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Aug-9-10 Bridgton, ME A 34-year-old man recently died in a motorcycle accident while trick riding. Justin Dilks was standing on the seat of his 2004 Harley-Davidson motorcycle while steering with one hand and waving with the other when he lost control and crashed on US Route 302 in Bridgton, Maine, according to the Kennebec Journal. Bridgton Police Chief... - Three Men File Wrong Termination Lawsuits Against Wal-Mart
Aug-9-10 Charleston, WV Three separate wrongful termination lawsuits have been filed against Wal-Mart Stores East by three former assistant managers. The wrongful termination claims date back to late last December, when a man identified as John Doe entered the South Ridge Wal-Mart in Charleston, West Virginia, reports the West Virginia Record. According... - National Recall of Lobster Meat Products Issued
Washington, DC: Portland Shellfish Company Inc, is recalling the following brands of cooked, ready to eat fresh or frozen lobster meat: Portland Shellfish Co. Inc brand, Claw island, Craig's All Natural, and Inland Ocean cooked, fresh or frozen lobster claw and knuckle meat, as recent tests show the product has the potential to be contaminated with Liste... - Toyota Recalls 400,000 for Steering Defect
Jul-29-10 New York, NY After a federal grand jury subpoenaed documents relating to how Toyota handled steering problems in some of its older vehicles, the carmaker formally recalled some 400,000 vehicles in the US for potential steering problems. The recall involves a mechanism that could fail in certain conditions, increasing the likelihood of a crash. Toyot... - Effexor Pregnancy is Like Playing Solomon for Patient's Doctor
Aug-3-10 Washington, DC If there were ever a recipe for medical malpractice, it is the conundrum that comes with prescribing antidepressants like Effexor to expectant mothers. Doctors have to play Solomon and either recommend continuation of Effexor and risk harm to the baby, or risk harm to the mother by stopping Effexor. Various studies have concluded that... - Longtime University Employee Fired Ten Months Shy of Full Pension
Aug-8-10 Orlando, FL Will a recent firing by the University of South Florida (USF) and an ensuing complaint be guided by Florida Employment Law or will the matter wind up as a discrimination issue? That's the question before the Florida Commission on Human Relations and the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over the case of Myrtice Landers. As summa... - Two More Lawsuits Alleging Denture Cream Zinc Poisoning
Aug-8-10 Sanford, NC The lawsuits alleging Fixodent zinc poisoning faced by Fixodent manufacturer Procter & Gamble in the centralized pre-trial proceedings in the Denture Cream Products Liability Litigation, are now two. Faye G. Hobson, 45, of Sanford North Carolina, and Barbara Sue Mendenhall, 58, of Genevieve, Missouri allege that Fixodent denture adhesiv... - Glaxo Reportedly Settles Paxil Birth Defects Lawsuits for $1 Billion
Aug-8-10 London, England GlaxoSmithKline recently announced that it had settled a number of Paxil birth defect lawsuits but didn't release any specific financial details. The UK's largest drug manufacturer had set aside nearly $2.4 billion in the second quarter to handle Paxil lawsuits, as well as cases stemming from its diabetes medication, Avandia, accordi... - RU-486 Mifeprex Abortion Pill Death - Abortion Pill Lawsuit & Case
Mifeprex (mifepristone) is a pill administered for a medical abortion up to 7 weeks after pregnancy, and is an alternative to surgical abortion. The drug blocks a hormone required to sustain a pregnancy, and when followed by Cytotec (misoprostol) to assist with contractions, the pregnancy is terminated. Since the U.S. FDA approved the drug in September... - The Hartford Reaches Preliminary $72M Settlement in Fraud Class Action
New Haven CT: A preliminary settlement has been approved by a federal judge in a class action lawsuit brought by more than 21,000 plaintiffs alleging fraud against Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. The suit alleged that Hartford defrauded people who made claims by deducting up to 15 percent of the value of a claim settlement through undiscl... - Smiths Quality Meats Recalled in Canada
Ottawa, ON: The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Smith's Quality Meats are warning the public not to serve or consume the ready-to-eat cooked meats from Establishment 294 described below because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The manufacturer, Smith's Quality Meats, Winnipeg, Manitoba is voluntarily recalling all... - Legal Malpractice Case Has a Happy Ending
Aug-7-10 Chicago, IL A legal malpractice case of the worst kind—taking advantage of a senior citizen—has been settled and the ending is a happy one, but not without some heartache, betrayal and financial losses in the process. The actions of a son and daughter-in-law of the victim, together with the actions of the perpetrator's legal counsel, result... - Overtime Pay Dispute Turns Tables on Tow Truck Operator
Aug-7-10 St. Petersburg, FL An overtime pay dispute that was settled in the courts but was not settled monetarily according to overtime laws, was advanced in a unique fashion that effectively turned the tables on the defendant in the case. As outlined in the St. Petersburg Times (Aug 7) , when the plaintiff was unsuccessful in collecting damages from his forme... - Daughter-in-law of Congressman Killed in Missouri Car Accident
Aug-7-10 Columbia, MO The 27-year-old daughter-in-law of a Missouri congressman recently died in a Missouri car crash . Amy Berhorst Luetkemeyer, the daughter-in-law of Representative Blaine Luetkemeyer (R - MO), was killed while driving on Missouri 133, two miles south of Meta, Missouri, reports the Columbia Missourian. According to the Missouri Highway Pat... - Paxil Manufacturer Expects Legal Charge of $2.4 Billion
Jul-16-10 Washington, DC GlaxoSmithKline, maker of Avandia and Paxil , announced it expects legal charges of approximately $2.4 billion for the second quarter of 2010. According to reports, included in the $2.4 billion legal bill are charges related to the company's former factory in Puerto Rico and antitrust and product liability lawsuits concerning Paxil. ... - Regional Banks Investigated for Overdraft Fees
Aug-6-10 Washington, DC When it comes to charging excessive overdraft fees , not just the big banks are under fire. Law firms are investigating some smaller, regional banks for allegedly charging excessive bank overdraft fees. Although many people believe the big banks are making massive profits off bank overdraft fees, attorneys allege smaller banks also made... - Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Against BP And Toyota in Flash Fire
Aug-6-10 Harrisburg, PA: A wrongful death lawsuit contends dangerous conditions and severe safety violations are responsible for catastrophic burn injury and death. Early on March 5, 2010, a young college student on his way to work stopped to gas up his Toyota Yaris at a BP station in the town of Battle Creek. Seconds later, 19-year-old David Byers was eng... - "My Mother Joined Fosamax Femur Fracture Lawsuit"
Aug-6-10 Prior Lake, MN "My mum will be part of a Fosamax multidistrict litigation (MDL) and our attorney is currently gathering her medical records," says Terri. " He told us that the first lawsuits for Fosamax dead jaw took a few years but they set the groundwork so these Fosamax femur fracture suits won't take so long. My mum wants to get the word out about... - ERISA Plan Violations Don't Always Generate Massive Headlines
Aug-6-10 Boston, MA The potential for wrongdoing inside an ERISA plan , where workers take part in an employee savings plan, does not always culminate in massive headlines and millions of dollars. Sometimes it is the conduct of a smaller employer, who may own the company and also serves as the ERISA benefits fiduciary, taking liberties to try to get through the... - Micardis Tagged by FDA for Suspicion of Slight Cancer Risk
Aug-6-10 nation's drug supply, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has taken the findings of a study recently published in The Lancet and has decided to review angiotensin receptor blockers (ARB) in view of a suspicion for an elevated cancer risk. Among the drugs the FDA has identified for closer scrutiny is Micardis , a blood pressure medication that is be...