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Jul-20-08 Middlesex County, NJ Most would assert that we have come a long way from those dark days when the Reverend Martin Luther King proclaimed that he had a dream, and few Caucasians were listening. But have we come that long way? Even as Barack Obama makes his run for the White House, employment discrimination and racial bias is alive and well in America. ... - Walmart Howls at California Labor Law Fines
Dec-3-20 San Jose, CA “This case is about Walmart’s practice of routinely violating the California Labor Code .” The first sentence of plaintiff’s’ brief to the Ninth Circuit in Magadia v. Wal-Mart Associates, Inc. neatly sums up the workers’ argument. Walmart, on the other hand, argues that this is all very unfair,... - Jury Awards $1.5 Million in Asbestos Lawsuit
New Orleans, LA: An Orleans Parish Civil District Court jury hearing an asbestos lawsuit has found in favor of the plaintiff, and awarded him a $1.5 million settlement in general damages. Leopold Granier Jr., developed asbestos mesothelioma as a result of his exposure to asbestos, the suit claimed. Granier was exposed to asbestos through his th... - California Office Manager Need Not Arbitrate PAGA Claim
Nov-24-20 Santa Ana, CA On October 26, California's Fourth District appellate court ruled that Enedina Aguirre does not have to arbitrate a claim she made against Prudential Overall Supply under the California Private Attorneys General Act. The California labor lawsuit affirms, once more, that the mandatory arbitration agreements, which many employees must s... - Reports of Property Damage Prompt Recall of GE Air Conditioning and Heating Units
Washington, DC: GE Appliances and Lighting is recalling about 90,600 GE Zoneline Air Conditioners and Heaters because an electrical component in the heating system can fail, posing a fire hazard to consumers. General Electric and Sharp have received four reports of incidents involving smoke and/or fire with the air conditioning and heating units... - Sheldon Bradshaw - Bush Administration Preemption Gang
Mar-4-08 Washington, DC: Sheldon Bradshaw stepped in to replace the pharmaceutical industry's inside guy, Daniel Troy, in the Office of Chief Counsel at the FDA in April 2005, and the Bush Administration's steadfast protection of the industry did not miss a beat. On September 20, 2005, an article by Lily Henning entitled, "Is FDA's New Chief Counsel a Change in... - Google Worker Secrecy Agreements to face California Labor Lawsuit
Oct-19-20 San Francisco, CA On September 21 the California Court of Appeals ruled that Google and Adecco USA, Inc., a staffing company, must face allegations that the confidentiality agreements required of all Google employees violate the California Labor Code . Among other remedies, Doe v. Google seeks penalties under the California Private Attorneys Gene... - Massachusetts Firms Settle Allegations of Improper Asbestos Removal
May-6-16 Oxford, MA: A compelling aspect of any asbestosis lawsuit or issue concerning the health risks of asbestos are the hazards associated with the removal of asbestos. Those hazards affect not only workers tasked with removal of the known carcinogen, but also members of the general public and passersby who may inadvertently be exposed to free-floating asbe... - In Utah Nonpatients Can Sue for Medical Malpractice (Sometimes)
Feb-7-23 Salt Lake City, UT In 2016, the Utah legislature amended existing medical malpractice law to permit people who are not patients to sue a medical practitioner for medical negligence – but only in some circumstances. The amended law appears to codify the Utah Supreme Court’s 2012 decision in B.R. v. West , a particularly gruesome murd... - Lilly Faces Mounting Legal Battles Over Zyprexa - Part I
Nov-8-07 Washington, DC: Since August 2006, as part of an on-going, multistate investigative effort by approximately 30 states, Eli Lilly has received civil investigative demands or subpoenas seeking a broad range of documents relating to the company's marketing and promotion of the antipsychotic drug Zyprexa , and more states are expected to join the effort. ... - Camp Lejeune Water Contamination Lawsuits Rising
Feb-3-23 Camp Lejeune, NC Since the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 came into effect, the floodgates have opened for veterans to file Camp Lejeune contaminated water lawsuits , along with a trail of red tape. About 14,000 claims submitted by veterans, military family members and others injured by contaminants have already been filed since the Act came into eff... - Attorney Subpoenas J&J AstraZeneca and Lilly for Hidden Antipsychotic Data Part II
Sep-10-07 Washington, DC Attorney Jim Gottstein is the director of the Law Project for Psychiatric Rights, a public interest law firm that has mounted a campaign against forced psychiatric drugging all over the country. He represents mostly indigent clients through his non-profit organization and is not involved in the lawsuits filed against the atypical makers by p... - Psychotropic Drug Makers Bankroll Prescribing Shrinks Part II
Sep-2-07 Washington, DC: Influence peddling in the field of psychiatry is out of control. An analysis of Minnesota disclosure records by the Pioneer Press and the consumer watchdog group Public Citizen shows that, between 2002 and 2006, 187 Minnesota doctors received payments from drug companies worth a grand total of $7.38 million. No other field of medicine ev... - It's Time To Sue Doctors Who Prescribe Drugs Off-Label Part II
Aug-17-07 Washington, DC: Experts say the serious side effects associated with the use of the 3-drug cocktail of Seroquel, Depakote and Clonidine prescribed to Rebecca Riley when she was 2 and a half-years-old that resulted in her slow and torturous death two and a-half-years later should be known to all prescribing doctors by now. According to police reports, Re... - More Scrutiny of Stenting for Profit Industry
Aug-13-07 Washington, DC: The stenting for profit industry hit a major snag on March 1, 2007, when the US House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, ordered Johnson & Johnson and Boston Scientific to turn over documents related to their sales and marketing activities for drug-eluting stents. Drug-eluting stents (DES) are mesh tubes used in patients with h... - Class Action Settlement Monies to Feed Hungry Kids
Reno, NV: The $25 million settlement of a nationwide class action brought against vitamin companies that allegedly cheated customers through illegal price fixing, will be used to help fund food banks and feed hungy elementary school children in Nevada, according to state officials. Nevada was one of 22 states to join a suit filed in November 2009... - Nursing Home Abuse And Personal Injury
You may have gone to great lengths and expense to find the right elder care facility or nursing home for a member of your family or someone you know. It is a traumatic and difficult decision to place someone in a nursing home and you can only hope that they will receive the best possible care. Unfortunately, nursing home abuse is more prevalent than... - Veterans Affairs Medical Malpractice: VA System at Breaking Point
Jun-14-07 Washington, DC In addition to facing claims of Veteran medical malpractice , the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) now faces criticism that veterans are waiting too long for appointments, not being put on waiting lists when they should be, and waiting too long to be accepted to the VA system. According to an article in McClatchy Newspapers , the VA... - Allergan Pleads Guilty to Off-Label Promotion of Botox, Will Pay $600M
Washington, DC: American pharmaceutical manufacturer Allergan Inc. has agreed to plead guilty and pay $600 million to resolve its criminal and civil liability arising from the company's unlawful promotion of its biological product, Botox Therapeutic, for uses not approved as safe and effective by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Justice Dep... - Connecticut Sues Best Buy Over Website Scam
Jun-8-07 Hartford, CT The attorney general of Connecticut has filed a lawsuit against Best Buy Co. , Inc. alleging the company pulled a bait-and-switch and overcharged customers, using a website scam to do so. The lawsuit claims that the company managed to deceive consumers by running an internal Web site that looked identical to a public Web site. The interna...