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Jun-4-13 Timmins, ON Jacob was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis three years after he stopped taking Accutane - he is only 20 years old and is trying to be optimistic about the future. “I hope that teenagers will think twice before they take Accutane; I wouldn’t wish this condition even on the opposing hockey team,” he says, laughing. But A... - Attorney Advises Januvia Pancreatitis Victim
May-13-13 Bristol, VA Michelle hasn’t been diagnosed with Januvia pancreatic cancer - yet. She took Januvia , however, and wound up in the hospital on two separate occasions with acute pancreatitis. A LawyersandSettlements attorney has advised her to get a PET scan sooner than later. “I was prescribed Januvia for type 2 diabetes back in 2005 and wa... - UNUM LTD Claimants Must Beware of Exhaustion of Remedies Roadblock
Oct-15-18 Chattanooga, TN On September 25, 2018, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals granted UNUM Life Insurance’s motion for summary judgment, thus ending Richard Ravenscraft’s UNUM disability lawsuit on the grounds that he had not exhausted administrative remedies. These are the rocks on which many long term disability lawsuits have been dashed. An earlier... - Denied Disability Ruling Reversed for Ailing Firefighter
Apr-24-13 Downers Grove, IL It’s yet another example that disability applicants who are wrongly denied disability should continue to fight the good fight. In many cases, the courts will see through the holes drilled into a case by a pension board, and provide a worthy claimant his due. That’s what happened recently in the case of an Illinois firef... - $130,000 Hotwire Class Action Lawsuit Settlement Reached
San Francisco, CA: Hotwire has reached a settlement agreement which would end the consumer fraud class action lawsuit it currently faces. The lawsuit alleges the company misled its customers by providing an estimated price for international vehicle rentals that did not include insurance fees or taxes. According to the lawsuit, class members mad... - Wheeler v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Seeks LTD Benefits for Injured Seaman
Sep-14-18 San Diego, CA Christopher Wheeler was a Coxswain/Diesel mechanic, a contractor doing heavy physical work for the U.S. Navy Fifth Fleet. On March 17, 2015, he was badly injured during a storm at sea off Bahrain. Hospitals and rehab landed him a computer job for which he had no aptitude or training. When that didn’t work out, his employer, Exelis, Inc. ter... - ING Settles ERISA Lawsuit for More Than $5 Million
Feb-21-13 Washington, DC ING Life Insurance and Annuity Co. will reportedly pay more than $5 million to settle an ERISA lawsuit filed by the US Labor Department. The ERISA benefits lawsuit alleged the company violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) in its handling of retirement plans for clients. According to the US Department of Labor (i... - Transvaginal Mesh Tests Marriage
Jan-16-13 Tucson, AZ Two years ago Ann’s urologist told her that she would have no transvaginal mesh complications after having a TVT sling implanted for urinary incontinence. “Getting this transvaginal sling was the worst decision of my life,” she says. Ann (not her real name) was 36 years old and mother of two when the mesh was implanted... - Mother Blames Accutane on Son’s Gastro Problems and Suicide Attempt
Jan-7-13 Sanger, CA Richelle regrets the day when she took her son to a dermatologist and was prescribed Accutane acne medicine . “I think my son will suffer with Accutane side effects for the rest of his life," she says. "He has beautiful skin now but it wasn’t worth it--this drug is a humdinger.” Anthony, Richelle’s son, was prescrib... - Drywall Contractor Fined $2 million; Is California Wage Theft Rampant?
Aug-10-18 Los Angeles: After workers at Fullerton Pacific Interiors Inc., complained about California labor law violations to the non-profit Carpenters Contractors Cooperation Committee, the California Labor Commissioner’s Office stepped in. Investigators found that the drywall company paid a daily rate that didn’t include overtime hours or rest breaks and 28... - Denied Disability: Social Security Recognizes Fibromyalgia
Jan-5-13 San Diego, CA Cathy, who suffers from fibromyalgia, was denied disability from her health insurance provider because her doctor did not provide enough information on her condition. Cathy then applied for benefits from Social Security, which recently ruled that fibromyalgia is a medically determinable impairment. It should be just a matter of time fo... - Transvaginal Mesh Victim Thanks LAS and Attorneys
Dec-18-12 Benton, AR Peggy’s gynecologist said that nothing was wrong with the transvaginal mesh she had implanted to treat mild incontinence, but she couldn’t even urinate without using a makeshift catheter. “I was at my wit’s end until one of your LawyersandSettlements (LAS) attorneys called me and suggested that I see a urogynecologist... - An Illustration of How Lawsuit Funding Can Help Auto Accident Victims
Dec-16-12 When a person is a victim of an auto accident, they have the legal right to file a personal injury lawsuit against the other party. Although the majority of these claims will eventually resolve by settlement or verdict, many litigants will wait months, even years, causing financial hardships especially for those out of work and behind paying bills. For any... - Transvaginal Mesh “Feels Like a Porcupine”
Nov-28-12 Gadsden, AL Christie was in a serious car accident many years ago and suffered hernias from it and later a collapsed bladder. “I had transvaginal mesh implanted in my pelvis, around my bladder and other prolene mesh in my abdomen, according to my medical records,” says Christie. “But this TVT mesh has eroded and moved around so much i... - Federal Express Age Discrimination Lawyer
Two collective action lawsuits are now pending on behalf of older Federal Express (FedEx) couriers who are victims of age discrimination. The suits allege that the company pushes couriers over 40 years old - particularly those with more than ten years' service - to leave the company. Older employees complain that FedEx takes away good routes, sets unrea... - “Unum Put Me One Day Away From Being Homeless”
Nov-21-12 Fort Worth, TX You could say that giving someone with a heart condition one day’s notice that his long term disability benefits will be terminated is life-threatening. Yet Unum , (also known as Unum Provident and the largest health insurance provider in the US) did just that, according to Byron. Byron, age 48, developed a heart condition in 200... - SCI Settles Cemetery Class Action Lawsuit for $35.25m
New York, NY: Service Corporation International (SCI) has reached settlement of a consumer fraud class action lawsuit involving allegations its employees desecrated graves at its Eden Memorial Park. Specifically, the class action,brought in 2009 on behalf of 25,000 Jewish families with loved ones buried at Eden Memorial, claimed that for 25 years SC... - How Lawsuit Funding Can Make an Auto Accident Lawsuit Stronger
Oct-26-12 Southfield, MI Here is a personal account from a client who benefited from pre-settlement lawsuit funding after suffering serious injuries in an auto accident. To protect privacy at the client’s request, we have removed any reference to his name. “I was in a head-on auto accident when a speeding driver rounded a curve and slammed into my car. I... - Former Marriott Hotel Waiter Appeals Dismissal of his California Unpaid Wages Lawsuit
Jun-18-18 San Jose, CA: Ex-waiter Ian McCray worked for the San Jose Marriott from May of 2012 to August of 2015. He claims that during that time, Marriott Hotel Services did not pay him the minimum wage required by the city’s municipal wage ordinance. The ordinance appears to provide for a waiver of the minimum wage requirement if employees agree to those terms i... - Testosterone Supplements Linked to Increased Risk for Heart Attack
Washington, DC: A new study on testosterone authored by epidemiologist William Finkle and researchers at UCLA has found a link between the popular male hormone supplement and heart attacks. Finkle and colleagues reviewed insurance claims for more than 55,000 men with a specific focus on the rate of heart attacks within 90 days of starting testosteron...