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Feb-3-16 LOS ANGELES (Press Release) Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced that she has lodged a lawsuit against Southern California Gas Company for violations of California law in connection with a massive methane leak from its Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility. In addition to filing suit in her independent capacity as Attorney General, Harris... - 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... - Unum practices Zero Risk Management
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... - Are ER’s Cashing in on Upcoding?
Feb-3-18 Washington, DC Since 2009 emergency room charges have jumped by as much as 85 percent . Are patients really sicker? Has the actual cost of care gone up that much? Are hospitals price-gouging? For both uninsured patients and those with big deductibles, the bottom line is the same – a gaping hole in the pocketbook. The secret (and thus perha... - 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... - " 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. ... - California In-Home Supportive Services Workers get New Wage Protections under Federal Law
Sep-9-19 Los Angeles, CA Household workers, including those who care for the elderly or people with disabilities, are among the most vulnerable to wage theft and other forms of employment abuse. They work in isolation, behind closed doors and sometimes in fear of deportation. Ray v. County of Los Angeles cuts through the fog and fear to make clear that privat... - 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... - Porter Ranch SoCal Gas Leak Declared State of Emergency
Jan-7-16 Los Angeles, CA: A state of emergency has been declared over the massive Porter Ranch SoCal gas leak in California that has been sending methane into the Porter Ranch neighborhood for over two months. On January 6th, the governor of California, Jerry Brown, issued a statement declaring the state of emergency which will “direct further action to... - Farmers Worldwide Filed Monsanto Herbicide Lawsuits
Sep-5-19 Denton, MT: A Montana farmer recently filed a Monsanto glyphosate lawsuit claiming its herbicide Roundup he used since 1982 caused his Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. In a similar case filed in France, a French court found Monsanto guilty of poisoning a farmer and in June the first Australian legal action was filed against Bayer, which bought Monsanto in 2018. ... - New Study Strengthens Evidence of Accutane Link to IBD
Apr-11-10 Chapel Hill, NC Accutane is no longer available in the US, but its memory lingers on in thousands of Americans afflicted with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and other side effects of the acne medication. Nearly 1000 lawsuits are pending against Accutane manufacturer Roche—a major factor in the company's decision to discontinue the distribution... - 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... - Smokeless Tobacco Increases Risk of Stroke and Heart Attack
People who use smokeless tobacco products are at greater risk for fatal stroke and fatal myocardial infarction (MI) - or heart attack, according to a study published by the British Medical Journal (BMJ) online this month. Smokeless tobacco products include chewing tobacco and snuff. The use of these products had declined in the last half of the last cen... - Will Monsanto-Sponsored Science Poison RoundUp Lawsuits?
Jan-15-18 San Francisco, CA: More than 300 Monsanto RoundUp lawsuits have been consolidated into multidistrict litigation in the US District Court for the Northern District of California . Expert testimony about whether glyphosate, the main ingredient in RoundUp, is carcinogenic will begin in early March. Sound like a snooze fest? Au contraire, mon ami... - Public Health Advisory Issued by FDA on Chantix
Feb-7-08 Rockville, MD: A Public-Health Advisory has been issued by the US Food and Drug Administration to caregivers, health care providers, and patients regarding new warnings that concern the stop smoking prescription medication, Chantix . An Early Communication was issued to health care providers and the public by the FDA on November 20, 2007, regarding the... - Testosterone Defendant Attempts to Limit Scope of Expert Witness
Jan-24-17 Chicago, IL: Plaintiffs in testosterone lawsuits against defendant AbbVie Inc. found themselves momentarily distracted from the allegations at hand earlier this month when the Illinois federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation over testosterone side effects needed to rule on a motion submitted by the defendant to trim a report from an expert wi... - No Christmas Tree for Porter Ranch Gas Leak Victims
Dec-23-15 Porter Ranch, CA: Christine Katz didn’t associate the Porter Ranch gas leak to her young child’s respiratory condition for some time because no one, not even public health officials, told her that it could be dangerous. But when the rest of her family and the neighbors’ kids got sick, they called SoCalGas. “The gas company of... - 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... - Miami Beach Drownings Result in $5.75 Million Settlement
A $5.75 million verdict has been reached against Monticello Insurance Company, which had refused to pay a settlement between the City of Miami Beach and the families of Zachary Breaux and Eugenie Poleyeff, who drowned there in 1997. According to the suit, on February 20, 1997, jazz guitarist Breaux, 36, his wife, and three daughters were vacationing at...