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Santa Monica, CA: A preliminary settlement has been reached in a Paxil® class action lawsuit, and if approved, will provide money to California residents who were 18 years old or older and who paid for any portion of the price of the prescription antidepressant while living in California from January 14, 1999 through January 1, 2003, and who quali... - Vytorin Has a Complex History
May-15-15 Washington, DC The new study on Vytorin may be out, and it may signal good news for its drug maker, but as far back as 2008, there were serious concerns about how Merck and Schering-Plough planned to study potential Vytorin side effects. Concerns were so high that on March 31, 2008, Senator Chuck Grassley sent a letter to Merck and Schering-Plough outl... - Blood Thinners Under Fire for Alleged Failure to Warn
May-13-15 Anaheim, CA A new Xarelto lawsuit has been filed alleging Xarelto bleeding complications put patients at risk of serious health problems. In the past month, in fact, almost 100 lawsuits have been added to Xarelto multidistrict litigation, which consolidates Xarelto side effects lawsuits for pre-trial proceedings. According to court documents, as of... - Disputed Testimony Allowed in Zoloft Birth Defect Lawsuit
May-13-15 Philadelphia, PA It appears as if Zoloft birth defect litigation is about to get a whole lot more interesting, now that a state judge in a Zoloft birth defects lawsuit has made the decision to allow testimony by an expert witness the defense was trying to quash. What makes the issue more compelling is that the decision by Judge Mark I. Bernstein at the... - Heparin can Promote rather than Prevent Thrombosis
Jan-29-09 Vernon, TX George's wife has had many heparin flushes over the past several years and he believes her health has deteriorated because of the blood thinning drug. "Laverne had an injury in 2002 and was on pain medication," says George. "They tried to give her an IV but couldn't find a vein so the doctor recommended putting in a pic line. It was flushed wi... - Benicar Lawsuits Centralized in New Jersey
May-12-15 Jersey City, NJ As predicted, the US Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has duly centralized and transferred 15 Benicar Lawsuits to federal court in New Jersey. While a majority of the plaintiffs favored other jurisdictions, the judges in their April 3rd order decided on New Jersey given that the defendants in the matter, Daiichi Sankyo Inc. an... - “My Supervisor Was the King of Bullies,” Says California Computer Technician
Jan-21-14 Los Angeles, CA Bullying is a violation of the California labor law , and California has had anti-bullying legislation in place since 2003, but bullies like Mario’s supervisor seemingly have their own agenda. If not for his supervisor, Mario says he had the “dream job.” Unfortunately, the supervisor’s bullying turned the job i... - GlaxoSmithKline Antitrust Class Action Settlement
Europe's top drug maker agreed to pay more than $70 million to settle lawsuits filed by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and other state attorneys general as well as consumers who claimed they had been overcharged for drugs by hundreds of millions of dollars as part of a class action. The attorney general's lawsuits claimed GlaxoSmithKline was in... - Shoulder Pain Pump Patient Anxious for Diagnosis
Mar-28-09 Northglenn, CO Russell E. has endured 3 shoulder surgeries, all involving the use of the shoulder pain pump. After the first surgery did not appear to work, Russell had to go through 2 more surgeries, procedures he now thinks may not have been necessary. Russell now believes that the shoulder pain pump caused the shoulder pain following his first surgery... - Kaiser Permanente Kidney Transplant Mismanagement Fine
The California Department of Managed Health Care found that the health maintenance organization's Northern California kidney transplant program imperiled hundreds of patients. In some cases, critical surgeries were delayed and other patients were lost track of altogether. Kaiser has agreed to pay a $2 million fine and spend an additional $3 million for... - Woman Wins $12 Million Asbestos Talcum Powder Lawsuit
May-9-15 Santa Barbara, CA In a move that could open asbestos litigation to consumers, a California woman was recently awarded more than $12 million in her asbestos mesothelioma lawsuit. The plaintiff, Judith Winkel, claimed her development of mesothelioma was caused by asbestos in Colgate-Palmolive’s talcum powder. According to the lawsuit, Judith Win... - Are Americans Risking Lexapro Birth Defects Needlessly?
Jul-30-12 Houston, TX Forest Laboratories' own exhaustive prescribing information on Lexapro (which includes a boxed warning for suicidal thoughts) admits there remains a lot of questions about Lexapro and pregnancy. "There are no adequate and well-controlled studies in pregnant women; therefore, escitalopram [Lexapro] should be used during pregnancy only if the pot... - Big Pharma Braces for Democrat Hurricane
Dec-17-06 Washington, DC The morning after the mid-term elections, shares of drug company stock fell as Americans handed control of Congress back to the Democrats. Shares of Eli Lilly were down 1% in early trading, shares of Pfizer as much as 3%, and Schering-Plough dropped 3.7%. Over all, since the election, major drug stocks have dropped more than 5%, according... - $63 Million SJS Lawsuit Award Upheld
May-5-15 Boston, MA A multimillion-dollar award in an SJS lawsuit has been upheld by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. The Stevens Johnson Syndrome lawsuit alleged a young girl suffered toxic epidermal necrolysis - a more severe form of Stevens Johnson Syndrome - after using Children’s Motrin. The plaintiffs claimed Johnson & Johnson, makers o... - Two Strikes with Stryker
Jan-13-14 Lawton, OK To many people, the phrase ”I never thought this would happen to me,” is all too familiar. It has been said all too often by Stryker Rejuvenate hip victims such as Frank. In August 2012 Frank had a Stryker hip replacement. He expected some discomfort but five days later when he returned home, the pain was unbearable. “Ho... - Auction Rate Securities Brokers "Lie"
Mar-17-09 Miami, FL Like many other people who purchased auction rate securities, David S. (not his real name) says he was lied to about the liquidity of his investment. Investors say they were told that there was a solid auction rate securities market, based on which they purchased the securities. However, they learned too late that the auction rate securities we... - Software Glitches a Danger to Veterans
Jan-15-09 Washington, DC An investigation relating to glitches in the electronic medical records of the nation's veterans has uncovered the potential for incorrect VA drug doses and other veteran drug doses at many veteran hospitals. While it has not been proven if any patient was ever harmed as a result of the error, the revelation is troubling in light of a nati... - Unum Leaves Policy Holders High and Dry
Mar-15-09 Seattle, WA Even though Unum Provident promised to clean up its bad faith practices act a few years ago and reassess about 200,000 denied disability claims (ordered by the Department of Labor), it apparently still employs tactics to deny policy holders. For some people, Unum's tag line, "We can protect your income and help to preserve the lifestyle of yo... - More Than 1,000 Testosterone Lawsuits Filed
May-3-15 Chicago, IL The number of testosterone lawsuits alleging men suffered serious testosterone side effects has increased, with more than 1,380 sitting in a multidistrict litigation (MDL) in Illinois, according to court documents. The lawsuits allege men suffered serious adverse effects after taking testosterone therapy, with some lawsuits filed alleging t... - Salmonella in Peanut Butter Spreading to 43 States
Jan-13-09 Salon, OH Those who can't get through the day without their PB & J may be facing another hurdle—not managing to venture too far from the bathroom, after a peanut butter salmonella scare has rocked the food world. A peanut butter recall was announced yesterday after salmonella in peanut butter was found in products distributed by an Ohio company, and he...