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In August 2004, 8-year-old Jerry Trujillo was sent to the school counselor's office after he hit another child with a basketball. Jerry then allegedly went out of control and refused to return to class. The police were summoned; they handcuffed the third grader and took him to the city jail where he was dressed in an orange jumpsuit and placed in a hold... - EchoStar Communications Corp. Patent Infringement Settlement
TiVo Inc. filed a patent infringement lawsuit against the parent of the Dish satellite television provider. TiVo claimed EchoStar used its technology without license for the satellite company's own digital video recorders. A jury in the U.S. District Court in Marshall found that EchoStar had willfully infringed TiVo's patent to pause and rewind live telev... - First Years Baby Teething Ring
--> The First Years Inc. recalls half-million baby teethers in U.S. and Canada. These soft, liquid-filled baby teething rings are a potential risk to babies who may puncture the toy and ingest bacteria-contaminated liquid. The liquid may contain dangerous bacteria compounds, pseudomonas aeruginosa and pseudomonas putida. Pseudomonas aeruginosa... - Tyco International Ltd. Accounting Fraud Settlement
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed an accounting fraud lawsuit against the electronics company for allegedly inflating results by more than $1 billion. The suit claimed Tyco engaged in improper accounting practices during the tenure of former Chief Executive Officer Dennis Kozlowski from 1996 through 2002. Tyco International Ltd. will pay $50 mi... - Accor North America Inc. Motel 6 Child Personal Injury Settlement
Accor North America Inc. has reached an undisclosed monetary settlement with Hitendra and Falguni Bhakta, the parents of a child who is alleged to have found and swallowed a used condom at the Motel 6 in Casper, Wyoming on May 26, 2003. It appears that the child, who was only two years of age at the time of the incident, was found choking on a used cond... - Add Triaminic Vapor Patch To List Of Dangerous Patches
Jun-25-06 On June 19, 2006, Novartis Consumer Health issued a recall for the cough-suppressing Triaminic Vapor Patches in the US, about three weeks after Health Canada issued a warning after a Canadian child who chewed on a patch suffered a seizure. There have been eight adverse events with the patch, all involving ingestion, Navartis spokesperson, Julie Masow, tol... - Drug Companies Still Peddling Risperdal and Zyprexa For Off-Label Use
Jun-17-06 According to Kelly O'Meara, author of the newly released book, Psyched Out, America has a drug problem. "It's not as covert as those illicit and illegal "Just Say No" drugs," she says, "but, rather, Americans have become drug users by way of being diagnosed as suffering from one or a number of alleged mental disorders." "Sharing one's feelings with a doc... - Big Pharma Research Racket Is Killing People
Jun-23-06 Over the past six years, ten FDA approved drugs have been withdrawn from the market due to deaths and injuries, leading lawmakers to accuse the FDA of not doing its job in protecting the public from unsafe drugs and to call for measures of improvement. On June 20, 2006, the New York Times reported that "two influential senators are expected within weeks t... - Tucson Unified School District Student Personal Injury Settlement
In February 2004, high school basketball star Joe Kay scored a two handed slam dunk in the final minutes of the game. Fans surrounded him in celebration, but in doing so, trampled him and tore his carotid artery. Kay suffered a stroke that left him paralyzed on one side of his body. The Kay family filed a personal injury lawsuit against the Tucson Unified... - Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Medical Malpractice Cerebral Palsy Settlement
On July 4, 1999 Ms. Skokie was 38 weeks pregnant when she went to the hospital emergency room with complaints of unexplained bleeding and abdominal pain. The mother was released the next day as readings on the electronic fetal monitor were within normal limits. On July 13, she returned to Evanston Hospital with complaints of bleeding. After natural labor... - Amega Sales Inc. Mobile Home Financing Fraud Settlement
A lawsuit was filed against the mobile home distributor and manufacturer alleging it improperly kept customers' down payments, misrepresented customers' ability to obtain financing and made false promises about its mobile homes and services. After the Better Business Bureau in St. Louis processed 34 Amega complaints in the past 36 months, the Missouri Att... - Enteryx Recall, Enteryx Acid Reflux Therapy, possible
Enteryx, an Acid Reflux Treatment, recalled by Boston Scientific Corp. after several patient injuries. Enteryx is a synthetic, chain-like structure injected into the patient's esophagus to block stomach acid from flowing upward. Several patient injuries resulted during the procedural process when doctors accidentally punctured the wall of the esophagus... - Qwest Communications Employee Racial Discrimination Settlement
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit against the telecommunications company on behalf of Hispanic employees in Portland. The lawsuit claimed Qwest denied promotions to Hispanic employees into management positions between 1998 and 2001. The company denied the allegations, but agreed to a $400,000 racial discrimination settlement. (Ap... - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Student Suicide Settlement
The parents of a young college student filed a $27 million lawsuit against Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) over the apparent suicide of their 19 year old daughter, Elizabeth Shin, have settled the case for an undisclosed amount. Shin died in a fire in her dormitory room in 2000, after making a series of suicidal threats. Toxicology resul... - Gary Dowell and Terry Favilla Insider Trading Settlement
The Securities and Exchange Commission was successful in an insider trading suit against Terry F. Favilla, a former bank vice president and friend Garry R. Dowell. It is alleged that Favilla tipped off Dowell on a possible merger which collectively earned them over $110 thousand is stock profit. The court has ordered the pair to pay over $225 thousand tow... - Merck & Co. Vioxx Heart Attack Settlement
John McDarby used Vioxx for five years until 2004, when he suffered a heart attack. The 77-year-old man filed a lawsuit against the drug manufacturer for allegedly misleading the U.S. Food and Drug Administration about the painkiller's heart risks. A jury ordered Merck & Co. to pay $9 million in punitive damages. A New Jersey Superior Court jury also found M... - Dr. James Smith Gall Bladder Surgery Wrongful Death Settlement
Michael Woodie coached girls' basketball at Stevenson School in Pebble Beach and the West Valley Boys and Girls Basketball Travel Club. On May 24, 2003, 41-year-old Woodie went into Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital for gall bladder surgery. Dr. James Smith performed the surgery, but Woodie bled to death 10 hours later. His family filed a wrongful death... - San Jose City Santa Clara County Land Dispute Settlement
Santa Clara County and San Jose city were in a legal feud over a 7,000 seat concert hall project at the county fairgrounds and development in North San Jose. San Jose originally sued Santa Clara to block the county's fairgrounds theater project. San Jose agreed to pay a $36.5 million settlement to Clara County who will use the money for a new state-of-the... - Merck & Co. Vioxx Settlement
Texas widow, Carol Ernst, was awarded $253.4 million in damages for the death of her husband. He died of an arrhythmia while taking the painkiller Vioxx which was withdrawn from shelves in September 2004. (Aug-19-05) In the News Jury Awards Widow $253.4 million in Vioxx Trial [ BUSINESS WEEK ] Merck Loses First Vioxx Trial [ FORBES ] Mor... - City Streets and Jake Aaron Strickland Drunk Driving Wrongful Death Settlement
After a Christmas Party in 2003, Julie Jones and her husband Brent Jones were headed home when they got into a head on collision. Jake Aaron Strickland had been drinking that night at City Streets bar and drove 70 mph the wrong way down a one-way street when he struck Jones' Chevrolet Tahoe. Brent Jones was killed in the accident. Julie and their twin c...