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  • Guidant faces Pacemaker Lawsuits: Thousands of Pacemakers could be Defective
    Nov-23-06 Indianapolis, IN: According to third quarter reports filed November 9, 2006 by Boston Scientific the company faces around 840 lawsuits related to Guidant pacemakers and defibrillators. Of those cases, 74 are class-action and around 760 are individual suits. The number of suits is up significantly from the 550 lawsuits reported after the company's sec...
  • Defective Product Caused Personal Injury
    Nov-16-06 Plainfield, CT In August 2006, a pulley system on Penny Lee Palazzo's bedroom window snapped, slamming down hard on her hand and crushing four fingers. Unfortunately for Penny (but the window manufacturer and its insurance company assumes fortunately) the window was built in 1979. "I put my head out the window to call my daughter into the house," says...
  • More Adverse Effects linked to SSRI Celexa
    Nov-14-06 Avalon, NJ: According to testimony at an inquest into the deaths of Roxanne Richardson, 30, and her children, Luke, 3, and Grace, 20 months, an autopsy revealed that at the time of their murders, husband and father-turned-killer, Michael Richardson, had Celexa in his system higher than prescribed which may have caused him to become agitated and irritable...
  • ReNu Recall: Not Getting Through to People
    Nov-4-06 Houston, TX Trina Brown used ReNu with MoistureLoc right up until a few months ago, although the FDA issued a worldwide recall in May 2006. Trina, a paralegal, stopped using ReNu only when she read about the recall in her LawyersandSettlements.com newsletter subscription. "I used ReNu for about 18 months but when I saw the recall I stopped using i...
  • Injuries and Death Reported in Patients Implanted with Bard Kugel Mesh Patch
    Oct-29-06 Murray Hill, NJ: On January 13, 2006, CR Bard, Inc announced a Class I recall of the Bard Composix Kugel Mesh X-Large Patch after receiving 24 reports that the device's plastic coil ring may not withstand the increased stress associated with certain surgical placement techniques. Davol, Inc, a subsidiary of CR Bard, notified US customers of the recall...
  • Benzene: What is it Good For?
    Oct-28-06 Detroit, MI: Benzene is found in soft drinks and spray cleaners, in the auto industry and food manufacturing. Who asked for benzene in their soft drinks and their workplace anyway and how did it get there? Certainly not Patricia Pirillo-Green's father who died of leukemia, or Mark Smith who suffers from chronic asthma. Let's start with the soft dr...
  • ReNu Recall: Not Effective Enough
    Oct-27-06 San Diego, CA "My eyes were inflamed and irritated and my family doctor told me to rinse my eyes and contacts more often," says Heather Jones. So I increased the use of ReNu with MoistureLoc ." That was in March 2006. Only one month later, the first lawsuit against Bausch & Lomb claiming injuries from its recalled ReNu was filed in federal court. ...
  • Attorney Predicts Five Thousand Lawsuits Against Guidant
    Oct-27-06 Boston, MA: On October 18, 2006, Boston Scientific announced financial earnings for the third quarter 2006, in a press release and reported net sales of $2.026 billion as compared to $1.511 billion for the third quarter of 2005, an increase of 34%. The increase, Boston said, was primarily attributable to the inclusion of $491 million of net sales from...
  • Lawsuits in Tissue Transplant case Increase
    Oct-11-06 Fort Lee, NJ The number of lawsuits against a New Jersey firm that illegally harvested tissues for tissue transplant surgeries is increasing. So far, eight lawsuits have been filed against Biomedical Tissue Services (BTS) on behalf of unwilling donors. Additionally, hundreds more lawsuits are pending on behalf of people who received the illegally h...
  • Guidant Settles Three Lawsuits - 549 To Go
    Oct-2-06 Corpus Christi, TX Attorneys for the plaintiffs in lawsuits against Guidant and its new owner, Boston Scientific, view the settlement of a Texas case days before a jury trial as a sign that the company is dodging the courtroom. Guidant settled the case for an undisclosed amount with two plaintiffs avoiding a public trial set to begin on September 18, 20...
  • Uphill Battle - Warning Pharma Customers about Dangers of SSRIs
    Sep-29-06 Recent concerns about the adverse effects of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressants (SSRIs) have focused on suicide risks. However, a new study published in the September 2006 journal, Public Library of Science (PLoS), reports that in addition to self-harm, the drugs can also cause some patients to become violent and homicidal. Professor...
  • Not All Tissue Transplant Recipients Recalled
    Sep-20-06 Centennial, CO From 2002 to 2005, Rebecca Crystal Frasier received three bone grafts. She didn't get a recall notice from Regeneration Technologies (RTI) regarding tissue transplants so she thought she was safe from tainted tissue. Turns out that her graft wasn't registered - the only way to get a recall! "I have learned so much from researching this...
  • Still Sore from ReNu
    Sep-15-06 Frederick, OK "I was so loyal to ReNu ," says Cari Ripley," that I used no other contact lens solution for years. Now I had better teach my daughter how to apply my make-up because my vision is so damaged and I believe it is from Bausch & Lomb contact lens solution." "My first mistake was that I went to a different eye doctor every year to have my vi...
  • Abuse and Neglect of Elderly Rampant in Nursing Home Industry
    Sep-12-06 Little Rock, AR In 1987, Congress passed landmark legislation aimed at improving nursing home care for the nation's vulnerable elderly population. However, a recent investigation by Consumer Reports found poor care in nursing homes is still extremely common, especially in the for-profit chains that have become the dominant force in the industry. The...
  • SUV rollover lawsuit.
    Rollovers of SUVs and other similar vehicles kill over 10,000 people and injure another 27,000 yearly. Rollovers and Loss of Control Rollovers occur in sports utility vehicles when a driver attempts to avoid an emergency with a quick steering movement or when a tire fails. All vehicles should stay on their wheels in a reasonable response to an emerge...
  • Boston Scientific and Guidant Off to Texas Slaughterhouse
    Sep-6-06 Corpus Christi, TX The first, but by no means the last, Guidant trial is scheduled to begin on September 18, 2006, in Neuces County District Court in Corpus Christi, Texas before Judge Jack Hunter. The two plaintiffs, Louis Motal, 63, and Bernice Hinojosa, 65, are surviving patients implanted with Guidant's Ventak Prizm 2 defibrillators in 2001. The law...
  • DES Miscarriage Drug linked to more Cancer
    Aug-20-06 Over the years, DES has been linked to various forms of cancer and reproductive problems in both male and female children born to women who took the drug. For years, it has been associated with cervical cancer and a rare vaginal cancer in younger women, but since 2002, studies have linked DES to breast cancer as well. Diethylstilbestrol (DES), a synthe...
  • Contact Lens Wearer seeks solution without Pain
    Aug-17-06 Since April, when the FDA recalled Bausch & Lomb's ReNu MoistureLoc, more and more people have been coming forward with complaints. MoistureLoc, their all-in-one contact lens solution, has been linked to Fusarium, a serious fungal eye infection that can lead to blindness. And while Baush & Lomb is now feeling the FDA recalls in their wallet with 2006 pret...
  • Toyota Motor Corporation Female Employee Gender Harassment Settlement
    Sayaka Kobayashi worked as an assistant to Hideaki Otaka, who served as president and chief executive of Toyota Motor North America. Kobayashi filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the top executive claiming he made repeated unwanted sexual advances. She claimed Otaka arranged travel and office schedules so that they would be alone together, require...
  • Boston Scientific Won Guidant - What A Prize
    Jul-24-06 In the second quarter of 2006, Boston Scientific may have lost 27% of its value, but in the first quarter, it did win a nearly two month bidding war with Johnson and Johnson over the heart device maker, Guidant, with a bid of $27.5 billion for the grand prize. It probably seemed like a great deal when the bidding started. Guidant's heart device division...
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