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Sort by date 7,886 pages found matching health insurance- Risperdal Lawsuit Hit 18,000 and Climbing, Status Update Due in July
Jun-25-17 Philadelphia, PA: The Risperdal lawsuit count now stands at a number above 18,000. To that end a staggering number of cases name pharmaceutical giants Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals as defendants. Most allege Risperdal gynecomastia , a Risperdal side effect characterized as the growth of male breast tissue. Howeve... - FDA Dresses Down St. Jude Medical over Faulty Lithium Defibrillator Batteries
Jun-22-17 Washington, DC: When Chicago’s Abbott Laboratories acquired St. Jude Medical in a $25 billion acquisition this past January, it appears to have inherited a billion-dollars’ worth of headaches that pre-existed before the takeover happened. And now, Abbott is in receipt of a warning letter from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with r... - FDA Solidly on the Fence over Laparoscopic Uterine Surgery
Jun-8-16 Washington, DC: It remains somewhat of a curiosity that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved a containment device for powered equipment used in Laparoscopic Uterine surgery , equipment that the FDA has previously warned against using amidst the possibility that undetected cancerous cells could be spread throughout the abdomen. ... - Back and Neck Injury Claim Headed for US Supreme Court
Apr-8-15 Washington, DC A plaintiff who suffered a back and neck injury at the hands of a drunk driver and spent most of his neck injury compensation money on legal fees and care for himself and his young daughter has successfully petitioned to have the US Supreme Court decide if he needs to pay back more than $120,000 to his benefits plan. According to cour... - Are Recalled Duodenoscopes Any Safer?
Jun-21-17 Washington, DC: Any medical device plaintiff fighting an endoscope infection lawsuit appears to have a friend in Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash). The Democratic lawmaker noted back in April that she had become alarmed in the face of a superbug outbreak in Europe late last year, and thus had issued a request to medical device manufacturer Olympus Corp. (O... - Maryland Plaintiff Alleges Testim Caused His Testosterone Heart Attack
Apr-6-15 Chicago, IL In a precursor to the warning, issued last month by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) concerning risk for testosterone heart attack , stroke and other cardiovascular issues associated with the use of testosterone supplements, a lawsuit filed in mid-January alleges that use of Testim, one of the so-called “Low-T” supplemen... - Cipro User: "Your Life Is Miserable"
Dec-9-10 Land O' Lakes, FL Michelle A. says she was only on Cipro for a few days when she developed Cipro side effects . The side effects she suffered, however, were not the Cipro effects that are receiving the most attention—Cipro tendonitis or Cipro tendon rupture. Instead, Michelle suffered from cartilage degeneration that has ultimately resulted in her... - Busted for Pot: California Labor Law Violation?
Aug-1-12 Monterey, CA Brad was fired from his job a few months ago because he was caught by the police with a controlled substance—a small amount of marijuana. Brad alleges that his former employer has used this incident in his favor, by refusing to pay Brad his final two weeks of pay, which could be a violation of the California labor law . “I&r... - Eliquis Lawsuit News and Legal Information
Eliquis (known generically as apixaban is a new-generation anticoagulant (blood thinner), in a class of drugs known as direct factor Xa inhibitors. Newer generation blood thinners, however, have been linked to an increased risk of uncontrolled bleeding, putting patients at risk of life-threatening side effects. Like other new blood thinners, Eliquis sid... - Never, Never Give Anyone Your Password, Ever!
Mar-30-15 New York, NY Right this very second a cyber criminal is out there trying to break into confidential information somewhere and figuring out ways to profit from that unauthorized access. Security expert Aaron Ross says consumers and corporations need to stay alert and be hypervigilant in order to keep from being towed under by the relentless, dangerous a... - "Why Was I given Gadolinium?" Asks Patient with Kidney Problems
Oct-8-10 Burbank, CA Gregory has had four MRIs over the past few years, and each time he was injected with a contrast agent containing gadolinium, also known as GBCAs. Despite the fact that Gregory underwent three MRIs for kidney stones, his doctor said that the benefits of the contrast agent outweigh the MRI health risks . Didn't he know that MRI contrast agen... - Invokana Adverse Events Subject to Much Scrutiny
Jun-13-17 Boston, MA: A new study recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine (06/08/17) with regard to the potential for diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) shows that type 2 diabetes patients on sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor drugs appear to have double the risk for DKA when compared with patients using dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) in... - DePuy Pinnacle $502 Million Second-Largest Jury Award in US History
May-29-16 Dallas, TX: With two down and some 8,000 trials left to litigate, the massive $500 million jury verdict against Johnson & Johnson and DePuy over its failed metal-on-metal Pinnacle hips is not just a huge win for plaintiffs, but a hint of deep financial hits to come for the pharmaceutical giant over its defective hip implants . The scoreboard, for... - Talcum Powder Not Regulated by the FDA, Body Powder Lawsuits Continue
May-28-16 Boston, MA: Two plaintiffs having recently been awarded a combined $127 million in body powder lawsuits owe their monetary awards to another Johnson & Johnson lawsuit in which the plaintiff didn’t get a dime. But the 2013 lawsuit, filed by Deane Berg of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, laid the legal groundwork that will have an impact going forwar... - Nigeria Issues Stevens Johnson Syndrome Alert
May-27-16 Washington, DC: Highlighting how little is still understood about Stevens Johnson Syndrome (SJS) , officials in Nigeria issued an alert, warning patients to be careful of their medication use after reports of a Stevens Johnson Syndrome-related death. Africa News (5/14/16) reports that officials warned patients that SJS is often a reaction to medicatio... - $1.3M Awarded in Actos Bladder Cancer Lawsuit
Los Angeles, CA: The plaintiff in an Actos bladder cancer lawsuit against Takeda Pharmaceutical Co, the makers of the diabetes drug, has been awarded $1,334,636 million in punitive damages by the jury hearing his case. The jury found that Takeda had acted with reckless indifference for the health of Mr. Kristufek, a retired teacher who alleged t... - Fracking Linked to Adrenal Problems
Mar-24-15 Valley Grove, WV Five years ago Mollie and her husband purchased their dream home in the country. Chesapeake Energy a few years later started fracking nearby and their dream turned into a nightmare. Mollie believes her adrenal issues and other health problems are directly caused by hydraulic fracturing contamination. Mollie was a full-time sales man... - Litigation Expenses: Interest Charged to Lawyer Passed on to Clients
Jul-18-12 New York, NY In Opinion #754 dated 2/25/2002, the New York State Bar Association’s Committee on Professional Ethics pronounced that attorneys financing a lawsuit with borrowed money may pass the interest costs onto their clients. At the time of the opinion, the U.S. litigation finance industry was virtually nonexistent, and the question of whether... - "I Gambled Away My Life Savings, Courtesy of Mirapex"
Nov-20-10 St. Paul, MN Not only did Mike Adrian gamble away his life savings, he was also "humiliated and degraded" after the media reported that "Maintenance Worker Admits to Stealing," and he is soon going to prison. If Mike had known about Mirapex and compulsive gambling, which is known to be a Mirapex side effect, perhaps his life wouldn't be in ruins. Le... - Another Iraq Veteran with Traumatic Brain Injury
Jul-17-12 Orange Park, FL Kevin says he doesn’t regret joining the army—even though he has been diagnosed with PTSD and traumatic brain injury (TBI). But he does regret not fighting harder for benefits. “The VA doctors should have done more testing for my TBI—instead I was released from the army for PTSD,” says Kevin, age 33. &ldquo...