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Sort by date 16,481 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Pre-Settlement Funding Helps Plaintiffs with Financial Stress
Jun-18-13 Seattle, WA Often when people think of filing a lawsuit, they anticipate the money they could win at the end of their trial, but do not consider that costs can add up while they wait for their lawsuit to conclude. Some plaintiffs are turning to pre-settlement funding to help when finances are stretched before they receive their award or settlement. Pre... - US Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Donning and Doffing Claim
Jun-18-13 Washington, DC A complex lawsuit has its origins in the debate surrounding whether or not an employee required to wear certain work clothes and safety gear by an employer should be paid for the time it takes to don and then doff the gear. Beyond the potential for an employee to be working off the clock for no compensation is the possibility that once unpai... - New Brunswick First Nation Says No Fracking
Jun-9-13 Elsipogtog, NB Protesters led by John Levi, a warrior chief in Elsipogtog First Nation, on Tuesday (Jun 4), stopped and seized a truck containing seismic testing equipment owned by a shale gas company’s contractor. The First Nation claims that fracking is illegal without their permission and intends to sue the province of New Brunswick in federal... - Divorce Due to Adderall
Jun-17-13 Birmingham, AL “I was divorced and lost everything because of Adderall ,” says Christie, who was wrongly diagnosed with ADHD and regretfully wound up having a “manic episode,” one of Adderall side effects. Christie, 37 years old and a registered nurse, believes that her ex-husband, family and friends would be more understandin... - Mirena Side Effects Lead to Early Hysterectomy for Young Plaintiff
Jun-17-13 Hackensack, NJ Kelli Baugh was only in her 20s when she faced a total hysterectomy, experienced the rigors of surgically induced menopause, and required daily doses of estrogen. Why? Mirena birth control side effects . The Mirena intrauterine device (IUD) is an implanted device designed to provide trouble-free birth control for upwards of five years... - Rolling the Dice on SNRI Side Effects
Jun-12-13 Scottsdale, AZ Any woman either contemplating or having recently discovered she is pregnant must always consider the safest route to take when medications are involved. To that end, the Mayo Clinic is a trusted resource for information pertaining to, for example, SNRI side effects . SNRIs, or Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors, are newer-ge... - $9.5M Preliminary Settlement Approved in Agrico Chemical Fertilizer Plant Pollution Class Action
Pennsicola, FL: Preliminary approval of a $9.5 million settlement has been granted in an environmental class action lawsuit concerning pollution in East Hill from a superfund site near Penniscola Bay, Florida. The class action alleges pollution from the an now defunct Agrico Chemical Co., fertilizer plant in central Pensacola. Specifically, the pla... - Canadian Finasteride (Propecia, Proscar) Lawsuit Approved, Awaits Certification
Jun-16-13 Vancouver, BC A Canadian man who claimed to have suffered diminished sex drive at the age of 25 from his use of Proscar (finasteride) has been successful in having his finasteride lawsuit approved as a class action in Canada. Proscar is a sibling to Propecia, the latter also containing finasteride, although in a lower dose. According to the Prince... - The Internet Payday Loan: Interest As High As 1,369 Percent
Jun-16-13 Newark, DE Imagine taking out a loan and being charged an interest rate of 1,369 percent. No, this isn’t the stuff of fiction or some excerpt from a predatory movie. Rather, it remains one example of loan terms charged by an Internet payday loan enterprise called to the carpet by state legislators in Minnesota. According to a report in the St... - Inside Illegal Debt Collection Harassment: Why It Happens
Jun-11-13 Westbury, NY The process of debt collection appears pretty basic on the surface: a consumer owes money and hasn’t paid, so the company to which funds are owed either attempts to collect the debt itself or moves the debt over to a collection agency for the purposes of collection. But collecting an outstanding debt can be far more complicated, a... - Energy Drink Hospitalizations Hit 20,000
Jun-14-13 New York, NY Hospitalizations associated with “energy drinks” like Monster Energy doubled from 2007 to 2011, hitting 20,000, according to the latest report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). “Consumption of energy drinks is a rising public health problem because medical and behavioral prob... - DaVita Healthcare Caught in the GranuFlo Lawsuit Web
Jun-14-13 Denver, CO The basis for many a GranuFlo lawsuit is the alleged failure of GranuFlo manufacturer Fresenius Medical Care, headquartered in Germany and an operator of kidney dialysis clinics throughout the US, in communicating potential dosing errors to non-Fresenius clinics. However, that hasn’t stopped plaintiffs from launching litigation against... - Amusement Park Ride Accidents Require Quick Action and Evidence
Jun-14-13 Riverview, FL A day at an amusement park can go bad very quickly. A 2013 report by the Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, found that 20 children a day were treated at an emergency ward somewhere in the U.S. for injuries related to an amusement park-type ride. The number of injuries in the study doesn’t surprise Florida att... - $20M Settlement Reached in MacMillan eBook Consumer Fraud Class Action Lawsuit
New York, NY: A $20 million settlement has been agreed in the consumer fraud class action lawsuit pending against Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH' MacMillan unit, which alleged the publisher conspired with Apple Inc, and other US publishers to fix prices of electronic books, or ebooks. The settlement resolves the allegations brought in t... - Fear of Crestor Side Effects Keeps Me Awake at Night
Jun-13-13 Newark, NJ Full disclosure: I am a Crestor man, but not without reservation. My doctor put me on Crestor last year due to high levels of LDL cholesterol, the so-called bad boy of the cholesterol world. I was on a generic version of Crestor briefly, but quickly went back to the actual Crestor brand after losing some gains in my good cholesterol levels while... - When It Comes to Depakote and Pregnancy, Be Pro-Active
Jun-13-13 Chicago, IL “I am furious with the Depakote manufacturer and my doctors, and I blame myself for my son’s Depakote birth defects,” says Terry. “It has taken me many years to get past this, but what can I do? Maybe I can help someone else by getting the message out: Do not take Depakote.” Terry (not her real name) was dia... - Your Lawsuit Is Pending, but You Need Cash in a Flash
Jun-13-13 “When I was seriously injured in an auto accident, I was unable to work so I had no way to pay the bills. I needed money fast just to avoid eviction from my home. I was ready to accept a low settlement from the insurance company when I heard about lawsuit funding . I am sure glad I did. I received a $2,500 cash advance and settled my case for three time... - California Overtime Lawsuits Drone On…
Jun-12-13 Lancaster, CA It’s a California overtime law case that has a Star Wars feel to it. However, this war isn’t necessarily about chasing storm troopers in the stratosphere, but simply trying to achieve a fair shake from an employer, according to tenets set out by overtime pay laws. In a story published in the Baltimore Business Journal (6/... - Medtronic Infuse Bone Graft Hard to Swallow - Literally
Jun-7-13 Dayton, OH Since William had the disc between C6 and C7 replaced with a Medtronic Infuse bone graft , he has difficulty swallowing. Then he had another surgery to correct the Medtronic complications but it worsened - now William can’t burp. “I’m in discomfort all the time and now I found out that my surgeon used this Medtronic off labe... - Asbestosis Linked to Lung Cancer in Study
Jun-10-13 Queens, NY A new study suggests a link between asbestosis and lung cancer. The study, published earlier this year, examined the link between smoking, asbestos, asbestosis and lung cancer, and suggested that asbestosis and lung cancer were linked. The study, published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (4/13/13), set...