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Sort by date 16,482 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- AMS Transvaginal Mesh “Caused the Perfect Storm”
Oct-6-15 Midland, MI Since having AMS transvaginal mesh implanted back in 2005, Lucy has suffered one complication after another. While on vacation two years ago, a minor fall created a “perfect storm,” which led to her being hospitalized for vaginal and rectal hemorrhage. She is finally having the mesh sling removed next week with Dr. Raz, the top... - $1.75M Preliminary Settlement Reached In Chuck E. Cheese Background Check Class Action Lawsuit
Los Angeles, CA: A preliminary $1.75 million settlement has been approved in a employment class action lawsuit alleging Chuck E. Cheese violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FACTA) by performing background checks on job applicants without clear disclosure of the fact. Specifically, the plaintiffs alleged that Ford v. CEC Entertainment, Inc... - Jury Awards $9.1M in Zimmer Durom Cup Hip Implant Lawsuit
Los Angeles, CA: A jury in Los Angeles has awarded a $9.1 million settlement to man who received a Durum Cup hip implant made by Zimmer. The defective products lawsuit alleged that Zimmer was aware of the design defect in its hip implant and was therefore negligent in designing it. The Durom cup implant allegedly causes bone and tissue damage tha... - California Beauty School Labor Lawsuit Could Represent Thousands
Oct-12-15 Los Angeles, CA An interesting situation is percolating alongside a lawsuit alleging a beauty school owned by cosmetic giant Estée Lauder Inc. (Estée Lauder) is treating trainees as unpaid employees, a violation of California Labor Law . A wrinkle currently at play is the recent decision by a California judge that an arbitrator must first... - California Overtime Pay Plaintiffs Seek Final Approval of $4.25 Million Settlement
Oct-11-15 Los Angeles, CA A supplier of services to the retail giant Costco could face a monetary settlement worth $4.25 million if a federal judge in California grants approval of the tentative settlement in the wake of a California overtime pay lawsuit. The class action could benefit some 8,000 individuals who demonstrate products at Costco Warehouses. Cost... - Safyral Birth Control - Drospirenone - side effects
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning about Safyral birth control and other contraceptives that contain drospirenone, following concerns about drospirenone side effects . According to a document issued by the FDA, the risk of serious Safyral side effects , including a reported increased risk of blood clots will now result in str... - Workers Allege Overtime Pay Violations in Pennsylvania Employment Lawsuit
Oct-10-15 Pittsburgh, PA It may be based in Texas, but Express Energy Services LLC (Express Energy) is nonetheless facing a Pennsylvania employment class-action lawsuit after a wireline operator and a wireline hand claim they routinely work 84-hour weeks without receiving overtime pay. The plaintiffs allege the violations run afoul of the Fair Labor Standards Ac... - Power Morcellation at the Center of Yet Another Cancer Lawsuit
Oct-9-15 Philadelphia, PA Yet another Laparoscopic Power Morcellation lawsuit has been filed in Philadelphia, this time against the manufacturer of the PKS PlasmaSORD Bipolar Morcellator. The co-plaintiff in the case alleges that use of the device inadvertently spread cancer cells throughout her abdomen. Power morcellation is yet another adjunct of the incre... - California Truckers Win $28M in Employment Class Action Settlement
Los Angeles, CA: A $28 million settlement has been reached in an employment class action lawsuit pending against Schneider National Carriers Inc. The lawsuit was brought by more than 6,000 California truck drivers who alleged the company had violated state wage-and-hour laws and failed to provide meal and rest breaks. The plaintiffs are California-... - $3.3 Million Awarded to Brain Injury Plaintiff Hit By Distracted Driver
Oct-8-15 A Texas man who suffered a concussion, a traumatic brain injury and herniated discs when a tractor-trailer rear-ended him agreed to a $3,350,000 settlement with the trucking company. The Oakley Trucking driver’s cell phone allegedly distracted him at the time of the collision. Distracted Driving Plaintiff Thomas East, a 37-year-old customer ser... - FDA Orders Studies of Duodenoscopes Following Reports of Contamination
Oct-8-15 Washington, DC The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ordered the three manufacturers of duodenoscopes marketed in the US.. to conduct postmarket surveillance studies to better understand how the devices are reprocessed in real-world settings. This action comes as a result of an FDA warning that duodenoscopes could be linked to the spread... - Miami Couple Sustain Back and Neck Injury in Stairwell Collapse
Oct-8-15 Key West, FL Two days after a young couple were injured after the stairs on which they were walking collapsed beneath them, a back and neck injury lawsuit has been filed against the owner of the building and, potentially, the insurance company involved with insuring the premises. According to a report published in The Key West Citizen (9/1/15), 28... - Washington Appeals Court Upholds $4.5 Million Mesothelioma Verdict
Oct-7-15 Washington, DC While the asbestos mesothelioma victim did not live to see this day, the family of the late Edwin Estenson is nonetheless cheered by the stance of the Washington State Court of Appeals in upholding a $4.5 million damage award in an asbestos lawsuit against Caterpillar Inc. (Caterpillar), the industrial machinery company. According to... - Microsoft Facing Spam Text Messaging Class Action Lawsuit
San Francisco, CA: Microsoft Corp is facing a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) class action lawsuit alleging the software company used deceptive social media posts to collect consumer information, specifically phone numbers. The company then used those phone numbers to send spam text message advertisements to those consumers, the lawsuit claim... - $7.1M Settlement Final in Foot Locker Wage and Hour Class Action Lawsuit
Pittsburgh, PA: Final approval of a $7.1 million settlement has been granted, ending a wage and hour class action against Foot Locker Inc. The lawsuit, brought by Foot Locker workers, alleged the retail shoe chain violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Specifically, the plaintiffs alleged that Foot Locker workers were not compensat... - California Labor Law Class-Action Wheels in Motion for Delivery Drivers
Oct-5-15 San Francisco, CA Uber and the “sharing economy” has opened up the California labor law floodgates regarding worker misclassification. More class-action lawsuits have been filed, arguing whether delivery drivers are independent contractors or direct employees. The California Labor Commissioner’s Office ruling in June, that an Uber... - Risperdal Criminals
Sep-28-15 Philadelphia, PA Although Johnson & Johnson has been finally caught, pleaded guilty and fined more than $2 billion for aggressively marketing Risperdal to the elderly and to young boys, that amount is a drop in its bucket considering that the antipsychotic drug brought the drug giant $30 billion in sales worldwide. Many online discussions stem... - Additional Concerns Surface Over Invokana Side Effects: FDA
Oct-4-15 Washington DC Up until now there has been ongoing concern with regard to side effects associated with Invokana, the type 2 diabetes medication marketed by Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Janssen), an offshoot of pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson. “ Invokana Linked with Cardiovascular Injuries and Kidney Failure ” is a headline no type... - UK Man Devastated by SJS and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis
Oct-3-15 Cowichan, UK Andrew Blount, a young computer analyst living in the UK, went to his doctor on September 9 complaining of what he thought was pink eye. The next day he was in the hospital, beginning a journey that has seen the 31-year-old fighting for his life with the most serious form of Stevens Johnson Syndrome, TEN (Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis). A new med... - Propecia Victims “Like Zombies”
Sep-26-15 Jefferson City, MO Anyone considering taking Propecia should be informed that the sexual side effects are often long term - possibly permanent. And anyone prescribing the hair loss drug should know by now that Propecia sexual dysfunction is not a rare side effect. If Dave (not his real name) was told that Propecia would put him at risk in any way,...