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Sort by date 16,481 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Global Asbestos Mesothelioma: 174,300 Dead or Dying
Jan-25-11 Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan Asbestos has long been viewed as a trigger for mesothelioma, an incurable disease that can lay in wait for as long as 30 to 50 years before emerging. And while little is known about the global impact of mesothelioma, a scientific paper appearing online this month in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) and pub... - Attorney: Clients Lost Up to 98 Percent of Their Investment in Lehman Brothers
Jan-25-11 New York, NY Facing allegations of improperly marketing Lehman Brothers Principal Protected Notes as safe investments, UBS is now dealing with FINRA arbitrations filed by investors who say they lost their money to the Lehman Brothers structured notes. Investors say they bought the Lehman Brothers Principal Protected notes from UBS, but in many cases, t... - Depakote One of Few Epilepsy Drugs Not Linked to Increase Fracture Risk
Jan-25-11 Calgary, Canada While a new study shows that many epilepsy drugs increase the risk of bone fractures in older adults, Depakote was the lone exception to be tested, HealthDay News reports. According to the news provider, Canadian researchers examined the medical records of 15,792 people age 50 and older who experienced non-traumatic fractures betwe... - Could Herbal Medicines Be More Effective in Treating Osteoporosis Than Fosamax?
Jan-25-11 Lone Star, KS According to full-time herbalist Ocoee Miller, treating osteoporosis does not have to involve pharmaceutical drugs like Fosamax , the Lawrence Journal-World reports. "It's only in this country that people rush to chemical medicines and consider that first," Miller told the news source. "About 85 percent of people in the world use herb... - Civilian Pilots and Crew Win $4.5 Million in War Zone 'Hazard Pay' Case
Las Vegas, NV: A class-action lawsuit against Vision Airlines Inc has been settled, with a $4.5 million award for the plaintiffs. The multimillion-dollar award, handed down by a federal jury in Las Vegas, will be shared by the 175 crew members who make up the class. All contended that Vision, a North Las Vegas charter airline, had failed to provide t... - New York Firm Recalls Various Meat and Poultry Products
Washington, DC: N.Y. Gourmet Salads, located in Brooklyn, NY, is recalling an undetermined amount of various meat and poultry products that were produced without the benefit of federal inspection. This is a USDA Class I Recall. The following products are subject to recall: 4.5-pound and 5-pound containers of "Lemon Grilled Chicken" 4.5-po... - Second Suspect Arrested in Care Facility Abuse Case
Jan-19-11 Los Angeles, CA Detectives in Los Angeles have arrested a second suspect who they believe was assaulted mentally and physically handicapped women while working at a residential care facility in 2007. Twenty-seven year old Ernie Lloyd, of Los Angeles, reportedly took himself in to a Hollywood police station saying he had seen himself on the news and... - Florida Legal Malpractice Case Goes to Trial in April
Jan-24-11 Sarasota, FL A Legal Malpractice Law case in Florida has been temporarily delayed after the judge in the case had to move the start date to avoid a sudden conflict. However, it appears as if a complaint surrounding a soured real estate deal and the alleged role of a Florida lawyer in the case will be heard in April. According to the January 21 editi... - So Attorney Tommy Hastings Takes the Case and Wins $10.7 Million
Jan-24-11 Houston, TX None of the local law enforcement agencies were taking action against a Houston doctor for medical malpractice who operated a "pill mill," so attorney Tommy Hastings said he would. "The Skorpenske family was very good about explaining what the problem is and how it affects all of us," says Hastings. "It was hard to look at the faces of the... - Could Januvia Side Effects Migrate to Janumet?
Jan-24-11 Washington, DC An effort by the manufacturer of Januvia to expand the use of the active ingredient of sitagliptin is being undertaken at the same time as a study by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that hopes to further identify risks in the class of Januvia drugs to which Januvia belongs. According to the January 17 issue of the Washingto... - Medical Organization Refutes Yasmin Birth Control Side Effect Claims
Jan-24-11 Kinston, Ontario A new message from Canadian doctors casts doubt on the side effects associated with Yasmin birth control . Women who say they have suffered Yasmin side effects, or Yaz side effects, however, may not be convinced by the organization's claims. Meanwhile, lawsuits concerning the Yasmin birth control pill and Yaz birth control pills gro... - Tennessee Residents Included in DePuy Hip Lawsuit
Jan-24-11 Nashville, TN Approximately one dozen Middle Tennessee residents have decided to join hundreds of people around the country in a DePuy hip lawsuit, the Tennessean reports. According to multimillion-dollar lawsuits that have been filed recently in the US District Court in Nashville, these residents are suing the Indiana company that manufactured pr... - Lawsuit Filed over Illinois Nursing Home Abuse
Jan-24-11 Lincoln, IL A lawsuit has been filed against Maple Ridge Care Centre over alleged Illinois nursing home abuse , the Bloomingdale Press reports. The lawsuit comes after the for-profit facility was previously fined $10,000 after the death of 32-year-old Keri Daugherty in March 2009, according to the news provider. The fine was levied due to allegatio... - 272,000 Forever-Glo Nite Lites Recalled
Washington, DC: American Tack & Hardware Co. Inc. (AmerTac), is recalling about 272,000 Forever-Glo Cylinder Nite Lites because an electrical short circuit in the night light can cause it to overheat and smolder or melt which can burn consumers or result in a fire. AmerTac has received nine reports of the recalled night lights smoking, burning, me... - Skilled Healthcare Nursing Homes Class Action Settled for $62.8 Million
Los Angeles,CA: A $62.8 million settlement has been approved by the Humboldt Superior Court in the class action lawsuit against Skilled Healthcare Nursing Homes. The suit alleged that the company filed to provide sufficient staffing levels for its patients at all 22 of its facilities. Up to $26 million of the settlement is expected to go to indivi... - "Darvon and Darvocet trials will be bigger than Vioxx," predicts Dr. Ulf Jonasson
Jan-18-11 Stockholm, Sweden When Ulf Jonasson, Doctor of Public Health visited the US from Sweden in 2003 and again in 2004, he met with doctors at Public Citizen ; doctors who had received studies by Dr. Jonasson and his partner, Birgitta Jonasson, PhD, and were calling for a ban on Darvon (Dextropropoxyphene) , made by Eli Lilly. "We have researched Dar... - GSK To Pay Billions More over Avandia
Jan-18-11 London, UK GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), the maker of the infamous diabetes medication, Avandia (rosiglitazone maleate), has announced that it will set aside $3.4 billion to pay for investigations by the US government and product liability lawsuits stemming from its marketing of the drug. The amount is expected to wipe-out GSK's quarterly profit which will... - $26.6 Million in Unpaid Wages and Overtime Returned to New Yorkers Last Year
Jan-18-11 New York, NY Just how prevalent can overtime pay violations be? In one state alone in 2010, workers were shortchanged to the tune of about $26 million. That was in the state of New York, where the New York State Department of Labor (DOL) returned a total of $26.6 million to workers who had been stiffed in terms of wages and unpaid overtime illegally. ... - "If Only I'd Known about Depakote Birth Defects"
Jan-18-11 Tucson, AZ "If I had known that Depakote causes birth defects, I would never have gotten pregnant," says Kathy. She knows it is too late to file a Depakote lawsuit, but welcomes this opportunity to "get the word out" regarding Depakote side effects. Kathy, who has epilepsy, had a healthy son and soon after he was born, she started taking Depakote. A... - Premises Liability Does Not Discount Snarling Dogs
Jan-23-11 New York, NY Premises liability can refer to anything from a slippery floor in a restaurant to an errant banana peel on a supermarket floor to a threatening dog tied up outside a storefront adjacent to a public thoroughfare. A dog staked in a private yard is one thing—a passerby suffering a dog bite from an animal tied up in a private yard would b...