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Jul-23-08 Los Angeles, CA There are plenty of ways to make money on the Internet, and some of them can be pretty shady. According to a recent class action filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California by Kabateck Brown Kellner LLP of Los Angeles (KBK), Google, the California information technology giant, is practicing one of those shady ways b... - Tequin - Blood-Sugar Problems Ain't All
Mar-17-06 The antibiotic, Tequin, manufactured by Bristol Myers Squibb, has been linked to both hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia by researchers who examined treatment outcomes associated with various antibiotics in approximately 1.4 million patients, 66 years of age and older, between April 2002 and March 2004. A team of Canadian scientists from the Institute of Clin... - Stockbroker Arbitration: "I Trusted a Man Who Was Dishonest"
Jul-21-08 Vancouver, WA Investors run the risk of losing money on investments or not getting as much of a return as they thought they would get. There is, obviously, a certain amount of risk that is involved in investing. However, problems occur when the risk comes not from the investment itself, but from unscrupulous investment advisors, who do not properly manage... - Labor Department Wins $4.7 Million in ERISA Lawsuit
Dec-5-14 Trenton, NJ An ERISA lawsuit filed in 2005 by the Department of Labor has resulted in a $4.7 million judgment against the fiduciaries of the Professional Industrial Trade Workers Union (PITWU) Health & Welfare Fund. The ERISA plan complaint alleged that the fiduciaries violated their duties by compensating themselves for their services through empl... - Healthy Life Chemistry dietary supplement warning
Jul-27-13 Washington, DC The FDA on July 26 warned the public not to consume the dietary supplement B-50 Healthy Life Chemistry. The manufacturer, Purity First, has marketed the product as a vitamin B dietary supplement. However, a preliminary laboratory analysis conducted by the FDA determined the product contains methasterone, a controlled substance, and dime... - The Heartbreak of Effexor Birth Defects behind the Headlines
Jul-27-13 Washington, DC There are a number of Effexor side effects that have served to haunt patients prescribed venlafaxine for depression. A Bountiful, Utah man who shot and killed his ex-wife in 2005 and is currently serving a life sentence may have taken Effexor shortly before gunning down Jeneil Bradley. According to the Standard-Examiner of Ogden, Utah... - Healthcare Network Liable for $1.6M for Overdosing Patient
Dec-4-14 A jury in the Second District Court of Utah returned a verdict for $1.6 million in a wrongful death and medical malpractice action against Intermountain Healthcare for fatally overdosing a patient with a cocktail of medications. The original complaint alleged Intermountain negligently and carelessly acted below the standard of care by prescribing a c... - A New Direction, New Hope for Pursuing a Medtronic Lawsuit
Jul-25-13 Minneapolis, MN Plaintiffs having issues with Medtronic bone graft , and heretofore limited opportunity to launch a Medtronic lawsuit due to pre-emption statutes protecting medical device manufacturers, are finding an alternate pathway to the courts and potential compensation. In a detailed report, the Star Tribune (7/7/13) of Minneapolis lays out... - Monster Energy Drink Wrongful Death Lawsuit Attorney Speaks with LawyersandSettlements.com
Jul-22-13 Noted attorney Kevin Goldberg was recently interviewed by LawyersandSettlements.com about the wrongful death lawsuit filed against Monster Beverage Corporation. Goldberg not only discusses the merits of the energy drink lawsuit, but also weighs in on the self-regulatory environment that governs the energy drink sector, and the potential dangers stemming fro... - UK Man Experiences Devastating Propecia Side Effects
Nov-29-14 Kingston upon Hull, UK Research originating from the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Services discovered that a vast majority of Propecia finasteride study participants experienced Propecia sexual dysfunction . And yet Paul Innes, who hails from Kingston upon Hull in the UK, was told by his family doctor that he had just a two... - Wayne Cohen: Flying Golf Balls Can Cost You More Than an Extra Stroke on Your Game
Jul-11-08 Washington DC Lawyer and golfer Wayne Cohen readily admits to having hit a wild shot or two, that ended up on the wrong fairway, or went hurtling off in the wrong direction. "Yes, that does happen!" he confesses. A Washington, DC personal injury lawyer, from the firm Cohen and Cohen P.C., he says it was about six years ago that the firs... - The “Monster” That Lurks Within Can Allegedly Be Deadly
Jul-20-13 Oakland, CA Alex Morris was 19. An active young man, and part of a growing group of adolescents and young adults who have come to depend and perhaps thrive on the popular energy drinks that are sweeping the nation. At least for a time. Morris, according to Postmedia (6/26/13), would habitually drink two Monster Energy Drinks each day, a habit he reported... - Botox may have Caused Child's Death
Jul-8-08 Waterford, CT "My daughter was only 10 years old when she died," says Diane. "Kelsey's last set of Botox injections were given just one month before she passed away." Diane was never told of the adverse side effects from Botox that included difficulty swallowing (dysphagia), upper respiratory infection, neck pain and more… Kelsey was very handicappe... - Bextra - What Did Pfizer Know? - Everything
Feb-28-06 Critics say millions of people were needlessly exposed to the risks of Bextra due to intense off-label promotion and advertising that boosted the painkiller to a position near the top of the list of the most widely prescribed drugs in US history. Although a drug can only be marketed for specific indications approved by the FDA, doctors are allowed to pres... - First YAZ/Yasmin Lawsuit Sent to Mediation
Jan-5-12 New York, NY The first lawsuit scheduled to go to trial next week, filed against Bayer AG alleging the pharmaceutical company mislead women about the safety of its oral contraceptives YAZ/Yasmin, has been sent to mediation instead. Bayer is currently facing more than 10,000 personal injury lawsuits alleging YAZ/Yasmin causes blood clots. Lawyers r... - Zyprexa Lawsuits
Nov-26-14 New York, NY It’s been almost eight years since Eli Lilly agreed to settle more than 18,000 Zyprexa lawsuits alleging patients developed diabetes and other health problems after taking Zyprexa. Those lawsuits alleged patients developed serious Zyprexa side effects as a result of taking the antipsychotic medication, and claimed Eli Lilly failed to... - Stryker Hip Recall Mediation Could Be a Sign of Settlements to Come
Nov-26-14 Kalamazoo, MI The recent mediated settlement in the Stryker Orthopedics Rejuvenate Modular Hip System Recall will see a base payment of $300,000 made to plaintiffs who required revision surgery for a failed Rejuvenate or ABG II hip prior to November 3, and double that if revision surgery was required for both hips. Meanwhile, the mediated settlement of... - Doctor Settles Hepatitis Case
May-4-08 Dix Hills, NY: A malpractice lawsuit that accused Dr. Harvey Finkelstein of reusing syringes has been settled by the doctor. The state Department of Health said that Finkelstein put thousands of patients at risk for hepatitis C. The man who filed the lawsuit, 66-year-old Peter Mattmuller, was found to have become infected in Finkelstein's office. An inv... - Are Opinions Changing Over the Potential for Lexapro Birth Defects?
Nov-25-14 Newark, NJ It will soon be a year since Michigan resident Chandra Shuck launched her Lexapro birth defects lawsuit against Forest Laboratories Inc. (Forest) and H. Lundbeck A/S (Lundbeck). It’s been a lot longer since Shuck held her infant daughter in her arms. The little girl died in the third week of April 2005 after enduring four open heart su... - FDA Issues Black Box Warning for Laparascopic Power Morecellators
Nov-24-14 Los Angeles, CA The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a black box warning against using laparoscopic power morcellators in the removal of the uterus (hysterectomy) or fibroids (myomectomy) in the vast majority of women. In their statement, the agency explains that it has put the recommendation into immediate effect, and is also recommen...