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Sort by date 16,481 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Nashville Faces Potential Employment Discrimination Class Action
Sep-16-09 Nashville, TN Nashville Electric Service and the Nashville municipal government are facing a potential class action employment lawsuit over allegations that they engaged in racial discrimination against African Americans related to job promotion and hiring, and forced them to work in a racially hostile environment. To date, 20 African American emp... - Yet More Levaquin Lawsuits
Sep-16-09 Madison, Ill Three lawsuits were filed this week against Johnson & Johnson, Ortho-McNeil, Pharmaceutical, Johnson and Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development and Walgreens, by 15 people who allege they suffered severe tendon problems as a result of using the antibiotic Levaquin . Levaquin is a member of the fluoroquinolone class of antib... - Drager Stabilet Infant Warmer Lawsuit News and Legal Information
Drager Medical Inc., has initiated a voluntary recall of Stabilet Infant Warmer models 200, 300, 1250, 1500, 200/3000, 2000, 2200/3200, 3000, and 3200. This action is in response to an event that took place in a neonatal unit of a hospital in Minnesota in 2008. ECRI conducted an investigation of the event and concluded that the likely cause was the St... - Cilantro Recalled due to Possible Salmonella Contamination
Sweet Superior Fruit LTD. Co., of McAllen, Texas, is recalling 104 crates of fresh cilantro (coriander) because the product has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected... - MRI Health Risks: "I think Gadolinium Killed my Brother"
Sep-15-09 Richmond, VA "My brother had several MRI's with gadolinium and I believe it caused his death; he passed away on Sept 10, 2007," says Brian. "On his death certificate there is a check mark next to both natural death and accidental death, and from what I understand, gadolinium was recognized as harmful [MRI health risk] and causing NSF/NFD in 2007, the... - Group Home Violated California Labor Law, Over and Over…
Sep-15-09 San Jose, CA Kathy quit her job because she wasn't paid overtime. Her employer's excuse was that "they switched payroll companies in the middle of a payroll cycle and they told us because of this switch we wouldn't be paid for overtime we already worked," she says. "The new payroll company had the policy not to pay overtime." But that is not California... - Alli-oops: FDA vs. GSK on Orlistat Liver Damage
Sep-15-09 Washington, DC Just a few weeks after the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revealed its safety review of diet drug Alli due to reports of orlistat side effects and orlistat liver damage, alli manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has launched a defense of its weight loss drug. Accompanied by a video presentation featuring Dr. Vidhu Bansal-Dev, id... - "Get Avelox Off the Market," says Patient with Ruptured Tendon
Sep-9-09 Salt Lake City, UT: " There is one good thing about Avelox ," says Carl with a chuckle. "It got rid of my bronchitis but it almost got rid of me. Now I have one foot on a banana peel and the other on Avelox." Joking aside, Carl also says his ruptured tendon problems keep recurring and even his doctor blames it on Avelox. Carl has the entire inciden... - Innocent Patients Shouldering the Burden of Misguided Pain Pump Use
Sep-14-09 Chandler, AZ A medical device that was supposed to alleviate pain has been shown to aggravate and even cause grievous shoulder injury, according to various reports as well as those who have suffered from the fallout of shoulder pain pump use. Shoulder repair surgery is painful. And yet shoulder injury stemming from the incorrect use of such pain pumps... - Woman's Weakness in Legs Due to Denture Cream Zinc Poisoning
Sep-14-09 New York, NY Her case is compelling, although no one knew at the time that denture adhesive zinc poisoning lay at the heart of her troubles. The brand, our 64-year-old subject had been using, wasn't identified: it might have been Fixodent denture adhesive, or it might have been any number of other brands. The fact remains, however that a woman look... - Foodborne Illness: Recalls? What Recalls?
Sep-8-09 Merced, CA Simon went out to dinner with his wife and friends. He ordered a Caesar salad and just a few hours later he was in the bathroom vomiting and suffering from severe diarrhea. He had never experienced food poisoning so it didn't occur to Simon that he should go to hospital. He also hadn't heard of the romaine lettuce recall announce... - SSRI Birth Defect Risk Not Easy to Weigh
Sep-13-09 Washington, DC The issue of pregnancy and antidepressants continues to be an oft-debated area of natal care that pits those concerned with SSRI birth defects and the related SSRI birth defect risk, with those worried about the mental health of the pregnant woman. An SSRI drug (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor) is often thought of as a lifesaver f... - Ground Zero Worker Received SSDI Benefits Three Years After 9/11
Sep-13-09 New York, NY The 8th anniversary of the September 11th tragedy in New York City served as a reminder that social security disability issues remain for hundreds, if not thousands of Americans continuing to be affected by 9/11 years after the fact. SSDI benefits are hard to come by at the best of times, often only with the aid of an SSDI attorney. Mu... - Evenflo Recalls Telephone Toys Due to Choking Hazard
About 25,000 Evenflo Switch-A-Roo Telephone Toys are being recalled by Evenflo, because a mirror decal attached to the toy can peel away, posing a potential choking hazard. The recall involves Evenflo Switch-A-Roo telephone toys made between October 2008 and June 2009. The model number is 6391911. The toys were sold at juvenile product stores nati... - Michigan Settles Female Prisoner Sexual Abuse Lawsuit for $100 Million
Five hundred female prisoners who filed a class action suit against the state of Michigan, alleging sexual assault by prison guards, have won their case. A $100 million settlement was reached Wednesday, July 15, with the state, ending the 13-year-long legal battle. Toni Bunton, one of the women who filed a complaint alleging that she was repeatedly rap... - Nationwide Recall of Weight Loss Pills
Young You Corporation has been informed by the FDA that 4 weight loss dietary supplements sold and marketed by the firm contain an undeclared drug ingredient. The FDA lab analyses of dietary supplements distributed by the company were found to contain undeclared Sibutramine, an FDA-approved drug used as an appetite suppressant for weight loss. The FDA... - Propofol Injectable Emulsion 10 mg/mL 100 mL vials Recalled
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA is initiating a recall of Propofol Injectable Emulsion 10 mg/mL 100 mL vials, lot numbers 31305429B and 31305430B. The product lots identified are being recalled due to the presence of elevated endotoxin levels in some vials within these lot numbers. Teva has been notified of 41 propofol-treated patients who experienced post-ope... - Early Communication about Safety Review of Omalizumab (marketed as Xolair)
The FDA is evaluating interim safety findings from an ongoing study of Xolair (omalizumab) that suggests an increased number of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular adverse events in a group of patients using Xolair compared to a group of patients not given the drug (control group). Xolair is approved for use by adults and adolescents (12 years of age and... - Car Accidents: Life Sentence for Impaired Driver
Sep-12-09 Montreal, QC A precedent was set in Canada two days ago when a Quebec Court Judge sentenced a drunk driver to life for a car accident that killed a woman. Robert Walsh's blood-alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit when he struck and killed Anne Khudaverdian who was out with her dog in her wheelchair—on her 47th birthday. Judge Mi... - Antitrust Laws, and 3.79 Million Reasons to Cry Foul
Sep-12-09 Schaumberg, IL A massive antitrust act case that may see payouts to 3.79 million class members was upheld this past Tuesday, assuring that antitrust laws have been brought to bear and antitrust policy is actively defended in this country. It was in 2006 that settlements were reached in class action cases over allegations that Zurich Financial Servi...