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Mar-31-08 San Diego, CA Elliot R. moved to New York when he landed a job at the World Trade Center. Ten days later it came down and Elliot volunteered on the cleanup crew. "The air quality was overwhelming, the amount of particulate matter in the air was palpable," he says, "and a lot of asbestos was in the air." Elliot has asthma but it was under control when... - Falling Through the VA Benefits Cracks: "I've Been Abandoned"
Oct-12-10 Bonne Terre, MO A disabled Iraq vet from the Army reserve who receives VA benefits and would be in line for additional funds that he desperately needs has been denied. Why? Because five years after he became permanently disabled, Army Reserve Spc. Michael Pyatt has yet to see his name taken off the active duty roster. Until that happens, he cannot rece... - Unum Said They Own all My Social Security
Mar-28-08 Salisbury, NH Lu had an accident that destroyed his right shoulder, ruptured a disc in his neck and damaged his other shoulder. As a respiratory therapist, his doctor certified that he was unfit to work. As well, he had four opinions from specialists, all with the same prognosis; nothing could be done. So Lu went on short-term-disability (STD) through his... - Oil Companies Face Asbestos Claims
Oct-10-10 Dallas, TX Texaco, Chevron USA and BP all face asbestos claims from employees or their family members who allege asbestos injury. Exposure to asbestos has been linked to mesothelioma, asbestosis and lung cancer. All three conditions are potentially fatal and have led to asbestos lawsuits. One lawsuit was filed by the widow and children of a man who... - Salmonella Tainted Eggs Injure Thousands and Thousands
Sep-24-10 Chicago, IL Attorney Ken Moll thinks it is high time the egg farms of America cleaned up for good. "Salmonella enteritis is the leading cause of foodborne illness in this country," says Moll. "And most of those cases from shell eggs. Farmers have not done a good job of self-policing." Moll's firm has just filed a nationwide class action against Wrig... - Unum: Does Re-branding Deliver New Philosophy?
Feb-26-08 Portland, MN The collection of happy faces and focused statements filling the screen of the Unum re-branding video currently making the rounds on You Tube belie the company's checkered past. That past includes lawsuits over unpaid and unduly-denied claims, a 2002 expose on the landmark CBS investigative program 60 Minutes and thousands, if not hundred... - Veterans May Receive More Disability Pay Linked to Agent Orange
Sep-7-10 Dallas, TX In what might be welcome news to veterans who receive VA disability benefits , the list of conditions approved for benefits is about to get longer. The change concerns VA benefits and how they are given to veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange. The Department of Veterans Affairs says it will add more health problems to the list of conditi... - Furious with Fosamax
Sep-4-10 St. Catherines, ON "I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw Diane Sawyer on Good Morning America talking about Fosamax ," says Jan. "She described the exact same thing that my doctor told me in the hospital: my right femur snapped in half and Fosamax was to blame. Listening to Diane Sawyer talk, I felt shock on the one hand, but relief on the other—... - Health Concerns Partially Cause Byetta to Lose Ground in Diabetes Market
Sep-2-10 Princeton, NJ A new diabetes drug introduced earlier this year will likely challenge Eli Lilly's Byetta for control of the diabetes medication market. Novo Nordisk's Victoza was introduced in America this past February and has quickly gained ground on rival diabetes drugs, according to CBS's bnet . Both Victoza and Byetta are GLP-1 (glucagon-like p... - Bankrupt and Belly Up
Feb-10-08 Surrey, BC: Gale Winkleman and her partner (let's call him Brad) had a garbage disposal business together in Surrey, British Columbia, until 2000. Then Brad discovered cocaine. He took a lot of cash out of the business and eventually spent it on crack cocaine. Winkelman has no idea exactly how much Brad took -- in cash and crack -- because he did so many... - Credit Card Abuse: The only Abuse that is Legal
Feb-7-08 Washington, DC: As much as consumers are beholden to their credit cards, with an abundance of credit card debt and conditioned towards monthly payments, dependence isn't enough; it appears as though credit card companies won't rest until consumers are completely held hostage by credit card abuse . There's no other way to describe some of the unjust, un... - Securities Fraud: MBIA Gambled... and You Lost
Feb-7-08 New York, NY The trouble with tottering giants is that they can take down a lot of smaller people with them if they fall. That's the trouble with the tottering bond insurer MBIA as it struggles to stay afloat after a plethora of risky investments have undermined its stability. Those investments, and MBIA's less than forthright communications about them,... - FTC Alleges Internet Fraud Over Acai Weight Loss Supplement
Aug-26-10 Washington, DC The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is warning consumers about internet fraud relating to advertisements for acai weight loss products. The FTC is suing Central Coast Nutraceuticals, the maker of AcaiPure and colon supplement colopure, for fraud. The company runs ads on the television, internet and radio claiming that the products can... - Several Virginia Homes For Sale have Chinese Drywall
Aug-10-10 Williamsburg, VA A 2,700 square-foot, five bedroom home in Williamsburg, Virginia, is listed at just $206,000, just four years after it sold for $383,000 because it contains tainted Chinese drywall . The Virginian-Pilot reports that this seemingly too-good-to-be-true property is just one of a number of houses that are on the market that contain Chi... - ERISA Plan Violations Don't Always Generate Massive Headlines
Aug-6-10 Boston, MA The potential for wrongdoing inside an ERISA plan , where workers take part in an employee savings plan, does not always culminate in massive headlines and millions of dollars. Sometimes it is the conduct of a smaller employer, who may own the company and also serves as the ERISA benefits fiduciary, taking liberties to try to get through the... - Financial Reform Could Affect Stockbroker Arbitration
Jul-18-10 Washington, DC With financial reform fast approaching, some of the key provisions of the proposed bill would regulate stockbroker arbitration . Currently, most brokerage agreements have a clause that locks consumers into a binding arbitration if they have a dispute with their stockbroker, according to USA Today. The new regulation could give the Secu... - Copyright Battle Forces Men at Work to Give up Five Percent of Hit Song
Jul-11-10 Sydney, Australia An Australian judge ordered that the music group Men at Work must give up five percent of profits from "Down Under," a hit song from the 1980s, because of copyright infringement . The federal court ruled against the Australian band after Larrikin music publishers claimed that the flute solo in the disputed song illegally sampled par... - Man Involved in Lawsuit Related to Unum Insurance Policy
Jul-7-10 Washington, DC A disabled man has filed a lawsuit against the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, claiming that he was wrongfully taxed on his Unum disability insurance . Ronald W. Parkinson worked for 28 years at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Maryland, often under stressful conditions, according to court filings obtained by Leagle.com. In 1998, Parki... - Potential Malfunction Lawsuits Filed Against Medtronic
Nov-29-07 Charleston, WV Medtronic faces more lawsuits alleging that its Sprint Fidelis Leads caused injury or death to patients using the leads. And lawsuits have been filed by plaintiffs who argue that the potential for a malfunction causes them a great deal of stress and has negatively impacted their lives. One lawsuit, which seeks class action status, al... - Kadant Composites LLC is Dead, but Kadant Inc. is Thriving
Nov-28-07 Westford, MA Since news spread that Kadant Composites had recalled certain lots of their GeoDeck composite decking due to deterioration, disgruntled consumers have been posting their stories and frustrations online for the entire world to see. Their stories seem to have a familiar ring: decks proudly built with this new, environmentally friendly pro...