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Sort by date 16,482 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Untold Story of Opioid Epidemic: Attorney Explains Kickbacks and Billing Fraud
Nov-27-17 Washington, DC It’s not the users. It’s the doctors. In a November 22 interview with lawyersandsettlements.com, attorney Jason Brown told a strange two-track story where healthcare whistleblower lawsuits meet the opioid epidemic. It’s not pretty. He believes that 2018-2019 will bring a proliferation of whistleblower lawsuits that... - “Physicians tell us they are working on how best to remove Essure,” says member of Essure Support Group
Dec-5-17 Moline, IL: To give some idea of the damage Essure has done, Amanda’s support group—Essure Problems-- has grown from 250 women when she joined to over 35,000 members. “We have physicians visit our Facebook page, telling us they once implanted the device and are now trying to perfect their removal technique,” she says. “... - Uber Hit with Proposed Class Action in California
Dec-7-17 Los Angeles, CA: A California labor lawsuit brought by a Uber driver likens a pricing model observed by Uber to stiffing drivers of proper wages as required under California labor law. For its part, co-defendant Uber Technologies Inc. disagrees with plaintiff Sophano Van’s allegations and is trying to have the lawsuit tossed. As outlined in L... - When Deceased Donations to Alleged Medical Science Become Trafficking in Body Parts
Chicago, IL: Illegal trafficking of body parts may be closer to home than many people want to believe. A mother in Chicago, who lost her 23-year old son to spindle cell sarcoma and subsequently donated his body to science, as he had instructed her, found out that several medical businesses had harvested and mishandled her son’s remains, possibly fo... - LTD Denial: Understanding "Own Occupation" vs "Any Occupation"
Dec-6-17 Washington, DC: It is said that an educated consumer is the best customer. Were it to be true, then the wary and aware long-term disability policyholder facing long-term denied disability might have seen it coming – and might even have been in a position to prevent the denial from happening in the first place. At the very least, knowing you&rsquo... - $60M Deal Reached in Victoza Fraud Cases
Washington, DC: A $60 million deal has been agreed between Novo Nordisk Inc., and federal agencies who alleged the pharmaceutical company engaged in misleading marketing practices concerning its best selling Type 2 diabetes drug Victoza. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) charged that the company misled physicians and insurers about the associated... - Asbestos Mesothelioma Victim Was a Sitting Judge in Texas
Nov-29-17 Houston, TX: An asbestos mesothelioma lawsuit that hits close to home for those in the legal profession appeared, earlier this month to be in limbo and caught between a workers’ compensation claim, and whether or not the subject of the asbestos lawsuit was indeed, an employee and thus qualified for worker’s compensation . The asbestos... - The Odds Are Stacking Up Against Burn Pit Victims
Nov-26-17 Washington, DC: The dismissal of burn pit exposure class action lawsuits against a military contractor at the state level – and the forthcoming appeal – will provide little solace to veterans sickened by the fumes and chemicals originating from military burn pits . This is especially true when one considers the thrust of an amicus curiae... - More Stockert 3T Heater-Cooler Lawsuits after Slow-Developing Infections
Nov-26-17 St. Paul, MN: Seventeen months after open-heart surgery where a Stockert 3T heater-cooler system device was used, a man died from M. chimaera and doctors associated the deadly infection with the heater-cooler unit. His wife is one of several people who, in the past few months is seeking legal action against the manufacturer. Plaintiff Danna Brack... - Takata Given Room to Breathe Over Defective Airbags for Now
Nov-28-17 Wilmington, DE: A vilified auto parts manufacturer at the center of the largest automotive recall in US history over defective airbags has been granted a bit of breathing room by the courts with regard to its bankruptcy proceedings. When combined with some temporary concessions granted by its client automakers, Takata Corp. will be in a better position... - Toddler Loses Leg and all her Fingers in Pressure Cooker Explosion
Nov-22-17 Miami, FL Two-year old Samantha Gonzalez was grievously burned in 2015, when her grandmother’s Tristar “As Seen on TV” pressure cooker malfunctioned. The damage will last as long as Samantha lives. Exploding pressure cooker injuries have been the source of many lawsuits. But this is not the kind of case that leads to a tidy l... - ¿Con qué tanta frecuencia los trabajadores en California deben tener días de descanso?
Nov-29-17 Los Ángeles, California: Las leyes de trabajo del estado de California protegen el derecho de los trabajadores a un día de descanso. La regla básica, claramente descrita en distintos párrafos del código de trabajo del estado de California, dicta que es un día a la semana. Específicamente, las leyes de... - Respected Consumer Advocate Public Citizen wants Benicar Banned
Nov-18-17 Santa Cruz, CA: Prospective plaintiffs who did not make it into the $300 million Benicar settlement and concerned about the capacity for filing a Benicar lawsuit going forward will be cheered by the latest petition to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen. On November 15 the respected organizatio... - Invokana Lawsuits Consolidated into MDL in New Jersey
Nov-20-17 Trenton, NJ: The FDA warns of fracture risk with Invokana and Invokamet and more recently of a higher risk for foot and leg amputation. The lawsuit chickens have now come home to roost. As of November 7, 2017, 943 Invokana lawsuits had been filed in the US District Court for the District of New Jersey. These have now been consolidated into Invok... - Study Suggests IVC Filter Use is on the Decline, But Problems Remain
Nov-25-17 St. Louis, MO: Does a win by Cook Medical in a recent bellwether IVC filter lawsuit , together with the release of a study suggesting that IVC filter use is beginning to trend downwards after thirty years of growth, point to the beginning of a sea change for the inferior vena cava filter industry, and IVC filter patients? Earlier this month MedPage... - Risperdal Defense Verdict Overturned Due to “Erroneous Evidentiary Rulings”
Nov-27-17 Philadelphia, PA: There are further details available as to the reversal, earlier this month of a Risperidal side effects defense verdict originally delivered in a Risperdal case from 2015. The finding for the defense also served to deny the plaintiff of any chance for a new trial. Thanks to the findings of a judiciary panel of the Superior Court of Pe... - Opioid Epidemic Spawns Investor Lawsuits
Santa Cruz, CA: In the wake of the growing national opioid crisis, investors that hold shares in pharmaceutical companies, such as Purdue Pharma and Abbott Laboratories, are filing lawsuits alleging the drug makers misled them about the safety and efficacy of opioids. Big pharmaceutical companies are being sued for allegations of deceptive marketi... - Origen Catheters Recalled Following Reports of Adverse Events
Washington, DC: OriGen Biomedical in conjunction with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is recalling two lots of VV28F Reinforced Dual Lumen ECMO Catheters N18487 and N18487-1 following reports of adverse events associated with the devices. OriGen Biomedical is aware of two product failures and has received a complaint associated with e... - Stryker Defective Hip Implant Lawsuit Plaintiff Survey Deemed ‘Intrusive’
Nov-26-17 Boston, MA: With the date for the first bellwether hip replacement implant failure trial involving failed Stryker femoral heads now established for September, 2019 attention has shifted to a compelling questionnaire the Howmedica defense team has issued to plaintiffs as part of the deposition process. A co-leader of the plaintiff executive committee... - Endo Facing Class Action over Opioid Marketing
Philadelphia, PA: A deceptive marketing class action lawsuit has been filed by the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers Health and Welfare Fund (PFTHWF) against Endo International PLC for allegedly fraudulently marketing its opioid painkiller as being safe and effective treatment for chronic pain. According to the proposed lawsuit, Endo, which mak...