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Washington, DC: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is advising the public about strengthened and updated warnings regarding neurologic and psychiatric side effects associated with the antimalarial drug mefloquine hydrochloride (Lariam). A boxed warning, the most serious kind of warning about these potential problems, has been added to the drug l... - 2014: The Year the FDA Said No to a Black Box for Statins
Jan-16-15 Washington, DC The start of a new year gives pause to look back at the year that was, and the various stories and issues relating to pharmaceutical drugs and medical products that defined 2014. One defining moment that almost flew under the radar occurred in June, when the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rejected the call for a black box warning for... - Asbestosis Class-Action Lawsuit Promises Many Twists and Turns
Mar-27-16 Hartford, CT: A most interesting asbestosis lawsuit is percolating in Hartford, Connecticut, that carries various storylines and potential outcomes: alleged asbestos exposure at the workplace when the employer had emphatically stated there was no asbestos present, followed by testing that confirmed there was; an asbestosis compensation lawsuit recently... - Chester Career College To Pay $5M in Student Loans Class Action Lawsuit Settlement
Richmond, VA: A $5 million settlement has been approved in a financial consumer fraud class action lawsuit pending against Chester Career College, formerly known as Richmond School of Health and Technology. The lawsuit alleged that the for-profit college practices predatory lending practices affecting thousands of students, primarily African America... - County pays $70,000 settlement in wrongful termination lawsuit.
San Joaquin County, CA: (Mar-19-08) Melinda Lagorio-Sanchez, a former county public health nurse, brought a lawsuit against San Joaquin County alleging that she was wrongfully terminated in February 2006 after blowing the whistle on Kathleen Tully, program manager of the county Public Health Services Department. She stated that Tully failed to file repor... - Invokana Goes to Court in Canada
Mar-24-16 Scarborough, ON: Rosalba Joudry had been prescribed a drug called Invokana to help deal with the high glucose levels related to her type 2 diabetes. She had been using the drug for several months when she saw an American TV commercial about a class-action suit filed against Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Janssen’s new, preeminent diabetes drug had... - US Steel pays $301,800 settlement to end environmental suit.
Pittsburgh, PA: (Mar-17-08) The Allegheny County Health Department brought charges against United States Steel Corporation, a Pittsburgh-based steel maker, alleging that it had air pollution violations at two Pittsburgh plants. The health department filed the suit in order to check emissions at the Clairton Coke Works and the Edgar Thompson Works in Brad... - Inyecciones de Heparin Contaminadas con Bacteria de Macrescens del Serratia
El 25 de enero de 2008, la FDA anunció una nación de recordar todos los lotes de la Heparin y la solución salina previamente de forma ras jeringas fabricados por AM2 PAT, Inc, de Angier, NC Dos lotes han resultado contaminados con Serratia marcescens, una bacteria Que pueden causar lesiones graves o la muerte. El recuerdo se aplica a to... - Defective Hip Implant Plaintiffs Awarded $502 Million on St. Patrick’s Day
Mar-20-16 Dallas, TX: There was a different kind of “green” celebrated this past St. Patrick’s Day, when a federal jury in Dallas, Texas, awarded five plaintiffs embroiled in a consolidated defective hip implant trial a total of $502 million in damages. It is not known if defendants DePuy Orthopaedics and Johnson & Johnson (J&J) will ap... - GranuFlo Recall: When Safety Slips through the Cracks
Sep-3-13 Washington, DC If 2012 was a watershed year with regard to the GranuFlo recall and concern over the actions (or lack thereof) of Fresenius Medical Care, then the month of March has proven to be a watershed month spanning two years, 2012 and 2013. It was in March 2012 when the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) first became aware of issues involvi... - FDA Used to Shield Big Pharma From Lawsuits
May-12-06 In January 2006, the FDA announced the Bush administration's latest gift to Big Pharma in a statement that said people who believe they have been injured by drugs approved by the FDA should not be allowed to sue drug companies in state courts. "We think that if your company complies with the FDA processes, if you bring forward the benefits and risks of yo... - Will 2015 See Benicar Lawsuits Moving Forward?
Jan-7-15 Cleveland, OH With a motion for consolidation of Benicar lawsuits before the courts and new Benicar side effects lawsuits being filed, 2015 could be an important year in Benicar litigation. Lawsuits filed against the company that makes Benicar allege the blood pressure medication is linked to a severe gastrointestinal condition. Late in 2014, a moti... - Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuits
Aug-31-13 Tens of thousands of transvaginal mesh (TVM) lawsuits have been filed against the makers of TVM devices. To date, two lawsuits pending against C.R. Bard Inc, the manufacturer of Avaulta, Faslata, Pelvicol and PelviSoft products have been settled. In March 2013, an $11 million verdict was rendered for the Plaintiff in the first Ethicon trial (In re... - Connecticut chiropractic groups to pay $87,000 fine in civil suit.
Hartford, CT: (Mar-05-08) The state of Connecticut brought charges against two state chiropractic trade groups, The Connecticut Chiropractic Association Inc. and Connecticut Chiropractic Council Inc., as well as Hartford lawyer Robert L. Hirtle Jr., alleging that they organized an illegal boycott to stop Anthem Health Plans Inc. from having another firm ma... - Consumers Continue to Get Stung by Excessive Credit Union, Bank Overdraft Fees
Mar-14-16 Washington, DC: It is a situation that continues to plague American consumers: excessive and confusing overdraft fees that are costing Americans millions of dollars in often needless debits from their accounts. Sometimes such fees and overdraft programs serve to push consumers deeper into debt. And while the big banks historically take the most heat for th... - Bill Would Protect Pensions of Veterans Who Won Medical Malpractice Lawsuits
Jul-27-10 Washington, DC Congress is currently considering a bill that would protect low-income veterans' pensions if they receive a veterans medical malpractice lawsuit settlement or other such windfall. Florida Representative Alcee Hastings introduced the Veterans Pensions Protection Act after one of his constituents, a low-income veteran, contacted him, ac... - Propecia Sexual Dysfunction, and No End in Sight
Dec-31-14 San Diego, CA While it has been two years since the watershed year of 2012 when studies and concern surfaced in a big way over Propecia finasteride , the issue has since been quietly bubbling at a slow boil, with the Propecia lawsuit ledger continuing to escalate. As of June 30, according to Q2 summaries filed by Propecia manufacturer Merck & Co. wi... - Tiger Blood, Osteonecrosis and Testosterone
Mar-10-16 Los Angeles, CA: Testosterone lawsuits may not allege people suffered bizarre behavior as a testosterone side effect, but Charlie Sheen is reportedly blaming some of his behavior on testosterone cream. Meanwhile, a newly published study suggests testosterone is linked to an increased risk of osteonecrosis and the number of lawsuits consolidated for pre... - Ford Motor Co. to Face Asbestos Lawsuit
Mar-9-16 San Francisco, CA: A San Francisco family who filed an asbestos lawsuit against Ford Motor Co. has been given the go ahead to continue their lawsuit against Ford and two other defendants. A state appeals court reinstated the lawsuit finding that the family provided enough evidence that a jury should decide whether or not Ford was responsible for the vi... - Ortho-McNeil knew Ortho Evra Patch was Lethal
Apr-19-06 Documents have surfaced in litigation that show Ortho-McNeil has been analyzing the FDA's death and injury reports on women using the Ortho Evra birth-control patch, and has charts that show a higher rate of blood clots and deaths in women on the patch when compared to women who take birth-control pills. In addition, according to a November 11, 2005, arti...