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Sort by date 16,482 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Lawsuits Say Monster Drinks Lead to Devastating Brain Injury
Sep-11-15 Lancaster, CA Energy drinks , or highly caffeinated beverages, marketed to teens and young adults as a way to get “a buzz on” have been, to say the least, controversial over the last several years. The firm of R. Rex Parris, in Lancaster, California, currently represents a raft of families that claim their children have suffered permanent... - $8 Million Award Upheld Against Trucking Companies and Driver
Sep-17-15 An Illinois appeals court upheld an $8 million damages award against two trucking companies and the driver who struck and killed the plaintiff’s wife. There were four defendants in the case: • Transfreight, a trucking company contracted with Toyota to make parts deliveries. • Kiswani Trucking, which was responsible for delivering the goods... - Zofran Could Achieve MDL Status October 1
Sep-17-15 New York, NY A significant day is approaching for Zofran lawsuits , when the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation will meet to decide whether or not Zofran lawsuits qualify for consolidation. The manufacturer of Zofran, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), has formally filed a motion to have all existing (and presumably, future) lawsuits transferred for pretria... - Massive Polyurethane Foam Antitrust Class Action Settlements Reached
Santa Clara, CA: Purchasers of a product that contains flexible polyurethane foam, such as a mattress, couch or carpet underlay, may be eligible to receive money from nine proposed consumer fraud class action settlements valued at $151,250,000. A lawsuit known as In re Polyurethane Foam Antitrust Litigation, Case No. 10-MD-2196, is pending in the... - FINRA Orders UBS to Pay Almost $3M
Sep-10-15 New York, NY A FINRA arbitration panel has reportedly ordered UBS to pay almost $3 million to investors who claimed they lost money after they invested in UBS-managed Puerto Rican municipal bonds. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) panel has made multiple rulings in favor of claimants in arbitrations involving Puerto Rican municipal bo... - Zimmer Saddled with Yet Another Failed Knee Implant
Sep-16-15 Washington, DC With the first bellwether trial over the failed Zimmer NexGen Knee implant set to go on October 13 (In Re: Zimmer NexGen Knee Implant Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2272), the manufacturer has yet another potential albatross on its hands with the recent recall of its Persona knee components after reports of failures. It is expected t... - Actos Lawsuits: When $2.37 Billion Isn’t Enough
Sep-9-15 New Orleans, LA To the general public, $2.37 billion might seem like the sort of money one would jump at the opportunity to have, but for those people who filed an Actos lawsuit against Takeda Pharmaceuticals, it just might not be enough. The deadline to sign up to be part of an Actos side effects settlement has passed, but because not enough people ha... - Calls for More Regulation in Wake of Energy Drink Deaths
Sep-12-15 Los Angeles, CA As various lawsuits alleging Monster Energy Drink Deaths and Hospitalizations continue to migrate through the legal pipeline, including a marquee trial centered on the death of teen Anais Fournier, health advocates continue to lament the lay of the land where it comes to energy drinks. And that topography is rocky at best, when one c... - California Overtime Pay for Care Workers—About Time
Sep-8-15 Sacramento, CA It’s been a long legal battle. Home Care Workers can’t 100 percent bank on California overtime yet, but a federal court decision has cleared a long and winding path to give home care aides in California and nationwide overtime pay. The US Court of Appeals in Washington decided on August 21 to allow the new overtime regu... - Hip and Knee Replacement FAQ
Why are hip and knee implant devices being recalled? Some hip and knee implant devices are being recalled because of high failure rates that result in patients requiring revision surgery years before they typically should. For example, most hip implants are expected to last approximately 15 years, but with some implant devices, such as the DePuy ASR h... - Hip & Knee Replacement Implant Failure - Hip Replacement Lawsuit & Lawyer
The past decade has seen an exponential increase in hip and knee replacements and with it, hip & knee replacement failure . With more and more baby boomers approaching an older age, hip and knee replacement surgery is becoming more common--as are hip and knee replacement complaints . Since the Depuy hip and knee replacement recalls in 2005, thousands... - Mesothelioma Lawsuit Results in $1.42M Award
Sep-11-15 New York, NY A mesothelioma lawsuit filed against John Crane Inc., has resulted in a $1.42 million award to the family of a man who died of mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos. The victim, William Voelker, died in 2013 and his widow, Janet Voelker, continued with the lawsuit alleging William’s work in the U.S. Navy caused his mesotheliom... - Latest Xarelto Lawsuit Accuses Defendants of Misleading Advertisements
Sep-14-15 New Orleans, LA In perhaps one of the most damning commentaries yet on the safety and efficacy of Xarelto, more than two dozen plaintiffs claim in a recently filed Xarelto lawsuit that not only did Xarelto partners Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and Bayer Corp. (Bayer) fail to adequately warn about the lack of an available reversing agent to help stem... - Crestor Lawsuits Still Percolating
Sep-10-15 Los Angeles, CA Not that Americans could be accused of popping any medication like candy. But there are times when consumers have become so desensitized to medications, that popping a pill such as an aspirin or a statin to rein in bad cholesterol is rarely given a second thought. However, with statins, and specifically Crestor, a second thought might be wa... - Yale Law School Champions Disabled Veterans Still Awaiting VA Benefits
Sep-13-15 New Haven, CT In early April of this year, an offshoot of the hallowed Yale Law School filed a VA disability benefits class-action lawsuit on behalf of thousands of veterans still waiting for needed benefits. It wasn’t exactly done quietly, as the lead plaintiff in the case, together with students from the Veterans Legal Services Clinic at Yale a... - $6M Settlement Reached In Florida Exotic Dancers Wage Lawsuit
New York , NY: Exotic dancers who filed a wage and hour class action lawsuit against Scarlett' Cabaret have reached a $6 million settlement. The chain of clubs operates in Florida and Ohio. The lawsuit claimed that Scarlett' violated the Fair Labor Standards Act and Florida and Ohio labor laws by not paying legally mandated minimum wages and overt... - Popular Ride Topples at Amusement Park, Parents of Injured Child Sue
Sep-9-15 Bowling Green, KY It’s been a rough summer for the Beech Bend Amusement Park located in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Last month a ride known as the Dragon Coaster came to a sudden stop mid-ride, and while no one on the amusement park ride was hurt, it proved to be jarring in more ways than one: just a few weeks before, at the same amusement park, a popul... - Class Action Upheld in Overdraft Fees Lawsuit
Sep-12-15 Miami, FL An overdraft fees lawsuit that had been given class-action status has had that class-action status confirmed by a Florida federal judge. The excessive overdraft fees lawsuit alleged that Wells Fargo Bank improperly reordered customer transactions to increase profits from overdraft fees. Wells Fargo is not the only financial institution accuse... - AMS Transvaginal Mesh Good for Depends Makers
Sep-5-15 Pittsburgh, PA Cathy is among thousands of women implanted with an AMS transvaginal mesh who might find some financial relief from the latest American Medical Systems mesh settlement, but she says that no amount of money can compensate her for five years of pain. And it won’t help her non-existent sex life. “I had the transvaginal mesh s... - Viagra Melanoma: The Heat’s Been Lowered, but the Embers Still Burn
Sep-7-15 New York, NY Urologist Stacy Loeb conducted her research on Viagra melanoma for all the right seasons and under the best of circumstances: there was no funding from any pharmaceutical company manufacturing or marketing an erectile dysfunction (ED) drug. And she wanted to get to the bottom of it as her patients, many of whom suffer erectile dysfunction...