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Apr-8-11 Washington, DC Verizon Communications Inc. recently paid more than $93 million to resolve government whistleblower allegations that it overcharged on invoices for telecommunications service contracts, the Wall Street Journal reports. According to the news provider, the Justice Department claimed Verizon subsidiary MCI Communications Services Inc... - Can SSRIs Cause Heart Problems?
Apr-6-11 Miami, FL Amid the discussion about SSRI side effects , such as SSRI birth defects, a new study has opened the possibility of a new, potentially serious SSRI side effect: heart problems in men who take antidepressants. The study, which examined the use of antidepressants in general, suggests that the drugs result in an increased risk of atherosclerosis,... - Star of General Hospital Suffering from Fosamax Side Effects
Apr-4-11 New York, NY Sharon Wyatt, one of the stars on the soap opera General Hospital , is reportedly battling Fosamax side effects including osteonecrosis, or bone death, the New York Daily News reports. According to the news provider, Wyatt, like a number of other patients across the country, believes that her condition stemmed from her use of Fosamax... - Researcher Warns About Risk of Denture Cream Zinc Poisoning
Apr-2-11 Baltimore, MD A report published in the March/April 2011 issue of the journal General Dentistry warns dentists to be careful about exposing patients to denture cream zinc poisoning . The paper comes after warnings about the risk of denture adhesive zinc poisoning when patients use too much product that contains zinc, such as Fixodent denture cream. ... - Canadian Plaintiff Disputes Yasmin Safety with Bayer
Mar-20-11 Toronto, ON Ann Schwoob takes exception to the claims made by Bayer that the Yasmin birth control pill is safe. Her experience has been anything but safe, and the Canadian woman now has to take blood thinners after a fearful brush with Yasmin blood clot. Schwoob, along with her husband and another plaintiff, is suing Bayer and has applied for class-act... - Texas Employer Sued for Lack of Layoff Notice
Mar-15-11 Beaumont, TX An employer in Texas is in hot water for a Texas Labor Law violation pertaining to the failure to provide proper notice for a mass layoff at Conex International, a manufacturing facility located in Jefferson County. According to the February 22 edition of the Southeast Texas Record , about 50 employees were let go at the plant without pro... - And If You Lose, You Keep the Advance, Says Oasis
Mar-15-11 Chicago, IL As a former trial attorney and for the last eight years the executive director of the most active lawsuit funding company in the US, Elizabeth Pekin genuinely believes in what Oasis Legal Finance (OLF) does. "As a trial attorney in Chicago, I used to meet face-to-face with people who were often at the lowest point in their lives," she says. "Al... - Carr Miller Ponzi Scheme: What Should Investors Do?
Mar-9-11 Newark, NJ Investors who learned their money was put in the alleged Carr Miller Capital Ponzi Scheme now face the difficult task of determining what action to take to recover money lost to the alleged Ponzi scheme. Concern about what to do about money lost to securities fraud can take a backseat to concerns about what to do in the immediate future, wit... - FDA Investigates DePuy Hip Replacement Devices
Mar-1-11 Washington, DC Following the DePuy hip replacement recall, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it is investigating concerns about metal-on-metal hip implants. The DePuy hip recall was announced after studies showed a higher than expected failure rate. Part of the problem with the DePuy hip replacement was that debris from the metal-on-m... - VA Medical Malpractice and PTSD
Feb-28-11 Ann Arbor, MI When John, a Gulf War veteran, came home from Iraq, he was suffering from panic attacks and wound up in the psychiatric ward of a Veteran's Administration hospital. But he still has "massive" panic attacks because he didn't get any help from the VA. "Sometimes it takes the slightest trigger and PTSD is hard to keep under control if you aren't... - Bayer Mum on Tendon Rupture in January Release
Feb-26-11 Ottawa, Ontario In January of this year, Bayer Inc. issued a press release touting the virtues of Avelox in treating Streptococcus pneumonia (SP). After treating 128 million patients worldwide, Avelox had been shown a consistent effectiveness against SP, the latter demonstrating a low resistance to moxifloxacin hydrochloride (Avelox). Given the concern... - Investors Lose Millions in Alleged Carr Miller Ponzi Scheme
Feb-24-11 Newark, NJ For people who lost money in the alleged Carr Miller Capital Ponzi Scheme , the issue is not only that they lost money but that they lost a lot of money. Investigators into the Ponzi scheme—a form of securities fraud—say that the money was used in investments the investors did not authorize and used to make personal purchases on b... - Lawsuit against General Electric over MRI Health Risks Settled
Feb-11-11 Cleveland, OH A last-minute settlement was reached recently in a lawsuit against General Electric over the relationship between its drug Omniscan and MRI health risks , the Frederick County Times reports. The terms of the settlement are confidential, according to the lawyers involved in the case. The trial was scheduled to begin recently in US Dist... - New FDA Restrictions Now Reflected on Avandia Label
Feb-8-11 Washington, DC Severe restrictions on Avandia announced in September by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have finally made their way to the Avandia product label. According to a report by The Associated Press (AP) last night, the Avandia label (for US product) reflects the FDA recommendations that the Type 2 Diabetes drug is only intended fo... - Yonkers Stockbroker Tied to Alleged $30 Million Stock Broker Fraud
Feb-6-11 Yonkers, NY There are various schemes that fall into the category of stock broker fraud . One term that is making the rounds of late—and alleged activity that has landed a Yonkers stock broker in hot water—is the so-called pump and dump scheme. To that end, the Journal News of Westchester County, New York, reported on Thursday that Gregg M... - Texas Employment Case: Deployed and Dismissed
Jan-26-11 Lewisville, TX Employment law in any state designed to protect the rights of workers is often augmented by federal statutes that sometimes addresses special situations. And beyond Texas Labor Law and other legal frameworks brought to the fore on behalf of Texas workers is the protected right for a member of the National Guard to expect his job to still... - Lawsuit against Wisconsin Company Stems from Alleged ERISA Benefits Violations
Jan-26-11 Janesville, WI A Department of Labor lawsuit against a Janesville, Wisconsin company is reportedly the result of an investigation into alleged violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ( ERISA ), according to the Janesville Gazette . The department has filed the lawsuit against Premier Vending and its president, accusing the company o... - Premises Liability Does Not Discount Snarling Dogs
Jan-23-11 New York, NY Premises liability can refer to anything from a slippery floor in a restaurant to an errant banana peel on a supermarket floor to a threatening dog tied up outside a storefront adjacent to a public thoroughfare. A dog staked in a private yard is one thing—a passerby suffering a dog bite from an animal tied up in a private yard would b... - Journalist Feels Daughter's Eating Disorder Caused by Effexor Side Effects
Jan-9-11 Dallas, TX Terri Rimmer is a journalist and mother who has been trying to figure out for years what lay at the root of her daughter's eating disorder. She now believes that taking Effexor while she was pregnant with her daughter, now 10, is the culprit. Effexor side effects have been hotly debated with regard to pregnancy and the need for women to rema... - Reform for Illinois Nursing Homes Came Too Late for Some
Jan-7-11 Chicago, IL It was back in July that Illinois Governor Pat Quinn announced the implementation of what was then referred to as historic legislation to reform long-term care in the state. The goal was to improve the care available to residents of nursing homes in Illinois . During a signing ceremony July 29, Governor Quinn noted that the leg...