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Sort by date 16,482 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Asbestosis Lung Cancer Victim
Nov-30-15 Baton Rouge, LA: A former cargo worker who was diagnosed with asbestosis disease in 2011 will have his medical costs covered following the ruling of an appeals court in an asbestosis lawsuit . Asbestosis is a disease that results from exposure to asbestos fibers. Once ingested, the asbestos can lay dormant in the lungs for decades before emerging as... - Zofran MDL Grows in First Months
Nov-26-15 Boston, MA: Now that the Zofran lawsuits have been consolidated into a multidistrict litigation for pretrial proceedings, the number of lawsuits alleging Zofran side effects included in the MDL has begun to increase. The Zofran side effects lawsuits allege women who used Zofran while pregnant gave birth to infants with birth defects, including cleft pa... - Tyson Foods Donning and Doffing Case Heard by Supreme Court
Nov-25-15 Washington, DC: The US Supreme Court has heard the Tyson Foods unpaid wages lawsuit, according to reports. The donning and doffing lawsuit was filed by Tyson employees who argued that they should be paid for time spent putting on and taking off mandatory protective work gear and should have a judgment in their favor based on averages instead of time re... - California Overtime Pay and Wage Class-Action Lawsuit Targets SkyWest
Nov-28-15 Los Angeles, CA: The passage of a living wage ordinance by the City of Los Angeles has not only caused headaches for employers, but also an opportunity for would-be plaintiffs to take their employers to task for allegedly failing to provide a living wage, including overtime, in accordance with the living wage ordinance and overtime pay laws observed by... - Police Battle the State of Nevada over Pay for Union Activities
Nov-28-15 Las Vegas, NV: An interesting battle is heating up on the Nevada Labor Law front that has flown under the radar, but is nonetheless compelling when one looks at the relationship between tax dollars, public servants and unions. To that end, a Nevada Employment lawsuit has been filed in federal court by three police unions taking issue with new legislati... - One California Overtime Lawsuit Dismissed As Another Takes Off
Nov-24-15 San Francisco, CA: A judge in a California overtime lawsuit has dismissed the plaintiffs’ claims against Apple Inc. The lawsuit alleged workers at Apple stores were denied overtime pay for time spent waiting in line for bag checks, and the ruling could have implications for other overtime lawsuits involving claims about security checks. Meanwhile... - Nurses Reach $42M Settlement in Antitrust Class Action Alleging Wage Fixing
Detroit, MI: A $42 million settlement has been reached between the parties involved in an antitrust class action pending against eight Detroit area hospitals. The lawsuit, brought by nurses employed at the hospitals, alleges that the hospitals conspired to keep their wages set low. In the complaint, which represents some 24,000 registered nurses,... - Mass Tort Suits Proceed Against Syngenta for Genetically Modified Corn
Nov-27-15 Syngenta is prohibited from appealing a federal judge’s ruling that allowed corn industry plaintiffs to continue multidistrict litigation, claiming the company tainted large shipments of U.S. grain with genetically modified seeds. The court recently issued the coordination order for the MDL proceeding. Cargill filed its suit against Syngenta Seeds i... - Latest IVC Filter Lawsuit Alleges Various Injuries
Nov-27-15 Baltimore, MD: It’s ironic in a way that the inferior vena cava filter has the word “inferior” in its name, given the rash of lawsuits that have been forthcoming when plaintiffs find their IVC filter to have failed and caused in some cases grievous health issues when the device has either failed, or migrated away from its initial poin... - Apple California Lawsuit Dismissed
Nov-23-15 San Francisco, CA: A California labor lawsuit filed against Apple Inc., has been dismissed, with the judge ruling Apple did not violate employees’ rights to be paid for time spent during bag checks. The class-action California lawsuit was filed by employees at California Apple stores, who alleged they were owed pay for time spent in security chec... - Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuit Update: Good News for Victims
Nov-23-15 Houston, TX: In the first Avaulta transvaginal mesh to go to trial, the plaintiff has been awarded damages of $3.6 million rather than a settlement - another first. The jury’s first verdict against C.R. Bard, the manufacturer of Avaulta TVM, awarded the plaintiffs $5.5 million but later found the doctor who implanted the mesh to be 40 perc... - Audi Car Owners Lawsuit News and Legal Information
Owners of certain Audi cars have filed a lawsuit against Audi in the wake of the Volkswagen recall , alleging they suffered financial harm as a result of Volkswagen and Audi using "defeat devices" in certain diesel vehicles to pass emissions testing. In addition to lawsuits by car owners, Volkswagen, parent company to Audi, could be on the hook for up to... - “There Are Fees for Everything but Breathing the Air”
Nov-25-15 Washington, DC: Anyone contemplating or having already filed a Credit Union Excessive Overdraft fees lawsuit may be surprised to learn that excessive fees at the hands of credit unions is nothing new: to wit, a story with the headline “Don’t Get Fleeced by Overdraft Fees” was published by Forbes in April 2009. That’s almost se... - Debunking Harvoni Pricing
Nov-24-15 Washington, DC: While most Harvoni Denied Insurance Claim Lawsuits take issue with insurance companies that balk at approving Harvoni treatment for hepatitis C in spite of medical need, one must only look at the pricing strategy maintained by Harvoni manufacturer Gilead for clues that could lead to another smoking gun. According to the Los Angeles... - More Xarelto Lawsuits Filed, As MDL Grows
Nov-24-15 New Orleans, LA: More Xarelto lawsuits alleging patients suffered serious bleeding events after using the anticoagulant have been filed, with the multidistrict litigation now sitting at more than 2,200 consolidated cases. Plaintiffs say they were not adequately warned about the risk of Xarelto side effects, nor were they warned that Xarelto, unlike its... - Mediation Offers an Option to Court
Nov-17-15 Long Beach, CA: Going to court to get to the bottom of legal issues can be frustrating and expensive. Lawyer and mediator Paul Carter says that parties in legal dispute should always at least consider what Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), better known as mediation, can do for them. “There are two reasons to opt for mediation,” says Cart... - Olympus Duodenoscopes Linked to Disease, Failure to Report
Santa Clara, CA: Olympus has received a warning letter from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over its failure to report infections associated with the company' duodenoscope. According to the Associated Press, for three years Olympus withheld information about infections that may have been associated with their scopes used in 16 patients in... - Passengers Injured aboard Cruise Ships Have Limited Time to Sue
Nov-19-15 Miami, FL: Hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world travel the globe aboard cruise ships. Every year, a handful of travelers suffer some kind of personal injury aboard those floating cities. Attorney Spencer Aronfeld, from Aronfeld Trial Lawyers in Miami, has been litigating against cruise ships on behalf of injured passengers for 25... - Onglyza Lawsuit Alleges Heart Failure Caused by Drug
Nov-15-15 Chicago, IL: An Onglyza lawsuit has been filed against AstraZeneca, alleging the diabetes drug caused a woman’s death. The lawsuit was filed late in October, according to reports, and claims that Lillie Ree Gibson died from heart problems after taking Onglyza. Onglyza, known generically as saxagliptin, is a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhib... - More Than 3,000 Testosterone Lawsuits Consolidated for Proceedings
Nov-18-15 Chicago, IL : Patients continue to file testosterone lawsuits , with more than 3,000 testosterone side effects lawsuits now consolidated for pretrial proceedings. The lawsuits allege men were put at risk of serious cardiovascular side effects from testosterone therapy. According to the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, as of November 16, 201...