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Sort by date 16,482 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Canadian Sues, While US Disco Diva Says “I Will Survive” in Court
Oct-22-13 Green Brook, NJ Given the cost and complexity of construction, it’s little wonder that home warranty insurance is such a valued level of protection for the homeowner. Sadly, that protection is often more perception, given the realities homeowners encounter when the unforeseen occurs. Case in point is a new home built in central Canada, in the... - Arkansas Attorney General Launches Internet Payday Loans Lawsuit
Oct-9-13 Little Rock, AR The battle lines are drawn between the state of Arkansas and the operator(s) of an Internet payday loans organization which, according to its website, suspended operations in late summer. At issue are the provisions of Internet payday loans that have been known to carry interest rates as high as 342 percent, and whether or not the compa... - Supreme Court Hears Case Involving Statute of Limitations in ERISA Denied Claim
Oct-17-13 Washington, DC The Supreme Court has heard the arguments involving an ERISA denied claim regarding the statute of limitations in such insurance claims. Unfairly denied insurance claims can result in a lawsuit being filed, but when those claims involve ERISA-covered insurance, when the statute of limitations begins is an important question. Insurance... - Safyral Expected to Emerge from the Litigation Shadows
Oct-21-13 Washington, DC As evidenced by the contents of the second-quarter performance summary issued by pharmaceutical giant Bayer, the German manufacturer had settled about 6,760 claims with regard to drospirenone side effects , costing the company about $1.4 billion as of July 8 of this year. Another 5,400 US lawsuits are still pending. However, of those s... - Nexium Double Whammy
Oct-21-13 Oklahoma City, OK Steve says that Nexium caused a “double whammy”: he suffered a broken rib and was hospitalized for low magnesium levels. “The manufacturer should have been advertising Nexium side effects, especially Nexium fracture risk, instead of promoting it for acid reflux,” Steve says. “I had been taking Nexium f... - Is Zithromax Being Used Unnecessarily?
Oct-16-13 Washington, DC A new study suggests that patients could be exposed to Zithromax side effects unnecessarily, because the conditions Zithromax is prescribed to treat may not be serious enough to warrant the risk of adverse Zithromax reactions. The study suggests that strong antibiotics are not necessary for all the conditions they are being prescribed to... - Families Responsible for Ensuring Safety of Loved Ones at Care Homes
Oct-16-13 Los Angeles, CA When it comes to caring for loved ones live in care centers and nursing homes, it could be up to the families to ensure the residents are safe and not the victims of care center abuse . That is one conclusion that could be drawn from a recent report on care home abuse and care home negligence conducted by The Center for Investigative Rep... - Grandmother Drowns in Horrific Theme Park Accident, Family Sues
Oct-19-13 Fort Worth, TX Theme Park Accidents historically center on the alleged failure of rides such as roller coasters or other motorized attractions that place patrons in otherwise precarious situations. By design, rides are meant to thrill without actually imperiling patrons. Regular inspections and careful management are meant to mitigate any risk. Sometime... - Former Amazon Worker Launches Unpaid Wages Lawsuit Over Security Checks
Oct-19-13 Hazelton, PA An Unpaid Wages lawsuit has hit the venerable online retail giant Amazon, in the wake of anti-theft policies observed by Amazon that keep employees in the building for several minutes at a time, after they have clocked out for the day. The practice, or so it is alleged, requires workers to wait around on their own time at the company&rsquo... - Donning and Doffing: Dress on Your Time or California Overtime?
Oct-10-13 Sacramento, CA A large number of the workforce - from cops to meat packers - spend time each day donning and doffing, i.e., time spent each day dressing in protective gear or work-related clothing and later removing it all before going home. There is also a growing number of California overtime lawsuits filed by disgruntled workers who claim they shoul... - Statin Side Effects Might Include Cataracts
Oct-10-13 San Antonio, TX A new study suggests Crestor and other statin side effects could include an increased risk of cataracts. Crestor side effects reportedly include an increased risk of diabetes and rhabdoymylosis. The study was published in the journal JAMA Ophthalmology (9/19/13) and found online . Researchers involved in the study compared the ris... - Massive Call Center Lawsuit Granted Conditional Status As Class Action
Oct-18-13 Minneapolis, MN The apparent skirting of overtime pay laws that appears as work performed off the clock has rarely seen a bigger challenge than that of plaintiffs who have launched a class-action lawsuit against one of the nation’s leading call centers. According to various legal briefs, there could be as many as 51,021 potential class members. ... - Accutane Down the Toilet
Oct-13-13 Grand Blanc, MI The acne treatment drug Accutane has been linked to a litany of side effects, from depression to bowel problems. The latter seems to be the most common, and also a serious side effect. It can lead to Accutane inflammatory bowel disease, Accutane Crohn’s Disease and Accutane Ulcerative Colitis - cause for concern for Cindy. And th... - Inflated Emergency Room Charges: Is Common Sense on Life Support?
Oct-17-13 Jackson, MS The growing dispute over emergency room charges and other sources of angst over inflated charges for hospital services has opened a chasm of contempt between a hospital franchise and a blue-chip health network. The resulting rift between Blue Cross & Blue Shield (Blue Cross) and Health Management Associates (HMA) is poised to inconvenie... - Yasmin Death Toll and Settlements
Sep-30-13 San Francisco, CA Bayer recently announced it had settled close to 7,000 Yasmin and/or Yaz lawsuits for about $1.4 billion, a seemingly staggering sum of money, except when you consider the death toll. In July, documents obtained from Health Canada found that 23 women in Canada had died mainly from blood clots associated with Yasmin or Yaz. These... - Did Intuitive Downplay Risks Associated with daVinci Robot?
Oct-12-13 Irvine, CA A report in the Orange County Register (9/20/13) suggests that two surgeons have been working with Intuitive Surgical Inc to downplay the alleged risks associated with the daVinci surgical robot . Intuitive Surgical has come under fire recently for problems with the daVinci robot allegedly resulting in operating room injuries to patients. T... - Victoza Thyroid Cancer Reported to FDA, Now Reporting to Attorneys
Oct-16-13 Raleigh, NC Amanda’s Victoza side effects started a few years ago with gastrointestinal problems and nausea. Then she found a lump in her throat and was recently diagnosed with thyroid cancer, which she believes is Victoza cancer . “My endocrinologist prescribed Victoza in 2006 to treat insulin resistance; I wasn’t diagnosed as a ty... - $23M Settlement Reached in Johnson & Johnson Securities Class Action Lawsuit
Trenton, NJ: A pendency and proposed settlement of securities class action litigation involving Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) has been reached, in Ronald Monk, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, vs. Johnson & Johnson, William C. Weldon, Dominic J. Caruso, Colleen A. Goggins and Peter Luther, Defendants. To all pe... - $6M Settlement Reached in New United Motors Manufacturing Employment Class Action Lawsuit
San Francisco, CA: A $6 million settlement was reached in California labor law class action lawsuit alleging discrimination and unfair dismissal. Brought by former employees of Freemont-based New United Motors Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI), California' last auto plant, the lawsuit, alleged that employees who were on disability at the time of the plant... - ConAgra and Alexia Settle Alexia Potato Products Consumer Fraud Lawsuit for a Proposed $2.5M
New York, NY: A preliminary settlement has been reached in a consumer fraud class action lawsuit pending against ConAGra Foods, Inc, and its subsidiary Alexia Food Inc. The lawsuit alleged that the companies engaged in misleading advertising and false claims on the packaging of its potato products, specifically, that the potato products were "natural"...