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Sort by date 16,481 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Amway Gift Card Class Action Settlement
Los Angeles, CA: A $20 million settlement has been approved in a class action against Amway over its gift cards. Consumers only have until June 20, 2011 to file their claims. Per the settlement agreement, each eligible consumer shall be offered one new non-dated gift card with a retail value of $50, unless he or she can prove the purchase of a g... - Arm's Reach Concepts Recalls Infant Bed-Side Sleepers
Washington, DC: Arm's Reach Concepts is recalling about 76,000 infant bed sleepers because when the fabric liner is not used or is not securely attached, infants can fall from the raised mattress into the loose fabric at the bottom of the bed-side sleeper or can become entrapped between the edge of the mattress and the side of the sleeper, posing risk... - DePuy Pinnacle Lawsuits Reportedly Consolidated
May-26-11 Houston, TX Reports indicate that litigation regarding the DePuy Pinnacle hip replacement device has been approved for consolidation. A motion to consolidate DePuy Pinnacle lawsuits was reportedly filed by lawyers for the DePuy Pinnacle plaintiffs. According to a news release, the order to consolidate the DePuy Orthopaedics lawsuits was handed down on... - Topamax Attorney: Oral Clefts Can Require Many Surgeries
May-26-11 Los Angeles, CA Infants who are exposed to reported Topamax side effects , such as cleft lip and cleft palate, require surgery to fix the Topamax birth defect, but often one surgery is not enough. In fact, it might surprise people that infants born with cleft lip and cleft palate can require years of treatment that involve many different specialists and... - Motrin Case Similar to Ketek SJS Link
May-26-11 Philadelphia, PA A Pennsylvania jury's ruling that Johnson & Johnson must pay $10 million in damages to the family of a girl who suffered severe side effects from taking Children's Motrin is similar to a previous case involving Ketek and Stevens-Johnson Syndrome . Bloomberg reports that the jurors in the Motrin case decided that Johnson & J... - DePuy Hip Replacement Recall Affecting Patients around the World
May-26-11 Wheeling, WV Johnson & Johnson's DePuy Orthopaedics unit's hip replacement recall has affected patients across the globe, including a West Virginia woman who claims she developed unsafe levels of chromium and cobalt as a result of the device. According to the Courthouse News Service , Delores Hatcher claims in a federal lawsuit that she underwe... - Medical Device Expert Explains DePuy Hip Failure
May-21-11 Miami, FL "Most Americans who have a DePuy ASR hip implant are under the impression that the metal-on-metal medical device has been clinically tested and approved but it hasn't been," says medical device expert Lana Keeton. "The DePuy ASR hip implant, along with a number of other models, has only been cleared by the FDA." Keeton has been working i... - Infantino Recalls Toy Activity Trucks Due to Choking Hazard
Washington, DC: The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Health Canada, in cooperation with Infantino LLC, have announced a voluntary recall of some 40,500 Troy the Activity Trucks in the United States and a further 1,900 in Canada because the plastic beads on the activity truck's bead runs can detach, posing a choking hazard to young c... - Turkey Burgers Recalled for Possible Salmonella Contamination
Washington, DC: Jennie-O Turkey Store is recalling approximately 54,960 pounds of frozen, raw turkey burger products that may be contaminated with Salmonella, the U.S. Department of Agriculture' Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The products subject to recall include: 4-pound boxes of Jennie-O Turkey Store "All Natural... - DePuy Canada, DePuy Hip Replacement, DePuy Recall
DePuy Orthopaedics has recalled the DePuy ASR following hundreds of complaints from people undergoing DePuy hip replacement . The Hip Replacement Recall in Canada includes the DePuy ASR XL Acetabular System and the DePuy ASR Hip Resurfacing System. The ASR is considered by many orthopedic experts to be a defective product and a class action DePuy Laws... - Patient Scheduled for Fourth Zimmer NexGen Knee Surgery
May-25-11 Waynesville, NC "From day one, I've had nothing but trouble with this Zimmer NexGen knee replacement ," says Minnie, who is scheduled for a fourth surgery next week. "My initial surgery back in September 2009 seemed to be successful and I followed up with physical therapy, but as soon as I went back to work, I had constant pain and my knee was alwa... - Fosamax: Safe and Risky at the Same Time
May-25-11 Washington, DC Even when a study appears to clear a drug from possible suspicion of harm, as might be the case with Fosamax side effects , the possibility is rarely, if ever, ruled out. Such is the case with the study "Oral bisphosphonates and risk of subtrochanteric or diaphyseal femur fractures in a population-based cohort," which was published earlie... - New Infuse Study Contradicts Earlier Findings
May-25-11 Stanford, CA A bioengineered bone growth protein that has been used routinely in spinal fusions since 2002 has been linked to partial or permanent male sterility, according to a study posted today (May 25) online at The Spine Journal . The finding, stemming from a study conducted by researchers at Stanford University, appears to contradict similar stud... - Lack of Benefit for PAH Latest Issue for Zocor Cholesterol Drug
May-25-11 Denver, CO A recent study in which researchers determined that neither aspirin nor simvastatin (Zocor) proved effective in treating pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is just the latest issue for the cholesterol drug Zocor . According to MedPage Today , the study, which examined performance in the six-minute walk test, found no evidence to suppor... - Labor Department Sues Former North Carolina Company over ERISA Benefits
May-25-11 Fletcher, NC The US Department of Labor recently filed a lawsuit against former Fletcher, North Carolina company Unicomp Inc., claiming it violated portions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ( ERISA ). The Asheville Citizen-Times reports that the lawsuit was filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Di... - GlaxoSmithKline Attorney Acquitted in Case Involving Paxil Side Effects
May-20-11 Washington, DC An attorney for GlaxoSmithKline was recently acquitted by a federal trial judge in a corporate misconduct case involving Wellbutrin and Paxil side effects , The Wall Street Journal reports. According to the news source, US District Court Judge Roger Titus decided to acquit the attorney without sending the case to the jury. Prosecu... - Propecia: Losing Your Sex Drive at 26
May-24-11 Auckland, New Zealand While the manufacturer of Propecia finasteride reports that fewer than 2 percent of men in its clinical trials suffered from the adverse reaction of sexual dysfunction, those that fall within that 2 percent have the potential to face tremendous hardship. Just ask ''James,'' the UK man who was interviewed by the British Broadcas... - Overtime Pay Lawsuit Mushrooms to $17 Million
May-24-11 Fort Detrick, MD The right for an employee to expect overtime pay for hours duly worked—and the need to protect that right as entrenched in legislation—is aptly reflected in the ballooning of a lawsuit that has grown from $5 million to more than $17 million against an armed security contractor. The Frederick News-Post reported May 22 t... - Unum Group Profit Falls during First Quarter
May-24-11 New York, NY The first quarter profit for Tennessee-based disability insurer Unum Group fell below most Wall Street estimates, largely due to poor results from its UK unit, Reuters reports. According to the news source, the UK segment's operating income dropped 19.6 percent during the first quarter to $48.7 million. The Wall Street Journal re... - Study: Zocor Not Beneficial for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Patients
May-24-11 Denver, CO The results of a recent randomized trial indicate that neither Zocor (simvastatin) nor aspirin were effective in treating the condition known as pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), reports MedPage Today . According to the news source, the trial indicated that neither medication improved patient performance in a standard six-minute wal...