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Sort by date 16,482 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- District of Columbia Sues Elevate Credit, Inc.
Jun-24-20 Washington, DC On June 5, Karl Racine, Attorney General for the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit against Elevate Credit Inc., alleging that Elevate charged loan interest rates on what are essentially internet payday loans in excess of the District’s usury limits. The interest rates of 149 to 251 percent associated with Elevate’s Rise and... - Rite-Aid not doing it Right
Jul-3-20 Santa Clara, CA A California federal judge says Rite Aid violated California labor law by not reimbursing its employees for their uniforms. And one month previously, in May, Rite-Aid was hit with another lawsuit. Along with Thrifty PayLess Inc., about 10,000 employees may be owed wages for time spent undergoing off-the-clock security checks. Uniforms... - Elmiron Vision Loss Lawsuit news and Legal Information
Elmiron (pentosan polysulfate sodium), a drug widely prescribed for a bladder condition, has been associated with eye damage. Hundreds of thousands of people who have taken Elmiron may have been exposed to the risk of potentially permanent vision damage. Recent studies suggest that Elmiron is toxic to the retina, and one study shows that about 25 percent o... - Stents may cause allergic reactions.
Stents, which are permanent devices that are placed in the artery to keep the inner wall of the artery open, have been linked to dangerous allergic reactions, according to the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. A study recently conducted by the Northwestern Memorial Hospital found 17 cases of allergic reactions from 5,783 reports, four of wh... - Health Insurers' Medical Claims Denial Lawsuit News & Legal Information
Medicine and healthcare has evolved: treatments and services available today were non-existent a few decades ago. But health insurance has also evolved, often to our detriment. Increasingly, bad faith insurance lawsuits are filed against Health Insurers denying medical claims. Insurers such as Anthem & Blue Cross/Blue Shield require increasingly high co-... - California AG Pressures Walmart to Protect Vulnerable Employees
Jun-19-20 Sacramento, CA California Attorney General Xavier Becerra joined a coalition of 12 attorneys general in a letter that calls on Walmart to improve its efforts to protect workers and the public during COVID-19. Lawyers have anticipated a surge in California labor lawsuits arising from employer failures to adequately protect essential workers. But thes... - Illinois Medical Malpractice Lawsuit News and Legal Information
Illinois medical malpractice claims are made against doctors or other healthcare professionals or organizations whose standard of care fails to meet an acceptable level. When the standard of care falls and a patient suffers harm as a result, an Illinois medical malpractice lawsuit may be filed against the doctor, health care provider, or institution whos... - Kentucky Medical Malpractice Lawsuit News & Legal Information
Plaintiffs who have filed Kentucky medical malpractice lawsuits allege doctors and medical professionals in Kentucky have in some way failed to meet an acceptable standard of care when providing medical services to patients. Kentucky medical malpractice claims include allegations of medical negligence against doctors, health care providers, and organi... - New Mexico Medical Malpractice Lawsuit News & Legal Information
New Mexico medical malpractice claims may be brought against any healthcare professional or organization if the standard of care fails to meet an acceptable level. When a patient suffers harm as a result of such failure, a New Mexico medical malpractice lawsuit may be filed against health care providers, including doctors, counselors, and psychotherapist... - Tobacco Industry’s Back in Business with E-Cigarettes
Jun-22-20 Santa Clara, CA “The FDA has clamped down on a few e-cigarette companies that have behaved very irresponsibly, but the big boys, the multinational tobacco companies, are taking over the e-cigarette business,” says Dr. Stanton Glantz, a globally recognized expert on e-cigarettes and anti-smoking activist since the 1970s. Professor Glantz, w... - ERISA Lawsuits Target United HealthCare Reimbursements Practices
Jun-10-20 Pasadena, CA The Glendale Outpatient Surgery Center’s (“GOSC”) ERISA lawsuit against United HealthCare Services Inc. and UnitedHealthcare Insurance Co. (collectively “United HealthCare”) claims that the insurance giant skimped on reimbursement for services rendered by GOSC to United HealthCare patients. On May 19 the Ninth C... - Ninth Circuit: Workers Must be Paid for Call-in Shifts
Jun-15-20 San Francisco, CA In Herrera v. Zumiez, Inc ., the Ninth Circuit affirmed that, under Wage Order No. 7 and the California Labor Code , workers must be paid if they are required to call in prior to a scheduled shift to determine whether they should actually come to work. The ruling, which follows the Court of Appeal’s reasoning in Ward v... - Employee Stock Ownership Lawsuit Unmasks Brazen Corporate Fraud
Jun-18-20 Riverside, CA The allegations made in Gamino v. KPC Healthcare are pretty lurid, especially as ERISA lawsuits go. Even apart from the loaded handgun and the slashed tires, the Complaint tells a tale of shocking financial malfeasance. The lawsuit claims that in 2015 Kali Pradip Chaudhuri, the sole shareholder of KPC Healthcare, sold the company to... - The Environmental Protection Agency no longer Protecting Monsanto?
Jun-17-20 Santa Clara, CA A federal court last week slammed the EPA for approving dicamba-based weed-killing products sold by agricultural giants Bayer AG, BASF and Corteva Agriscience, now making it illegal for farmers to use dicamba herbicides. The EPA also sided with Monsanto and its Roundup weedkiller, which has tragically resulted in more than 125,000 Monsanto... - Federal Court Sends Excessive Overdraft Fees Plaintiffs to Arbitration
Jun-9-20 Chicago, IL On May 18, the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ruled that two of the three named plaintiffs in Page v. Alliant Credit Union could pursue their claims only through arbitration. This ends their participation in a class action bank overdraft fees lawsuit . The lawsuit alleges that Alliant charged insufficient funds fees e... - Insured Californians Getting Gouged by Out-of-Network Providers
Jun-16-20 Santa Clara, CA Back in 2017, a law was passed to protect Californians against surprise medical bills for non-emergency care. Before that, AB1611 was proposed: it was supposed to protect against emergency room overcharges but California consumers are still getting gouged by out-of-network providers. Two years after California’s surprise-billing... - Nexium Use and Increased Risk for Fracture
Washington, DC: Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), including Nexium (esomeprazole), which are used to treat heartburn and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), ulcers in the stomach and small intestine, and inflammation of the esophagus, can cause bone fractures. According to data from a study published in the Annals of Family Medicine in 2011, r... - Employment Discrimination, Disability Accommodations and Return to Work after COVID-19 Closures
Jun-10-20 New York, NY Vincent White, a partner at White, Hilferty and Albanese, hears stories like this frequently now: An employee at a New York financial services firm wants to continue to work from home even after the rest of the sales operation returns to the office. His serious heart condition raises the risks associated with exposure to COVID-19, but... - Two Zantac Lawsuits, Two types of Cancer
Jun-12-20 Tampa, FL Two Zantac lawsuits recently filed allege the popular heartburn and acid reflux medication causes Zantac bladder cancer and Zantac colon cancer. Both plaintiffs claim they were exposed to dangerous amounts of N--Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), a known cancer-causing chemical found in the medication. Zantac Complaints Christopher Montgo... - FDA Issues Warning for Injectable Silicone for Body Contouring and Enhancement
Washington, DC The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an alert to the public and healthcare providers alike, stating that the agency has not approved injectable silicone for use to enhance or augment the body. Such use can lead to ongoing pain, infections, and serious injuries, such as scarring and permanent disfigurement, embolism (bloc...