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Apr-12-12 Baton Rouge, LA Current and former oil industry employees, including mud engineers, who worked with asbestos drilling mud should be tested for asbestos-related disease and file a drilling mud lawsuit sooner than later. A number of asbestos mud workers have developed respiratory problems that may develop into a life-threatening disease such as asbest... - Asbestos Lawsuit Granted Reprieve by Appeals Court
Feb-10-15 Madison, WI Donald Peter worked as a machinist at Pabst Brewing Co. He began working there in 1959 and would have thought nothing of the working conditions beyond basic safety on the job. And then in 2012, he was diagnosed with malignant pleural asbestos mesothelioma . He sued Sprinkmann Sons Corp., alleging that exposure from pipe insulation the defend... - Financial Elder Abuse: Children Victimizing Their Parents
Nov-4-08 Carlsbad, CA When your parents reach their senior years, you probably expect that your family members will help you to take care of your parents—not make them victims of financial elder abuse. However, children can, and do, take advantage of their elderly parents for their own financial gain. Sophia P. (not her real name) says that her sister went beh... - Taking the Good with the Bad, with Beyaz
Apr-6-12 Pisa, Italy Beyaz is a third-generation oral contraceptive manufactured by Bayer that contains drospirenone and thus is affected by label changes recently urged by an FDA expert panel that affects all oral contraceptives containing the synthetic hormone. Of concern are Beyaz side effects inherent with an increased risk for blood clot, according to some... - Actos Bladder Cancer Expert Witness Paid for Testimony
Feb-6-15 Philadelphia, PA An expert witness on behalf of Takeda Pharmaceuticals, who told jurors in Philadelphia that in his view the plaintiff’s Actos bladder cancer was not caused by pioglitazone, disclosed to jurors that he had been previously paid by Takeda for his expert testimony. The Actos lawsuit is Kristufek v. Takeda Pharmaceuticals America... - Horrific Theme Park Accident Lawsuit Loses on Appeal
Feb-6-15 Valencia, CA Here now, a potpourri of events in the Amusement Park Accident portfolio one would not necessarily think of. But it happens. To wit, a man who suffered severe brain trauma after being hit by a rollercoaster, and a theme park fined by the US Government after failing to protect its workers from the sometimes severe heat of summer. As for... - Celebrity’s Nanny Sues for California Overtime – California Nanny Law Update
Oct-5-13 Los Angeles, CA A former nanny for Canadian singer Alanis Morissette has filed a California overtime lawsuit against the celebrity. The suit comes just a few months before California enacts its ‘Nanny Law’ (Bill AB 241), which will entitle domestic workers to overtime pay of time-and-a-half if they work more than nine hours a day. Forme... - Abuse and Neglect of Elderly Rampant in Nursing Home Industry
Sep-12-06 Little Rock, AR In 1987, Congress passed landmark legislation aimed at improving nursing home care for the nation's vulnerable elderly population. However, a recent investigation by Consumer Reports found poor care in nursing homes is still extremely common, especially in the for-profit chains that have become the dominant force in the industry. The... - More ReNu Sufferers After Recall
Sep-11-06 New Paltz, NY: In the fall of 2005, Kristen Pondi, aged 27, was diagnosed with a fungal infection in her eyes. She had no idea what caused it and it didn't occur to her that it could have been ReNu , her contact lens solution. Unfortunately, Bausch & Lomb didn't recall ReNu until the following May, 2006. "First of all my doctor gave me a prescript... - Viagra Linked to Melanoma (Skin Cancer) It Was Formerly Prescribed to Treat
Feb-4-15 Washington, DC With conflicting research regarding drugs such as Viagra , no wonder health professionals can barely keep pace with drug alerts and warnings. Just four years ago doctors were prescribing Viagra to treat melanoma and now research indicates that the “little blue pill” may actually cause skin cancer! In 2011, researchers sugge... - Avaulta Mesh: Patients Are Not the Women They Once Were
Apr-1-12 Washington, DC Avaulta mesh is but one player in a women's health issue that, to some in the legal profession, represent a particularly alarming portfolio that sees many patients no longer existing as the women they once were. Lawsuits involving the Bard Avaulta mesh implant have been consolidated in federal court in the Southern District of West Vir... - Risk of Harm from Motrin, Aleve, Advil - Better Odds in a Crap Shoot
Jun-30-06 Complications from non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAID, have been linked to 103,000 hospitalizations and more than 16,000 deaths per year in the US, according to a study published in the American Journal of Therapeutics. A lack of information, experts say, is the root cause of the lack of concern over the health risks associated with NSAIDs. A... - AMS Transvaginal Mesh (TVM) Surgery Side Effects Lawsuit
AMS Transvaginal Mesh injury includes debilitating and potentially life-long complications, which has led to AMS legal complaints. Many AMS transvaginal mesh lawsuits have been filed by women who were implanted with AMS transvaginal mesh, claiming the AMS mesh is defective. AMS Mesh American Medical Systems (AMS), based in Minnesota, i... - Sandwiches Recalled due to Possible Listeria Contamination
Washington, DC: Grand Strand Sandwich Company of Longs, SC is recalling its 4.5oz and 5 oz Chicken Salad Sandwiches, with the following labels: Grand Strand Sandwich, Lunch Box Sandwiches, and Country Harvest Sandwiches because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Listeria monocytogenes is an organism which can... - Multaq Concerns Reverberate through the Cardiology Community
Mar-27-12 Washington, DC The concern over Multaq side effects has, not surprisingly, made it to the pages of Cardiology News (2/12). Ever since the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a health alert last December with regard to dronedarone (Multaq) and the risk to patients with permanent atrial fibrillation (AF), the cardiology world is proceeding wit... - NYC Liable for $3 Million for Unsafe Workplace
Jan-30-15 New York’s Appellate Division Second Department reinstated a $3 million future pain and suffering award against the New York City Department of Environmental Protection for state labor law violations. Rafael Lopez filed suit against the city and the department collectively after he was injured while working on the construction site at Newtown Creek... - BioSante Pharmaceuticals BPAX Securities Fraud
Company: BioSante Pharmaceuticals Ticker Symbol: BPAX Class Period: Feb-12-10 to Dec-15-11 Date Filed: Feb-3-12 Lead Plaintiff Deadline: Apr-3-12 Court: Northern District of Illinois Allegations: San Diego, CA: A securities class action lawsuit has been filed in the U.S. District Court... - The Fall of the House of (Credit) Cards in the Subprime Meltdown
Oct-15-08 Washington, DC The subprime mortgage meltdown that served as the catalyst for the global credit crisis was akin to a house of cards. Check that, a skyscraper of cards—built by greedy investors who took leave of their senses and ignored the early warning signs of a subprime meltdown. And here we were so worried about the Y2K computer meltdown in 2000 th... - Cardiologist Prescribed Fen-Phen
Jan-28-15 St Louis, MI Marty’s Fen-Phen side effects weren’t serious enough to qualify for a Fen-Phen lawsuit back in 2002, but his symptoms, namely primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH), have since worsened. Marty also thought he couldn’t file a claim against the makers of the weight loss drug due to the statute of limitations. Because there is... - The FDA Guerillas of Wonky DrugWonks - Part I
Aug-12-08 Former Bush Administration officials have formed a pharmaceutical industry guerilla group called the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest (CMPI), described on its website as "a non-partisan, non-profit educational charity," and a "new vital force in health care policy." However, for all intents and purposes, the mission of CMPI front group is to pr...