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Jan-24-10 The Centers for Disease Control ("CDC") is collaborating with public health officials in many states, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Montevideo infections. Investigators are using DNA analysis of Salmonella ba... - Wrongful Termination - Add Assault Charge
Jun-26-13 Hollister, CA Dave believes he was wrongfully terminated , shortly after he was harassed and physically assaulted by the owner of the company. “I worked two years as the back counter parts guy for a truck parts company,” says Dave. “It was my job to supply all the needed parts and outside service required for big rigs. I worked in a... - Supreme Court Asked to Hear Donning and Doffing Lawsuit
Sep-29-14 Washington, DC Given the confusing nature of labor laws and employee rights, issues such as unpaid wages and off-the-clock work are not as straightforward as they might seem. As a result, the US Supreme Court has reportedly been asked to hear a case involving an unpaid wages claim by employees who have spent time preparing for work. For the most par... - Arkansas School Boards Association Fire Settlement
On April 17, 2005, nineteen year old Torey Teray Martin set fire to Hope High School. He was charged with commercial burglary as well as arson. A $2.3 million insurance settlement will be paid out to rebuild 12 new classrooms as well as a media center and library with offices and a complete computer lab. (Sep-30-05) [ TEXARKAN GAZETTE ] Lega... - Celexa Side Effects Targeted by Health Canada, FDA
Oct-21-11 Ottawa, ON Health Canada is currently reviewing an antidepressant following reports that heart damage may be one of the Celexa side effects for certain doses, The Canadian Press reported. The organization has begun research to find out the extent of the alleged damage that may be caused by the drug. The study outlined the effect of high doses of C... - Citigroup Settles Securities Lawsuit
Jun-22-13 New York, NY In the latest news involving a mortgage-backed securities lawsuit , Citigroup will settle allegations of securities fraud for an undisclosed amount. Citigroup faced securities fraud litigation filed by the US Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), which alleged the financial firm made misleading statements about its mortgage-backed securiti... - In the Midst of Concern Over Endoscope Infection, a New Threat Looms
Jan-19-17 Philadelphia, PA: It’s been just over a year since Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., ranking member of the US Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a Minority Staff Report detailing the results of a year-long investigation into deaths related to antibiotic-resistant infections from contaminated duodenoscopes. Such dea... - Porter Ranch Gas Leak: Attorney Robert Kennedy Jr. Weighs In
Dec-17-15 Porter Ranch, CA: Environmentalist lawyer and activist Robert Kennedy Jr. has joined attorney Brian Panish and the R. Rex Parris Law Firm in a class-action lawsuit on behalf of individuals affected by the Porter Ranch gas leak. LawyersandSettlements (LAS) interviewed Mr. Kennedy about the gas leak, the potential danger to residents and how damages might... - A Woeful Tale of Two DePuy Hips
Dec-6-11 Venice, NJ "It's hard to live with constant, constant pain." So says a Cork, Ireland woman who has suffered through no fewer than three operations to her one hip since a troublesome DePuy Hip Replacement system was removed from her body about a year before the worldwide recall of the DePuy hip ASR component. Juergen Schaberick, a native of Frankfurt wh... - Is Pfizer Forthcoming to Consumers About Zithromax Stevens Johnson Syndrome?
Sep-23-14 Washington, DC Stevens Johnson Syndrome (SJS) is one of those rare reactions to medication that few understand. Why does skin erupt into a rash, then into blisters, then a progression toward the loss of massive amounts of skin that equates to a serious burn? And this, all happening practically overnight. Many questions, and even less understanding. But one... - Nexium Fractures: Err on the Side of Concern
Jun-18-13 Little Rock, AR Ken hasn’t suffered a Nexium fracture but he is concerned, having taken the Proton Pump Inhibitor (PPI) for 15 years, and having read about countless Nexium bone injury lawsuits. (More than 1,000 Nexium lawsuits last December 2012 were centralized into an MDL in the US District Court for the Central District of California.) &ld... - Waddell & Reed Variable Annuities Settlement
A lawsuit was filed against the brokerage firm on behalf of 150 consumers nationwide. The case claimed Waddell switched client's variable annuities from one product to another without the customers' best interests and charged surrendering fees. The Pennsylvania Insurance Department requires Waddell & Reed to pay consumers $11 million in restitution. (S... - Plaintiff Wants Appeal of Years-Long Claims, Defendant Opines to ‘Get on with It’
Jan-5-18 San Francisco, CA: A years-long healthcare fraud whistleblower lawsuit remains an apt example of just how long in the tooth litigation can extend. And while the current version of a health care fraud lawsuit does not resemble the characterization of the original litigation, attempts at various appeals could extend the litigation well beyond 2018. At... - Unum Is Still a Pain in the Back
Nov-28-11 Baton Rouge, LA Despite the thousands upon thousands of lawsuits that Unum was made to settle by the courts after its policy holders' denials were reversed, it would appear that the giant health provider is still denying policy holders with back injuries. Even though in 2008 the US Court of Appeals of the Second District found in favor of the plaint... - Older Model Duodenoscopes Pulled from Market
Jan-13-17 Santa Clara, CA: Fuji, the maker of allegedly defective duodenoscopes, has announced it plans to remove its legacy 250/450 duodenoscope models from clinical use. The decision is reportedly based on the limited number of duodenoscopes currently in use, not because of a known safety risk, and noted that it has not received any recent reports of adver... - Opioid Epidemic Biggest News Story in 2017, Opioid Litigation May be Biggest Legal News in 2018
Jan-1-18 Cleveland, OH: Across the U.S., city and county newspapers looking back on 2017 say the top news story was the opioid crisis. And opioid litigation already looks like it will dominate legal news in 2018. Early in December, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) ordered city and county cases to join more than five dozen similar civil ac... - Mutual Benefits Corp. Life Insurance Fraud Settlement
Investors filed a lawsuit against the now defunct company for allegedly being defrauded in the purchase of life insurance policies. Mutual Benefits has agreed to pay more than 29,000 Mutual Benefits investors a $10 million settlement. (Aug-30-05) [ MIAMI HERALD ] Legal Help If you have a similar problem and would like to be contacted by... - Stockert 3T Infections Widespread
Jan-10-17 Nashville, TN: Last October the CDC reported that M. chimaera contamination of heater/cooler devices, of which 60 to 70 percent stem from the Stockert 3T heater-cooler system had been found in Iowa and Pennsylvania. Just one month later, a global outbreak linking the devices was reported. M. chimaera is a rare bacteria, a species of nontuberculous... - Evanston-Skokie School District 65 Free Speech Settlement
Evanston middle school teacher, Vikki Proctor, filed a lawsuit against her former employer alleging the district violated her free speech rights by transferring her to another building after her protest. Proctor and two other teachers displayed a skeleton in the teachers lounge at Evanston's King Laboratory School to protest new testing mandates. Accord... - “I want this Mirena IUD out, over and done with.”
Dec-30-17 Toronto, ON. Nickey followed her doctor’s orders, and the Mirena manufacturer’s orders: five years after the IUD was implanted, she made an appointment to have it removed. But it wasn’t that easy. Next month will be the fourth, and she hopes final, attempt to have all of the birth control device removed from her uterus. “O...