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Sort by date 1,824 pages found matching bank of america- ER Charge for Splinter Removal: Cha-Ching!
Aug-14-15 Jackson, MS Kenny was prepared to pay emergency room overcharges to get a splinter of glass removed from his foot but he wasn’t expecting a $2,000 emergency room bill for a five-minute procedure. “My wife Diane and I knew about high emergency room charges so we estimated it would cost about $1,000 at the most but this bill is outrageous,... - Acer Recall Desktop Computers due to Risk of Overheating
About 215 Acer Predator Desktop Computers are being recalled because the insulation on the computer's internal wiring can become bent or stripped, causing the wires to overheat while the product is in use. This poses a burn hazard to consumers. To-date, Acer has received 2 reports of computers short circuiting, resulting in melted internal components an... - Signo Child Safety Restraint Systems Recalled
Restraint Could Fail RECARO North America, Inc. is recalling 5,444 Signo child restraint assemblies manufactured from Februay through September 2008. The central front adjuster strap on some seats may slip within the metal adjuster (A-Lock) that controls tightness of the harness, thereby preventing the harness from being properly tightened. If this... - Asbestosis Risk has been known since Roman Times
Jan-11-17 Edmonton, AB: While a class action lawsuit waged against Halliburton Co. has gone on for some 14 years, it’s been more than 114 years that knowledge about the dangers of asbestos and asbestosis lung disease has been known. Only in the last few decades has the industrialized world taken the risks of asbestos seriously by phasing asbestos out in ce... - Stockert 3T Infections Widespread
Jan-10-17 Nashville, TN: Last October the CDC reported that M. chimaera contamination of heater/cooler devices, of which 60 to 70 percent stem from the Stockert 3T heater-cooler system had been found in Iowa and Pennsylvania. Just one month later, a global outbreak linking the devices was reported. M. chimaera is a rare bacteria, a species of nontuberculous... - J&J’s Cost of Defending its Talcum Powder is Rising
Jan-6-17 St. Louis, MO: Johnson & Johnson last year was hit with three talcum powder cancer lawsuits, making the jury verdicts in St. Louis a combined $197 million. Judging from the drug company’s continued legal woes, it appears that these settlements may simply be the cost of doing business. Last February the family of Jackie Fox , who... - Story of Failed DePuy Hip Replacement Devices “Shocking” says Lawyer
Jan-4-17 New York, NY Truth remains supreme in the courtrooms of America and the facts revealed in the recent litigation against Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. tell a “shocking” story of “fraud and conspiracy”, says attorney Jayne Conroy from the firm of Simmons Hanly Conroy of New York. Conroy is part of... - King Nut Peanut Butter Recalled Due To Salmonella Contamination
Peanut Butter may be Linked to National Salmonella Outbreak King Nut Companies, a distributor of peanut butter manufactured for them by Peanut Corporation of America, has announced a recall of peanut butter distributed under the King Nut label. No other King Nut products are included in this recall. King Nut took this action upon being informed th... - Consumers Might Want to Take Note of Overdraft Fees
Jul-11-15 Los Angeles, CA When it comes to complaints about excessive overdraft fees , most news has covered lawsuits filed against the big banks. In truth, any financial institution that charges overdraft fees could be improperly charging their customers for overdraft. Customers with accounts at credit unions and smaller banks should also keep an eye on their acco... - “I Could Be a Ticking Time Bomb,” says IVC Filter Patient
Dec-31-16 Nashville, TN: When Sara had an IVC Filter implanted 20 years ago, nobody told her that it would eventually need to be removed. “Now that I’m aware of so many IVC filter lawsuits I don’t know if this filter is supposed to be permanent or not, but it has got me worried,” says Sara. In 1996 Sara had a Greenfield IVC Filter impla... - Premera Blue Cross Data Breach Results in Several Lawsuits, Class Actions
Jul-6-15 Seattle, WA The hackers responsible for the recent cyber attack on federal government computers could also have been responsible for the Premera Blue Cross Data Breach of 11 Million Accounts , or so is the supposition reported recently in the New York Times and the Puget Sound Business Journal (6/5/15). Premera is the third largest health insurer... - Stockert 3T System “No Easy Fix” and the FDA’s Catch-22
Dec-27-16 Washington, DC: Reports from both the US and Germany have identified the M chimaera contamination of heater/cooler devices, of which 60 to 70 percent stem from the Stockert 3T heater-cooler system . But controlling the infection is challenging—to say the least. A field investigation by the Pennsylvania Department of Health and the CD... - Wal-Mart Bakery Brand Peanut Butter Cookies Recalled
Cookies may be Contaminated with Salmonella Frozen Bakery Products, Inc, is recalling all Wal-Mart Bakery brands of PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES, PEANUT BUTTER NO-BAKE COOKIES and PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE NO-BAKE COOKIES because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The cookies contain peanut butter supplied by Peanut Corporation of Ame... - Olympus America Attempts a Power Morcellation Comeback
Dec-19-16 Orlando, FL: In spite of a position taken by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that Laparoscopic Uterine Surgery for women Involving power morcellators only be used in relatively rare cases, Olympus America Inc. has released a new power morcellator equipped with a containment bag. Power morcellation had been widely employed in recent years f... - TGI Friday’s Liable for $40M in Stabbing Death of Patron by Underage Drinker
Jun-25-15 The family of a 33-year-old man who was stabbed to death by an underage drinker at TGI Fridays received a $40 million verdict against the restaurant operator. The verdict confirms that the restaurant operator deliberately served alcohol to intoxicated minors in order to increase weekend profits. The family’s allegations were supported by TGI Frida... - Kellogg Puts Hold on Austin and Keebler Branded Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers
Action Prompted by Nationwide Salmonella Outbreak Kellogg Company today announced it has taken the precautionary measure of putting a hold on Austin® and Keebler® branded Toasted Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers, Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich Crackers, Cheese and Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers, and Peanut Butter-Chocolate Sandwich Crackers. FD... - Will New FCC Rules on Robocalling and Messaging Curb the Spam?
Jun-24-15 Washington, DC In a milestone ruling, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has handed consumers new protections against robocalls, unauthorized auto dialing and other nuisance calls and texts that have served to frustrate consumers - not to mention a spike in unauthorized and unwarranted spam text messages to mobile telephones that results, in m... - Abilify Coast to Coast: “Off-Label” Lawsuit Settles in California, MDL Pending in Florida
Dec-9-16 San Diego, CA: Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., the Abilify distributor, will pay $19.5 million to settle a business code violations lawsuit. The multi-state Abilify lawsuit stems from the marketing the anti-psychotic drug off-label. Abilify is approved to treat schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder and Tourette's disorder in adults an... - Salvage Owner Jailed for Asbestos Violations
Dec-6-16 Owensboro, KY: It’s a situation that is the closest one might come to a crystal ball: the sentencing of a salvage company owner who allowed the demolition of an asbestos-laden tire plant without protecting his workers from asbestos fibers. As it takes asbestos mesothelioma some 30 years to emerge in most cases, it is not beyond the realm of possi... - More Talcum Powder Lawsuits Filed as Woman Awarded $70 Million
Nov-26-16 Seattle, WA: As one plaintiff in a talcum powder lawsuit celebrates her $70 million award, more lawsuits have been filed against Johnson & Johnson, alleging the company knew about a potential link between talcum powder and ovarian cancer but did not warn consumers about that risk. According to Fox News (11/17/16), four lawsuits have been filed...