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Aug-8-08 Montgomery, AL "When you're a truck driver you get into all kinds of situations," says Fred, who drove big rigs for 20 years. And like most truckers, he suffered from back pain, so bad his doctor told him to quit driving. Fred had been paying Unumprovident premiums for eight years so he didn't think too much about his financial situation. But when it com... - Psychopharmacology In Court
Jul-29-08 A previously outgoing, athletic and scholastically proficient 12 year-old begins to show increasing academic problems. Over the course of 18 months, he is treated by HMO pediatricians and child psychiatrists for ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) to which the diagnosis of Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Bipolar Disorder are progressively added on. He i... - Workers' Compensation: It Works on Paper, But…
Jul-26-08 Los Angeles, CA If you work for a car wash in Los Angeles, your employer may not have the Workers' Compensation insurance coverage you, as an employee, are legally entitled to. According to those who have gone through Workers' Compensation hell, you may not want it anyway. This month officials with the State Division of Labor Standards Enforcement... - "Ortho Evra Patch Put Me into the High Risk Category"
Jul-23-08 Geneva, IL "I started wearing the Ortho Evra Patch in November, 2006 and just a few months later, I had sharp chest pains," says Gina. "I was so worried that I called my doctor; at first she thought I had pneumonia or pleurisy—was I misdiagnosed." By March Gina couldn't even breathe lying down; she could only sleep by sitting in a chair. "It was a r... - " I wanted to Drive into a Tree on Chantix"
Jul-20-08 Ada, OK Saundra made a New Year's resolution: she was going to quit smoking. "I know from past experience that my medical insurance won't cover smoking cessation drugs but they covered Chantix ," says Saundra. "This drug apparently had a high success rate, so I was hopeful." And she had additional motivation. Saundra's kids had been after her to quit a... - Attorney Joseph Balesteri: Avoid Doctors and Hospitals in July, Weekends and Holidays
Jul-18-08 Chicago, IL Joseph Balesteri says medical errors are more likely to occur on weekends, holidays, and in the month of July when new doctors, fresh out of medical school, traditionally begin their residency programs. "It is something that all medical malpractice lawyers are very aware of," says Balesteri, an attorney with Power, Rogers & Smith in Chicago. ... - AMS Transvaginal Mesh Settlement Money “Chump Change”
Feb-14-16 Tacoma, WA: Andrea recently received a transvaginal mesh settlement offer from American Medical Systems (AMS), but she says it’s little more than “chump change” given the four-year nightmare she has gone through since the device was implanted, and it ain’t over yet... For most women who have suffered adverse events from the... - Mohawk Industries Settles Employee Class Action for $18 Million
Fulton County, GA: Mohawk Industries and its employees who filed a class action lawsuit against the carpet manufacturer have finally reached a settlement worth a reported $18 million. The lawsuit has been in the courts for the past six years. The 'prime motivator' in the settlement is the fact that Mohawk's insurer, Zurich American Insurance, has agreed t... - PPH and Fen-Phen: One Plaintiff's Lawsuit
Jul-1-08 Anaheim, CA "I found an attorney to help obtain my medical record that shows I was diagnosed with PPH [Primary Pulmonary Hypertension or Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH)]," says Carolyn, "and he filed a lawsuit on my behalf against American Home Products Corporation, the makers of fen-phen ." "Right now the lawsuit is a civil case and was filed... - Football-Related Dementia and Workers' Compensation
Van Nuys, CA: A bell-weather worker's compenstation claim has been filed in California by the wife of a retired NFL footballer, alleging that the dementia he developed in his late 50s and necessitated his being placed in an assisted living facility at 64, is a direct result of his work as an NFL lineman from 1966 to 1973. Ralph Wenzel played for t... - Anthem Blue Cross Makes Massive Hikes in California Insurance Premiums
San Francisco, CA: Anthem Blue Cross has announced that as of March 1st, 2010, is will raise it health insurance rates by nearly 40 percent, affecting approximately 800,000 customers in California, where the increase will take place. The rate hikes come on the heels of an announcement by Wellpoint Inc, Anthem's parent company, of an eightfold incre... - First Unum: Primary care physician advised Patient to get a lawyer
Jun-9-08 Rogersville, TN First Unum denied Angie long-term disability benefits (LTD) because her original claim stated the primary symptom as nausea, which subsided after she changed medications. Her diagnosis turned out to be a lot more serious. She was also denied LTD because it took the doctors so long to determine her illness. Is that Angie's fault? "I'd h... - Stricter California Overtime Rules Spell More Lawsuits
Jan-21-16 Sacramento, CA: A number of California overtime complaints that were filed last year may be a warning to employers: it doesn’t pay to not pay overtime. Nurses overtime class action The California Court of Appeal ruled last October that a class action brought by nurses against Aurora Behavioral Health Care in Southern California can be certif... - Frivolous Medical Malpractice Suits Are Myth Says Lawyer
Jan-20-16 Houston, TX Veteran Texas lawyer Kay Van Wey grits her teeth when she hears lawyers being accused of bringing “frivolous” medical malpractice suits. Van Wey has been practicing law for 30 years and most of her work has focused on patient safety. She represents people injured by medical errors, pharmaceuticals or medical devices. “... - Fifth Circuit Affirms Medical Expenses for Asbestosis Victim
Jan-15-16 The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a former cargo worker, diagnosed with asbestosis in 2011, will receive payment for medical expenses attributed to asbestos exposure. Ramsay Scarlett employed Ferdinand Fabre for 22 years. He worked in two storage facilities called Sharp Station and Port of Baton Rouge. Fabre claimed he was exposed to asbest... - Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against LifeLock
May-13-08 Ripley, WV A class action lawsuit was filed against LifeLock, Inc. on May 12, 2008 that alleges the provider of identity theft services engaged in deceptive marketing practices. The lawsuit also names CEO Richard "Todd" Davis as a defendant. The lawsuit was filed in Jackson County, West Virginia Circuit Court on behalf of various LifeLock subscribers a... - MoneyGram Reaches Agreement to Settle Securities Class Action
Minneapolis, MN: MoneyGram International has entered into memoranda of understanding to settle federal securities class and stockholder derivative actions pending in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. The claims arise out of the subprime related losses in 2007 and 2008. Under terms of the securities class action memorandu... - Disabled Veteran Denied Unum Benefits, Hired Crooked Attorney
Jan-6-16 Charleston, WV: Jake figures that he cannot appeal his case a second time against Unum : the insurer denied his benefits more than 20 years ago. But Jake welcomes this opportunity to tell others how Unum - and his crooked attorney - treated him. “Even If nothing comes of this [filing an Unum complaint with LawyersandSettlements], it would be ni... - Officer Runs Red Light, Woman Sues
Apr-24-08 Brunswick, NC Brunswick Sheriff Ronald Hewett and Captain Gene Caison are being sued by a Wilmington woman over a June 2005 car accident in which she was a passenger in the vehicle that collided with the car that Caison was driving. Pamela Mahoney has alleged that Caison was driving a car belonging to Brunswick County, when he ran a flashing red light o... - The Fallout from a Data Breach
Jan-2-16 Los Angeles, CA: The fallout from a data breach can be massive in scope, as evidenced by the millions of people affected when their personal information is illegally accessed. Some cases involve stolen card numbers and consumers who allege their credit cards were used illegally. But other cases involve identity theft, where consumers don’t find o...