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Sort by date 16,481 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Court of Appeals Dismisses Nurse's Claim Against Unum Insurance
Mar-2-10 Atlanta, GA The Eleventh Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals has sided with Unum Insurance in a case against a retired nurse who was attempting to appeal an earlier decision that blocked her long-term disability benefits. Naomi Knight received Unum disability insurance while employed as a nurse by Infirmary Health Systems. In October 2001... - Celebrity Health Guru Could Face Three Food Supplement Lawsuits
Mar-2-10 Los Angeles, CA Fitness trainer and star of the television program "The Biggest Loser", Jillian Michaels, could be facing as many as three food supplement lawsuits over her signature line of weight reduction pills. A woman named Christie Christensen has filed a class action suit claiming that Michael's Maximum Strength Calorie Control dietary supple... - Internal Documents Show Toyota Allegedly Cut Deal with NHTSA
Feb-24-10 Washington, DC While the Vancouver Olympics have temporarily displaced the Toyota recall from the high headlines over the better part of a week, the issue is bound to return when Akio Toyoda, the Japanese CEO of Toyota and the grandson of the company's founder, appears on Wednesday before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The Hous... - Cribs Recalled Due to Infant Deaths
Mar-1-10 Washington, DC In a recent defective product case, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced a recall of all Generation 2 Worldwide and "ChildESIGNS" drop side cribs due to a defect in the product hardware. The problem occurs when the crib's plastic hardware breaks, causing the drop side to detach from a corner of the crib and crea... - FDA Re-evaluates Medical Device Safety Approval Process
Mar-1-10 Gaithersburg, MD The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is rethinking its process for evaluating medical device safety with a series of public meetings meant to weigh the pros and cons of its controversial fast-track approval process. Since 1976, the FDA's 510(k) clearance process has allowed manufacturers to rush medical devices to market, provi... - Feds May Have Known of Toyota Accelerator Pedal Problems in 2004
Feb-28-10 Washington, DC An American insurance company is reporting that many of its field agents have been contacting safety regulators since 2004 about problems stemming from Toyota accelerator pedals . According to a new set of documents subpoenaed by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Committee, the National Highway Traffic Safety Admin... - OSP Manufacturer Salix Sued, Alleged Kidney Damage from OsmoPrep
Feb-27-10 Morrisville, NC The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently weighed in on oral sodium phosphates (OSP) and acute phosphate nephropathy after receiving more than 20 reports of kidney damage linked to the use of oral sodium phosphates. In response, the manufacturer of Fleet Phospho-soda and Fleet Phospho-soda EZ-Pre-Bowel Cleansing System volu... - Taking Reglan for Your Migraine Could Give You a Bigger Headache
Feb-27-10 Washington, DC Originally approved to treat Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, Reglan it is often used off-label to treat severe headaches and migraines. While Reglan (metoclopramide) has proven effective to lessen the symptoms of headaches, patients need to be aware of Reglan side effects—not the least of which is tardive dyskinesia . There is n... - NovaGold Settles Securities Class Action Lawsuits for $28 Million
Feb-27-10 New Years, NY Toronto-based mining company NovaGold has announced that it will settle its outstanding securities class action lawsuits in both Canada and the US for a total of $28 million. Charges against the company were filed in December 2008 in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York and in October 2009 in Ontario, alleging gr... - Oklahoma Company Charged with Violating Overtime Laws
Feb-27-10 Tulsa, OK The US Department of Labor (DOL) has filed a lawsuit in federal court against a waste management firm in Tulsa, Oaklahoma, alleging that the company failed to provide adequate overtime pay for employees over the past several months. A DOL investigation found that Controlled Waste (CW) had committed numerous violations of the Fair Labor Sta... - Paxil Suicide Lawsuit Can Go Ahead
Feb-26-10 Washington, DC The Seventh Circuit Court ruled this week that a lawsuit brought against GlaxoSmthKline (GSK), the makers of the antidepressant Paxil, can go ahead. The lawsuit alleges that Paxil may have induced Tricia Mason to commit suicide. The 23-year-old killed herself just two days after taking the antidepressant. According to the National Law... - Abercrombie & Fitch Face Complaints of Religious Discrimination
Feb-26-10 Washington, DC The Council on American-Islamic Relations has filed a complaint against clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch for firing a Muslim employee who refused to remove her hijab, a head scarf which has varying religious connotations in the Muslim faith. This is not the first employment discrimination complaint that has been filed with the US... - Pfizer Updates Ads for Chantix
Feb-26-10 Washington, DC When health officials expressed concern over Chantix side effects in 2008, Chantix manufacturer Pfizer started airing new television ads that feature more than a full minute of safety warnings. Previously, the ads contained about 14 seconds of safety content, according to Bloomberg News. Pfizer is not alone—all drug manufacturer... - Yaz and Yasmin Lawsuits Now a Mass Tort
Feb-26-10 Newark, NJ On February 18 it was determined that all Yasmin, Ocella and Yaz birth control lawsuits in New Jersey will be given mass tort status and assigned to one judge. Judge Brian R. Martinotti will oversee all litigation concerning Yasmin birth control in New Jersey state court. The lawsuits all allege that Yasmin, Yaz and Ocella (the generic ve... - A New Twist on the Toyota Gas Pedal Saga
Feb-26-10 St. Paul, MN The recent spate of Toyota safety recalls brings up troubling new questions for those convicted and jailed for crimes related to dangerous or irresponsible driving—what if the car was to blame? Koua Fong Lee, a recent Hmong immigrant, was driving home from church with his father, brother, pregnant wife and their four-year-old daughte... - Delaware Files Suit Against Developer over Consumer Fraud
Feb-26-10 Townsend, DE The Delaware State Justice Department has filed a consumer fraud lawsuit against NVR, a development firm working under the name Ryan Homes, over the marketing of houses in the Odessa National development in Townsend. The builder, which has worked on developments in 10 states, is accused of failing to deliver amenities that it promised t... - Siblings Share Nearly $2 Million of Late Sister's Estate
Feb-26-10 Philadelphia, PA The siblings of a 14-year-old girl with cerebral palsy who starved to death in her mother's apartment have settled their civil lawsuit against the social service agency they held responsible, earning nearly $2 million on behalf of their sister's estate . The MultiEthnic Behavioural Health agency had been contracted by the Philadelphi... - Suffocation Hazard Prompts Recall of Play Yards with Bassinets
Washington, DC: About 213,000 Safety 1st Disney Care Center® Play Yard and Eddie Bauer Complete Care Play Yards are being recalled because the one piece metal bars supporting the floorboard of the bassinet attachment can come out of the fabric sleeves and create an uneven sleeping surface, posing a risk of suffocation or positional asphyxiation. The... - Small Plane Crash Kills Pilot, Injures Student
Feb-25-10 Winter Haven, FL One man died and another was seriously injured in a small plane crash on Highway 92 West in Florida this morning. The plane, a 1974 Beach C23, reportedly lost power at an altitude of about 300 feet, shortly after take off from the Winter Haven Municipal Airport. It then banked to the right and came down, according to media reports... - Supreme Court Ruling May Impact California Overtime Lawsuits
Feb-25-10 Washington, DC On February 23 the Supreme Court ruled that Hertz Corp. should face its California overtime lawsuit in federal court rather than in state court in California. The ruling could have a big impact on future lawsuits regarding California overtime and overtime in other states. The Supreme Court ruling overturned a previous lower court ruli...