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Sort by date 16,481 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Georgia Employment Lawsuits Take on Sexual Harassment
Mar-11-11 Atlanta, GA Georgia employment lawsuits alleging sexual harassment and other violations of federal and Georgia state labor laws can help employees recover wages lost for refusal to comply with an employer's unethical demands. They can also help restore employees who have been wrongfully terminated, in violation of federal or Georgia employment law, to t... - UBS Lehman: How Safe Are Principal Protected Notes?
Mar-11-11 Philadelphia, PA To say that investors who had UBS Lehman Principal Protected Notes were stunned when their investments lost a lot of their value is probably an understatement. Many say they had no idea that Lehman Brothers was the sole guarantor of the UBS Lehman structured notes, and no idea that the UBS Principal Protected Notes were such risky inve... - Drugmaker Sued over Failure to Warn of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Side Effect
Mar-11-11 New Orleans, LA A woman from Texas has filed a lawsuit against the manufacturers of Motrin after her daughter allegedly developed Stevens-Johnson Syndrome after taking the drug and needed to be hospitalized for more than a month, the Louisiana Record reports. According to the news source, Keshia Hunt filed the lawsuit against McNeil Consumer Healt... - Landmark Settlement Reached in BPA Class Action
Toronto, ON: U.S. polycarbonate baby bottle maker, Philips Electronics Corporation North America, has become the first to settle a lawsuit over failure to tell consumers its products contained Bisphenol A (BPA), in what is being dubbed as a "landmark" development. Under the terms of the preliminary settlement, Philips is not allowed to use BPA i... - HoMedics TheraP Faces Consumer Class Action
San Diego, CA: A consumer fraud class action lawsuit has been certified against HoMedics TheraP "Hot & Cold Therapy Back support with the Power of Magnets" claiming violation of the Consumer Legal Remedies Act (CLRA) and for violation of Business and Professions Code ("UCL"). The plaintiff, Fletcher Gibson, alleges that in January 2010 he purchas... - 2,234 Pounds of Beef Trim Recalled
Washington, DC: Colorado Meat Packers, of Denver, CO, is recalling approximately 2,234 pounds of beef trim that were improperly labeled and potentially adulterated. The product label includes "For Cooking Only," indicating that it is intended for further processing to apply a full lethality at a federally inspected establishment. Because the produ... - VA Medical Malpractice and PTSD
Feb-28-11 Ann Arbor, MI When John, a Gulf War veteran, came home from Iraq, he was suffering from panic attacks and wound up in the psychiatric ward of a Veteran's Administration hospital. But he still has "massive" panic attacks because he didn't get any help from the VA. "Sometimes it takes the slightest trigger and PTSD is hard to keep under control if you aren't... - MRI Kidney Isn't the Only MRI Health Risk
Mar-10-11 Calgary, AB Risks involving MRI kidney and the impact MRI contrast agents have on patients suffering from kidney disease have been a concern over the last few years. Contrast agents containing gadolinium, which helps technicians produce a clearer picture, can cause harm if not expelled from the body efficiently following an MRI procedure. That's the ki... - Ride Operator Pleads No Contest in Amusement Park Accident
Mar-10-11 Wisconsin Dells, WI The man who was involved in an amusement park accident that left a young girl paralyzed pleaded no contest to the charges he faced concerning the horrific theme park accident. Although the young girl survived her ordeal, she suffered severe injuries in her amusement park accident. According to the Wisconsin State Journal (03/01... - Shoulder Pain Pump Pain
Mar-10-11 Medina, OH Jan has had surgery on both his shoulders: he was given a shoulder pain pump on his right shoulder (several years ago), but just before surgery on his left, Jan's orthopedic surgeon said he wouldn't get the pump this time "because we are having problems with them." Jan's left shoulder is fine today, but he has suffered extreme pain in his ri... - Jury Awards Plaintiff $4 Million in Unum Disability Insurance Case
Mar-10-11 Los Angeles, CA A Los Angeles Superior Court jury recently awarded $4.2 million in damages to the plaintiff in an Unum disability insurance case, reports the National Underwriter Life and Health Insurance News . According to the news provider, Laura Kieffer claimed in her lawsuit that that she had been wrongfully denied her disability benefits by P... - Springfield Man Killed in Missouri Motorcycle Accident
Mar-10-11 Springfield, MO : A Springfield man died recently after a Missouri motorcycle crash near Stotts City, according to the state highway patrol. The Springfield News-Leader reports that 39-year-old Richard Nerren was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident on Missouri 97 in Lawrence County. Nerren was reportedly traveling north on the highway on h... - Missouri Accidents Blamed on Weather Forecast
Mar-4-11 St. Louis, MO What could have been one of the most tragic Missouri car accidents resulted in 20 people being sent to hospitals in and around St. Louis at the end of February. In all, 31 cars were involved in the Missouri car crash , which could have had much worse consequences for drivers and passengers. Like many Missouri traffic accidents at this ti... - Carr Miller Ponzi Scheme: What Should Investors Do?
Mar-9-11 Newark, NJ Investors who learned their money was put in the alleged Carr Miller Capital Ponzi Scheme now face the difficult task of determining what action to take to recover money lost to the alleged Ponzi scheme. Concern about what to do about money lost to securities fraud can take a backseat to concerns about what to do in the immediate future, wit... - A Fentanyl Roundup—And It Ain't Pretty
Mar-9-11 Warrensburg, MO As serious as they were, prior problems with the Duragesic Fentanyl patch—which included a recall when a small number of defective patches were found to allow unrestricted movement of the potent fentanyl medication—pale in comparison to what's going on these days. For one, the addictive fentanyl, which is some 80 times mo... - Were Patients Wrongly Prescribed Depakote?
Mar-9-11 Boston, MA When it comes to taking medication such as Depakote that can have serious side effects, patients trust they have been given the medication for a good reason. After all, people who take Depakote might be risking Depakote side effects. When they take medication, patients believe the drug has been properly marketed and prescribed. A lawsuit aga... - Morgan Keegan Under Fire for Feeding Madoff Funds
Mar-9-11 New York, NY Morgan Keegan has come under fire by a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration panel, for what it termed "gross negligence:" Morgan Keegan had invested all $200,000 belonging to Jeffrey and Marisel Lieberman into a Fairfield Greenwich Group fund –which invested all its funds with Bernard Madoff. FINRA cleared J... - Prozac Birth Defects Can Include PPHN
Mar-9-11 Arlington, VA Studies have indicated that Prozac birth defects can potentially include persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN), which does not allow the newborns to get enough oxygen, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Specifically, babies born to mothers who took selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors such as Pro... - Supreme Court Refuses Appeal of Drug Companies regarding Overtime Pay
Mar-9-11 Washington, DC The US Supreme Court recently ruled against drug companies who were appealing previous decisions that said pharmaceutical sales representatives were, in fact, eligible to receive overtime pay , the Wall Street Journal reports. According to the news provider, the justices agreed with a ruling by a federal appeals court in New York tha... - "Zimmer Hip Took Away Four Years of My Life"
Mar-3-11 Orlando, FL Although Karen is pushing 82, she had a very active life, until she had a Zimmer Durom Cup . "I was playing tennis and bowling before this Zimmer hip replacement surgery," she says. "Now I can still play golf but I have to use a cart and my putter to help me walk." Karen got the Zimmer hip four years ago, and now she is considering revision...