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Sort by date 7,886 pages found matching health insurance- Family Awarded $2 Million Settlement in Asbestos Mesothelioma Case
Sep-1-09 Bloomington, IL Leslie Corry's husband worked at Union Asbestos & Rubber Company during the 1950s, and was exposed to asbestos fibers on a regular basis. And he brought those toxic fibers home on his clothing, exposing his wife, who later died of asbestos mesothelioma resulting from secondary exposure. Earlier this month a jury awarded Mrs... - Nursing Home Abuse Criminal
Apr-27-11 Washington, DC More than 90 percent of US nursing homes have at least one employee who has been convicted of a crime, and five percent of all nursing home employees have at least one criminal conviction, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. According to this new report (March 2011), it comes as no surprise that nursing home abuse i... - Mississippi Man Has Opposite SSDI Problem: Payments Won't STOP
Aug-28-09 Byram, MS Most will tell you that successfully acquiring social security disability (SSDI) is a painful, painstaking process that involves long delays and often the denial of a legitimate claim. It is for this reason that many SSDI applicants will hire the services of a qualified SSDI attorney to help them with what is often a bureaucratic nightmare in... - It Was the Breast of Times, It Was the Worst of Times for Risperdal Patients
May-10-14 Vancouver, BC It’s hard to ignore a medical study that involves a million participants. However, that was the size of the database researcher Mahyar Etminan, PharmD and his team at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver used in determining that Risperdal side effects , and specifically gynecomastia, can impact older men to the tune... - Pfizer Settles Chantix Suicide Lawsuit
New York NY: A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit against Pfizer and its anti-smoking drug Chantix. The settlement, the details of which remain confidential, was reached just prior to the case going to trial. The lawsuit was brought by the widow of Mark Alan Whitely, from Minnesota, who allegedly killed himself in November 2007 as a result... - SSRI Birth Defects FAQ
What is an SSRI? An SSRI is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor. SSRIs are antidepressants but, depending on the medication, may also be prescribed to treat panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, social anxiety disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. SSRIs work by increasing the amount of serotonin in the patient's brain. Wh... - SSRI Birth Defects Lawsuit - SSRI Side Effects, PPHN
Recent studies suggest SSRI side effects may include serious SSRI birth defects , causing health problems for infants and young children. Some studies have linked the use of SSRIs, also called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors , while pregnant with birth defects. SSRI birth defects may include persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn ( PPH... - Doctor Told Us Fen-Phen Caused PPH
Aug-18-07 Seattle, WA: Walter started taking fen-phen in 1995, but six months later he noticed a shortness of breath. Only this year his pulmonary doctor diagnosed PPH Primary pulmonary hypertension. "When the doctor found out Walter took fen-phen, he immediately said that was the cause," says wife Susie. "We thought we were hearing a death sentence." "When Wal... - AMS Transvaginal Mesh Settlement “Never Enough,” Says Attorney
May-7-14 Dallas, TX At first glance, American Medical Systems’ $830 million agreement to settle about 22,000 AMS transvaginal mesh complaints seems generous. But that only averages about $40,000 per case, before legal fees. The lawsuits allege the AMS polypropylene mesh is defective and that doctors and consumers were not properly warned about transvagina... - $11 Million Topamax Birth Defect Award Stands
May-7-14 Philadelphia, PA An $11 million jury award that went to a Topamax plaintiff in November of last year will stand following the decision of a Philadelphia lawmaker. Court of Common Pleas Judge George W. Overton, in denying Johnson & Johnson (J&J) subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals’ motion for a new trial, upheld the Topamax birth defect jur... - ER Charge for Splinter Removal: Cha-Ching!
Aug-14-15 Jackson, MS Kenny was prepared to pay emergency room overcharges to get a splinter of glass removed from his foot but he wasn’t expecting a $2,000 emergency room bill for a five-minute procedure. “My wife Diane and I knew about high emergency room charges so we estimated it would cost about $1,000 at the most but this bill is outrageous,... - Plaintiffs Weigh the Pros and Cons of Testosterone—a Rising Dilemma
Aug-13-15 Chicago, IL As the number of testosterone lawsuits in multidistrict litigation continues to climb, one group of defendants embroiled in a testosterone lawsuit in an Illinois court has petitioned for dismissal, pushing back on a claim made by the plaintiffs under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). The testosterone lawsuit... - Benicar Lawsuits Increase Dramatically
Aug-12-15 Trenton, NJ The number of Benicar lawsuits sitting in a multidistrict litigation for pretrial proceedings has increased dramatically between June and July. Benicar side effects lawsuits allege patients suffered adverse reactions to taking Benicar, including sprue-like enteropathy. As of July 15, 2015, the number of lawsuits consolidated for pretrial... - California Employers Fear Huge Overtime Lawsuits
Aug-10-07 San Diego, CA A nurses' strike set to begin today has been averted thanks to negotiation of a tentative three-year contract between the nurses union and Sharp HealthCare negotiators, defusing one of two bombs planted by the nurses on Sharps doorstep. Sharp was accused of not paying its California employees overtime. The San Diego Union-Tribune report... - Cleaning Workers File Employment Class Action Lawsuit
Minneapolis, MN: Diversified Maintenance Systems is facing an employment class action lawsuit filed by 12 cleaning workers who allege unsafe working conditions. Specifically, the workers allege the company locked employees in a store overnight while they worked. Diversified Maintenance Systems is a subcontractor to Kmart, Target, Sears and other... - Zofran Lawsuit Accuses GSK of Treating Unborn Children As “Guinea Pigs”
Aug-8-15 Los Angeles, CA As lawsuits alleging Zofran birth defects continue to roll in, one of the more recent birth defect lawsuits filed on July 22 has harsh words for the conduct of Zofran manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). Plaintiff Melisa Arellanes filed her complaint less than a month ago in California federal court. “GSK’s conduct was ta... - Three Months
Apr-9-11 Iowa City, IA His name is Manie and he was born with a rare heart defect that his mother blames on taking Paxil during the first three months of her pregnancy. Paxil side effects are alleged to pose a risk for grievous birth defects in children—including rare heart defects. The author of a blog post, Julie Edgington, on August 11, 2009, was comme... - USERRA Protects The Rights of Military Service People
Jul-30-07 Washington, DC: The men and women who leave their employment for military service put their lives on the line in the service of their country. Unfortunately, some return home to discover that they have been fired or demoted while engaged in military service. People involved in military service do have their employment rights protected by law; however,... - Nexium Users Advise to Research First
Apr-25-14 Troy, OH Richard had never broken or fractured a bone in his 87 years, until he took Nexium . “It was more like a soft fall, but x-rays showed that I fractured my hip and that really surprised me, until I found out about Nexium fracture risk,” he says. Richard says he was on Nexium for about five years and took three doses a day. “B... - Oh Yaz, There May be a Problem
Aug-5-09 Carlsbad, CA: Large storm clouds are gathering over Bayer HealthCare as more and more women are reporting serious physical and emotional problems connected to the Yasmin birth control pill . "I have a 30-year-old client who had a severe stroke after three weeks of taking Yaz," says attorney Ron Laba. "She is partially paralyzed and debilitated to the...