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Sort by date 7,886 pages found matching health insurance- Ozempic and Addiction: A Potential Game-Changer?
Oct-23-24 Washington, DC Ozempic, a semaglutide, is a medication primarily used to treat type 2 diabetes. It works by mimicking the effects of a hormone called glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), which helps regulate blood sugar levels. However, recent studies have revealed a surprising potential benefit: addiction reduction , specifically with reference to alcohol an... - Aetna Life Faces Lawsuit Over Denied Long Term Disability Claim
Jun-7-17 Santa Clara, CA: Aetna Life Insurance Co., is facing a long-term disability denial lawsuit brought by policy holder who had her long-term disability benefits denied, despite being qualified. Holly Kmita, a former sales manager for Shadow Ridge Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp., alleges in her complaint, that after becoming disabled in 2016 she ap... - Suboxone Tooth Decay MDL – Status Update
Oct-21-24 Cleveland, OH In recent years, Suboxone, a critical medication used to treat opioid addiction, has come under fire for its unintended side effects—specifically, severe tooth decay. While the drug has helped millions overcome opioid dependence, patients across the country have filed dangerous drug lawsuits claiming that Suboxone caused serious denta... - The Fight to Have Mental Illness Properly Covered by Insurance
Feb-3-15 Los Angeles, CA As patients with physical ailments fight to have their denied disability claims overturned, patients with mental illness also fight to receive proper treatment from insurance companies. Recent news reports and denied disability lawsuits allege some insurers in the US routinely discriminate against patients with mental illness, denying t... - Town Wants Reimbursement from Ex-Officials for Unum Insurance policy
Sep-8-10 Rostraver, PA Officials in a Pennsylvania town want former commissioners to reimburse the municipality for the Unum insurance policy they held on to after they left office. In July, town resident Donald Bottman told the board of commissioners that former commissioners Harold Hazelbaker and Carl Russell were still on the town's Unum Life Insurance po... - NEC Infant Formula Update
Sep-6-24 Santa Clara, CA Sadly, another infant formula lawsuit has been lodged against Abbott Nutrition by parents of a baby who died last year allegedly from its bacteria-tainted infant formula. Cow milk-based infant formulas such as Similac and Enfamil have been linked to a dangerous and potentially deadly neonatal medical condition known as necrotizing enteroc... - Numerous Trials Reveal the Scope of Unum Misdeeds
Aug-16-10 San Diego, CA Unum is working to distance itself from its unsavory past, but it's hard to escape the details that are emerging from various lawsuits brought by disgruntled and distraught Unum insurance policyholders who allege to have been wronged by the massive insurance provider. Trial lawyer William Turley of San Diego, who sits on the Board of G... - Chinese Drywall Litigation Heats Up
Jul-28-10 Miami, FL Having recently lost a Chinese drywall lawsuit, Banner Supply Company is now facing a class action lawsuit, which will attempt to include all Florida homeowners who bought drywall from the distributor. The class action alleges that Banner knew the drywall was defective in 2006 and was negligent in not warning consumers. Meanwhile, homeowne... - Hair Relaxer Formaldehyde and the FDA’s Failure to Warn
Oct-31-23 Santa Clara, CA The FDA has known since at least 2011 that hair straighteners containing formaldehyde and other toxic chemicals have made hair salon workers and their clients sick, yet it is just now considering banning hair relaxers that contain or emit the chemical by April 2024, due to a link with long-term health effects. The agency said it has bee... - CDR Enterprises securities fraud Settlement
The US Department of Justice will receive $225 million to release the company from Executive Life Insurance Co. fraud claims. CDR already paid the Department $375 million in 2003. Aurora National Life Assurance Co., who purchased Executive Life bonds under misinformed pretenses, has agreed to pay $80 million to the Department. It is a violation of Califor... - Fender Bender Air Bag Deployment Left Texas Woman with Eye Damage
Mar-24-17 Harlingen, TX A woman from Harlingen, Texas in the Rio Grande Valley was driving through her neighborhood on December 8, 2015 when she had a fender bender in her 2012 Honda Civic. According to Mary Lou Rodriguez she clipped a parked truck at no more than 15 miles per hour. There was a huge bang as the airbag deployed thrusting her body backwards in... - Federal Law Trumps the State of California Labor Law, or does it?
Jul-30-08 Sacramento, CA Diane resides in California and used to work for the federal government. She suffered a severe injury on a private company's property and the company successfully filed her injury under their workers' compensation insurance. However, Diane wants to be removed from the claim but she says the California labor law is set up to protect busines... - Health Canada Issues Warning for Slim-30
Ottawa, ON: Health Canada is warning Canadians that an unauthorized health product, "Slim-30" distributed in Ontario and Quebec by Duxx Enterprises Inc., contains an undeclared pharmaceutical ingredient similar to the prescription drug, sibutramine. Sibutramine may pose serious health risks, particularly to people with heart problems. Consumers who have pu... - $9.5 Million Army Hospital Medical Malpractice Settlement
Jul-12-24 Honolulu, HI It was error after error that killed Julie Bond. She was the 31-year-old wife of former Army Staff Sgt. Donald Bond and a healthy mother of three. She just wanted to lose those extra pregnancy pounds. But six weeks after laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery, she was dead. Tripler Army Medical Center ultimately settled the medical malpractice la... - Arkansas Medical Malpractice Legal News & Lawsuit Information
Arkansas medical malpractice claims are made against doctors or other healthcare professionals or organizations whose standard of care fails to meet an acceptable level. When the standard of care falls and a patient suffers harm as a result, an Arkansas medical malpractice lawsuit may be filed against the doctor, health care provider, or institution whos... - Monsanto Wins in Philadelphia's Roundup Mass Tort
Oct-11-24 Philadelphia, PA Bayer’s Monsanto had a good September. A Philadelphia jury found that, although Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller was defective, it did not cause plaintiff Ryan Young's non-Hodgkin lymphoma. It determined that Young did not provide sufficient evidence to prove that Roundup was the cause of his cancer. This is the fifth Monsanto... - Emergency Room Overcharges with Coronavirus Test
Apr-5-20 Santa Clara, CA Despite the $2 trillion coronavirus aid package that includes over $100 billion for hospitals and medical needs, and despite a law signed by President Trump on March 18 that supposedly allows Americans to be tested for coronavirus free of charge, some patients now face emergency room overcharges . While the tests may be free, both insured... - Exposure to PFAS Doubles Cancer Risk in Women
Oct-18-23 Ann Arbor, MI A study, published on September 18 in the Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology suggests that exposure to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS and PFOA) compounds greatly increases the risk of melanoma, ovarian and uterine cancers in women. The precise mechanism is unknown, but PFAS exposure appears to... - Avandia vinculado con ataques cardíacos y lesiones hepáticas
Avandia: Casos verídicos y entrevistas Avandia asociado a insuficiencias cardíacas: ¿Avandia provocó el ataque cardíaco de esta mujer? Karen Trelford quedó anonadada tras ver el informe en la televisión, este verano, que denunciaba que el medicamento contra la diabetes Avandia presuntamente expon&iacut... - Retired Judge Discusses Workers’ Compensation Claims
Apr-19-22 Woodland Hills, CA Did you know that hypertension can be aggravated or accelerated by a work injury such as a herniated disc, which could mean you are eligible for Worker’s Compensation? And do you know how important it is to be represented by a qualified attorney rather than a hearing representative? “My advice is to get a real lawyer who care...