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Sort by date 16,482 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Lawsuit Funding: A Financial Lifeline in Failure-to-Yield Auto Accident
Jul-31-13 “An auto accident took the life of my mother when the driver of a pick-up truck failed to yield at an intersection. My mom was pronounced dead at the scene. My brother and I filed a wrongful death lawsuit, but our attorney advised us that failure-to-yield auto accidents can be complex and difficult to determine fault. Because my mother actually hit the a... - Force-Placed Insurance Companies, Banks Face Regulators and Homeowners Over Policies
Jul-31-13 Los Angeles, CA Force-placed insurance companies face an increasing number of lawsuits over their policies and practices. In addition to homeowners filing their own force-placed insurance lawsuits, regulators have joined in, alleging companies have compounded the financial problems of struggling homeowners by requiring force-placed insurance on properti... - Increased Disability with Diabetes - Will This Affect Disability Insurance Claims?
Jul-26-13 Washington, DC People with diabetes are at a 50 percent increased risk for disability compared with the non-diabetic population, according to a new study recently published July 23 in the journal The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology. Despite the many diabetes drugs, available to manage this disease, diabetes medications are associated with the r... - Many a Wary Eye Watching the Potential for Januvia Pancreatic Cancer
Jul-30-13 Washington, DC When the medical and regulatory communities start to gang up on you with post-market studies and independent reviews, the only thing a manufacturer can do is to put as positive a spin as possible on the issue. Such is the case with Merck & Co., the manufacturer and distributor of type 2 diabetes drug Januvia, in the wake of renewed conce... - When Denied Disability Insurance Means Living in Your Car
Jul-30-13 Sacramento, CA People carry disability insurance for a reason. If they become disabled through no fault of their own and qualify, then California Insurance Law dictates that policyholders are due their benefits. And yet many suffer the indignity and hardship of denied disability insurance when an insurer acts in bad faith. Worse, is when the federal So... - Mirena Miscarriages and Infertility Complaints
Jul-29-13 Portland, OR Carole, Tana and Amy all believe that Mirena is the cause of their miscarriages and infertility problems. The three women have since had the IUD removed, but the physical and emotional scars caused by Mirena side effects will stay with them, possibly for the rest of their lives. “My doctors told me that my problems couldn’t... - Internet Payday Loan Companies Accused of Hiding behind Immunity
Jul-29-13 Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN In the continuing crackdown against high interest Internet payday loans and predatory lending, the State of Minnesota is challenging the growing practice by lenders of hiding behind cloaks of immunity available through sovereign communities in an effort to get around State laws that govern interest rates and other financial ter... - AMS Mesh Product Did Not Mesh Well with Plaintiff
Jul-28-13 Charleston, WV A new AMS transvaginal mesh lawsuit has been filed in West Virginia by a plaintiff alleging injury stemming from TVM mesh manufactured by American Medical Systems. This latest lawsuit continues a tide of litigation alleging pain and grievous injury from synthetic mesh placed arthroscopically to treat Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI) and... - US Postal Services Settles Discrimination Class Action for $17.3M
Washington, DC: A $17.3 million settlement has been reached in the discrimination class action brought against The U.S. Postal Service by employees with disabilities. Some 41,000 past and current postal service employees are involved in the discrimination class action, which details complaints over restricted work hours from 2000 through to 2012... - Transvaginal Mesh Claims Include Loss of Consortium
Jul-23-13 Portland, OR It’s hard to imagine how a seemingly simple surgical procedure such as a transvaginal mesh implant for urinary incontinence or pelvic organ prolapse could turn into a catastrophe - physically and financially. But that’s what happened to Lyn: as a result of TVM side effects, she is now disabled and had to apply for social securi... - “Nexium Made My Life Miserable”
Jul-27-13 Dylan, MT If the increased number of complaints and recent research is anything to go by, the risks of the proton pump inhibitor (PPI) drug Nexium far outweigh the benefits. The chance of suffering Nexium side effects is even greater when used long-term. According to Dr. John Cooke, professor and chairman of the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine... - Healthy Life Chemistry dietary supplement warning
Jul-27-13 Washington, DC The FDA on July 26 warned the public not to consume the dietary supplement B-50 Healthy Life Chemistry. The manufacturer, Purity First, has marketed the product as a vitamin B dietary supplement. However, a preliminary laboratory analysis conducted by the FDA determined the product contains methasterone, a controlled substance, and dime... - Fresenius GranuFlo Lawsuits Consolidated
Jul-27-13 Boston, MA GranuFlo lawsuits filed against Fresenius Medical Care have been consolidated into an action before Judge Douglas P. Woodlock. Since the Fresenius lawsuits were consolidated, more lawsuits have been filed alleging patients died after an alkali dosing error. The lawsuits were consolidated after a judge found that the plaintiffs shared factu... - The Heartbreak of Effexor Birth Defects behind the Headlines
Jul-27-13 Washington, DC There are a number of Effexor side effects that have served to haunt patients prescribed venlafaxine for depression. A Bountiful, Utah man who shot and killed his ex-wife in 2005 and is currently serving a life sentence may have taken Effexor shortly before gunning down Jeneil Bradley. According to the Standard-Examiner of Ogden, Utah... - $27M Awarded in Asbestos Mesothelioma Lawsuit
Oakland, CA: On June 5, 2013, an Oakland jury completed its award to plaintiffs Rose-Marie and Martin Grigg of a total of $27,342,500 in damages stemming from Mrs. Grigg' asbestos mesothelioma (Alameda County Superior Court Case No. RG12629580). Mrs. Grigg, now 82, was exposed to asbestos in the course of shaking out and washing her husband' work c... - RMK Bond Fund Losses
New York, NY: During the past two years a large number of cases have been filed against Morgan Keegan involving Regions Morgan Keegan RMK Bond Funds. RMK Funds suffered from enormous losses during 2007 as a result of the risky investments held by the Funds. Specifically, the RMK Funds, issued by Morgan Keegan & Co, were marketed and recommended a... - investment fraud
Across the country, fraudulent schemes abound. In many of these schemes, often called "Ponzi" or "pyramid" schemes, people are promised healthy returns, when in reality the investment or business is nothing but a sham. For example, in one such scheme, investors were told their money was going into a mutual fund called "Cyprus Funds," which would conse... - J&J Securities Class Action Preliminary Settlement Reached
Jul-22-13 New York, NY A proposed settlement has been reached in the securities class action pending against Johnson & Johnson Inc, (J&). The lawsuit stems from the 2010 recalls of over 40 nonprescription drugs from the market by J&J, during what has been described as by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as the largest recall of children&rs... - Stryker Rejuvenate Lawsuits Moving Forward
Jul-22-13 Minneapolis, MN If Stryker’s drop in profits is any indication, the medical device company has taken a tumble after about 20,000 Stryker Rejuvenate hips were recalled. The medical device giant reported a 34.5 percent profit drop in the second quarter. At the beginning of this year, Stryker told shareholders it expects the recall to cost betwee... - How Long Did Merck Know About Fosamax Femur Fractures?
Jul-26-13 Whitehouse Station, NJ Fosamax plaintiff Bernadette Glynn claimed in her Fosamax lawsuit that all she did was step over a chainsaw while retrieving lawn ornaments and gardening supplies. That one step left her with rods in her leg, necessary to repair a stress fracture that allegedly stemmed from the use of Fosamax. According to The Star-Ledger of...