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Sort by date 16,482 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Athletes File Injury Claims, Including Back and Neck Injuries
Sep-26-13 Los Angeles, CA On the list of most dangerous careers, professional athlete does not tend to register. After all, lives are rarely in danger for a baseball player the way they are for a miner. But that does not mean that athletes are not at risk of back and neck injuries and other serious injuries. A report by the Los Angeles Times (9/25/13) shows ju... - LawyersandSettlements.com Interviews Attorney James Frantz About Wildfire Lawsuits
Sep-26-13 LawyersandSettlements.com recently interviewed San Diego attorney James Frantz about the hundreds of wildfire lawsuits he has litigated. Frantz provided insight on how homeowners can best prepare to file either a wildfire lawsuit with an attorney to recover fire loss damages, or a fire damages claim with their insurance company. San Diego, CA (September 26... - GranuFlo Lawsuits Keep Flowing
Sep-26-13 Washington, DC Lawsuits can be complex animals even at their basic core. To that end, one has to wonder how the folks at DaVita healthcare clinics would handle the connection to Fresenius Medical Care, in light of the latter’s alleged failure to notify competing dialysis clinics of a suspected, but serious problem with GranuFlo and NaturaLyte, tw... - AllianceBernstein Employees Win $2.98M Employment Class Action Lawsuit Settlement
New York, NY: A $2.98 million settlement has been reached in the four-year-old employment class action lawsuit filed by AllianceBernstein employees who allege the investment management company of miscategorized them as overtime-exempt even though they held clerical jobs. According to a memo filed in New York federal court, the employees' attorneys... - $9.9M Awarded in Amusement Park Accident Lawsuit
Horry County, SC A $9.9 million settlement has been awarded in an amusement park accident lawsuit brought by a woman who suffered traumatic brain injury when she fell from a ride. The lawsuit alleged that the defendant' gross negligence proximately caused the plaintiff to suffer traumatic brain injury. According to the lawsuit, the 44-year-old pl... - Does Over-Prescribing Lead to Increased Zithromax Side Effects?
Sep-25-13 Washington, DC The problems with medication of any kind remain the side effects that almost always serve to counterbalance the benefit. To that end, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the government regulatory body riding shotgun over the nation’s prescription drug culture, cannot say with any certainty that a drug is completely safe. It can,... - Specialty Compounding Recalls Medications due to Possible Bacterial Infection
Cedar Park, TX: Specialty Compounding, LLC, a subsidiary of Peoples Pharmacy Inc., is voluntarily recalling all lots of sterile medications within expiry. The recall was initiated after reports of bacterial infection affecting 15 patients at two Texas hospitals, Corpus Christi Medical Center Doctors Regional and Corpus Christi Medical Center Bay A... - AB 241 Would Bring Overtime Pay to Nannies
Sep-24-13 Sacramento, CA Most people wouldn’t dream of walking out of a store with an item, and not paying for it. Or strolling into a dealer to test-drive a car, and never bringing it back. That’s stealing. And that’s exactly what employers do when they flaunt overtime pay laws and refuse to pay their workers overtime. The employer is stealing... - $54.5M Settlement Proposed for Some Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuits
New York, NY: A $54.5 million settlement has been reached, potentially ending several transvaginal mesh lawsuits which allege the implants eroded in the plaintiffs, leaving them incontinent and suffering from chronic pain. Endo Health Solutions Inc, which acquired American Medical Systems Inc., (AMS), the maker of the vaginal-mesh devices, which inc... - Swindled Seniors: Former California Judge to Be Sentenced, Florida Lawsuit Continues
Sep-23-13 Fort Myers, FL An elderly woman who earned just $1,800 in monthly income between her Social Security check and her pension was somehow persuaded to take out a life insurance policy worth $7.5 million. According to her son’s financial elder abuse attorney, the woman was saddled with a trust and allegedly persuaded to take out a loan valued at $1.1 mil... - SSRI Birth Defects Lawsuit - SSRI Side Effects, PPHN
Recent studies suggest SSRI side effects may include serious SSRI birth defects , causing health problems for infants and young children. Some studies have linked the use of SSRIs, also called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors , while pregnant with birth defects. SSRI birth defects may include persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn ( PPH... - SSRI Birth Defects FAQ
What is an SSRI? An SSRI is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor. SSRIs are antidepressants but, depending on the medication, may also be prescribed to treat panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, social anxiety disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. SSRIs work by increasing the amount of serotonin in the patient's brain. Wh... - Consolidation of Lipitor Lawsuits Denied
Sep-18-13 Greenville, SC A motion to consolidate Lipitor lawsuits , alleging patients suffered Lipitor side effects after using the medication, has been denied by a federal panel of judges. In making their decision, the judges noted that there was a small number of Lipitor diabetes lawsuits filed, and that many were already pending in a single district. The mo... - DePuy Faces Canadian ASR Hip Replacement Class Action Lawsuit
Sep-18-13 New York, NY A court in Ontario, Canada has certified a DePuy ASR class action lawsuit brought on behalf of Canadian citizens who were allegedly affected by the DePuy ASR recall. According to court documents filed in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice on August 27, 2013, the DePuy ASR class action lawsuit seeks damages, including medical monitoring... - Internet Payday Loans: A Lavish Lifestyle Funded by Fleecing Innocent Consumers
Sep-22-13 Sacramento, CA Payday loans may not be the most prudent form of short-term financial management, but for a large cross section of the American population, it remains a matter of survival when more traditional forms of financing are either too expensive or out of reach. And while licensed payday loan providers are regulated and can be pursued in the face of... - Da Vinci Lawsuit Plaintiff First to Litigate in New Jersey
Sep-21-13 Newark, NJ A 45-year-old woman from Parlin, New Jersey, has filed a da Vinci lawsuit against the manufacturer of the controversial surgical robot, Intuitive Surgical Inc., alleging problems with the device and injuries suffered following an alleged arcing incident. Sheena Wilson filed her lawsuit July 16, 2013, in federal court in New Jersey. While... - Depakote Warning Too Late
Sep-16-13 Chicago, IL Monica found out - too late - that Depakote causes birth defects. Like many women, she took the drug for the first few months of her pregnancy, not knowing she was pregnant. “My psychiatrist prescribed Depakote for my mood swings; I didn’t even need to take this drug - it wasn’t a life or death situation,” says Mo... - Donning and Doffing Case Goes to Wisconsin Plaintiffs on Appeal
Sep-16-13 Milwaukee, WI A frequent player appearing as an unpaid wages claim is the egress/regress lawsuit, where an employee or group of employees take an employer to task for the requirement to don and then remove clothing or gear specific to the job at hand, without compensation. To that end, an Unpaid Wages lawsuit filed as a class action by a group of em... - Mirena Side Effects by the Numbers
Sep-20-13 Cleveland, OH Accountants love numbers, and are apt to tell many an entrepreneur bent on pursuing the “next big idea” that the numbers simply don’t add up. Could this also be true of Mirena birth control side effects ? “Medical evidence is quite clear that Mirena IUD is one of the absolute safest forms of contraception that&rs... - When It Comes to Force-Placed Insurance, “Borrowers Don’t Have Many Answers”
Sep-20-13 Washington, DC Force-placed insurance lawsuits have resulted in at least one large settlement for homeowners, but Tracey Carragher, CEO of Breckenridge Insurance Services (pictured), says homeowners still do not have options when it comes to issues with force-placed insurance. Carragher says the industry needs to change, so that homeowners and taxpayers...