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Apr-27-10 Washington, DC Earlier this month the US District Court for the Western District of North Carolina ruled in favor of two brand drug manufacturers of Reglan in an action brought by a plaintiff who claimed that her use of a generic form of the digestive drug caused her serious injuries. Plaintiff Mary Couick claimed that her use of Reglan (metoclopram... - We Care to pay $$51,636 settlement in health care lawsuit.
Tampa, FL: (Mar-16-08) Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum and the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit brought charges against Theodore Hartzog, an employee of We Care Inc. of Tampa Bay, a local nonprofit, alleging that he falsified service logs for four Medicaid recipients between March 13 and Sep.7, 2007. The suit claimed that Hartzog created records indica... - FDA Concerned About Infusion Pumps
Apr-24-10 New York, NY The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it is requiring makers of infusion pumps to provide more test data before those pumps can be approved to go on the market. The announcement was made because of concerns about the safety of infusion pumps. According to The New York Times (04/24/10), the FDA has received reports o... - Tainted Heparin Investigation Continues, Lawsuits Keep Coming…
May-15-08 Philadelphia, PA: As the tainted heparin issue continues to reverberate around the globe, lawsuits continue to mount as those harmed by contaminated heparin, or the families of those who have died, seek compensation in the face of a complex and convoluted environment. In a word, whom do you blame? The manufacturer, for sourcing the tainted heparin fro... - Could This Be the Final Nail in the Coffin for Trasylol?
May-15-08 Waltham, MA If Bayer was hoping for a miracle with regard to its much-maligned and dangerous drug Trasylol , those hopes were dashed today after the findings of a Canadian study were published in the May 14th edition of The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), effectively equating to a death sentence for the deadly anti-bleeding drug. "In all lik... - A New Year, a New Twist on Stock Broker Fraud
Jan-11-12 Koloa, HI The new year has begun with a new twist on the crime of stock broker fraud —in this case, a Hawaiian who wasn't a stockbroker and admitted to his clients that he wasn't. And yet investors gave him money anyway. Stock fraud is a common white-collar crime, that sees stockbrokers advising their clients to invest in products that may not... - Man Files First Lawsuit in Casa Fiesta Salmonella Outbreak
May-13-08 Norwalk, OH After eating at Casa Fiesta on April 25, 2008, a man became very ill with Salmonella poisoning. The man, Kody Dewitt, has filed a lawsuit seeking compensation for medical bills and hardships that equal over $25,000. The lawsuit has been filed in Huron County Common Pleas Court and follows an Ohio Department of Health investigation into 25 other... - Hope or Hype? The Scourge of Homeopathic Fraud
Jan-10-12 Palm Beach, FL The snake-oil salesman is alive and well, even in 2012. The products may have changed since the days of the horse and buggy, when travelling vendors would set up shop in the town square and pontificate about their miracle cure-alls. But it was a scam then and it's a scam now. Only the terminology has changed. Today, it's known as homeopath... - Yale-New Haven Hospital pays $3.7 million Medicare overbilling settlement.
New Haven, CT: (Mar-09-08) Federal agencies brought charges against Yale-New Haven Hospital, alleging that it billed Medicare for inflated charges. Officials claimed that the allegations involved charges to Medicare for infusion therapy, chemotherapy administration and blood transfusion services. According to federal laws, Medicare only allowed payment f... - McDonald's off limits to Celiacs
Mar-6-06 Eric Corl from Columbus, Ohio has lived with Celiac disease most of his life. "I try to eat healthily, but felt my energy draining and I couldn't figure out why. I was furious when I found out that McDonald's fries contain gluten. I go out of my way to buy gluten-free products and to be misled like this is disgraceful." I went to McDonald's a couple ti... - Asbestos Awareness in High School
Apr-20-10 Westchester County, NY Not long after a New Mexico contractor was penalized $225,000 under a consent judgment for asbestos air quality violations during the demolition of a school dormitory, high school students in Westchester, New York had an asbestos mesothelioma scare in their school when part of an auditorium wall collapsed. Both school officia... - Trasylol Tragedy Timeline: The Dates of Destiny
May-11-08 Washington, DC The tragedy that is Trasylol and the scores of people who have died at the hands of the expensive anti-bleeding drug reads like the plot line of a bad movie. Only in this case, the villain doesn't get it in the end. At least, not yet. That payback may eventually be found in the courts of law as hundreds of lawsuits move forward. In th... - Stevens Johnson Syndrome No Respecter of Age
Jan-8-12 Dallas, TX The drug may be different, but the outcome can be the same. We are referencing the horrific consequences of Stevens Johnson Syndrome (SJS), a condition often triggered through an adverse reaction to a common drug. The drugs vary, but Advil Ibuprofen is one such drug that carries—in some, but not all formulations—warnings against... - Besler & Co. will pay $2.9 million to settle Medicare scam.
Newark, NJ: (Mar-06-08) The US Department of Justice brought a lawsuit against Besler & Co. Inc., a North Brunswick, NJ health care consulting firm and its principal, Philip Besler, alleging that they defrauded the federal Medicare program. The suit stated that Besler & Co. Inc. and Philip Besler engaged in Medicare fraud between January 2001 and August 20... - Terbutaline Mothers Lament Potential Harm to Their Kids
Jan-7-12 Washington, DC No one would argue that a healthy debate is a good thing—such as the debate that continues to rage over Terbutaline Sulfate and whether or not the drug is harmful to the fetus when prescribed to the mother to ward against, or stop premature labor. What's worse? The possibility of premature labor and the potential for negative outco... - Riverside Cement to pay $384,000 for air quality violations.
Los Angeles, CA: (Mar-05-08) The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) brought environmental damage charges against the Riverside Cement Company, alleging that it violated the federal Clean Air Act standards at its Oro Grande, CA plant, located near Victorville. According to the California Air Resources Board, the Oro Grande facility is one of the lar... - FDA Orders Safety Studies on Transvaginal Mesh
Jan-6-12 Washington, DC Following years of reports of serious injuries resulting from the use of transvaginal mesh for treatment of female stress urinary incontinence (SUI), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ordered the manufacturers to begin studying the associated health and safety risks. Those manufacturers include Boston Scientific, CR Bard, Ethico... - It's Not Just a Baby, It's a Life: Zoloft Birth Defects
Jan-6-12 Washington, DC Birth defects happen for a variety of reasons: genetic predisposition, fate, or worse—a preventable cause. While any birth defect is a parent's worst nightmare, one that might have been preventable is the cruelest blow. Such is the case for a Washington woman who launched a zoloft heart birth defect lawsuit against Zoloft manufactu... - What Is the Link Between Use of SSRI and Autism?
Jan-5-12 Des Moines, IA When it comes to treating maternal depression, doctors must weigh the risk of links between SSRI and autism , making the decision to medicate expectant mothers an important one. Although the exact link between SSRIs and autism is not clear, some studies suggest that a link does exist, and it appears to show that some SSRIs could be linked... - Baptist Minister settles $1.8 million fraud lawsuit.
Palm Beach, FL: (Mar-02-08) A lawsuit was brought against Rev. Keith Thomas, a Baptist minister from Mobile, AL, alleging that he fraudulently bilked Lucinda Bennett, a mentally ill woman, out of $1.8 million during his previous tenure at a Florida church. The incident took place at the First Baptist Church of West Palm Beach, where the Rev. Keith Thomas s...