larger $62.9 Million Qui Tam Whistleblower Case
Nov-2-10 Los Angeles, CA A Qui Tam Whistleblower case that put the spotlight on a hospital chain based in Texas has been resolved after Christus Health Systems agreed to pay almost a million dollars to the federal government in an effort to settle whistleblower allegations of Medicare fraud. The settlement is part of a larger lawsuit that has been on the boo... - Qui Tam Whistleblower—$750 Million Medicaid Fraud Settlement
Oct-28-10 Boston, PA Judging from the increasing number of Qui Tam Whistleblower lawsuits—and huge settlements—Medicaid fraud is rampant in the US. The latest settlement has cost GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) $750 million in civil and criminal charges for manufacturing and selling adulterated drug products to Medicaid and other government health plans. Th... - San Francisco Transit Board Okays Overtime Settlement
Jan-13-17 San Francisco, CA: San Francisco's Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors has voted to approve to settle an overtime lawsuit with Muni operators for $8 million. The lawsuit had originally sought almost $400 million and alleged operators were not properly paid for time spent traveling between their clock-in sites and the sites they picked up... - Medtronic Settles Sprint Fidelis Lawsuits for $268 Million
Oct-14-10 Minneapolis, MN Three years ago Medtronic, the giant medical devices manufacturer, recalled a series of defibrillation leads prone to cracking and other failures that put the lives of patients at risk—and in some cases, cost heart patients their lives. Today it was announced that Medtronic has agreed to a $268 million settlement to facilitate an e... - AstraZeneca to Pay $520 Million in Seroquel Settlement
Sep-30-10 Harrisburg, PA The state of Pennsylvania will receive $9 million of the $520 million settlement AstraZeneca Pharmaceutical is paying for improperly marketing Seroquel , an anti-psychotic. Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett said that a state and federal investigation accused the drug maker of marketing Seroquel "off-label" and paying kickbacks... - Qui Tam Whistleblowers in Line for $37.8 Million
Sep-12-10 Washington, DC Five qui tam whistleblowers will be in line for a combined $37.8 million as their share of a settlement stemming from a lawsuit against the manufacturer of Botox Therapeutic. The alleged promotion by Allergan Inc. of Botox Therapeutic for unapproved medical uses through Medicaid resulted in a combined $600 million in civil and criminal... - Paxil Researcher Pleads Guilty to Charges
Sep-2-10 Washington, DC GlaxoSmithKline is the subject of more bad publicity after a researcher was allegedly found to have falsified data in trials about Paxil. Meanwhile, the drug maker faces lawsuits alleging newborns suffered Paxil Birth defects when they were exposed to Paxil prior to birth. The psychiatrist who reportedly falsified clinical data, Dr. M... - FDA Pulls Zantac off Shelves
Jul-6-20 Washington, DC On April 1, the federal Food and Drug Administration asked manufacturers to withdraw Zantac and all other prescription and over-the-counter ranitidine drugs from the market immediately. It has also advised those who use OTC ranitidine medications to stop taking them immediately and patients with ranitidine prescriptions to speak with their... - Latest Bellwether Risperdal Lawsuit Underway in Philadelphia
Dec-10-16 Philadelphia, PA: With the $70 million Risperdal settlement from back in the summer continuing to reverberate, the sixth bellwether Risperdal lawsuit as part of the Pennsylvania Mass Tort is underway. The plaintiff, a Nebraska man, is claiming in his Risperdal gynecomastia lawsuit that Risperdal is responsible for the growth of male breast tissue. T...