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Oct-19-07 Chattanooga, TN In the past few years, Unum Group has faced repeated [ lawsuits ] alleging the company is guilty of illegally denying valid customer claims. Some of those lawsuits have been settled, while others have now been consolidated into class action lawsuits. In the face of growing criticism from customers and lawmakers, including a multi-state i... - Medtronic's Fidelis Cardiac leads Defective: Lawsuits Filed
Oct-16-07 Minneapolis, MN Barely hours after Medtronic recalled Sprint Fidelis leads associated with its line of implantable defibrillators , the first personal injury lawsuits began rolling out, including one filed in federal court in Minneapolis, where Medtronic is based. At issue are the small wires, or leads, which connect the implanted defibrillator to... - Topps Beef Recall: What About Medical Expenses?
Oct-16-07 Rockway, NJ: Robert J. bought a box of Topps burgers and wound up in the hospital—on three separate occasions! "I assume that if the doctors don't know what to look for, they don't find it," says Robert. If he knew about the Topps beef recall, Robert could have saved himself two trips to the hospital and a whole lot money in medical bills. But now... - Medtronic Defibrillators: Faulty Leads linked to Five Deaths
Oct-15-07 Minneapolis, MN The largest player in the implantable heart defibrillator market announced yesterday that it is halting sales of the Sprint Fidelis lead, a wire that connects the Medtronic defibrillator to the heart, after it was determined the leads could be potentially defective. Medtronic is also urging doctors to stop using the Fidelis lead af... - Interview with Labor Lawyer Jose Garay, Part 2
Sep-25-07 Irvine, CA In the second part of our interview, lawyer Jose Garay answers some of the most commonly asked questions by employees regarding California labor law . LawyersandSettlements (LAS): What is your area of expertise? Jose Garay (JG): My area of expertise started in labor law representing employees for a wide variety of reasons, from discrimina... - Avandia heart attack panic pushes Feds to reform the FDA
Sep-24-07 Washington, DC Just four months after diabetics and their doctors were rudely awakened to the dangers of taking Avandia , Congress passed legislation Sept. 20 boosting the power of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The new legislation, aimed at transforming the FDA from a passive watchdog into an active hunter for dangerous prescription drugs, r... - Ford's Airbags: Another Car Crashworthiness Failure
Sep-24-07 Vero Beach, FL Don Hunt doubts he will ever buy another Ford after the airbags failed to deploy in a head-on collision. So much for car crashworthiness . "I picked up my son from work and we were driving home, doing about 35mph," says Hunt. "We had our seatbelts on—fortunately. As we approached a mall entrance a line-up of cars was waiting to turn i... - Car Crashworthiness: Hyundai Tiburon Worthless
Sep-17-07 Mars, PA Brennan Ringler purchased a Hyundai Tiburon in 2003 and he hadn't even received the registration sticker before he got into a driver-side collision. The man who caused the accident hit Ringler's car at 65 mph. "The side airbag didn't deploy, even though the impact pushed the driver's door handle onto my inner thigh," says Ringler. So much for the... - Veteran Medical Malpractice: From Hand to Foot
Sep-4-07 Redding, PA Marine Corps veteran Michael Sweitzer volunteered to set up a kitchen right after Hurricane Katrina. But he has been unable to work since due to an accident and subsequent surgery at a VA hospital . Larry Hughes also had surgery at a VA hospital that has so far caused him five years of misery. "Because I'm a chef, I figured I would help fee... - Unum Insurance Claims Denied
Sep-2-07 San Diego, CA Having a disability claim denied by a company like Unum (formerly UnumProvident) can be emotionally and financially devastating. Many people have legitimate long-term disability claims but because companies like Unum focus more on the bottom-line than on people's healthcare needs, their claims are denied. Unum, and other long-term disabilit... - Psychotropic Drug Makers Bankroll Prescribing Shrinks Part I
Aug-30-07 Washington, DC: On August 21, 2007, the Associated Press reported that drug companies spend a lot of money on the members of Minnesota advisory panels who help select the drugs which are to be used by patients covered by Medicaid. The news agency's review of financial disclosure records in Minnesota found that a doctor and a pharmacist on the 8-member p... - Oxycontin: A Recovering Addict Speaks Out
Aug-26-07 Vancouver, BC "At first it just made me feel better, painwise," says Richard Dorn (not his real name). "but after a while I had to have it." Lawsuits across the country are alleging that OxyContin's maker knew or ought to have known that ingesting Oxycontin leads to drug dependency and addiction. "If that's the case, it's a shame," says Richard, who k... - Car Crashworthiness: Auto Manufacturers must be held Responsible
Aug-20-07 Crewe, VA William Foster's son survived a collision but his passenger did not. Neither of their airbags deployed--yet another tragic example of auto defects and lack of car crashworthiness. "In November, 2004 my son, William Jr., was driving my 2004 Ford pick-up to work--he had a contract to haul mail for the post office and my vehicle was part of the... - Doctor Told Us Fen-Phen Caused PPH
Aug-18-07 Seattle, WA: Walter started taking fen-phen in 1995, but six months later he noticed a shortness of breath. Only this year his pulmonary doctor diagnosed PPH Primary pulmonary hypertension. "When the doctor found out Walter took fen-phen, he immediately said that was the cause," says wife Susie. "We thought we were hearing a death sentence." "When Wal... - It's Time To Sue Doctors Who Prescribe Drugs Off-Label Part I
Aug-15-07 Washington, DC: Critics say the tens of thousands of lawsuits filed against the drug giants have had little impact when it comes to dismantling the off-label drug marketing schemes and therefore, there needs to be an all out campaign of highly publicized lawsuits filed against the doctors serving as middle man pushers, one by one by one. It is illegal... - Panacryl Sutures: Still Suffering After Three Years
Aug-13-07 Oceanside, CA After shoulder surgery, Timothy Gamble spent three years in constant pain, from a wound that wouldn't heal. Imagine his surprise when a second surgery revealed that Panacryl sutures --supposedly absorbable--were still in his body, and the cause of a nasty infection. In 2004, Gamble was in a motorcycle accident and required surgery for a... - California Employers Fear Huge Overtime Lawsuits
Aug-10-07 San Diego, CA A nurses' strike set to begin today has been averted thanks to negotiation of a tentative three-year contract between the nurses union and Sharp HealthCare negotiators, defusing one of two bombs planted by the nurses on Sharps doorstep. Sharp was accused of not paying its California employees overtime. The San Diego Union-Tribune report... - Medtronic Shareholders Meeting: A Year of Lawsuits and Controversy
Aug-6-07 Minneapolis, MN The board of directors of Medtronic , Inc. will hold its annual meeting of shareholders on August 23 at Medtronic World Headquarters. Given the rough year that the company has had, there should be some interesting debate among the shareholders. It has been two years since Medtronic recalled more than 87,000 of its implantable cardiovert... - Barton Solvents: Are Reimbursements Enough?
Aug-4-07 Valley Center, KS The residents of Valley Center have been issued reimbursement checks from Barton Solvents for clothing expenses, hotel bills and a few other incidentals after they were evacuated following a blast at the chemical company. But not everyone can be paid off so readily. (Barton Solvents tank farm sent about 660,000 pounds of chemicals up... - USERRA Protects The Rights of Military Service People
Jul-30-07 Washington, DC: The men and women who leave their employment for military service put their lives on the line in the service of their country. Unfortunately, some return home to discover that they have been fired or demoted while engaged in military service. People involved in military service do have their employment rights protected by law; however,...