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Feb-22-24 Evanston, IL NorthShore University Health System has agreed to pay $55 million to settle a federal consumer class action lawsuit that was filed back in 2007. The settlement ends 16 years of litigation over its merger with another hospital that allegedly allowed NorthShore to illegally monopolize the market and unfairly raise prices on patients. NorthSho... - Baby Formula Lawsuits Rising
Aug-12-24 Santa Clara, CA The first lawsuit to go to trial against baby formula maker Abbott last month resulted in a Missouri state court jury awarding $495 million to a family who claimed their infant daughter developed necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) after receiving Similac while in a neonatal intensive care unit. The first trial against the Enfamil f... - Proton Pump Inhibitor FAQ
What are Proton Pump Inhibitors? Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are medications used to treat heartburn, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), ulcers in the stomach and small intestine and inflammation of the esophagus. They work by reducing the amount of acid in the patient's stomach. Proton pump inhibitors are available either through prescription... - Proton Pump Inhibitor Lawsuit Information and Legal News
Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are a group of drugs mainly used to relieve symptoms of acid reflux, or gastroesophageal reflux disease. PPIs have been linked to an increased risk of bone fractures, heart attacks, cardiac birth defects (only in Prilosec), and more recently chronic kidney disease (CKD). The risk of proton pump inhibitor side effects has b... - Many Questions Remain About Horrific FedEx Bus Crash
Apr-17-14 Orland, CA As far as Accident Articles go, this one is a tough go given the loss of life, and the ferocity of the April 10 collision in California between a FedEx twin trailer and a motor coach carrying a group of prospective university students and their chaperone to a facilities tour at Humboldt State University. There is also little doubt tha... - "Unum Is Like a Bernie Madoff Scheme"
Feb-3-11 Glendale, CA Health insurance providers—with the exception of Unum, or Unum Provident —recognize fibromyalgia as a condition that qualifies for disability benefits. Even though Kathryn is disabled, Unum says she isn't disabled enough! "I wouldn't be surprised if Unum was run by Bernie Madoff," said Kathryn. "I first applied for short te... - Ozempic Babies, Another Side Effect
Apr-17-24 Santa Clara, CA Women on birth control or presumed to be infertile have been reporting surprise pregnancies while on Ozempic and similar medications . Referred to as “Ozempic Babies”, they add to increasing concern over the side effects of these diabetes and weight-loss drugs. Healthcare professionals, seeing an association between these medic... - The Machinations of a Long Term Disability Denied Lawsuit
Jun-13-15 Baltimore, MD A recent Long term disability denied lawsuit out of Maryland provides some insight into the machinations that often stem from a legal dispute over denied benefits. For years, insurers have been accused of practicing bad faith when benefits, duly qualified and paid for through a policy in good standing, are systematically denied or termina... - “A Truck Crash Is Not a Car Crash,” Says Florida Litigation Lawyer
May-30-15 Jacksonville, FL Attorney Joseph Camerlengo rarely let’s a week go by without tapping into Transport Topics, a website Camerlengo describes as “The Wall Street Journal” of the transportation industry. He’s a fastidious reader of trending transport issues because the entire focus of his practice is on an increasing complex area of... - Insurer Takes Outpatient Clinics to Court Over Inflated Billings
Jun-24-12 San Jose, CA The propensity for hospitals to inflate emergency room charges is a symptom of a much larger problem filtering through the nation's health care system: apparent greed. While some hospitals pad emergency room fees and other charges as a simple act of survival, or to offset losses incurred from treating the poor, other institutions carry out... - Denied Disability Insurance Lawsuit Filed in Los Angeles
Apr-3-15 Los Angeles, CA An insurance lawsuit has been filed by the spouses of dockworkers at the Los Angeles Port, alleging the port’s health care plan is subject to unacceptable backlogs and health care insurance denials. According to the Los Angeles Times (3/5/15), the lawsuit was filed by two women whose husbands are longshoremen, and one doctor... - PFAS Linked to Obesity
May-26-23 Kingston, RI A University of Rhode Island study has confirmed that increased PFAS content in blood promotes weight gain and makes it harder to keep a lower body weight after weight loss. Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS/PFOA) “forever chemicals” have previously been linked to a variety of health conditions, including cancers, l... - Unum Provident Still in Denial
Dec-29-08 Boise, ID Diane paid into an Unum Provident policy through her employer for more than a decade, so when she was injured on the job and collected Workers Compensation benefits for a few months, she assumed that Unum Provident's health insurance would kick in and pay her long term disability benefits. Wrong. "When they denied me, it made me so depresse... - Hospital Overcharging and Bogus Fees Cost New York Taxpayers Millions
Apr-18-12 New York, NY The habit for some hospitals to inflate emergency room charges for those patients with a capacity to pay (to make up for those patients who don't) has an already over-taxed society seething with rage. With the overall US economic recovery continuing along its anemic path and Americans—many unemployed or underemployed—watching t... - La Salle County, IL Tort Fund Property Tax Settlement
La Salle County, IL: (Jun-06-07) Exelon filed a lawsuit against La Salle County, alleging that the La Salle County Board violated their 1999 property tax agreement and the company was prepared to file a property tax objection that could have exceeded $1 million. In a settlement reached, the county board passed a resolution to pay Exelon a $200,000 se... - ER Overcharges “Sickening”
Oct-10-13 Gadsden, AL One Sunday last summer Kandi thought she had a urinary tract infection (UTI). Because she doesn’t have health insurance, Kandi - who works for a physician - at first treated herself with Cipro, a strong antibiotic. But it got to the point where she wound up in the local hospital’s ER. Kandi made a quick recovery “but emergen... - Swedish Medical Center ER Overcharges: $10,000 for a Stomachache
Sep-28-13 Portland, OR Because Kell had been diagnosed with diverticulitis, a common digestive disease that could become serious, his stomach pain warranted a trip to the ER at Swedish Medical Center. It did not warrant $10,000, most of which amounted to emergency room overcharges . Dave first went to urgent care at a nearby “boutique” clinic. The... - Strawberry Harvester Settles Agricultural Workers Claims for $1M
May-27-24 Santa Maria, CA New Hope Harvesting LLC, has agreed in California federal court to a $1 million deal that will settle claims brought by about 900 migrant workers. The agricultural workers claimed the strawberry harvester denied their full wages, denied them proper rest and meal breaks, and charged or failed to reimburse them for certain expenses. The Cali... - Microsoft Discrimination Lawsuit Settles for $14.4 million
Jul-19-24 Santa Clara, CA A discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the California Civil Rights Department (CRD) alleging that Microsoft gave workers lower bonuses and unfavorable performance reviews for taking leave has settled for $14.4 million. The settlement includes those who worked for Microsoft in California for at least 90 days during the settlemen... - 17 years in the making, California drivers finally get justice in auto insurance rates
Jul-25-06 In November 1988 California voters passed an initiative that told the auto insurance industry to stop calculating drivers' insurance rates based on their zip code. The industry, with the help of previous insurance commissioners, pretty much ignored the voters. But the current insurance commissioner, John Garamendi, has changed regulations and standards to fo...