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Sort by date 16,481 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- What Will 2011 Bring for Avandia?
Jan-7-11 Seattle, WA Last year was a tough year for Avandia maker GlaxoSmithKline. Between allegations of downplaying Avandia side effects, settling approximately 10,000 Avandia lawsuits and having the drug's use severely restricted by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) because of Avandia risks, which include a risk of Avandia heart attack, 2010 was a di... - Company That Makes Yaz Birth Control Pills Seeking Blood-Thinner Approval
Jan-7-11 Berlin, Germany Bayer, the drug company that makes Yaz birth control pills , has reportedly submitted an application that seeks authorization to sell a new blood-thinning drug throughout the European Union, The Associated Press reports. The company said recently that it is looking for approval from the European Medicines Agency to sell Rivaroxaban,... - How Theme Park Accidents Are Avoided
Jan-7-11 Orlando, FL While many people are sleeping after a long day of riding roller coasters, rides are constantly checked during the middle of the night in order to avoid theme park accidents , MyFoxOrlando reports. "In fact, we have responded at times in the middle of the night for one of those maintenance personnel who has been injured on a ride aspect,"... - Costco Workers Allowed to Move Forward with Suit over California Overtime Law
Dec-27-10 Los Angeles, CA A federal judge in California recently ruled that a California overtime law complaint would move forward as a state class-action lawsuit , the Wall Street Journal reports. The original lawsuit, which was filed in May 2009 in California Superior Court, alleged that the Washington-based membership warehouse chain locked its employee... - Small Plane Crash at Birmingham International Kills One
Jan-6-11 Birmingham, AL One person has been killed in a small plane crash in Birmingham Wednesday. The Beech BE-58 took off from Morristown Municipal Airport, headed for Birmingham International Airport. The Beech BE-58 was approaching a runway at Birmingham International when it crashed. Authorities report that the plane circled the airport at least once b... - State of New Jersey Sues Carr Miller over Alleged Ponzi Scheme
Jan-6-11 Marlton, NJ Lest you thought that the Madoff investment fraud was an isolated incident, word comes that the state of New Jersey has launched a $40 million ponzi scheme lawsuit against three principles of a Marlton investment firm accused of bankrolling everything from luxury vacations to car purchases and capital ventures on the backs of supposedly dup... - Pilot's Daughter Killed in New Year's Day Airplane Accident
Jan-6-11 Orange, MA The crash of a small, private plane on the first day of 2011 injured the pilot and killed his passenger after a twin-engine Cessna 310F went down into a swamp near Orange Municipal Airport. What heightened the tragedy of the January 1 plane crash was that the victim was the pilot's adult daughter. The accident happened New Year's Day arou... - Louisiana Mayor Reviews Handling of Overtime Pay
Jan-6-11 Monroe, LA Monroe, Louisiana Mayor Jamie Mayo is continuing to review how the city's Engineering Department handles overtime pay after a recent dispute between heads of the department has stopped the practice for the time being, the Monroe News Star reports. The dispute reportedly occurred when an employee in the Human Resources Department claimed... - VA Hospital Malpractice? Congressman Frustrated over Veterans' Lack of Applesauce
Jan-6-11 St. Louis, MO Whether or not it's a case of VA hospital malpractice , US Congressman Bob Filner says that the lack of applesauce available for veterans at the John Cochran VA Medical Center in Missouri is an indication of the overall problems at the facility, KMOX.com reports. "They need to get adequate supplies of applesauce, which is needed for p... - Reports of Injury Prompt Recall of Coleman Floating Spotlights
Washington, DC: The Coleman Company is recalling about 50,000 Coleman WaterBeam® 4D Water-Activated Floating Spotlights because the lens assembly can come apart from the main housing of the spotlight with force and pose a risk of impact injuries to consumers. Coleman has received 33 reports of the lens assembly coming apart, 18 of which resulted... - Chuck E. Cheese Recalls Light-up Rings and Star Glasses
Washington, DC: Chuck E. Cheese is recalling about 1,100,000 Chuck E Cheese's Light-up Rings and Star Glasses because if crushed or pulled apart, the plastic casing can break into small pieces and possibly expose the batteries, posing an ingestion hazard to children. If ingested, the batteries may be damaging to either the stomach, intestine, esophagu... - Wrongful Termination Lawsuits on the Rise
Jan-5-11 Washington, DC According to a number of insurance companies, wrongful termination lawsuits are on the rise—and they are the single most frequent labor claim. Even though most employment in the US is considered "at will," wrongful employment termination claims have spiked for a number of reasons, mainly because the economy has caused an unprecede... - One Woman's Stevens Johnson Syndrome Hell
Jan-5-11 Osh Kosh, WI She doesn't say what medication thrust her into the throes of Stevens Johnson Syndrome . Nor do we know her name beyond her blog handle of "sjssrvvr" (for SJS survivor). However the self-described wife, mother, runner and hair stylist from Wisconsin is adamant about getting the word out about SJS. In 2011 she starts the New Year training fo... - AngioSculpt Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) Scoring Balloon Catheter Recall
Jan-5-11 Washington, DC AngioScore Inc is recalling AngioSculpt Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) Scoring Balloon CatheterOTW 0.018" Platform (multiple sizes). The device recall has been initiated because a design defect causing unintended fracture and peeling, and has resulted in peeling of the bond and/or detachment of the distal end of the scoring... - UBS Lehman Brothers Securities Fraud
Jan-5-11 New York, NY Recently, a $2.2 Million arbitration award was issued against UBS in a case involving Lehman "Principal Protected" Notes - the latest in a series of pro-investor rulings against UBS in cases involving Lehman Brothers "Principal Protected" Notes. The award in the case, Motamed v. UBS Financial Services, Inc., FINRA Case No. 09-02087,... - Frustration over DePuy Hip Recall in Canada
Jan-5-11 Kingston, Ontario Lincoln Bryant is a Presbyterian minister based in Kingston, a heritage city located in Ontario, Canada. Suffering from hip dysplasia—which is the instability of the joint—the 53-year-old underwent a hip resurfacing procedure and received the DePuy ASR Hip Resurfacing System. That was two years ago. He had managed the p... - Bank of America Takes a Hit in Mortgage Lawsuit
Jan-5-11 Auburn, NY Bank of America recently lost a major ruling in its mortgage lawsuit that will make it more difficult for the bank to defend itself, the Washington Post reports. Initially, Bank of America had attempted to require that files for each of the 368,000 disputed loans be evaluated individually by the plaintiff, MBIA Insurance. That process w... - Michigan Man Awarded $250,000 for Asbestos Claims
Jan-5-11 Genesee County, MI The Genesee County, Michigan Community Action Recourse Department (GCCARD) has reportedly settled a lawsuit for $250,000 over a former worker's asbestos claims , the Flint Journal reports. Ray Barker II, who worked for the GCCARD for six months in 2009, claimed that the lives of workers and homeowners were endangered by weatheriz... - Mauri Gorgonzola Cheese Recalled
Washington, DC: The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention join DPI Specialty Foods in warning consumers not to eat Mauri Gorgonzola cheese with sell-by dates of 01/13/11 and 01/14/11. A sample of this cheese tested positive for E. coli O157:H7 in a Colorado state laboratory. Colorado officials discovered the po... - Amiodarone: Father Went into Hospital and Never Came Out
Jan-4-11 Houston, TX When Robert R. was put on amiodarone , his family thought the drug was necessary to treat his condition. They did not realize that, because of amiodarone side effects, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had only approved amiodarone as a drug of last resort. Furthermore, they did not realize that the drug could result in amiodarone lun...