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Sort by date 16,481 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Do Consumers Need Home Warranty Insurance?
May-3-13 Sunrise, FL Given the economic crunch many homeowners are under, it is no surprise that many would consider home warranty insurance to make sure they get through tough times. After all, repairs to home systems and appliances can be costly, and purchasing a policy through home warranty companies can help to ease the financial burden. But some customers... - Ab Circle Pro Settles Fraud Charges with FTC, Consumer Refunds Available
Washington, DC: Ab Circle Pro has agreed to provide as much as $25 million to settle charges of consumer fraud brought by The Federal Trade Commission (FTC). According to the FTC, the defendants claimed, among other things, that the Ab Circle Pro could cause rapid and substantial weight loss and that three minutes of exercise on the Ab Circle Pro was... - Accutane Concerns Stretch Back Years
May-2-13 Santa Fe, NM Although Accutane has been off the market for a few years, some Accutane lawsuits may still be considered by patients who believe they suffered Accutane side effects. Concerns about Accutane side effects, which reportedly include depression, suicidal thoughts and inflammatory bowel disease, date back almost 20 years. The Canadian Broadc... - Higher Risk of Crestor Kidney Problems with Higher Statin Doses: Study
May-2-13 Vancouver, BC A new study has concluded there is risk for kidney damage amongst patients regularly taking popular statins such as Crestor in higher doses, according to a Postmedia report in the Vancouver Sun (3/20/13). While the risk is relative and quite small, it remains a risk amongst other Crestor side effects nonetheless. The study, publish... - $615M SEC Settlment Reached in Hedge Fund Insider Trading Charges
New York, NY: CR Intrinsic Investors and Sigma Capital Management have agreed to pay $615 million to the US Securities and Exchange Commission to settle insider-trading charges, in what the SEC called the largest-ever insider-trading settlement. The companies are affiliated with the hedge fund giant SAC Capital. According to the SEC complaint,... - Will Budding Actress Work Again After Battle with Stevens Johnson Syndrome?
May-1-13 Aurora, CO While she is hopeful a serious rendezvous with Stevens Johnson Syndrome will not serve to derail her budding acting and modeling career, Josephine Ganner is nonetheless concerned massive blisters and other aftereffects of her near-fatal affliction may have an impact. “I don’t remember 17 days of my life,” Ganner told a r... - 4000 Children A Year Suffer Amusement Park Injuries, New Study Shows
May-1-13 Washington, DC Amusement park rides injure over 4,000 children in the US every year, according to a recent report by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy at the Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. The study, published in USNews.com, show that between 1990 and 2010, nearly 93,000 children under th... - TVM Mesh Leaves Women Very Sick, and Very Angry
May-1-13 Winnipeg, MB Women who experience problems with their TVT sling have comrades-in-arms the world over, it appears. In Canada, our neighbor to the immediate north, several hundred women are filing a transvaginal mesh lawsuit alleging serious complications. Meanwhile, much farther away, Australian women are taking up a similar cause against manufacturers... - Canadian Class-Action Yasmin Lawsuit Given Go-Ahead
Apr-30-13 Toronto, ON It is not just in the United States that Bayer faces lawsuits regarding Yasmin side effects and Yaz side effects. A Canadian judge has now given the go-ahead to form a class-action Yasmin lawsuit against the maker of the birth control pills. According to Global News (4/18/13), a judge has approved the motion to have lawsuits against Ba... - Employees Litigating Over Alleged Asbestosis Lung Cancer Link to Nassau Coliseum
Apr-30-13 New York, NY Things are heating up for the owners and operators of the famed Nassau Coliseum, current home of the New York Islanders hockey franchise and numerous other sporting events. What’s causing all the heat is asbestosis, with many an asbestosis lawsuit representing several plaintiffs coming into the pipeline. One widow has filed a wron... - Mirena Uterine Perforation Lawsuits to Grow
Apr-29-13 Washington, DC A product designed for convenience and worry-free contraception requiring little to no management on the part of women has become, for scores of plaintiffs, anything but convenient and worry-free. And while Mirena uterine perforation lawsuits currently number into the hundreds, legal pundits predict those lawsuits have the potential to n... - Massive Airbag Recalls Due to Defective Airbag Components
Apr-29-13 Detroit, MI Airbag injuries can run the gamut from injuries sustained when the airbags don’t deploy in an accident and an occupant sustains injuries that might have been preventable to injuries sustained from the deployment of the airbag itself. An even greater frustration, however, is when an airbag deploys without warning. Beyond frustration... - “Accutane Ruined My Health”
Apr-16-13 Seattle, WA “ Accutane ruined my perfect health and this acne medication is solely to blame for a diseased state with ulcerative colitis,” says Jody. Jody (not her real name) was diagnosed with Accutane ulcerative colitis after taking just one course of Accutane to treat her acne. “At the time, I had no idea of the link between... - Zoloft Birth Defects Lawsuit Update
Apr-24-13 New York, NY As of April 2013, approximately 330 Zoloft birth defects lawsuits against Pfizer are pending in the federal multidistrict litigation (MDL) established in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The first Zoloft bellwether trials are set to begin in 2014. The Zoloft lawsuits involving children who have suffered Zoloft birt... - Compelling Depakote Side Effects Revealed in British Study
Apr-28-13 Liverpool, UK A British study published at the end of January supports the concerns of many with regard to the risks associated with Depakote (valproate) and its relationship to cognitive birth defects. What’s more, a leading health advocacy group recommends that women of childbearing age should not use Depakote at all. The American Academy of... - Januvia Pancreatic Cancer Risk Being Studied by the FDA
Apr-28-13 Washington, DC A Type 2 diabetes drug that earned $4.1 billion in sales for its manufacturer in 2012 continues to come under fire over concern for serious adverse events and health issues. While the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sounded the alarm about Januvia in 2009, a prominent consumer advocacy group has joined the clarion calls with regard to... - VeriFone Systems, Inc PAY Securities Fraud
Company: VeriFone Systems, Inc Ticker Symbol: PAY Class Period: Dec-14-11 to Feb-19-13 Date Filed: Mar-14-13 Lead Plaintiff Deadline: May-13-13 Court: Northern District of California Allegations: Los Angeles, CA: A securities class action lawsuit has been filed in... - Generic Drugs Ruling Critical for Consumers
Apr-23-13 Washington, DC: The Supreme Court is wading into some muddy water swirling around the question of liability for generic drugs. The decision the Supreme Court hands down will weigh heavily on future personal injury cases where individuals are harmed by a generic drug. To understand what’s at stake for consumers, consider the case of Karen Bar... - Fosamax Jury Trial Underway
Apr-23-13 Edmonton, AB Diane is one of more than 3,300 victims of Fosamax side effects who filed a Fosamax lawsuit against Merck. She is paying close attention to the Fosamax jury trial that started on April 9, 2013, in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey (Glynn v. Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. , Case No. 3:11-cv-05304). Diane’s inju... - Patient Says Zimmer NexGen Knee Implant “Unbearable”
Apr-27-13 Miami, FL Patients who had the Zimmer knee replacement implanted did so believing that the implant would make their lives better, but some now say the Zimmer knee implants have made things much worse than they were before. The patients say they have suffered unbearable pain and inability to walk, even though the implant was supposed to give them back m...