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Jun-5-16 Scarborough, ON: As the world continues to mourn the loss of boxing icon and humanitarian Mohammed Ali, a phrase oft-times used by Ali to describe his boxing style and prowess, “float like a butterfly, sting like a bee,” can also be brought to the fore to describe the type 2 diabetes drug Invokana. Some doctors - including one in Halifax, locat... - Pitney Bowes Inc. Tax Settlement
Pitney Bowes completed its previously disclosed tax settlement with the Internal Revenue Service. Pitney Bowes expects to pay about $1.1 billion of tax over the next six months. All of the tax payments will be made using proceeds from the Capital Services sale, as well as an advance against the company's Corporate Owned Life Insurance assets. (Aug-31-06... - Employment - Verdict in favor of Defendant
Case Name : Sanders v. County of Los Angeles Case Number : BC514539 Verdict Date : 2015-06-25 Outcome Type : Jury Verdict Court : Plaintiff Deborah Sanders (African-American) was a temporary long term relief nurse at the Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center. Sanders began working at LAC+USC in 1993, and was terminated from... - Solitude Ski Resort Cyclist Wrongful Death Settlement
On September 18, 2004 Josie Johnson was struck from behind and killed by a car while riding her bike in Big Cottonwood Canyon. The motorist of the car was 67-year-old Elizabeth DeSeelhorst. She was driving a car belonging to Solitude Ski Resort, which is owned by her family. DeSeelhorst was convicted of class A misdemeanor negligent homicide, sentenced... - Popular Leasing USA Matrix Box Settlement
In 2004, NorVergence promised businesses that they would save on telephone and Internet bills if they rented a matrix box from the telecommunications company. The businesses agreed to leases requiring them to pay $200 to $4,000 a month. NorVergence then sold the leases to about 40 finance companies, including Popular Leasing. The boxes did not work and... - Three Heartbreaking Examples of Alleged Medical Malpractice
Jan-11-14 Oakland, CA It’s something we all fear: Medical malpractice . And for reasons that have little to do with litigation. Rather, it’s the fear of not being able to fix what has been broken. Unlike a car that can be replaced if the mechanic screws up, or a house that can be shored up or rebuilt if the contractor gets it wrong, the human body car... - City of Huntington Female Police Officer Gender Harassment Settlement
Huntington Police officer Stephanie Swann filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the city. She claimed her colleagues repeated references to Swann using sexually explicit words and circulated a sexually explicit drawing of her. The lawsuit also alleged fellow officers belittled her and did not allow her to do certain police work because she is a... - Memphis Man Suffers Broken Neck from Explosion of E-Cigarette
May-26-16 Memphis, TN: It’s an emerging issue from a relatively new device meant to bring the art, or habit, of smoking into the twenty-first century. The e-cigarette has captured the fancy of millennials having embraced “vaping,” or inhaling vapor as a preferred alternative to actual smoke. While long-term health benefits and risks associated with... - Ohio Says Opioid Epidemic Generated by Drug Companies
Jun-10-17 Columbus, OH Fed up with a deadly and costly drug addiction epidemic Ohio has become the second state after Mississippi to launch a lawsuit against five major pharmaceutical companies that manufacture and market prescription opioids such as OxyContin, Percocet and Vicodin. The Defendants named in the lawsuit are Johnson & Johnson (Janssen Pharm... - Gibraltar Design Matanzas High School Construction Settlement
Flagler County School Board filed an $11 million lawsuit against the design firm related to construction at the Matanzas High School. In March 2004, the construction of Matanzas was stopped after the facilities director and an architect discovered that engineering plans created by Gibraltar Design called for a flimsily built school. They noted the secon... - Plaintiffs in Monsanto Roundup Litigation Seek Studies on Mice
Jun-7-17 San Francisco, CA: Plaintiffs in Monsanto Roundup lawsuits consolidated in Northern California are looking to get their hands on tissue specimens from the 1980s in an effort to further support their claim that the primary ingredient in the popular herbicide used the world over, is capable of causing cancer in humans. The Monsanto lawsuits exist agai... - Teva Settles Propofol Hepatitis C Lawsuits for $285M
New York, NY: Teva Pharmaceuticals, the maker of Propofol, will settle 120 personal injury lawsuits arising from a hepatitis C outbreak in Southern Nevada, for a reported $285 million. The Israeli-based generic drug maker was facing lawsuits brought by some 150 former patients of The Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada and its sister clinics, who con... - Toxic Chemicals In Car Interiors Pose Serious Health Risks
Washington, DC: The fourth annual consumer guide to toxic chemicals in motor vehicle interiors (2012), produced by the Ecology Center, shows that consumers remain at risk for exposure to bromine and other toxic chemicals that produce that "new car smell" despite the fact that, overall, the use of these types of chemicals is gradually being reduced by... - Cyber Security Expert Says Employees Need to Stop Opening the Door to Strangers
Mar-18-15 New York, NY Another day, another huge data breach . The latest is Premera Blue Cross. The health insurer has just revealed it discovered in January that its data systems were hacked 10 months ago. The Pacific Northwest-based insurer says the breach could have exposed the names, birth dates, Social Security numbers, mailing and e-mail addresses along wi... - John Charman Divorce Settlement
Beverley and John Charman were married in 1976 and have two children. In April of 2005, the couple divorced and Beverley filed for damages. John Charman is the President and CEO of Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.; one of the largest insurers in Bermuda. London's High Court awarded John's ex-wife a $90.6 million (£48 million) divorce settlement, equal to 3... - Januvia Litigation Busy Year Ahead
Dec-27-13 Sacramento, CA Nearing the end of 2013, federal litigation regarding Januvia claims is moving forward in multidistrict litigation (MDL) products liability claims in Southern California, on the heels of a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association linking Januvia with pancreatitis. Januvia multidistrict litigation ... - Canadian Abilify Lawsuit
Jun-1-17 Calgary, AB: An Abilify lawsuit seeking class action status involving hundreds of Canadians has been filed in Calgary. In May 2017, CTV News Calgary reported that Christina Milisic and hundreds of others were not warned of side effects. She was prescribed Abilify for paranoia and hallucinations. Instead of improving her mental health, she develope... - Lexapro Legal Problems Mount Against Forest Laboratories
Nov-15-06 Fair Haven, NJ: According to Forest Laboratories' Annual Report, for the year ending March 31, 2006, Celexa and Lexapro , accounted for 68% of the company's sales. The drugs belong to the class of antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). Sales of Lexapro, the filing notes, increased 16% in the 4th quarter to $464,100... - Jersey City wrongful death Settlement
Micheal Anglin, a 15-year-old Jersey City resident, was shot point blank and killed by Officer Vincent Corso in January 2000, after a stolen van he was riding in with friends was stopped after a chase. While the van's other occupants were getting handcuffed, Anglin allegedly approached the police officer, whose gun accidentally fired. No charges were la... - M.D.C. Holdings Inc., WL Homes and Chesapeake Title Reinsurance Co. illegal kickbacks Settlement
Denver-based M.D.C. Holdings Inc., which builds under the name Richmond American Homes, Newport Beach, Calif.-based WL Homes, which does business as John Laing Homes, and Chesapeake Title Reinsurance Co., a subsidiary of Citibank, were accused of violating a law against illegal kickbacks. They were allegedly involved in captive title reinsurance, a prac...