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Sort by date 16,482 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Transvaginal Mesh Victim Warns of Statute of Limitations
Aug-21-13 Philadelphia, PA Attorneys accepting AMS transvaginal mesh claims advise potential plaintiffs to file sooner than later. Unfortunately for Kathleen, she was unaware of AMS transvaginal mesh lawsuits until it was too late. She had a TVT implanted for incontinence back in 2000, and even more transvaginal tape added in 2005. “I had no idea of TVM... - Fresenius Faces More Than 300 GranuFlo Lawsuits
Aug-21-13 Waltham, MA Court documents reveal that Fresenius USA, Inc. faces more than 300 GranuFlo lawsuits , with more expected to be filed. The lawsuits allege Fresnius knew about the risk of alkali dosing errors associated with its GranuFlo products but did not adequately warn patients or medical centers about the risk of a GranuFlo heart attack. Court doc... - Safyral Is Just Yasmin Beefed Up with Vitamin B
Aug-21-13 Falmouth, NS While the Bayer birth control product Safyral lacks the profile of the more talked-about Yasmin and Yaz, any accusation against the latter is a damnation against the former. In other words, there is just as much concern over Safyral blood clots as any of the others. That’s because they all contain drospirenone, which some studies hav... - With Home Warranties, Getting to Home Base Not Necessarily a Home Run
Aug-25-13 Tallahassee, FL Just as there are various issues that can arise from the construction and habitation of a home, so too is the variation in warranties assigned to a home in order to guarantee that the home is habitable and free from workmanship defects. Various home warranty companies either underwrite new home warranties or offer to the homeowner an ex... - “Women Must Know That Mirena Causes Miscarriages”
Aug-20-13 Lansing, MI On her doctor’s advice, Carolle had a Mirena IUD for birth control implanted in 2006. “He said it was my best option, but he didn’t mention any Mirena side effects,” she says. “I think the Mirena sales representatives sold him a bill of goods.” And that “bill of goods” transfers to the patient... - Emergency Room Overcharges: “The Hospital Should Be Sued and Ashamed”
Aug-20-13 Paradise, TX On a Saturday last May, Gayle’s husband was sick with a temperature of over 103°F - the next day it hadn’t changed so she took him to ER at the local hospital. Now both their temperatures are through the roof with emergency room overcharges totaling thousands of dollars. “After waiting two hours in ER (and I’... - Number of California Social Workers Suing for Overtime Pay Could Rise
Aug-24-13 Ventura County, CA While an honest day’s pay for an honest day’s work is what most Americans are entitled to and can reasonably expect, adherence to overtime pay laws can be murky. That’s because in some sectors overtime pay can be subject to interpretation, and as such, employers with a bent on keeping as much of their bottom line fo... - Da Vinci Robot Recommendations Result in FDA Scrutiny
Aug-19-13 Sunnyvale, CA Intuitive Surgical, Inc. is facing scrutiny regarding its reported da Vinci robot issues. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a report about the company’s actions in the past few months regarding the da Vinci Surgical System device. Meanwhile, da Vinci faces lawsuits alleging patients suffered serious injury as a re... - One Woman’s Fight against Debt Collector Harassment
Aug-23-13 Wheeling, WV Diana Mey is a one-woman wrecking ball when it comes to debt collector harassment . But someone needs to be, in order to give it back to debt collectors who needlessly harass innocent consumers over debts they don’t even owe. Debt collectors buy outstanding debts, many of them questionable to begin with, for pennies on the dollar a... - Article Shows Staggering Number of Years Lost to Asbestosis and Mesothelioma
Aug-18-13 Dallas, TX A new report on asbestosis and mesothelioma suggests that a staggering number of years of life are lost to asbestosis lung disease and mesothelioma. The study, using information from the World Health Organization, was undertaken to estimate the global burden of mesothelioma and asbestosis disease. For the study, published online ahead o... - Financial Elder Abuse Stealing by Any Other Name
Aug-22-13 Sacramento, CA The state of California has one of the toughest and broadest laws protecting against Financial Elder Abuse in the US. So broad, in fact, that under financial elder abuse law if a business were to dispense the wrong change to a consumer and the individual was in a position to prove he was 65 or over, then the issuance of wrongful change c... - Litigation Financing for Product Liability
Aug-22-13 “I was recently involved in my first product liability lawsuit. In fact, it was my first time involved in any lawsuit. My claim seemed ‘cut and dry’ so I had no idea it would take two years to reach a settlement. As the case dragged on, my source of income dwindled. The bills for surgery, physical therapy and rehabilitation alone were more than savings... - Maxim Healthcare Facing Second Unpaid Overtime Class Action Lawsuit
Aug-13-13 Atlanta, GA: Maxim Healthcare is facing an unpaid overtime lawsuit filed by a salaried healthcare recruiter working from a Maxim office. The lawsuit contends that the plaintiff and those similarly situated were denied overtime compensation after working in excess of 40 hours a week throughout their employment performing no-exempt work, in direct violat... - Settlement Approved in Google Slide Text Message Class Action Lawsuit
Los Angeles, CA: Final approval of a settlement in the spam text messaging class action pending against Google subsidiary Slide Inc, has been granted. The lawsuit alleges Google' Slide violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) by sending text messages to consumers regarding the "Disco"messaging service without receiving prior express co... - California Overtime Law: Money Earned Is Money Earned
Aug-16-13 Anaheim, CA Employees who are not exempt from California overtime pay should be paid time-and-a-half for their hours worked in excess of 40 hours in a week. That is what overtime pay laws state. Unfortunately, employees are often classified as exempt from overtime pay, or their duties off the clock are not classified as “time spent working”... - Actos Lawsuits
Aug-20-13 Actos lawsuits have been filed against Takeda Pharmaceuticals, the manufacturer and distributor of the diabetes medication, alleging the drug causes bladder cancer. • Actos lawsuits have been steadily growing in number since June 2011, when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned that use of Actos for one year or more had been linked t... - Nexium Side Effects Continue to Mount
Aug-19-13 Houston, TX The problem with Nexium (Esomeprazole) is that it may just work too well for easement of symptoms involving acid reflux, a condition that affects millions of Americans. Some, according to various sources, have been taking proton pump inhibitors (PPI, Nexium et al) for years. However, according to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the c... - Accutane Linked to Rare Disease?
Aug-19-13 Troutville, VA Derrick was told by his high school friends that Accutane was the miracle drug: it would clear up his acne, and his doctor said as much. “Even if I did know of Accutane side effects 25 years ago, clearing up my skin and getting girls was top priority,” says Derrick. The lyrics of that famous song, ‘I was so much younge... - Denied Disability: Be Aware of the 90-Day Cutoff
Aug-14-13 Aurora, CO Because Ann was so sick (she could barely get out of bed in the morning), she wasn’t aware of a 90-day limit to apply for long-term insurance benefits, which made it easy for the insurance company: They didn’t have to employ their roster of bad faith tactics to deny disability . “Before I got sick, I was getting brain fog... - Patient Quits Fosamax: Are Doctors in Denial?
Aug-13-13 Omaha, NE Bev was prescribed Fosamax as a preventive measure for osteoporosis. Little did she know that rather than prevent and treat certain types of bone loss, Fosamax actually contributes to bone loss and jaw osteonecrosis, also known as “dead jaw.” Bev, age 65, took Fosamax for five years until she saw a Fosamax attorney ad on TV tal...