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Oct-3-12 Los Angeles, CA Still more Yasmin birth control lawsuits have been filed against Bayer, alleging the contraception is linked to serious side effects. Although Bayer reportedly put money aside to settle some Yasmin side effects lawsuits and Yaz side effects lawsuits, that has not put an end to the litigation, with women still coming forward alleging the... - Plaintiffs in Michigan Allege Depakote Birth Defects in Lawsuit
Oct-3-12 Port Huron, MI Yet another Depakote lawsuit has been filed by a handful of plaintiffs alleging valproate, a drug prescribed to treat epileptic seizures and symptoms stemming from bipolar disorder, was responsible for the emergence of various birth defects in their children. Depakote was initially approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)... - Attitude Toward Opioids, Fentanyl Changing Again
Feb-13-11 Buffalo, NY The existence of Duragesic Fentanyl is commonplace in the lives of patients prone to chronic pain—but it wasn't always that way, as the February 1 issue of the Harvard Health Letters points out. In fact, opioid pain medications (once known more commonly as narcotics) were shunned for mainstream management of pain. Concern about addi... - Lawsuit against General Electric over MRI Health Risks Settled
Feb-11-11 Cleveland, OH A last-minute settlement was reached recently in a lawsuit against General Electric over the relationship between its drug Omniscan and MRI health risks , the Frederick County Times reports. The terms of the settlement are confidential, according to the lawyers involved in the case. The trial was scheduled to begin recently in US Dist... - More Canadians Join DePuy Lawsuit
Feb-9-11 Halifax, Nova Scotia The saddest aspect about a hip replacement system that fails is the fact that not all recipients are elderly, or even middle-aged. And a DePuy Canada class-action lawsuit has demonstrated that patients in their late thirties have felt the pain from a failed DePuy hip replacement , together with the sting of frustration stemming from... - Exotic Meats Issues Urgent Recalls of Elk Tenderloin
Meat is Infected with Chronic Wasting Disease Exotic Meats USA of San Antonio, TX is initiating a voluntary recall of Elk Tenderloin because it may contain meat derived from an elk confirmed to have Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). The meat with production dates of December 29, 30 and 31, 2008 was purchased from Sierra Meat Company in Reno, NV. The... - Asbestosis Victim and Former Asbestos Remover Comes Clean
Sep-27-12 Milwaukee, WI Neal removed asbestos from buildings in the 1980s. “We removed it as fast and as efficiently as possible, regardless of the fact that we were breaking the rules,” he says. “We left sites contaminated with asbestos because we were encouraged by our employer to do so.” Neal, age 54, worked with and around asbestos... - CDC: No Link between Chinese Drywall and 11 US Deaths
Feb-8-11 New Orleans, LA The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently said that it did not find a link between Chinese drywall and the deaths of 11 people across the country living with the defective product, The Associated Press reports. According to the news provider, the 11 people who died lived in Florida, Virginia and Louisiana. A report is... - Antitrust Allegations Hit Healthcare
Apr-6-09 Houston, TX In what is considered a first of its kind, a community hospital was accused of violating the Antitrust Act and antitrust laws when it allegedly tried to shut out a competing, physician-owned hospital—a violation, it has been reported, of antitrust policy. The defendants admitted to no wrongdoing even though it settled for a $700,000 judg... - No Patience for Medical Negligence: Patients
Apr-6-09 Miami, FL Negligence law , together with medical negligence, remains one of the most frustrating aspects of living in not only a developed nation, but one of the superpowers of the free world and a caretaker nation. Other parts of the world look up to us here in the US. And yet the medical negligence attorney is kept hopping when innocent people are harme... - Sausage Products Recalled For Possible Listeria Contamination
Alaska Sausage Company, Inc, an Anchorage, Alaska, firm, is recalling approximately 872 pounds of sausage products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The following products are subject to recall: 3-pound packages of "ALASKAN SAUSAGE LINKS WITH REINDEER MEAT." Each package bears a package code of "02709," a sell by date of "03/22/... - Fracking and Legal Recourse: Attorney Weighs In
Sep-25-12 Bradford County, PA Depending upon how you look at it, fracking may be good news--if it doesn’t affect you personally. It helps with the global climate because burning gas emits less carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than burning coal. And by supplying 30 percent of America’s natural gas, it’s arguably better for national security. B... - Makers of Zyprexa Risperdal and Seroquel Under Fire
Mar-9-07 Washington, DC: Eli Lilly, Johnson & Johnson, and AstraZeneca, are all named defendants in a new lawsuit filed by the state of Pennsylvania on February 26, 2007, to recover money paid through public health care programs to purchase Zyprexa , Risperdal, and Seroquel, and the costs of medical care for the people injured by these drugs. Pennsylvania... - What Will the Next Twenty Years Tell Us in Hip & Knee Replacement?
Feb-5-11 Pheonix, AZ The aging population when combined with previous incidents of medical device failure and the renewed requirement for more effective cost control in hospitals and the health care system overall may result in an uncertain future for boomers soon facing the prospect of joint replacement surgery. To that end, headlines such as " Hip & Knee Re... - FDA to Review Safety of Xigris
Study Shows Increased Risk of Death The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that it is working with the maker of Xigris (drotrecogin alfa activated), Eli Lilly and Company, to further evaluate the incidence of serious bleeding events and death in patients who receive Xigris, a drug used to treat severe sepsis (a blood stream infection)... - Ohio Drinking Water Contaminated with Acid
2400 People Affected Residents of Bellaire, Ohio had their worst fears confirmed earlier today, when officials released information that 40 pounds of acid had been added to the city's water supply, albeit accidentally. According to media reports, a water supplier accidentally gave workers hydrochloric acid instead of fluoride, a mistake that went... - Listeriosis Class Action Settled for $27 Million
A $27 million settlement has been reached between Maple Leaf Foods of Canada, and the plaintiffs in a class action suit. The suit, brought against the food producer in 2008, stemmed from a nationwide listeria outbreak which killed at least 20 people. In each of the cases where someone died, their estate will receive $120,000 and the immediate family me... - Frozen Chili Beef Products Recall
Reports of Injuries Prompts Recall Windsor Quality Food Co, Ltd, doing business as Windsor Foods, a Tulsa, OK, establishment, is recalling approximately 676,560 pounds of frozen chili beef products that may contain foreign materials from an ingredient source. The problem was discovered after the company received 16 reports of consumer complaints... - Yasmin Lawyer says you can still file Yasmin Lawsuit
Sep-21-12 Belleville, IL Attorney Jeff Lowe says that you can still file a claim against Yasmin and Yaz . He also explains that the only bar to prosecuting a lawsuit against Bayer for injuries caused by drospinerone birth control pills is the statute of limitations. Whether the statute of limitations would bar a claim is dependent on the laws of the state... - PPH And Fen-Phen Leave Bitter Aftertaste Years Down the Road
Sep-20-12 Philadelphia, PA Fen-Phen hasn't been on the market for some 15 years, but it remains at play in both the courts of the land and in the lives of those who embraced the combination of drugs to facilitate weight loss. Amongst the health problems associated with Fen-Phen is primary pulmonary hypertension , or PPH. The two appetite suppressants that were...