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Washington, DC: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting patients who had mammograms at Boston Diagnostic Imaging located in Orlando, Florida, anytime on or after May 13, 2013, about possible problems with the quality of their mammograms. The American College of Radiology (ACR) conducted a clinical image review of mammograms performed b... - Norcia Bakery delivery accident Settlement
Sheldon Gotschall was making a delivery for his employer when struck by another car which broke his neck and set the truck on fire, killing him instantly. Sherah Bennett, the driver of the car, was found innocent of aggravated vehicular homicide by reason of insanity as she suffers from Bipolar disease. Gotschall's family was awarded $1.25 million from th... - Broccoli Items Recalled due to Possible Listeria Contamination
Washington, DC: Taylor Farms Pacific is voluntarily recalling Brocolli items with the specific product codes dates in a limited distribution showing Best if Used by from 2/7/11 to 3/7/11 due to a possible health risk from Listeria monocytogenes. No illnesses have been reported in association with the recall. For a complete list of affected products,... - Seamen's Society for Children and Families foster care abuse Settlement
In the summer of 1993 Sandra had her two children taken into the New York City foster care system. Seamen's Society for Children and Families placed them in the home of Mary McLaughlin and her adult son Darrell Williams. He allegedly sexually abused and sodomized the two girls for four years. Finally, a day care noticed signs of abuse and informed authori... - Asbestos and Environmental Law
Oct-28-17 Massachusetts Any asbestos lawsuit , whether it be founded upon asbestosis, asbestos mesothelioma, asbestos cancer or any other form of asbestos disease carries underpinnings of environmental law. That’s because the environment is such an integral component of today’s safe workplace, that environmental law policy is central to how employers... - IVC Filter Bellwether Lawsuits Still a Year Away, Cases Could Increase in Meantime
Oct-30-16 Phoenix, AZ: We’re about a year out from the first scheduled bellwether trials involving inferior vena cava filters, known popularly as the IVC filter . It’s a voluminous file, given that Baby Boomers are aging and moving into their retirement years, together with the various health complications that accompany the majority of Americans as t... - What is Next for Burn Pit Lawsuits?
Oct-26-17 Washington, DC In August, the plaintiffs filed a Notice of Appeal In re: KBR, Inc., Burn Pit Litigation seeking to overturn the decision of the Fourth Circuit that barred them from suing the military contractor who operated the burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan. Since individuals cannot sue the military itself, the Fourth Circuit decisi... - Biotab Recalls Extenze Nutritional Supplements
Washington, DC: Biotab Nutraceuticals, Inc. ("Biotab") is conducting a voluntary recall of two lots of EXTENZE nutritional supplement tablets. Some packages bearing lot numbers 0709241 and 0509075 are counterfeit products containing undeclared drug ingredients that can pose a serious risk to health. Biotab learned about the problem after being no... - Imation Corp. disposable cameras Settlement
After a six-year legal battle, Jazz Photo Corp., a reloader of disposable cameras, entered into a $25 million settlement with data storage giant Imation Corp. for allegedly faulty camera film. In a case being tried before Hon. Jose Linares of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, the settlement was approved by Hon. Morris Stern... - Plaintiffs Getting Testy Over Testosterone Side Effects
Jun-7-14 New Orleans, LA The saddest aspect of testosterone side effects , is that for a growing majority of men in America those side effects are unnecessary and tragic, given the marketing spin undertaken by manufacturers of testosterone supplements and the hesitation by the federal drug regulator to clamp down on indications for a product beyond that for whic... - Will Duodenoscope Redesign Prove Sufficient to Stem Endoscope Infection?
Oct-22-17 Washington, DC: Many an endoscope lawsuit have alleged injury, or even death when a reusable endoscope or duodenoscope has passed potentially harmful infections between patients due to an inability to be thoroughly cleaned and sterilized. Plaintiffs have alleged everything from defective design, to a lack of training and inadequate cleaning procedures... - FDA Issues Serious Adverse Event Warnings for Thoratec HeartMate II and HeartWare HVAD
Washington, DC: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting health care providers, patients, and caregivers about serious adverse events associated with LVADs. These adverse events include an increased rate of pump thrombosis (blood clots inside the pump) with Thoratec' HeartMate II and a high rate of stroke with the HeartWare HVAD since app... - Zimmer Persona Lawsuit Legal News and Information
In 2015, Zimmer, maker of the Persona Personalized Knee System , announced it was voluntarily recalling a component in the knee replacement device, the Persona Trabecular Metal Tibial Plate . The Trabecular Metal Tibial Plate recall was announced in February 2015 and was classified by the FDA as a Class II recall in March 2015. Zimmer Persona... - Chicago Title Insurance Company real estate mortgage Settlement
Along with this company, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Office of Thrift Supervision allegedly violated Section 4 of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act by providing inaccurate HUD-1 Settlement Statements to lenders and their borrowers. Chicago Title has agreed to pay $5 millio... - First American Title Insurance Co. policy holders Settlement
A $24 million refund settlement was awarded to policy holders. The title insurance company allegedly gave kickbacks to homebuilders, lenders and real estate agents to artificially inflate title costs. (Feb-22-05) [ MERCURY NEWS ] Legal Help If you have a similar problem and would like to be contacted by a lawyer at no obligation, please clic... - Criticism for Both St. Jude Medical and FDA over Defective St. Jude ICD Batteries
Oct-20-17 Washington, DC: A troubling report that ran in The New York Times back in April shed a dark shadow on defective St. Jude cardiac defibrillators and the batteries that powered them. St Jude ICD and CRT-D device lawsuits have alleged further than the original manufacturer of the medical devices, St. Jude Medical, downplayed reports of device failure fo... - WellCare Health Plans Agrees Preliminary $200M Settlement in Securities Fraud Case
Tampa, FL: Preliminary approval has been granted by a federal judge in Tampa for a $200 million settlement between WellCare Health Plans Inc. and plaintiffs who filed a securities class action alleging health care fraud. The settlement calls for WellCare to pay $87.5 million in cash and issue $112.5 million in bonds. A stipulation of the settlemen... - Two Georgia Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Question Medical Judgement
Oct-19-17 Atlanta, GA: A Medical Malpractice trial that began last month over a Georgia grandmother’s bowel obstruction and subsequent death has resulted in a $6 million verdict against one doctor. Another medical negligence case found the anesthesiologist responsible for a woman’s death and resulted in a $22 million jury award, but the doctor&rsquo... - Paradigm Medical Industries, Inc. securities Settlement
Former executive officers, Thomas F. Motter, Mark R. Miehle, and John W. Hemmer and the surgical and diagnostic equipment manufacturer allegedly committed securities fraud. The US Fire Insurance Company has agreed to pay Paradigm Medical shareholders $1.5 million, Series E Convertible Preferred Stock shareholders $625,000, and a $2.5 million settlement to... - Reality Check: Illegal California Real Estate Fees
Feb-11-13 San Diego, CA It could be said that California real estate transactions are complicated enough, without the risk of potentially paying more fees than you need to. One also assumes that a real estate transaction should be the one place that would be void of potential fraud. The Fidelity National Title Insurance Company case, which resulted in a $2.3 mil...