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Sort by date 16,482 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Monster Drink Contents Lawsuit Lobbed Back to State Court
Jan-8-16 Los Angeles, CA: The parent company of Monster energy drinks has been accused of undertaking “procedural gamesmanship” in removing a Monster Energy Drink Injury lawsuit originally filed in state court, to federal court. On Monday, Chief US District Judge George H. King lobbed the lawsuit back to state court where, he says, it rightfully bel... - $1.8M Preliminary Settlement in Burlington's Unpaid Overtime Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A $1.8 million proposed settlement received preliminary approval this week, potentially ending an unpaid wages and overtime class action lawsuit filed against Burlington Coat Factory. Filed by plaintiff Armida Rodriguez, the suit claims the company deprived tens of thousands of current and former employees of rest breaks and subject... - California Labor Laws for 2016 and Fair Pay Act
Jan-4-16 Sacramento, CA: Of the 807 new California labor laws that went into effect on January 1, 2016, it is likely that the Fair Pay Act will keep labor lawyers busy. Fair Pay Act (SB 358) Four important things have changed from the previous law. 1. SB 358 requires equal pay for “substantially similar” and not equal work as it was st... - Governor Brown Declares State of Emergency Over Porter Ranch Gas Leak Disaster
Jan-7-16 Porter Ranch, CA: The Porter Ranch SoCalGas Leak disaster is of such major proportions, it’s getting international attention. To that end, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC 12/31/15) is all over it, with audio, video and print stories reverberating across the Great White North on New Year’s Eve. And little wonder. Just yesterday... - Porter Ranch SoCal Gas Leak Declared State of Emergency
Jan-7-16 Los Angeles, CA: A state of emergency has been declared over the massive Porter Ranch SoCal gas leak in California that has been sending methane into the Porter Ranch neighborhood for over two months. On January 6th, the governor of California, Jerry Brown, issued a statement declaring the state of emergency which will “direct further action to... - Healthcare Fraud Cost Pharmaceutical Almost $150 Million in Settlements
Jan-6-16 Los Angeles, CA: It was four days before Christmas when a major, multimillion-dollar settlement was announced in a California healthcare fraud whistleblower lawsuit involving alleged kickbacks and other incentives to doctors in exchange for additional business. The Insurance Commissioner for the State of California announced the $23.2 million state... - The Fallout from a Data Breach
Jan-2-16 Los Angeles, CA: The fallout from a data breach can be massive in scope, as evidenced by the millions of people affected when their personal information is illegally accessed. Some cases involve stolen card numbers and consumers who allege their credit cards were used illegally. But other cases involve identity theft, where consumers don’t find o... - Force-Placed Insurance Class Action Alleges Violations of Truth in Lending Act
Jan-5-16 Orlando, FL: A couple from Florida are not at all happy with their residential loan servicing company and the insurance company their Force-Placed Insurance Bank teamed up with to ram what they view as unnecessary and excessive insurance coverage down their collective throats. To that end, John C. Sekula and his wife, Jacqueline, have filed a class-act... - Onglyza and Kombiglyze XR Lawsuit News and Legal Information
A US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel has recommended that Onglyza , known generically as saxagliptin, should carry an updated warning about the risk of Onglyza side effects including the potential for heart failure. The recommendation came in April after a study suggested a link between the use of Onglyza and heart failure . Saxagliptin... - 2015 Ends Well for Transvaginal Mesh Victims
Dec-31-15 Philadelphia, PA: Johnson & Johnson last week was hit with a $12.5 million verdict in a transvaginal mesh lawsuit that includes $7 million in punitive damages. Of the several TVM mesh manufacturers, J&J has been the worst for settling, even though it faces the most federal lawsuits. The drug giant in 2014 won the first bellwether case agains... - Invokana Lawsuit Filed within days of Latest FDA Warning
Jan-3-16 Philadelphia, PA: On December 4, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) posted to its website a warning with regard to diabetes drugs in the SGLT2 inhibitor class. The concern is the emergence of diabetic ketoacidosis in individuals with type 2 diabetes. Invokana is one of the drugs tagged by the FDA to include warnings about the potential for the life-... - Orthopedic Surgery and Bair Hugger Warming Blanket—a Bad Combination
Dec-27-15 New York, NY: With four out of five US hospitals using the Bair Hugger warming blanket, and more than 100 million surgical procedures performed in the United States, a number of forced air warming blanket lawsuits have been filed alleging the use of the blankets let to infection and additional complications. Since the FDA approved the Bair Hugger in... - North Carolina Plaintiff Claims Melanoma on Scalp Caused by Viagra
Jan-2-16 Cleveland County, NC: A man from Cleveland County is not happy that his three-year Viagra habit allegedly resulted in a cancerous lesion on his scalp. Willard Hoffman, the plaintiff in a personal injury lawsuit, is taking Pfizer Inc. to court following his Viagra Skin Cancer Diagnosis , claiming that Pfizer should have disclosed the potential cancer ris... - Twice Denied, Beloved Teacher Is Finally Awarded Benefits, Then Dies
Jan-1-16 Portsmouth, NH: Bob Sprankle was a teacher who began to suffer debilitating abdominal pain stemming from hernia surgery performed in 2007. According to a report in the Portland Press Herald (11/3/15), the pain became chronic, progressing to such a degree that he was largely confined to his home in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Sprankle applied for long-term... - California Judge Certifies Discrimination Class Action Suit for Female Attorneys
Dec-31-15 A California federal judge certified a class action against Farmers Insurance for current and former female attorneys who alleged they were discriminated against based on their gender. Lynne Coates, who had worked for Farmers for a total of nine years, filed the original complaint. In the complaint, she alleged violations of the Federal Equal Pay Act... - Is Monster Energy Drink Ad Jargon Dangerous or “Mere Puffery”?
Dec-31-15 Los Angeles, CA: A Monster Energy Drink Injury lawsuit currently being litigated in the Central District of California was, prior to the onset of the yuletide season, embroiled in debate over whether or not the plaintiff was in a position to sue over misleading information allegedly appearing on Monster energy drink labels, given that product labels an... - Jury Awards $11M Verdict In Wright Hip Implant Bellwether Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: Update: 4.5.16: Further to the 2015 award of $11 million to plaintiff Robyn Christiansen, in her bellweather defective products lawsuit against Wright Medical Technology, a decision made in early April 2016 will reduce the punitive damages award from $10 million to $1.1 million. The court let stand the $1 million award for compensatory da... - Victims of Crime Can Sue Perpetrators
Dec-20-15 Washington, DC: Many American citizens who have been the victim of a crime may not be aware they have a right to sue the perpetrator of that crime . “Everyone who has been the victim of a crime has a right to pursue litigation,” says Jeffrey Dion, the Deputy Executive Director of the National Center for Victims of Crime. They also may... - Uber Lawsuit Judge Takes Ridesharing Company to Task
Dec-30-15 Sacramento, CA: The judge in the ongoing Uber lawsuit has once again taken the ridesharing company to task, this time barring the company from communicating directly with drivers included in the class-action lawsuit. The move comes days after Judge Edward Chen ruled Uber’s arbitration clause was not enforceable, opening the door to thousands more... - Lawsuits Allege Olympus Withheld Reports of Endoscopy Infections from US Hospitals
Dec-30-15 Santa Monica, CA: A damning exposé on endoscopes that appeared earlier this month in the Los Angeles Times (12/19/15) provides a troubling backdrop to a rash of serious infections and responses undertaken by a manufacturer that commands the single largest sector of the endoscopy market in the United States. Such revelations would be of interest to...