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Jul-1-15 Miami, FL A healthcare fraud lawsuit has been settled for $17 million, reportedly the largest settlement of a case involving skilled nursing facility kickbacks in the US. The lawsuit initially began as a whistleblower claim, and the settlement will see the whistleblower receive $4.25 million. According to South Florida Business Journal (6/16/15),... - Strippers and Health Care Workers File California Overtime Lawsuits
May-6-14 San Diego, CA Strippers and Health Care Workers had something in common last month: they both filed California overtime lawsuits - just in time for International Workers’ Day. Prime Healthcare Paradise Valley has been sued for allegedly failing to pay their hourly employees the proper overtime pay and allegedly failing to allow these employees... - Millions Potentially Affected by Premera Data Breach
Aug-13-15 Los Angeles, CA With so many data breach lawsuits in the news lately, a person would think that companies that have access to private consumer or patient information would take cyber security seriously. Unfortunately, every day there seems to be more news about companies that have been hit by hackers and have allowed customer information to be made vul... - "Unum Buyer Beware," Says Attorney Greg Jones
Jun-21-11 Wilmington, NC If you have a long term disability policy with Unum , "it may not be what you signed up for, especially with professional policies," says attorney Greg Jones. Unum has a long history of arbitrary denial, as Jones has seen firsthand. "A number of my clients who were initially accepted by Unum for long term disability (LTD) have their be... - Motorcycle Accident Summary a Painful Tale of Death and Destruction
Sep-2-09 Staten Island, NY Any summary of motorcycle accidents will invariably include numerous collisions with cars. Such a motorcycle accident can cause not only motorcycle injury, but in many cases certain death—as has been the case with several accidents. A summary: A motorcycle rider in Connecticut was killed in the early evening of August 30th after... - Biogen ERISA Lawsuit Slams 401k Fiduciaries for Poor Investments, High Costs
Sep-10-20 Boston, MA On August 31, participants in the Biogen, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan filed a class-action ERISA lawsuit , alleging that plan administrators mismanaged employees’ retirement savings in ways that will leave them poorer in retirement. More specifically, the lawsuit charges that the plan’s administrative committee and other fiduciari... - Zimmer Advised Zimmer Hip Recipient to Test for Metal Allergies
Jun-14-11 Central Valley, NY "It isn't my surgeon's fault that he gave me a Zimmer hip replacement," says Rose, "even though a Zimmer doctor who I saw six months ago implied that my hip problems are because my doctor didn't know how to implant it properly." Rose says she turned to a Zimmer doctor because her GP wasn't able to order an MRI to determine whether... - Health Canada Issues IVC Filter Warnings
Aug-13-16 Ottawa, Canada : Health Canada has issued its own safety warning concerning inferior vena cava filters , following in the footsteps of the US Food and Drug Administration. The Canadian agency issued its warning on July 25, 2016, and noted there were serious complications associated with the IVC filters. As with the United States, IVC lawsuits have been f... - Recent Developments in Chinese Drywall Lawsuits
Aug-18-09 New Orleans, LA Attorney Gary Mason, one of about 50 lawyers nationwide assigned to work on the Chinese drywall case, discusses with LawyersandSettlements recent developments in the ongoing contaminated drywall litigation… In July, Judge Fallon of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana appointed the lawyers who will se... - Affiliated Computer Services Reaches $4.5M Employment Class Action Settlement
Portland, OR: Workers employed at an Oregon call center by Affiliated Computer Services Inc, have won a $4.5 million settlement in a wage and hour class action lawsuit. The lawsuit alleged the employees were not properly paid all minimum and overtime wages for all the hours they worked. Filed in 2009, the lawsuit, entitled Bell, et al. v. Affi... - Benicar Settlement Will Have No Material Financial Impact to Daiichi Sankyo
Sep-17-17 New York, NY: It appears as if the recent announcement that Benicar manufacturer Daiichi Sankyo will make available $300 million to settle claims over Benicar side effects will not prove to be a hardship for the Japanese drug maker. The Reuters news agency (08/01/17) reported last month that according to a statement from Daiichi Sankyo, the settlem... - Testosterone’s Benefit is Reversed in Robust Marketing to the Wrong Patient
Aug-4-16 Washington, DC: There has never been any debate as to the effectiveness and usefulness of testosterone supplementation for a small cohort of men, for whom supplements can be vitally important. And testosterone therapy isn’t new, having been around for some time (with full blessing from the US Food and Drug Administration) as a treatment for hypogonad... - Hurricane Flooding Ups Risk of Airbag Injuries
Sep-16-17 Washington, DC Cars that had been flooded may hide fatal flaws, including damage to electrical and electronic systems that cause airbags either to fail to deploy when needed or to go off unexpectedly, resulting in serious airbag injuries. Airbag lawsuits have arisen in many different situations. This may be just the latest twist in the plot. In 20... - Health Canada Knows All About Potential for Actos and Bladder Cancer
Aug-3-16 Ottawa, ON: The caseload in the Actos bladder cancer multi-district litigation continues to swell as Actos side effects lawsuits such as that filed by plaintiffs Matthew Gasparovic and Sumico Yamana are brought into the fold. In the meantime, we’re just beyond the 5-year anniversary of an investigation into Actos and bladder cancer by the Canadia... - New Research: Brief Heat Exposure Increases Zantac Cancer Odds
Jan-14-20 Washington, DC Emery Pharma, a California-based testing laboratory has reported that Zantac appears to produce unacceptably high levels of cancer-causing N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) when exposed to heat for as little as five days. Brief periods of modestly inadequate temperature control can easily occur during transport, storage or even in consumer&rsq... - Uloric Black Box Warning Legal News and Lawsuit Information
The FDA issued a black box warning for the gout medication Uloric (febuxostat) in February 2019 after results of a clinical safety study found an increased risk of heart-related death and death from all causes compared to other drugs to treat gout. Uloric lawsuits claim that Takeda, the manufacturer of Uloric, failed to warn users of the increased risk of he... - Unum Group Profit Falls during First Quarter
May-24-11 New York, NY The first quarter profit for Tennessee-based disability insurer Unum Group fell below most Wall Street estimates, largely due to poor results from its UK unit, Reuters reports. According to the news source, the UK segment's operating income dropped 19.6 percent during the first quarter to $48.7 million. The Wall Street Journal re... - Medco Health Solutions Inc. Fraud and Kickbacks Settlement
Trenton, NJ: Three whistleblowers came forward in 1999 and federal prosecutors in Philadelphia filed charges against the pharmacy benefit manager for alleged fraud and kickbacks. Medco was accused of paying health insurance plans kickbacks and destroying patient prescriptions. Medco will pay the government $137.5 million and will pay an additional $9.5... - CJA and FSL Class Action lawsuit
Hartford, CT: A consumer fraud class action lawsuit has been filed against Chicago-based CJA and Associates and Kansas City, Missouri-based Fidelity Security Life Insurance Company (FSL). The lawsuit alleges that CJA and FSL breached fiduciary duties in duping small business owners into investing millions of dollars of employee retirement benefit... - Asbestos Worker Never Given Respirator
Apr-28-11 Lebanon, OR "My doctor says it's a miracle I'm still alive," says 65-year-old John B., who worked for Certainteed Pipe Products in his early twenties. "I worked with concrete pipe made with asbestos and never even heard of respirators—we just wore little paper masks." John continued to work, hauling oil and different products for a tanker com...