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Sort by date 16,481 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- NCAA Settles Head Injury Lawsuit
Aug-2-14 Chicago, IL The NCAA has agreed to settle a class-action head injury lawsuit filed by athletes who allege they suffered injuries while playing NCAA sports. The settlement will see the NCAA create a $70 million fund so current and former players can be diagnosed to see if they suffered a traumatic brain injury while involved in a variety of sports inclu... - Asbestos Lawsuit Passes Appellate Test, $2 Million Verdict Stands
Aug-1-14 Sacramento, CA There are many issues involved with an asbestos lawsuit that can make it complex, regardless of the apparent causation and association to disease from exposure to asbestos in a workplace or industrial setting. And some trials end somewhat curiously, with one judge recently ruling that a plaintiff could not conclusively prove that the def... - Laparoscopic Power Morcellator Pulled From the Market
Aug-1-14 Los Angeles, CA The controversial power morcellation tool made by Ethicon, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson (J&J), is being withdrawn from global markets. J&J announced its decision this week, because of reports that suggest the device can inadvertently spread cancer in women undergoing hysterectomies. The withdrawal of the power morce... - Depakote Risks Outweigh Benefits?
Jul-28-14 Cincinnati, OH The goal of a new 10-year study involving 550 women is to understand if there are differences in how anti-epileptic drugs, namely Depakote , affect both mother and child. The last study of its kind, published in 2009, advised that valproate (brand name Depakote) not be used as the first anti-seizure drug of choice in women of childbeari... - Following Suit: Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuit Update
Jul-24-14 Austin, TX Nationwide, thousands of transvaginal mesh (TVM) lawsuits are being settled, thousands more are pending in federal courts and countless TVM complaints are still being filed against the mesh manufacturers. According to court docket records, many vaginal mesh lawsuits are being settled out of court, with American Medical Systems (AMS) taking... - Proposed Class-Action California Overtime Lawsuit v. The Gap Will Continue
Jul-31-14 Sacramento, CA The defendant in a proposed overtime pay lawsuit alleging various affronts to California employment statutes tried to quash the proceedings. But while the judge extended a few small olive branches to The Gap Inc. (The Gap, Gap), the ruling overall went in favor of the plaintiffs. To wit, the judge left more than just a gap for the lea... - Mirena IUD Migration Sending Women Migrating to the Courts
Jul-31-14 Bergen County, NJ Of the various Mirena birth control side effects associated with the unique method of contraception, the migration of the device away from its original insertion point has to be amongst the worst adverse reactions faced by women choosing the Mirena as their preferred method of birth control. Not only can it cause injury and intense... - Will Idaho Long-Term Denied Disability Improve or Suffer from Social Security Woes?
Jul-30-14 Washington, DC The state of Idaho is not alone as it relates to Aetna and Idaho long term denied disability lawsuits . A denied disability lawsuit against Aetna Life Insurance Co. in another state that was discharged following a decision by the Fifth US Circuit Court of Appeals resulted in the loss of LTD benefits for the insured. According to court... - ACE Cash Express to Pay $10 Million for Debt Collector Harassment
Jul-30-14 Cleveland, OH The crackdown on debt collector harassment continues, with efforts by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) against those of ACE Cash Express (ACE) to foster the use of bullying and other tactics aimed at forcing consumers to take out loans they neither needed or wanted. The Plain Dealer (7/11/14) reports that ACE is lookin... - Disabled Auto Accident Victim Avoids Foreclosure with Pre-Settlement Lawsuit Funding
Jul-30-14 When someone is seriously injured in an auto accident, extensive medical care, physical therapy and rehabilitation, and medical equipment or assistant care may be required long after the incident has occurred. Catastrophic injuries can lead to permanent disability. Waiting for an auto accident lawsuit to settle can take a long time, putting a significant fi... - Winning Your Next Personal Injury Case with a Technical Expert
Jul-29-14 Feeling out of your element by the technical aspects of your personal injury case? Get a technical expert on your team. Here’s how technical experts can help in common personal injury cases, such as slip and fall, car accident, and product liability. Technical experts can help you out before trial by helping develop the proper legal theory of your ca... - Medtronic Infuse—Another Bone of Contention
Jul-29-14 Columbus, OH Another Medtronic Infuse bone graft lawsuit has been filed against the company, again for providing misleading information about its bone graft product. Humana, the health insurer, filed the false claims lawsuit on May 30 in the U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee ( Humana Inc. v. Medtronic Sofamor Danek USA Inc., 14-cv... - Before You Blow the Whistle—Read This
Jul-28-14 July 30 is National Whistleblower Day in the US Washington, DC: Computer systems analyst and former National Security Agency contractor, Edward Snowden, unleashed an unprecedented volume of government secrets and became the world’s best-known whistleblower . Some of the details of American security operations are simply embarrassing. In other... - “Mental Problems Worsened with Adderall”
Jul-28-14 Frankfort, KY Janet was diagnosed with ADHD seven years ago and her psychiatrist prescribed Adderall . “It was like a wonder drug in the beginning,” says Janet, “but it caused me to become totally disabled; I was fired from my job and some days I can’t even drive to the grocery store.” Janet (not her real name), age 54,... - FDA Advisory Committee Issues Recommendations on Morcellation
Jul-27-14 Silver Springs, MD An FDA advisory committee has recommended informed consent regarding the risks of morcellation for women whose treatment of benign fibroids involves laparoscopic uterine surgery via power morcellator. The advisory committee also recommended a boxed warning be included on the labels of laparoscopic power morcellators, developing strat... - Stevens Johnson Syndrome Not the Only Risk Option with Zithromax
Jul-27-14 Washington, DC Among the various adverse reactions associated with the use of the antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin) is Zithromax Stevens Johnson Syndrome , an allergic reaction characterized by rash, blisters and the loss of large swaths of skin akin to serious burns. The unexpected allergic reaction to azithromycin has hospitalized many patients for... - Lawsuits Allege Men Suffer Permanent Propecia Side Effects
Jul-27-14 New York, NY Propecia lawsuits have been filed against Merck, alleging that men who used Propecia and Proscar suffered side effects that they were not properly warned about. Furthermore, they allege that they were not warned about the risk of Propecia long-term side effects, which could reportedly continue after medication was stopped. One such lawsu... - It’s Good to Be Hip, Not Good to Be Had…
Jul-26-14 New York, NY The landmark proposed Hip Replacement Lawsuit settlement between medical device giant Johnson & Johnson and about 8,000 plaintiffs may have been little more than a headline in the New York Times (11/19/13) for some. However, for others still waiting for the other hip to drop, the potential for complications from a metal-on-metal arti... - Following Huge Judgment against It, Takeda Files Motion for New Trial
Jul-25-14 Shreveport, LA Not long after a jury returned a $9 billion award for plaintiffs in an Actos lawsuit , Takeda Pharmaceuticals has filed a motion for a new trial. Earlier in 2014, a jury in an Actos bladder cancer lawsuit found in favor of the plaintiffs, and awarded $9 billion in punitive damages, after a judge found that missing Takeda documents could b... - GM’s Plan to Pay $22 Per Car Not Good Enough
Jul-25-14 Montgomery, AL Ever vigilant on this GM file, the lawyers representing families and victims of GM’s catastrophic ignition failure are extremely critical of the $400 million compensation plan as laid out in a report to shareholders. That would work out to about $22 per vehicle according to lawyers. “This estimation to pay claims for death...