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What is fracking ? Fracking, also known as hydraulic fracking or hydro-fracking, is a form of natural gas extraction by deep well drilling. How does fracking work? A pressurized mix of water and chemicals is injected deep underground, either vertically, horizontally or directionally (slanting), to create or widen fissures in shale rock form... - Hydraulic Fracturing, Fracking Contamination, Hydrofracking, EPA Hydraulic Fracking
After recent EPA hydraulic fracking reports, hydraulic fracturing water contamination has given rise to fracking contamination lawsuits. Hydraulic fracturing contamination has possible cancer links: environmentalists and the public are concerned that fracking chemicals from hydrofracking can compromise the quality of drinking water from wells locat... - FDA Issues Class 1 Recall of Zimmer M/L Taper with Kinectiv Technology Prosthesis
Washington, DC: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Zimmer have issued a Class 1 recall of the Zimmer M/L Taper with Kinectiv Technology Femoral Stems and Necks are Tivanium® alloy implants used for hip replacements. The company found a process monitoring failure that led to higher than expected amounts of manufacturing residues left... - WorldVariety Produce Recalls Serrano Peppers
Washington, DC: WorldVariety Produce, Inc. of Los Angeles, CA is recalling Serrano Peppers, because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella o... - Power Morcellator Patient Advocate Dies
Jan-19-17 Pittsburgh, PA Bonnie Davis, a patient who fought to ensure patients knew about the risks associated with power morcellation has died at age 57 from cancer. Davis had undergone power morcellation in 2012 and was diagnosed six days later with cancer. She worked to raise awareness of the serious risks reportedly linked to the use of power morcellators, t... - VA Medical Malpractice: Discrimination?
Apr-8-08 Syracuse, NY Sherry W. has been getting the run-around from her VA hospital , to the point where she is now considering a VA medical malpractice lawsuit . Meanwhile, her condition is worsening. "This is more than an inconvenience, even for my husband-- we haven't had sex in more than six months," says Sherry. Sherry believes there are two reasons she... - California State Pays $1.7M to Family of Man Killed in Motor Vehicle Accident
Los Angeles, CA: The state of California recently settled a personal injury lawsuit in which the father of three children was killed in a motor vehicle accident on U.S. Highway 395. In 2006, Samuel Valdespino was in a collision with Maria Guadalupe Lozano Aparicio. Valdespino suffered fatal injuires and his family alleged that the state of Califor... - Januvia Pancreatic Cancer Risk Being Studied by the FDA
Apr-28-13 Washington, DC A Type 2 diabetes drug that earned $4.1 billion in sales for its manufacturer in 2012 continues to come under fire over concern for serious adverse events and health issues. While the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sounded the alarm about Januvia in 2009, a prominent consumer advocacy group has joined the clarion calls with regard to... - BOEING DEFENDANTS IN STOCK DROP LAWSUIT CLAIM THEY WERE NOT FIDUCIARIES
Mar-31-20 Chicago, IL On March 2 attorneys for Boeing, its 401k retirement plan and the plan’s investment committee asked the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois to dismiss Burke v. The Boeing Co. The defendants claim that Newport Trust Co., the plan’s investment manager, was solely responsible for any losses incurred by participants... - Untold Story of Opioid Epidemic: Attorney Explains Kickbacks and Billing Fraud
Nov-27-17 Washington, DC It’s not the users. It’s the doctors. In a November 22 interview with lawyersandsettlements.com, attorney Jason Brown told a strange two-track story where healthcare whistleblower lawsuits meet the opioid epidemic. It’s not pretty. He believes that 2018-2019 will bring a proliferation of whistleblower lawsuits that... - Healthcare Fraud Lawsuit Results in $115 Million
Oct-23-15 Hendersonville, NC: The Department of Justice recently announced it reached a settlement with Adventist Health System to settle allegations of healthcare fraud linked to improper compensation agreements with referring physicians. According to a release from the Department of Justice (9/21/15), Adventist allegedly paid doctors’ bonuses based... - Mirena User Diagnosed with Pseudotumor Cerebri
Dec-5-15 Peoria, AZ: Jess was recently diagnosed with pseudotumor cerebri but her neurologist didn’t give a conclusive explanation as to why she has this condition. Jess didn’t know at the time about the link between the Mirena IUD and this condition, which is also called Idiopathic intracranial hypertension or benign intracranial hypertension. &l... - Monsanto Still Fighting California’s Carcinogen Listing for Glyphosate in Roundup
Nov-21-17 Fresno, CA: The manufacturer of Monsanto Roundup is not taking any assertion, accurate or otherwise that Roundup causes cancer, lying down. To that end, Monsanto Co. has joined forces with other agricultural industry groups in a lawsuit aimed squarely at the State of California and the identification by the California Office of Environmental Health Haz... - Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Asbestosis Lung Cancer Victim
Nov-30-15 Baton Rouge, LA: A former cargo worker who was diagnosed with asbestosis disease in 2011 will have his medical costs covered following the ruling of an appeals court in an asbestosis lawsuit . Asbestosis is a disease that results from exposure to asbestos fibers. Once ingested, the asbestos can lay dormant in the lungs for decades before emerging as... - PPH Damaged Mitral Valve
Mar-4-08 Tampa, FL Rob Phillips took Fen Phen in the early 1990s and he started to lose weight, but his doctor advised him to stop taking it after an article was published linking the diet drug with possible heart damage and Primary Pulmonary Hypertension (PPH). The warning may have come too late: In November of 2006, Phillips had heart surgery for treatment o... - Bayer’s Monsanto Purchase Sews Seeds of Discontent Amongst Shareholders
Mar-23-20 Whippany, NJ Bayer, one of the largest and most high-profile public companies in the world, started negotiations last year with plaintiffs’ lawyers to settle tens of thousands of lawsuits involving Roundup . Now it’s been slammed with a shareholder derivative lawsuit. The number of plaintiffs is growing to such an extent that Bayer says it... - Risperdal for Kids Reaps Big Bucks—but for how long?
Dec-29-16 Baltimore, MD: Johnson & Johnson is accused of targeting Risperdal marketing towards children and teenagers, to the extent that the antipsychotic drug has been prescribed to treat anxiety in children. But some of those boys who developed gynecomastia, a non-cancerous increase in the size of male breast tissue, now suffer from depression and chances... - A Play on Words: Unum's Scam
Dec-8-09 Seattle, WA Unum , also known as UnumProvident, is notorious for denying legitimate health insurance claims in a variety of deceptive ways. Valerie (not her real name) says Unum illegally denied her long-term benefits by changing one word in her policy without giving notice to her employer, HR or the union. After she suffered an injury at work, Valeri... - The Harrison Group bedbugs Settlement
The Dugan family of Flourtown sued the owners of the Holiday Inn Oceanfront for allegedly causing bedbug infestation in their luggage and then in their home. The Worcester County Health Department confirmed the parasite invasion and oversaw the pest eradication. CNA Insurance awarded the Dugan family and undisclosed settlement. (Feb-18-05) Le... - Mistakes in Surgery Ruins Woman's Life
Feb-16-08 Indianola, MS In the space of four months Diane underwent four operations-the first, a hernia reconstruction, then three others to correct complications from the first. Diane alleges that surgery mistakes and improper practices have compromised her health and ability to work. "The doctor at the Bolivar Medical Center in Cleveland said I had a hole whe...