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Sort by date 16,481 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- More Heparin Lawsuits Filed
Jul-3-08 Boca Raton, FL News about contaminated heparin continues to be released as more people come forward to report their experiences. Heparin-related illness affects people from many walks of life, young and old, and is not isolated to people who received Baxter-made heparin injections. According to West Palm Beach News, a Florida family filed a lawsuit... - Interview with Attorney Alan Crone on Overtime
Jul-8-08 Memphis, TN Attorney Alan Crone is senior partner of the Memphis-based Crone & Mason PL. This is a law firm that prizes teamwork to tackle complex relationship cases, whether they surface in business to business, family and/or employment law. In this interview, Crone helps navigate the intricacies of overtime law. Crone has no trouble finding clients... - Hedge Fund Collapse
Jul-1-08 Memphis, TN More and more investors are losing money as their hedge fund investments collapse. Some have lost hundreds of thousands of dollars after they made investments based on misleading information from hedge fund managers and other financial advisors. Investors are now filing lawsuits, alleging they lost a lot of money because of unethical financia... - Productos "Icy Hot" Relacionados con las Quemaduras
Chattem, Inc, el fabricante de productos Icy Hot Heat Therapy, ha anunciado un retiro nacional de su "terapia de calor", debido a reportajes de que los productos han causado irritación de la piel y quemaduras. Hasta la fecha, más de 200 personas han reportado sufrimiento de quemaduras de primer, segundo y tercer grado y otras irritaciones de l... - "Stay Away from Chantix"
Jun-28-08 Tempe, AZ Cindy B. had been smoking for 25 years when she decided it was time to quit. Unfortunately, she was given Chantix and suffered serious side effects. However, it was not until she read an article about Chantix that she realized her side effects were related to the smoking-cessation drug. Among Cindy's side effects were depression, sleeplessne... - A Litany of Truck Accidents
Jul-1-08 San Leandro, CA In another example of how deadly truck accidents can be, an accident on Interstate 880 resulted in a five-car collision and two deaths. The accident began when a big rig lost control and plowed into a median, colliding with two other vehicles. The two deaths are believed to be the driver of the rig and the driver of one of the vehicles he... - ATV Rollovers: Summer Fun Takes a Tragic Turn
Jun-30-08 San Antonio, TX Most people think of summer as a great time to spend outdoors, enjoying life. For many people, that outdoor time involves riding their ATV. Unfortunately, every year people are killed when their ATV is involved in a rollover accident. Those that survive their accident are often left with serious, permanent injuries. People who have been... - Tomato Salmonella: BLT's or just BL Sandwiches?
Jun-29-08 Washington, DC Food scares are almost becoming commonplace. Last year it was spinach and seafood, peanut butter and pet food. The recent tomato salmonella outbreak may have more cause for concern because more than two months after the first reported case, the source of the outbreak has not yet been found. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has repo... - Defective Products Cause Harm
Jun-3-08 Toledo, OH When consumers purchase products, they believe those products have already passed all the necessary safety tests and have proven not to be defective. Unfortunately, a quick glance at the news gives the appearance that there are more and more defective products on the market. While some are fairly harmless, others can cause serious injury and e... - Workers Denied Overtime Pay
Jun-26-08 Athens, AL The sad truth is that there are many hard workers out there whose employers are not properly giving them overtime pay. Some of these workers are putting in up to 70 hours a week without proper compensation for their hours worked, which is not only unfair--it is also illegal. More and more lawsuits are being filed to protect workers' rights and... - Morgan Keegan Faces Additional Lawsuits
Jun-19-08 Birmingham, AL Morgan Keegan, which already faces lawsuits related to its select funds, now faces additional lawsuits regarding the company's handling of some of its funds, alleging the company misrepresented facts regarding those funds causing investors to lose a lot of money. Furthermore, Morgan Keegan faces a lawsuit alleging it mishandled county funds... - Heparin Devices: More News of Heparin Deaths
Jun-25-08 Rockville, MD If you thought that you were safe from Heparin just because you did not receive a Heparin injection, you could be in for a rude awakening. Heparin is used to coat some medical devices and that coating has now been linked to almost 100 adverse reactions, including 11 deaths. Patients who have been exposed to Heparin-coated devices are now in... - Facebook allegedly distributes Blockbuster movie rental info without your consent
We are investigating a potential case involving Facebook and Blockbuster, Inc. We are very interested to speak with people who (a) had/have a Facebook account; (b) had/have used Blockbuster Online to rent movies; and (c) had their movie rental information published in a Facebook "news feed" to their friends on Facebook. Example: If you rented Disney'... - Paxil Birth Defects
Jun-20-08 Washington, DC Following the recent news that GlaxoSmithKline may have purposely misrepresented information about the suicide risk for Paxil, patients who took the antidepressant are wondering what else the company may have kept hidden from regulators. Women who took Paxil while pregnant and delivered babies with birth defects are likely not surprised... - COUP CONTRE COUP (The Neglected Brain Injury)
Jun-18-08 Closed head injury is an extremely frequent occurrence in personal injury cases. According to the CDC, in the United States approximately 1.4 million individuals suffer from this type of trauma each year. By far, the predominant cause of traumatic brain injury is accidents involving motor vehicles and falls. Symptoms from closed head injury often cause... - New Labeling Considered for ReNu with MoistureLoc
Jun-11-08 Washington, DC The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has met with an advisory panel to discuss stricter standards for contact lens solutions such as ReNu with MoistureLoc. The panel, which involves a number of outside advisers to the FDA who are experts in ophthalmology, was convened after two massive contact lens solution recalls. Meanwhile, patient... - FDA Looks to Stricter Rules for AMO Solution
Jun-11-08 Washington, DC The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering stricter testing standards for contact lens solutions such as AMO Complete MoisturePlus. The organization's move is in response to recalls of two lens solutions after they were linked to hundreds of serious eye infections. Meanwhile, people whose eyes were severely affected by the in... - Kadant Composites Inc. Announces Recall of GeoDeck⢠Decking and Railing Materials used in 11,000 Decks
In August 2005, approximately 11,000 GeoDeck™ composite deck boards and railings were recalled after Kadant Composites Inc. (the manufacturer) reported more than 370 complaints of accelerated aging of the building materials. GeoDeck™ composite deck boards and railings that were manufactured between April 2002 and October 2003 were made... - Couple Awarded $1.3 Million in Stockbroker Arbitration Claim
Jun-10-08 Dallas, TX Investors may think that a lawsuit is the only way to regain funds lost to an unethical stockbroker, but in actuality stockbroker arbitration can be an attractive alternative to a lawsuit. Some complainants are being awarded substantial amounts in their arbitration cases, without having to go through a lawsuit. In one example, an arbitrati... - SSRIs Linked to Premature Birth
Jun-7-08 Washington, DC A recent study has linked the use of SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) while pregnant to an increased risk of premature births. Meanwhile a different study suggests that SSRIs may not be effective at treating some forms of depression. Women who have used SSRIs while pregnant and had babies with serious health problems are now...