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New York, NY: New York City health officials are warning the public about serious health risks, including disfigurement and death, associated with cosmetic surgical procedures done by unlicensed, non-medical providers. Very often unlicensed providers of cosmetic procedures advertise cheap alternatives to cosmetic surgery performed by licensed medical profe... - Emergency Room Overcharges Complaints Outrageous but True
Apr-14-21 Santa Clara, CA Many emergency room overcharges complaints submitted to LawyersandSettlements are so outrageous they seem fictional. Sadly, they are true. In each complaint below, the patient’s bill isn’t even close to the “going rate”. Ted, an Arizona man, was charged $33,000 for a visit to the emergency room that, f... - UnitedHealthcare Cites Upcoding Fraud in Lawsuit against Emergency Room Staffing Company
Mar-9-22 Knoxville, TN On October 27, 2021, UnitedHealthcare filed a lawsuit against TeamHealth Holdings in the Eastern District of Tennessee. UnitedHealthcare Services v. TeamHealth Holdings , the ER fees lawsuit , charges that TeamHealth routinely overcharged emergency room patients for minor medical needs. UHC, as the administrator for many of those cla... - North Carolina Sues 3M Co. for PFAS/PFOA Environmental Damage
Dec-5-22 Wilmington, NC On November 4, 2022 North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein filed four separate per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) state court lawsuits in Mecklenburg, Wayne and Stanly Counties. This is in addition to federal Camp LeJeune toxic tort lawsuits that have been consolidated in the Eastern District... - $2.5 Million California Overtime Settlement Granted Preliminary Approval
Sep-16-17 Los Angeles, CA: An overtime pay class action launched against an insurance claims administrator achieved preliminary approval earlier this month, when a non-revisionary cash settlement worth $2.5 million was given the nod by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl. The unpaid overtime lawsuit alleged that various policies observed by the def... - Participants Sue $1.52 Billion Baptist Health South Plan for Wasting Retirement Savings
Sep-6-21 Miami, FL On August17, three former participants in the Baptist Health South Florida, Inc. 403(b) Employee Retirement Plan (BHSF Plan) sued plan fiduciaries for breaching their duty of loyalty and prudence to participants and beneficiaries by paying “astronomical” management fees. The named plaintiffs in the ERISA lawsuit seek... - McDonald’s Employees “Treated Like Dogs” Reach Settlement
Sep-3-21 Oakland, CA Workers at Oaklands McDonald’s who claimed they had to wear dog diapers and coffee filters instead of face masks settled a California safety lawsuit August 12. McDonald’s Safety Settlement Part of the settlement requires the franchise to maintain numerous safety measures, provide paid breaks to ensure that workers can saniti... - In Case of Car Accident: A Lawyer Can be Your Best Friend
May-23-07 Parsippany, NJ If you were ever in the market for a good lawyer, chances are it would be after a car accident. Not to soften the consequences of an accident for which you might have been at fault, but rather to represent your interests - and plain, old-fashioned fair play - in the face of the other guy, having caused the accident in the first place, gett... - Are Propecia Long-Term Side Effects Really Rare? Not according to Some...
Jun-19-15 San Diego, CA Anthony took the hair loss drug Propecia for two years and the generic finasteride for another few years - until he became aware of Propecia long-term side effects. “I’ve had sexual dysfunction problems for the past eight years and because of Propecia, I’m also battling depression,” he says. By the time the FDA... - Stuck on the Proton Pump Inhibitor Treadmill
Mar-9-11 Towson, MD Tema has been taking proton pump inhibitors (known as PPIs), both prescription and over-the-counter heartburn medications, for 22 years. "I still have acid reflux problems so what's the point of taking PPIs?" says Tema. "That's a lot of money I've wasted, but I can't stop taking them, and now I'm really concerned about the increased risk of... - Guardian Denied Disability Lawsuit Goes to Mediation in Florida
Aug-8-17 Gainesville, FL: Smith v. Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, a Guardian denied disability lawsuit, has been sent to mediation in the Northern District of Florida. A settlement is expected in November, 2017. Dr. William E. Smith Jr., a surgeon, filed a complaint in March, 2017 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida... - Increased Emergency Room Charges Loom for Patients at Critical Access Hospitals
Jul-5-22 Clear Lake, CA On April 8, the DC Circuit Court, which has jurisdiction over Medicare cases, held that Medicare need not reimburse St. Helena Clear Lake Hospital for the cost of maintaining nonemergency room specialists on call. Without Medicare reimbursement, the cost of maintaining these doctors on call will ultimately be passed along to... - America’s Hip Implant Failure Crisis
Apr-17-15 Pensacola, FL Attorney Ben Gordon, who has more than a decade of experience litigating against defective hip implant manufacturers, has some harsh words for the industry. Over the last decade, Gordon says, manufacturers hungry to expand sales, rushed to market with defective, untested, failure-prone devices that are having a devastating impact on pa... - Emergency Room Overcharges Start with Getting There
May-16-15 Los Angeles, CA A California federal judge last month heard how former top-level hospital administrators were fired for refusing a kickback scheme that involved ambulance services connected to emergency room overcharges billed to Medicare, Medi-Cal and other government agencies. The original lawsuit claims the executives at Palo Verde Health Care Dist... - California Attorney General Supports Washington State’s Ruling that GEO owes Detainees Minimum Wages
Jun-28-22 Santa Clara, CA California's attorney general has taken the lead in supporting Washington State’s decision to enforce minimum wage laws , which includes GEO, a private prison company that, since at least 2005, has paid thousands of detainee workers $1 per day for labor that is necessary to keep its facility operational. The private prison compan... - Mother Files Lawsuit Claiming Similac Infant Formula Caused Baby’s Death
Jan-30-22 Chicago, IL A mother has filed a lawsuit against Abbot Laboratories, the manufacturer of Similac Special Care, claiming the infant formula caused the death of her premature baby after he developed necrotizing enterololitis (NEC). Baby Eli never left the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit. On January 5, 2022 Shannon Hall filed a lawsuit &n... - Policy Holder Living in her Car Blames Unum
Mar-19-09 Gainsville, FA: According to Kimyetta, the Unum health insurance company only uses certain medical information, leaving out pertinent doctor reports, in order for them to deny a claim. "Several doctors have told Unum Provident that I can't return to work but whenever the insurer gets information that supports my claim, they use it against me," says Kim... - $82M Pension Settlement Reached
Los Angeles, CA: An employment lawsuit filed in 2010 alleging Meriter Health Services improperly calculated employee pensions, has reached a $82 million settlement, which will see some 4,000 Meriter Health Services employees receive an average of $14,000 each in damages. A dozen people named as plaintiffs will each get an additional $5,000, and anothe... - Migrant Workers' Bus Crash Verdict Sends Powerful Message
Jan-14-11 Corpus Christi, TX A jury in El Paso, Texas, has awarded the families of two migrant workers killed in a 2005 bus crash a record $132.5 million in damages. Reagan Sahadi, the attorney representing the family of one of the workers who died in the crash, says the jury was disgusted by the actions of a greedy and irresponsible bus company, and the award t... - Negligence - Verdict in favor of Plaintiff in the amount of US$3,546,778
Case Name : Joshua Wahl v. Aurora Residential Alternatives et al. Case Number : 12-CV-178 Outcome Type : Jury Verdict Court : Dunn County Circuit Court Plaintiff's Complaint : The plaintiff asserted claims of negligence, of violations of Wisconsin's Mental Health Act, and claims for punitive damages. Injury, Damage, or Loss...