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Sort by date 16,482 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- $4.5M Settlement Awarded in First Wright Profemur Hip Replacement Trial
Los Angeles, CA: A jury hearing the first product liability lawsuit against Wright Profemur hip replacement systems has awarded the plaintiff $4.5 million in damages. Brought by Alan Warner, the lawsuit is the first of several hundred to go to trial with allegations that the hip replacement Warner received failed after just three years: the average l... - Lawsuits Allege Insurers Rely on Medical Necessity to Deny Claims
Sep-1-15 Los Angeles, CA Denied disability insurance lawsuits allege insurers use a variety of unethical tactics to deny an insurance claim, but perhaps the most dubious tactic is to deny a claim on the grounds that treatment is not medically necessary. Patients who have had their claims denied on “not medically necessary” grounds know all too well t... - Ohio Employment Lawsuit Accuses Televangelist of Stiffing Employees
Sep-1-15 Cuyahoga Falls, OH Praise the Lord and pass the peas, please. As for the alleged Ohio Employment Law labor violations, well…we’ll give that to God and trust Him to take care of it all. It seems there is more to televangelist Ernest Angley than fire and brimstone. Cathedral Buffet Inc. is an Ohio-based enterprise under the Angley banner... - “Transvaginal Mesh Feels Like a Scouring Pad, and My Husband Feels It.”
Aug-30-15 Knoxville, TN Glenda wishes her gynecologist had explained transvaginal mesh to her before she had it implanted back in 1999. Chances are her doctor didn’t know about transvaginal mesh side effects, but it was the same year that one type of TVM was recalled. Boston Scientific’s transvaginal mesh had never been implanted in a human vagin... - California Overtime Class Action Launched against Hospice Care Provider
Aug-29-15 Beverly Hills, CA An overtime pay laws class action has been filed in California against a hospice and palliative care enterprise alleging the defendants failed to pay plaintiffs proper overtime pay, or provide rest periods and meal breaks as mandated by the California Labor Code. It appears as if the basic payment of overtime wages by Seasons Hospi... - Essure Not So Sure
Aug-25-15 Birmingham, AL Despite the FDA having received more than 5,000 adverse event reports regarding Essure , the birth control device is still on the market. Now hundreds of Essure victims are taking action to ensure that Essure is taken off the market. Essure side effects range from ectopic pregnancy to uterine perforation to death. Some women reportedly... - $388M Settlement Reached in JPMorgan Chase Mortgage Backed Securities Class Action Lawsuit
New York, NY: A $388 million settlement has been agreed between JPMorgan Chase and a group of investors who alleged the bank misled them regarding the level of risk associated with certain investments. Specifically, the securities lawsuit refers to $10 billion worth of residential mortgage-backed securities (MBS) sold by JP Morgan Chase before the fi... - Multi-State Salmonella Outbreak Prompts AFC Tuna Recall
Gardena, CA: The US Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control have issued warnings regarding a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella Paratyphi B variant L(+) tartrate(+). So far, illness has been reported from 11 states. Eleven ill people have been hospitalized. No deaths have been reported. The salmonella outbreak appears to s... - Uber Faces Another Wrench in California Labor Law
Aug-24-15 Los Angeles, CA Uber has already violated a few California labor laws , most recently misclassification. Last month another wrench was thrown into Uber and potentially other “shared economy” start-ups. The latest lawsuit filed in federal court claims that the Silicon Valley-based company owes its drivers California overtime pay. Greg Fish... - Diet & Health Supplements
Dietary supplements and health supplements are classified under foods rather than drugs. Dietary supplement law mainly deals with dangerous side effects, marketing problems and false advertising. Congress defined a dietary supplement as a product taken by mouth that contains a "dietary ingredient" intended to supplement the diet. ... - FDA Warns of Pulmonary Hypertension in Infants and Newborns Linked to Proglycem (diazoxide)
Washington, DC: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning that a serious lung condition called pulmonary hypertension, which is high pressure in the blood vessels leading to the lungs, has been reported in infants and newborns treated with Proglycem (diazoxide) for low blood sugar. In all cases, the pulmonary hypertension resolved or impr... - Energy Drink Lawsuits: Understanding Caffeine
Aug-27-15 Baltimore, MD As far as substances go, energy drinks seem fairly harmless to most people. Need a quick boost of energy, ingest an energy drink and get some much-needed caffeine. People turning to energy drinks might need more caffeine than what a cup of coffee or a soda would provide, but would be forgiven for thinking that the caffeine in an energy dr... - Statistics and Research Further Confirm Propecia Sexual Dysfunction
Aug-23-15 Boston, MA Statistics from the UK and recent research from the US further indicate that Propecia is to blame for Propecia long-term side effects, namely sexual dysfunction. And it appears that men under 40 are most affected. Propecia research Propecia (finasteride) and Flomax (tamsulosin) are both used to treat lower urinary tract symptoms rela... - Son Forced to Take Risperdal
Aug-26-15 Portland, OR Jeri is worried about her son. She says he was forced to take Risperdal to control his psychotic behavior. “When you are in the state hospital you have no choice, you are forced to take the meds they dish out,” says Jeri. “But my son came home worse than when he went in and I blame the amount of Risperdal he took.&rdquo... - Illinois Top Court Rules Online Commenter Identity Must be Revealed
Aug-26-15 The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that Internet service provider Comcast must reveal the identity of an online anonymous commenter who implied a county board candidate was a child molester and had attempted suicide. The Freeport Journal Standard published an online article about Bill Hadley running as a candidate for the county board of Stephenso... - Credit Unions Not Immune to Charging Excessive Fees: Attorney
Aug-22-15 Washington, DC It should come as no surprise that in an era of low interest rates, banks pick up the slack in terms of revenue diminished by the low rate environment by focusing more on fees charged to their clients. Fees include overdraft fees, and many an Excessive Overdraft Fees Lawsuit has focused on an all-too-common practice of re-ordering overdr... - Countless Veterans Still Waiting for Mustard Gas Benefits: NPR
Aug-25-15 Washington, DC A damning exposé by National Public Radio (NPR) back in June casts Veterans Affairs (VA) in the worst possible light with regard to denied VA disability benefits . The issue relates to the thousands of soldiers who served as test subjects for mustard gas, but were never compensated. Mustard gas proved toxic, with long-term healt... - $3.8M Preliminary Settlement Reached in PetSmart Employment Lawsuit
Dover DW: A preliminary $3.8 million settlement has been agreed in an employment class action pending against PetSmart Inc. The lawsuit was brought by operations managers for the chain of pet supply stores who allege they were misclassified so as to make them exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime requirements. Under the... - Employer’s Three Strikes for California Overtime Violations
Aug-21-15 San Diego, CA Kathy and her co-workers believe they are entitled to California overtime for three reasons. If Kathy’s allegations are correct, her employer needs deep pockets to compensate for a number of labor law violations. Kathy works as a line operator and she is required to wear safety and sanitation gear. “We have to come in 10 mi... - Blue Cross Faces Hepatitis C Lawsuit
Aug-21-15 New York, NY Blue Cross faces another denied insurance lawsuit alleging the company has wrongfully denied insurance for an approved hepatitis C medication. The lawsuit is at least the second filed against Blue Cross related to its denial of treatment for hepatitis C. The lawsuit (case number 0:15-cv-61118) was filed by Janie Kondell, who has had hep...