LAWSUITS NEWS & LEGAL INFORMATION
Search Results for
Sort by date 7,886 pages found matching health insurance- Cancer Risk Prompts J&J Suspension of Fibroid Surgical Device
Apr-30-14 New York, NY Johnson & Johnson has suspended worldwide sale of its power mocellators used in fibroid surgery further to concerns that use of the device could spread undetected cancer beyond the uterus. The suspension follows on from a recent Food and Drug Administration (FDA) safety communication discouraging the use of laparoscopic power morc... - File a Risperdal Claim Sooner Than Later, Says Diabetes Victim
Apr-30-14 Pueblo, CO Cathy wasn’t aware of Risperdal diabetes until her daughter discovered the link. By that time it was too late; a Risperdal attorney investigated her claim but it was beyond the statute of limitations, even though Cathy will be on total disability for the rest of her life. Cathy (not her real name) started taking Risperdal in her lat... - Hydroxycut User "Wouldn't Take it Again"
Jun-17-09 Liberty, TX When Yvonne A. started taking Hydroxycut supplements her goal was to lose weight. She had tried Hydroxycut diet supplements before and had felt strange while taking them, but tried the weight loss pills again. "The [Hydroxycut] pills made me really jittery all the time," Yvonne says. "I was sick to my stomach. I took the pills for about 2... - Recall Of Jantoven Warfarin Sodium Tablets Labeled 3 mg
Washington, DC: Upsher-Smith Laboratories is recalling one lot (lot #284081) of Jantoven® Warfarin Sodium, USP, 3mg Tablets, an anticoagulant with an expiration date of September 2012, NDC # 0832-1214-00. The company is initiating the recall as a precautionary measure after a single bottle labeled as Jantoven® Warfarin Sodium, USP, 3mg Tablets... - Dog Bite Lawsuit—Dr. Phil Bites Back
Apr-10-11 Beverly Hills, CA In December 2009, Janet Harris was visiting her friends Dr. Phil and Robin McGraw at their Beverly Hills mansion when she was bitten by their dog Maggie, a Korean Jindo. (Harris, a skin care specialist, was also a frequent guest on the Dr. Phil TV show.) According to the negligence lawsuit filed by Harris's personal injury... - The Case against Testosterone Maintains Its MOJO
Apr-27-14 Cincinnati, OH Attorney Joseph Lyon is more committed than ever to litigating against makers of testosterone gels . “There are a lot of issues that we as trial lawyers could explore these days. We picked this because we don’t think Low T is a disease. It’s a marketing creation and it’s doing more harm than good,” says Lyon... - Some Claims in GranuFlo Lawsuits Dismissed
Apr-27-14 Denver, CO With GranuFlo lawsuits being filed alleging patients suffered severe adverse events due to issues caused by alkali dosing errors linked to GranuFlo and NaturaLyte, a judge has ruled that some claims in the DaVita Healthcare Partners Inc actions should be dismissed. Other claims in the GranuFlo litigation, however, are being allowed to contin... - Fifty Years Following Exposure, Asbestosis Plaintiffs Receive $1.7 Million
Apr-27-14 Bloomington, IL It is not uncommon in an asbestosis lawsuit to see plaintiffs suffering from asbestosis disease and fighting for compensation 30 years or longer following initial exposure to asbestos. That’s due to the long incubation period inherent with asbestos, where ingested fibers can lay in wait within the body for decades before suddenly... - Medtronic Recalls SynchroMed II and SynchroMed EL Implantable Infusion Pump and Refill Kits
Washington, DC: Medtronic is issuing a Class I recall of Medtronic SynchroMed II and SynchroMed EL Implantable Infusion Pump and Refill Kits. Pocket fills (the unintended injection of drugs or fluids into the patient's subcutaneous tissue at the pump pocket site instead of the pump) may result in patient harm, serious injury, and/or death due to drug... - Smoked Salmon Recalled
Washington, DC: St James Smokehouse Inc, is recalling its Scotch Reserve Whiskey & Honey Smoked Scottish Salmon 4oz retails packs under Lot code:5797 & batch code: 4759 with UPC# 853729001151 due to potential contamination with Listeria Monocytogenes. Listeria monocytogenes is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infecti... - Chicago Stroke Victim Awarded $14M after Taking Yasmin
Apr-22-14 A Chicago woman who suffered a severe stroke 13 days after starting the controversial birth control medication Yasmin has been awarded $14 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit against the doctor who prescribed the medication. Dr. Zbigniew Aniol wrote the prescription for Mariola Zapalski, 37, who is now wheelchair-bound after the stroke paralyzed the... - Sensitive Hospital Records Left on Train a Breach of Civil Human Rights
Jun-7-09 Boston, MA A major tenet of basic civil human rights is the right for privacy. So one can imagine the affront to civil and human rights after a sheath of confidential medical records was removed by an employee of a hospital in order to work at home over the weekend, only to leave the documents on a commuter train the following Monday. Judging from the mu... - Patient Prescribed Avandia was Heart Attack Waiting to Happen
Jul-25-07 Prescott, AR I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 2001 and was prescribed Avandia ," says Gene Cearley. "And I'm still taking it—neither my doctor nor my cardiologist told me otherwise." Since taking Avandia, Cearley was also a heart attack waiting to happen—and he's only 47. "Avandia helped control my blood sugar and that's why I am st... - Q&A with Open Pit Burn Attorney Ben Stewart
Apr-1-11 Tampa, FL Attorney Ben Stewart of Stewart Law Group, PL is currently in the process of discovery regarding open pit burn litigation. If you want to know whether you qualify for an open pit burn claim, Mr. Stewart answers some basic questions… Q: (LawyersandSettlements) How can I qualify for an open pit burn claim? A: (Ben Stewart) Fi... - California Firm Recalls Ground Beef Products
Washington, DC: American Food Service, a Pico Rivera, Calif. establishment, is recalling approximately 3,170 pounds of fresh ground beef patties and other bulk packages of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. For a complete list of products see the link below. The products subject to recall bear the establishment n... - Mislabeled Hydrocodone Bitartrate and Acetaminophen Tablets Recalled
Washington, DC: Qualitest Pharmaceuticals today issued a voluntary nationwide recall of Hydrocodone Bitartrate and Acetaminophen Tablets, USP 10mg / 500mg, NDC 0603-3888-20, 60 count, Lot Numbers T150G10B, T120J10E and T023M10A, and Phenobarbital Tablets, USP 32.4 mg, NDC 0603-5166-32, 1000 count, Lot Numbers T150G10B, T120J10E and T023M10A. An i... - When Does Statute of Limitations Run in Asbestos Drilling Mud Lawsuits?
Apr-19-14 Jackson, MS In any lawsuit, there can be some dispute over when the statute of limitations began running, but in cases involving asbestos drilling mud , the exact time the statute of limitations begins running is even less clear. That is because a great deal of time can pass between the time a person works with drilling mud and the time he or she develo... - Shaping Beauty Weight Loss Pills Recalled Nationwide
Washington, DC: Shaping Beauty, Inc. has been informed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that a weight loss dietary supplement sold and marketed by the firm contain an undeclared drug ingredient. FDA lab analyses of dietary supplements distributed by the company were found to contain undeclared sibutramine used as an appetite suppressant for we... - Rolf's Patisserie Recalls Desserts due to S. Aureus Contamination
Washington, DC: Rolf's Patisserie, a gourmet European style bakery located in Lincolnwood, Ill., is recalling all desserts made after Nov. 1, 2010. The products include tiramisu, cakes, cobblers, decorated cookies, tarts, pastries, and pies. The desserts have been connected to several outbreaks of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) food poisoning. ... - IT Overtime Abuse
Jul-18-07 Tooele City, UT "When I was hired as a systems analyst in 1997, my boss said there wouldn't be any overtime ," says Andrew Rowley. "Just two weeks later, a manager said I would be fired if I didn't get my job done—I had to be on call 24/7." They called Rowley when he was shopping for groceries, at home with his kids, even in the middle of the nig...