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Sort by date 16,482 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Federal Recognition of Permanent Propecia Sexual Dysfunction
Jul-3-15 Somerset, NJ: On the heels of recent studies associating Propecia (finasteride) with permanent Propecia sexual dysfunction, The US National Institutes of Health now recognizes post-finasteride syndrome (PFS) and has added the hair loss medication to its Genetics and Rare Diseases Information Center. A study published in June 2015 in the Journal of t... - Depakote Settlement Increased with Punitive Damages
Jul-10-15 St. Louis, MO In the first of a possible series of Depakote trials, a jury awarded $15 million in compensatory damages. The St. Louis jury then added $23 million in punitive damages to a 12-year-old girl with spina bifida, which is a birth defect associated with Depakote. Maddison Schmidt was born with spina bifida - a condition where a baby’s... - GlaxoSmithKline Files for Consolidation of Zofran Lawsuits
Jul-10-15 Pittsburgh, PA GlaxoSmithKline has reportedly filed for consolidation of Zofran lawsuits in Pennsylvania. Zofran side effects lawsuits allege women who took the medication to treat morning sickness gave birth to infants with birth defects. Lawsuits are still being filed against GlaxoSmithKline alleging the company failed to warn about the risks associa... - Premera Data Breach Lawyer: Companies Must Face Consequences for Failing to Protect Identifying Information
Jul-10-15 New York, NY When retail stores have suffered data breaches , the incidents have been big news, but data breaches at insurance companies can be even more harmful. Gary Graifman, partner at Kantrowitz Goldhamer & Graifman in charge of consumer class-action litigation, says Premera policyholders whose information was accessed in a recent data breach c... - CEO Lynch Out, Fortunes Continue to Fall for Lumber Liquidators
Jul-9-15 Toano, VA The optics were never good from the beginning. They never are, when the venerable CBS investigative unit 60 Minutes comes knocking at your door. That said, the optics keep going from bad to worse with the recent and abrupt resignation of Lumber Liquidators’ CEO in late spring. The resignation came just two weeks after announcing that the... - Sears May Be Liable for 1,000 Women Video Recorded by Peeping Tom
Jul-9-15 A Los Angeles, California judge has found that Sears Holdings Corp (Sears) can be held liable for negligence in an action brought against them by more than 25 female plaintiffs who had been spied on and recorded in a store dressing room and bathroom. Sears Maintenance worker, Alejandro Gamiz, used peepholes and cameras to spy on female customers and e... - Plaintiff Awarded $6 Million in Asbestos Lawsuit
Jul-5-15 Moore, OK A plaintiff who filed asbestos lawsuits against more than 10 companies has been awarded $6 million. Michael Dalier filed lawsuits against the companies after he was diagnosed with mesothelioma. Although the award was only made against two companies, and did not include punitive damages, the jury still awarded Dalier millions of dollars. Ac... - Stevens Johnson Syndrome Award Could Be $130 Million with Interest
Jul-8-15 Boston, MA It came down to a handful of spoonfuls: just a few innocent doses of Children’s Motrin and suddenly a 7-year-old girl was hurled onto an unrelenting path of pain and suffering that has left her legally blind and unable to have children of her own. That was in 2003. Today Samantha Reckis is 19 and continuing to face a lifetime of hardship f... - Phoenix Life Insurance Reaches $42.5M Bad Faith Insurance Class Action Settlement
Los Angeles, CA: A $42.5 million settlement has been agreed by Phoenix Life Insurance Co. ending a bad faith insurance class action lawsuit alleging the insurer unfairly raised rates on premium-adjustable universal life insurance policies. Additionally, the company has also agreed to freeze its rates for five years. The settlement also prevent... - FDA Sued by Health Advocates Over High Cost of Harvoni
Jul-7-15 Hartford, CT It is difficult to know what is really motivating two public health groups bent on finding out why Harvoni, the blockbuster Hep C drug, is so darned expensive. But one can assume, given a rise in denied claims and corresponding Harvoni Denied Insurance Claim Lawsuits , that Treatment Action Group (TAG) and the Global Health Justice Partners... - Eliquis Lawsuit Filed
Jul-3-15 New York, NY Following in the footsteps of other anticoagulant drugs, Eliquis reportedly now faces its own side effects lawsuit. The Eliquis lawsuit was filed in June 2015, and claims the patient in question was given Eliquis but not warned of the lack of an antidote or the risks associated with Eliquis side effects. According to court documents ,... - Invokana Problems Mount Just Two Years following FDA Approval
Jul-6-15 Washington, DC It’s enough to tempt you to revoke your Invokana. Users of the SGLT-2 inhibitor to treat their type 2 diabetes would be forgiven if thinking their diabetes was the lesser of all other evils stemming from use of Invokana, given reports of Invokana Linked with Cardiovascular Injuries and Kidney failure . There is also a risk for ke... - Premera Blue Cross Data Breach Results in Several Lawsuits, Class Actions
Jul-6-15 Seattle, WA The hackers responsible for the recent cyber attack on federal government computers could also have been responsible for the Premera Blue Cross Data Breach of 11 Million Accounts , or so is the supposition reported recently in the New York Times and the Puget Sound Business Journal (6/5/15). Premera is the third largest health insurer... - Viagra Melanoma: Don’t Retire the Red Flags Just Yet
Jul-5-15 New York, NY It was a little more than a year ago, in June of 2014, that a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine (6/14) found that men who use Viagra (sildenafil) were 84 percent more likely to be hit with a Viagra Skin Cancer Diagnosis within 10 years. That revelation succeeded in raising the ire and heart rate of many American males who rely on... - Stryker Orthopaedics Rejuvenate Modular Hip System Recall Compensation on the Way
Jul-5-15 Kalamazoo, MI The arrival of a settlement check in the mail at the start of summer vacation season would otherwise be considered a godsend. Imagine extra cash in hand for day tripping, or for landscaping, or to start a college fund or some insurance policies for the grandkids. However, for victims of Stryker Orthopaedics metallosis , that money is likel... - Medicare Fraud Whistleblower Lawsuit Settled for $17 Million
Jul-1-15 Miami, FL A healthcare fraud lawsuit has been settled for $17 million, reportedly the largest settlement of a case involving skilled nursing facility kickbacks in the US. The lawsuit initially began as a whistleblower claim, and the settlement will see the whistleblower receive $4.25 million. According to South Florida Business Journal (6/16/15),... - Automatic Clock-Out Spells Potential California Overtime Lawsuit
Jun-27-15 Sacramento, CA Employers who have in place automatic clock-out to monitor when employees begin and finish their shift and take meal breaks could be facing a California overtime lawsuit. Attorney Ben Stewart says that “auto clock-out” is prevalent in lots of businesses and the system is increasingly abused, to the detriment of workers. &l... - Levaquin Peripheral Sensorimotor Neuropathy Lawsuits Expected to Grow
Jul-3-15 San Francisco, CA It’s bad enough when a prescription medication leaves you with a nasty, but temporary side effect. It’s another thing entirely when a devastating side effect proves permanent. That’s one claim amongst a host of allegations contained in a Levaquin Antibiotics lawsuit currently before the courts and arguing for consoli... - Capital One to Pay $31.8M in Overdraft Fee Class Action Lawsuit Settlement
New York, NY: A $31.8 million settlement has been finalized, ending a lawsuit against Capital One Bank NA that alleged deceptive overdraft fees practices by the bank. Approved by US District Judge James Lawrence King, the settlement fund of $31.76 million represents 35 percent of the most damages plaintiffs could expect to recover at trial. The law... - Consolidated Benicar Lawsuits Move Forward in Process
Jun-29-15 Newark, NJ There may be something like 45 federal Benicar Lawsuits in the Benicar MDL at the moment. However, pundits and the legal community expect those lawsuits to multiply quickly and mushroom to hundreds or even thousands, as issues surrounding Benicar and sprue-like enteropathy continue to serve as an ongoing health frustration for plaintiffs. ...