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Mar-28-15 Elmwood Park, NJ Lumy was sold on transvaginal mesh after reading brochures marketed to women with urinary stress incontinence. “Women should not be suffering in silence,” reads one advertisement. Given the number of transvaginal mesh lawsuits that have been filed, more women are suffering from the mesh than incontinence - and they aren&r... - Qwest Communications Settles Securities Fraud for $40 Million
A class action securities fraud suit against Qwest Communications International Inc will be settled for $40 million. The former Qwest Chief Executive, Joe Nacchio, and former Chief Financial Officer, Robert Woodruff, would also contribute a total of $5 million out of insurance proceeds. Legal Help If you have a similar problem and would like to... - CA Workers Comp Lawsuit News and Legal Information
California Labor Code 3212 allows individuals who hold a stressful government job such as police officers, firefighters, corrections officers and other types of first responders to possibly be eligible for benefits under the California workers' compensation system for stress-related illnesses such as a heart attack, other cardiac events and other illn... - Defective Products causing Personal Injury: Get Your Medical Records Now
Dec-4-06 San Diego, CA Paula Carr was 29 years old when she had breast implants. Paula asked a lot of questions except one: how long would they last? "I thought I would give myself a gift - instead I got a curse," she said. "My doctor told me this new product was a combination of saline and silicone and I was excited about the prospect of having a renewed sense... - Landlord to pay $190,000 toxic mold settlement.
Brookfield, CT: (Mar-05-08) Gary J. Tricarico has brought a lawsuit against Miles Lynch, his Brookfield landlord, alleging that the home he and his family were renting was hazardous. The suit claimed that Tricarico had leased the property on 89 Clearview Dr. as a residence for his family and for his architectural engineering business. He lived there with h... - Cathedral Network to pay $5.3 million Medicare fraud suit.
Newark, NJ: (Mar-05-08) The US Justice Department brought charges against Cathedral Healthcare System, the Newark-based hospital system affiliated with the Archdiocese of Newark, alleging that the hospital defrauded the federal Medicare program. The suit claimed that Cathedral inflated charges for Medicare patients to obtain additional federal reimbursem... - Monster Worldwide Enters Preliminary Settlement for $47.5 million
Monster Worldwide, the parent company of Monster.com, the global online employment site, announced today that it has entered into a preliminary settlement for the class action it faces, of $47.5 million. The Company's cost is anticipated to be approximately $25 million (net of insurance and contribution from another defendant). The parties expect to en... - Monsanto Hit with Yet Another Lawsuit Over Roundup
May-8-17 Washington, DC: As the manufacturers of Monsanto Roundup continue to grapple with Monsanto Roundup lawsuits alleging the active ingredient in the popular herbicide causes cancer, Monsanto has been hit with more litigation over an alleged labelling issue. According to court documents, two nonprofits combined last month to launch a Roundup lawsuit aga... - Lawsuits Mount for Stryker Over Allegedly Failed Medical Devices
May-7-17 Philadelphia, PA: A hip replacement implant failure lawsuit filed earlier this year against Howmedica Osteonics Corp. (Howmedica), the parent company of Stryker Corp. (Stryker), highlights the ongoing litigation that is building over allegedly defective hip implants, and implant components. Late last month, proposed claims with regard to a failed bone... - Number of Operating Room Injuries Linked to Robot Surgery Reportedly Increasing
Nov-20-13 Washington, DC Patients who have suffered an operating room injury during robotic surgery may not be surprised by reports that the number of robot-related surgical injuries is on the rise. Concerns about injuries linked to robotic surgery are conveyed in da Vinci robot lawsuits, alleging patients were seriously harmed because of the use of the robot du... - Maker Of “Neuro” Drinks Agrees To Pay $500,000 In Fines and Restitution
Apr-15-16 April 14, 2016 (Press Release): Neurobrands LLC, the Santa Monica-based maker of the “Neuro” line of drinks, has agreed to a permanent court injunction that requires it to change its marketing practices. The company will also pay $500,000 in penalties and restitution as part of a settlement with local prosecutors. The final court Judgment was approv... - American Equity Investment Life Settles Class Action
A class action suit in Kentucky against American Equity Investment Life Insurance has been settled in state court. The settlement could be paid to as many as 24,000 older customers who were part of a 'living trust mill.' This is when elderly customers are persuaded by marketers for living trusts to buy living trusts as a way to avoid probate and reduce esta... - Stryker Rejuvenate Has a Few Screws Loose
Nov-17-13 Charleston, SC Since undergoing a Stryker Rejuvenate hip implant, Marcellos, age 35, has been walking with a cane. But wait, it gets worse: because he is on Medicaid, he was told he cannot have hip revision surgery for at least 10 years. “After Stryker hip surgery, my right leg was considerably longer than the other and I could barely get out... - Canadian Xarelto Lawsuits Continue to Emerge
Apr-12-16 Calgary, AB: While lawsuits pertaining to Xarelto Bleedout have been steadily increasing in the United States, similar lawsuits have been coming to the fore in other jurisdictions as well. To that end, a Xarelto lawsuit filed in Calgary last February and another that was expected to be filed in Ontario are representative of the risk inherent with the n... - Massachusetts Hospital Slammed with Endoscopy Infection Lawsuits
Apr-11-16 Westfield, MA: A potentially damning Endoscope lawsuit accuses the Baystate Noble Hospital located in Westfield, Massachusetts, of putting patient health at risk in what has been described as a “preventable” situation involving endoscopy equipment. It has also been alleged that hospital officials knew of the issue some three years before af... - Canadians File Ethicon Physiomesh Class Action Lawsuit
Ottawa, ONT: Canadian patients who have suffered harm resulting from Ethicon’s Inc.’s Physiomesh Flexible Composite Mesh products have filed a class action against the medical device manufacturer. Like their American counterparts who are pursing Ethicon through the American courts in a multi-district litigation, Canadians patients al... - Pfizer Celebrex Lawsuits - 1500 and Counting
Sep-4-06 The first Celebrex trial, originally set for June 6, 2006, has been delayed indefinitely, reportedly to give attorneys more time to gather information. Although no new trial date has been set, legal analysts now predict that Celebrex trials will begin in early 2007. The delay was requested by a federal judge in San Francisco, where Pfizer is facing around... - 13 Brands of Dehumidifiers Recalled Due to Serious Fire and Burn Hazards
Washington, DC: Over 2 million dehumidifiers carrying major brand names are being recalled by Gree, in cooperation with the US Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada. They announced a recall on dehumidifiers manufactured by Gree Electric Appliances of China that were sold from January 2005 through August 2013. The dehumidifier can o... - Spinach E.coli Outbreak May be Over but not for Victims
Nov-6-06 Tijuana, Mexico Etna Sosa moved to California in January of this year. She loved to shop in U.S. supermarkets and among her groceries were always bags of washed, baby spinach . A few months later, Etna got severe diarrhea and had to return to Mexico. E.coli was the culprit but she had no idea and continued to get sicker. "It was awful, I felt so we... - Adderall Implicated in Child Abuse and a Murder Trial
Nov-7-13 Boca Raton, FL In the past week, Adderall has been implicated in Seth Fontenot’s murder trial and involved in a case of child abuse by a Florida mother. Seth Fontenot allegedly shot three high school students - one student died from gunshot wounds - in February after they tried to break into Fontenot’s vehicle. Prosecutors in the first-d...