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Sort by date 16,482 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- $688M Settlements Reached in Vytorin and Zetia ENHANCE Securities Class Actions
New York, NY: Settlements totalling $688 million have been reached in the securities class actions pending against Merck & Co. Inc. ("Merck"), Schering-Plough Corporation ("Schering"), Merck/Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals, certain of the Companies' directors and officers, and the underwriters of a 2007 Schering stock offering. The settlements, rea... - Topamax Headache or Heartache?
Jul-6-13 Washington, DC In today’s high-stress, ambition-driven world, the delicate balance for a woman to maintain a career and undertake a successful pregnancy is complicated further by living in an over-medicated society. Busy people tend to favor the quick-fix that a medication brings over more involved treatment options requiring greater amounts of time... - AZ Reaches $20M Settlement in Nexium Class Action Lawsuit
Boston,MA: A proposed settlement has been reached with AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP ("AstraZeneca"), the maker of Nexium®, in a consumer fraud class action lawsuit pending in Suffolk County Superior Court in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ("Lawsuit") : Commonwealth Care Alliance, et al. vs. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals L.P., et al., Case No. 0... - Mother Blames Monster Energy Drink for Daughter’s Chest Pains
Jun-27-13 Cohutta, GA “When I found out about the link between Monster Energy Drink and heart issues, I felt terrible, like I was a bad parent,” says Elizabeth. “I think that monster caffeine levels are to blame for my daughter’s chest pains and I let my kids drink it.” Elizabeth tries not to let her kids drink Monster anymore, b... - Penguin to Pay $75M in eBook Pricing Class Action Settlement
Seattle, WA: Book publisher Penguin has agreed to pay $75 million to settle an ebook pricing class action lawsuit, making it the last of the major publishers to settle. HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Hachette and Macmillan have all settled with both the states and the Department of Justice (DOJ). Penguin settled with the DOJ several months ago. App... - Oregon Labor Rules Better Than Most, but Complaints Remain
Jul-5-13 Portland, OR If you work in the restaurant industry in Oregon, chances are your employer has violated Oregon Employment code or federal labor statutes in some fashion. That’s because a federal investigation last year found that the vast majority of restaurants in the state have crossed the line. This, in deference to the fact that Oregon, in m... - More Questions About Safety of DaVinci Robot Surgery
Jun-26-13 Seattle, WA More questions are being raised about the safety of the DaVinci robot and the possibility of a DaVinci robot injury as more lawsuits are being filed against the maker of the surgical robot. Although the robot’s maker says it stands behind the safety of the device, some patients say they suffered serious injuries because of the DaVinci... - Fosamax On Again, Off Again
Jun-30-13 Tampa, FL Phyllis had been on and off fosamax for several years and during that time suffered a Fosamax fracture. Even though fosamax lawsuits are now underway, it would appear that her doctor (and likely many others) believed the jury was still out on Fosamax side effects. Phyllis, age 62, was prescribed Fosamax for osteoporosis and she took th... - GranuFlo Lawsuit: When You Don’t Come Out Alive
Jul-4-13 Waltham, MA A startling headline indeed, but it does happen. Patients with failing kidneys who depend on life-saving dialysis to clean their blood take solace in a proven process that’s been around for some time. They have no fear that an expectation to simply walk out of the clinic a few hours later may not be the case. There is no pause to fear the... - Wage and Overtime Violations More Widespread Than Thought
Jun-29-13 Los Angeles, CA Unpaid overtime affects workers across a variety of wage brackets, but it is those in the low-wage classification who are routinely victims of overtime law violations. That is according to a 2009 survey regarding overtime pay and other wage violations. And although the survey is from 2009, issues in overtime and wage violations continue... - A Home Warranty Insurance Story with a Twist
Jul-3-13 Naples, FL The need for home warranty insurance is a given, to protect the homeowner from shoddy workmanship on the part of a contractor or subcontractor. To that end, much has been written about home warranty companies and corresponding lawsuits when home warranty companies stoop to bad faith insurance practices to the detriment of a homeowner facing... - WARNING: Mirena Can Ruin a Young Woman’s Life
Jul-2-13 Seattle, WA Sylvia regrets advising her daughter Tracy to use a Mirena IUD as a method of birth control. “Tracy is my only child and I might not have any grandchildren because of Mirena,” she says, crying. “I guess my mother and my doctor didn’t know anything about Mirena side effects when I had it inserted,” says Tracy... - “I Would Rather Lose Hair Than Suffer Propecia Side Effects”
Jul-2-13 San Francisco, CA It takes a brave man to talk about Propecia sexual dysfunction , and kudos to Colin for coming forward and discussing other Propecia side effects, including depression, anxiety and insomnia. “I would rather lose my hair than live with this depression,” says Colin (not his real name), who started taking Propecia 10 years... - Zimmer Knee Replacement: Headlines Don’t Tell the Whole Story
Jul-2-13 Washington, DC According to most recent figures concerning pending lawsuits over Zimmer Knee Replacement , there are just under 1,000 lawsuits currently pending in the Zimmer NexGen knee implant Multidistrict Litigation (MDL 2272, US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois). The actual number, according to a PRWeb Newswire release (6/12/1... - Stryker Hip Recall “Rubbed Me the Wrong Way”
Jun-26-13 Amado, AZ Steve is a typical guy, believing if you ignore the pain it will eventually go away. And don’t bother going to the doctor. But Steve wasn’t true to form when it came to his recalled Stryker hip . He went back to the surgeon, got a blood test for metallosis and filed a Stryker hip replacement lawsuit. Steve, age 68, describes hi... - $19.5M Settlement Reached in Wells Fargo and QBE Force-Placed Insurance Class Action Lawsuit
Miami, FL: A $19.5 million settlement has been reached in a force-placed insurance class action pending against Wells Fargo Bank and QBE Insurance. The lawsuit alleged that Florida homeowners were overcharged for the insurance, and that Wells Fargo unfairly took commission on the insurance, which it assigned to the homeowners through QBE. Force-pl... - $20,000 a Month? Thanks, Forced-Placed Insurance…
Jun-30-13 Dade County, FL Imagine the pain, and the impossibility of a monthly cost to stay in your home, of $20,000. Per month . Such was the financial bleed reportedly felt by one plaintiff in the now-infamous Wells Fargo Force-placed insurance lawsuit , after forced-placed insurance fees drove monthly costs into the stratosphere. In reality, forced-placed i... - Fen-Phen’s Deadly Side Effects a Decade Later
Jun-30-13 Philadelphia, PA Imagine taking a medication and finding out later that it could cause serious health problems, and even death, years and years after you have originally taken it. That is what patients who took fen-phen for weight loss are dealing with. They know they could be at risk for primary pulmonary hypertension and valve problems, and they know... - Patient Not Given the Facts—Grounds for Medtronic Infuse Lawsuit?
Jun-21-13 Rocky Mount, VA It took almost four years for Wendy to find out that her Medtronic Infuse bone graft was used off-label and it comes with risks. “If I knew that this Medtronic device was being used on me experimentally and if I knew all the potential side effects, I would have thought twice about having surgery,” says Wendy. A recent Bl... - Gender Harassment in One of the World’s Most Respected Police Forces
Jun-25-13 Vancouver, BC: It’s not the demands of the job, but their fellow male officers that have pushed dozens, if not hundreds, of women in Canada’s Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) to the breaking point says lawyer Alexander Zaitzeff, who represents dozens of female Mounties in a massive class-action gender discrimination suit against the ico...