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Sort by date 16,482 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Herbal Supplements Lawsuit Seeks Compensation from Arbonne for Liver Failure
Aug-15-15 Fort Wayne, IN Instead of an expectation of “feeling fit” in 30 days, a woman from Allen County Indiana alleges that she was left instead with acute liver failure brought on by toxic levels of green tea extracts in the herbal supplements she had been using. The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (5/23/15) reports that plaintiff Vicki L. Swanson has l... - Customers File Lumber Liquidators Lawsuits Alleging Excess Formaldehyde
Aug-15-15 Toano, VA The number of Lumber Liquidators lawsuits consolidated for pretrial proceedings has jumped in a month to 135, according to court documents. Lumber Liquidators lawsuits allege homeowners who put certain laminate flooring in their home are exposed to unreasonably high levels of formaldehyde, putting them at risk of health problems and lowering... - Did ADHD Drug Skin Color Loss Show Up in Clinical Trials?
Aug-11-15 Washington, DC Anyone who has suffered the disfigurement to the skin that stems from Daytrana side effects would be forgiven for wondering why Daytrana skin color loss was not picked up in whichever clinical trials would have been performed before the Daytrana skin patch was approved. Daytrana is a dermal patch prescribed to be worn on the hip and i... - $100M Settlement Awarded in Boston Scientific Pinnacle Mesh Injury Lawsuit
Dover, DE: Boston Scientific has been ordered to pay a $100 million settlement by a jury hearing the case of a women who suffered injury from the company' Pinnacle and Advantage Fit vaginal mesh. Fifty-one year old Deborah Barba was awarded $25 million in compensatory damages with an additional $75 million in punitive damages. In her personal inju... - Boston Scientific Cardiac Stent Patent Infringement
Los Angeles, CA: A jury hearing a patent infringement and licencing lawsuit filed by the cardiologist who developed two cardiac stents for Boston Scientific has found in favor of the doctor. According to Dr. G. David Jang, that entitles him to $200 million settlement. The jury hearing the case found that the medical device company breached its contr... - $4 Million Award in L.A. for Hispanic Boss Harassing Disabled White Coworker
Aug-14-15 The City of Los Angeles has been ordered to pay a white ex-groundskeeper more than $4 million due to harassment and retaliation based on race and disability discrimination. James Duffy, a mentally disabled gardener employed by L.A. from 1991 until his retirement in 2010, experienced the discrimination at the hands of his Hispanic supervisor, Abel Perez... - New Transvaginal Mesh Product Approved While Mesh Lawsuits Ongoing
Aug-7-15 Washington, DC Despite the fact that several transvaginal mesh manufacturers, such as American Medical Systems , have settled mesh lawsuits for millions of dollars and thousands more lawsuits are outstanding, the FDA has approved another type of vaginal mesh for pelvic organ prolapse. Approved, despite the fact that the FDA is currently considering recl... - Judge Grants Class-Action Status to California Labor Lawsuit against Apple
Aug-10-15 San Francisco, CA A 2013 California labor lawsuit against Apple alleging employees should be compensated for time taken to search their bags has been granted class-action status. The lawsuit alleged that up to 12,000 current and former employees at 52 stores in California should have been paid for security checks before they left their worksite. Acc... - Young Mother Blames Mirena for Ectopic Pregnancy
Aug-10-15 Portland, OR After her son was born in 2010, Heather had a Mirena IUD for birth control implanted - she and her husband wanted to wait for a year or so to have another child. Now Heather thinks her son will never have a brother or sister. “When we decided to try for another child, my doctor had difficulties finding the Mirena. It was embedded... - Plaintiffs Weigh the Pros and Cons of Testosterone—a Rising Dilemma
Aug-13-15 Chicago, IL As the number of testosterone lawsuits in multidistrict litigation continues to climb, one group of defendants embroiled in a testosterone lawsuit in an Illinois court has petitioned for dismissal, pushing back on a claim made by the plaintiffs under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). The testosterone lawsuit... - Conflicting Viagra Study Results: Should Men Worry About Melanoma?
Aug-6-15 Dallas, TX As more Viagra studies come out, more conflicting information is released about whether or not there is a link between Viagra and skin cancer. One study published in 2014 suggests a link between the two, while a more recent study finds no link. But at least one Viagra side effects lawsuit has been filed, alleging a patient developed melanoma... - FDA Warns of Permanent Skin Color Changes with Daytrana Patch
Washington, DC: The FDA is warning that permanent loss of skin color may occur with use of the Daytrana patch (methylphenidate transdermal system) for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). FDA added a new warning to the drug label to describe this skin condition, which is known as chemical leukoderma. See the FDA Drug Safety Communication... - FDA Warning Prompts Invokana Lawsuit Investigation
Aug-11-15 Dallas, TX It’s been only two years since Invokana was approved to treat type 2 diabetes, but in that time the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has received more than 450 adverse event reports involving Invokana side effects. Now, attorneys are investigating possible Invokana lawsuits, noting that at least one serious side effect is not yet... - Bayer Finally Shelling Out $57 Million to Yasmin/Yaz Settlement Fund
Aug-7-15 Pittsburgh, PA Bayer has finally agreed to set aside almost $57 million in a fund to settle Yasmin and Yaz claims outstanding as part of a multidistrict litigation program in Illinois federal court, and Yasmin/Yaz lawsuits that have been filed in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and California state courts. The settlement, which was announced August 6, will re... - $4.5 Million Award for Defective Hip Implant Does Not Wright a Wrong
Aug-9-15 Los Angeles, CA It was just one defective hip implant case out of 1,200 still in the litigation pipeline, but the outcome could be telling as to how future cases might wind up against a manufacturer not immediately known for failed implants. That said, if future cases against Wright Medical Technology Inc. (Wright) go the way of the first trial, we can... - Court Affirms Overdraft Fees Class Action
Aug-5-15 Evansville, IN The Indiana Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court's decision granting class-action status to an excessive overdraft fees lawsuit . The Indiana Court’s decision means the trial for the excessive bank overdraft fees lawsuit against Old National Bank is still scheduled to start October 27. The lawsuit was filed, according to Eva... - Zofran Lawsuit Accuses GSK of Treating Unborn Children As “Guinea Pigs”
Aug-8-15 Los Angeles, CA As lawsuits alleging Zofran birth defects continue to roll in, one of the more recent birth defect lawsuits filed on July 22 has harsh words for the conduct of Zofran manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). Plaintiff Melisa Arellanes filed her complaint less than a month ago in California federal court. “GSK’s conduct was ta... - Overtime Lawsuits in the Sharing Economy
Aug-8-15 Sacramento, CA A new wave of California overtime lawsuits is being filed and according to The Wall Street Journal (8/2/15), this time the fight is over the rise of “sharing economy” businesses. Companies that have risen in the sharing economy - such as Lyft and Uber - face overtime lawsuits alleging workers are misclassified as independen... - Bair Hugger Heat Rises
Jul-27-15 Washington, DC An article published in Clinical Quality & Infection Control (July 2013) said that “Recent studies published in medical journals questioning the safety of forced-air patient warming in orthopedic implant and other ultra-clean surgeries could mean a wave of new litigation.” In December 2010, the New York Times report... - Monster Drink Contents Wrongful Death Lawsuit Goes to Trial
Aug-6-15 Los Angeles, CA As the latest Monster Energy Drink Deaths and Hospitalizations trial is about to get underway, it is perhaps an appropriate time to revisit the life and the subsequent death of the young girl behind the headlines. Anais Fournier was just 14 when she skipped over to the local mall in the community where the Fournier family called home...