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Apr-29-08 Albuquerque, NM "I lost my father to Mesothelioma ," says Charles Perea," and I don't want my children exposed to the same possible fate." For that reason, Perea founded the Johnny O. Perea Foundation , named after his father, to help his community learn and deal with the hazards of asbestos . "We tend to believe asbestos is a thing of the past, but... - Whistleblowers Reveal Over-Medicating For Profit
Feb-19-06 In Pennsylvania, whistleblower, Dr Kruszewski, discovered cases where adults and children in state care were prescribed as many as 5 psychiatric drugs at the same time. When he went to his superiors to report the over-prescribing and warned of the potential liability to the state if it was allowed to continue, he was told "it is none of your business." A... - Father Died within 36 hours of Receiving Heparin
Apr-26-08 Milwaukee, WI: Betsy's father was 73-years old when he was admitted to hospital for routine exploratory surgery. However, while he was in the hospital he developed a serious infection. While the doctors thought the infection might have resulted from the surgery, it may, in fact, have been caused by tainted heparin . Betsy's father had what are now know... - 2008 Bringing on More Trasylol Lawsuits
Apr-24-08 Nashville, TN Bayer AG has seen quite a few lawsuits filed against it because of its drug Trasylol. Trasylol is also referred to as a bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor. It is used to slow bleeding during complex surgeries in those patients who may be prone to heavy bleeding. Basically what it does is slow down what is called fribrinolysis, which is th... - Residents File Lawsuit against Mining Companies
Apr-22-08 Anaconda, MT Approximately 90 residents have filed a lawsuit in the Opportunity and Anaconda areas of Montana against a number of mining companies. The companies being sued either currently mine the area or they have mined it in the past and the suit alleges that the residents' properties have been contaminated by the smelting operations that are performed... - Understanding What's Behind Medication Errors
Apr-21-08 Horsham, PA: Michael Cohen is regularly called one of the top "100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare". Not surprising, given the scope and impact of his brainchild, the nonprofit Institute for Safe Medication Practices . The ISMP's sole focus is preventing medication errors and to do so, they form a symbiotic relationship with practitioners, health car... - Asbestos: Cause of Death, Doing the Laundry...
Apr-20-08 Everett, WA Larry Rochon is a man who knows all too well the dangers of asbestos , after working with floating asbestos fibers as constant companion at the Scott Paper Company. He also knows the dangers of that same asbestos exposure when transferred to his family. While cases of asbestosis and mesothelioma from long-term asbestos exposure have long be... - Questions about Trasylol Since 1963
Apr-19-08 Cologne, Germany: When Bayer AG convenes its annual stockholder's meeting on April 25th in Cologne, the German group Coalition against BAYER Dangers (CBG) will be on hand to introduce countermotions to the proceedings, one of which will focus on the history, and dangers of Trasylol (known as Aprotinin). Among other issues about which it plans to chall... - Chantix Joins Laundry List of Drugs with Suicidal Side Effects
Apr-18-08 Washington, D.C. Chantix has been known for several months to pose a dangerous risk of suicidal mental episodes to patients that have a history of depression. But, now the Food and Drug Administration has tagged Chantix onto a laundry list of drugs that have suicidal thoughts as a side effect. Since January of this year, physicians throughout the country h... - Settlements and Verdicts: Healthcare Company
has agreed to play guilty to defrauding government health-care programs and will pay more than $840 Million in the largest fraud penalty ever handed down by the Justice Department. (Dec-14-00) [ PRESS RELEASE ] Legal Help If you have a similar problem and would like to be contacted by a lawyer at no obligation, please click the link below to su... - Bayer AG Faces New Trasylol Lawsuit
Apr-17-08 St. Louis, MO: Bayer AG has yet another legal battle to face due to complications that have been allegedly caused by its drug Trasylol. This latest suit, filed by a man's widow in St. Louis federal court, says that her husband died of kidney failure after having open-heart-surgery in December 2005. The 81-year-old man, Samuel Nakis, had open-heart-surge... - Attorney Timothy B. Garrigan: "I thought civil rights lawyers would be treated like rock stars."
Apr-17-08 Tim Garrigan tells LawyersandSettlements, "I think I watched too much TV when I was young and impressionable, and I thought civil rights lawyers would be treated like rock stars. Well, it didn't quite work out that way, but I still can't think of anything else I would ever want to do, and I'm very lucky to be able to do it." That work includes a long and... - Heparin Counterfeit Seven Times Cheaper Than the Real Thing
Apr-15-08 Washington, DC: Patients with recently-implanted heart stents, vascular stents or grafts are wondering if they are going to be affected by the tainted heparin scare, after the US Food and Drug Administration last week alerted medical device manufacturers that they should review their sources of heparin. Some medical devices, including devices used in pul... - PPH Class Action: Not Too Late
Apr-11-08 Kansas City, MO In the late 1990s, Agnes J. was tested for heart valve damage by Fen-Phen doctors—at that time she was involved in a lawsuit against the diet drug. Then she received a letter from a law firm representing the diet drug company stating that she possibly had primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH) due to the pressure of her echogram being... - SJS: One Woman's Agony
Jan-27-06 Stevens Johnson Syndrome (SJS) is an allergic reaction that can be caused by many prescribed and over-the-counter drugs, including the drug Bextra, manufactured by Pfizer. Many drugs causing the onset of SJS have only recently had warnings placed on their labels. Countless patients have unknowingly been prescribed and taken these drugs and many have devel... - Family to File Lawsuit against Nursing Home for Death
Apr-8-08 Chicago, IL: The family of a 78-year-old woman who died at a nursing home is filing a wrongful death lawsuit against the nursing home and the employees of the nursing home for neglect that led to the woman's death. This just comes days after two employees who worked at the Woodstock nursing home were charged with criminal neglect. The nursing home... - Icy Hot Patch Burns: Trust Your Body
Apr-8-08 Chattanooga, TN The makers of the Icy Hot Patch that was recalled in the US back in February went north in March, with Chattem Canada recalling a number of products in its Icy Hot Heat Therapy line. The recall follows numerous reports of serious burns in the US, with consumers reporting a host of first, second and third-degree burns. As of March the... - Forty Years Working with Asbestos
Apr-6-08 Hudson Falls, NY Frank M. worked with asbestos for most of his life, from the Navy in the 1950s to a paint manufacturer in the 1990s. That's 40 years of asbestos exposure, without being given proper safety gear or respirators, without knowing that his work environment could lead to asbestosis or even worse, mesothelioma . "We didn't know anything abou... - Tainted Heparin: Yet another Recall Linked to China Supplier
Apr-5-08 Mansfield, MA The heparin scare appears to be reaching crisis proportions as yet another manufacturer has recalled dozens of lots of its pre-filled syringes after a heparin-like contaminant was found in tested heparin. Covidien announced the voluntary recall March 28th of 32 lots of Heparin Lock Flush Syringes containing various concentrations of hepa... - Attorney Scott R. Shepherd on WhistleBlowers, Securities, and Consumer Class Action
Apr-4-08 Philadelphia, PA: Scott R. Shepherd is a founding partner in Shepherd, Finkelman, Miller and Shah, LLC , a national law firm with offices in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Florida, Connecticut, and Wisconsin. A 1985 graduate of the University of Chicago Law School, Shepherd founded the firm in 1998. LawyersandSettlements (LAS): What are the main areas of y...