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Sort by date 7,886 pages found matching health insurance- Lawmakers Suspect Gilead Has Ulterior Motives for Donating HIV/AIDS drug Truvada
Jul-25-19 Washington, DC: The drug manufacturer Gilead announced in May that it was making an annual donation of 2.4 million bottles of Truvada that is prescribed as a prophylactic to prevent the spread of HIV, also known as PrEP. Some lawmakers, however, suspect that the donation comes with strings attached. A letter to the drug maker on June 26 from Elijah... - Medtronic Sprint Fidelis: "I'm beginning to wonder if any of their leads are worth a crap."
Mar-7-08 Wyoming, MI At first, Lisa Kraft's story sounds like a classic Medtronic Sprint Fidelis failure. She had a Medtronic device implanted last fall; early this year, one of the leads failed, and a month later was found to have fractured. Now she's trying to decide what to do: Have the lead replaced? Leave the device in place and hope for the best? Get rid... - Maryland Employment and Labor Law Legal News and Lawsuits
Maryland employment law protects Maryland employees in certain matters related to their hiring, working conditions, pay and job termination. Maryland employment violations can result in employees filing lawsuits against their employer, depending on the circumstances surrounding the complaint. Maryland Minimum Wage Maryland's minimum w... - Colorado Health Alert: Dentist Patients Urged to get Tested for HIV, Hepatitis B & C
Highlands Ranch, CO: The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has issued a warning for patients of oral surgeon Dr. Stephen Stein to get tested for HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C. According to the health department, Dr. Stein re-used syringes and needles while performing facial and oral surgery procedures, including needles used for i... - California Paystub Violations Legal Help, Legal News and Lawyers
California labor law requires employers to provide certain information on an employee paystub . Failure to provide this information can lead to a paystub violation lawsuit , which can result in fees and penalties charged to the employer. Additionally, employers sometimes make unlawful California payroll deductions from employees, which can also result i... - EMD Serono Inc. Unapproved Serostim Promotion Settlement
New York, NY: (Feb-16-07) A civil lawsuit was filed against EMD Serono in 2005 for allegedly promoting the company's AIDS drug Serostim for unapproved uses. Serostim treats AIDS wasting, a condition involving serious weight loss in AIDS patients. The US District Court in Massachusetts granted preliminary approval of the settlement, ordering EMD Serono t... - Avandia Leaves Mother Fearing for the Well-Being of her Children
Feb-11-08 Brentwood, NY: When Avandia was prescribed for Kanise, who had diabetes, she had no idea it would so adversely affect her heart and her ability to work. Worse yet, the mother of a three and a four-year-old worries constantly about what will happen to her children if she becomes permanently incapacitated or dies. Kanise was pregnant with her now-four-y... - Cannabis Workers Retaliated Against?
Oct-29-21 San Jose, CA Three sisters—former cannabis farm workers—alleged they were fired for complaining about California labor and employment law violations. Retaliation is a serious labor law violation. However, litigation ended October 18th when a federal judge signed off on a dismissal motion filed by the Montelongo sisters after reachin... - Unum: Earnings Up, Claim Payouts Down. Surprised?
Feb-1-08 Portland, MN: While the business side of Unum seems to be doing fine, thank you—the ethical side is still taking a hit, with at least one interviewee on BBC back in November suggesting that despite assurances to the contrary, the leopard has yet to change its spots. The world's largest disability insurer, with 25 million Unum life insurance poli... - Florida Couple Recovers $14.5 in Bad Faith Case Against Geico
Nov-14-15 A jury in Miami awarded a $14.5 million to husband and wife in a Miami-Dade Circuit Court trial against Geico General Insurance Co. and an uninsured driver who was deemed negligent in a severe 2004 automobile accident. In the Nov. 2 verdict, a jury awarded former chiropractor David Zucker and his wife Carrie a total of nearly $14.5 million for past an... - No More Sex after Essure Implant
Nov-11-15 Mesa, AZ: Carrie is gathering the past six years of medical records for her attorney so that she can file an Essure complaint against Bayer, the drug giant that currently owns and distributes the permanent birth control device. Six years ago, Carrie, age 38, had the Essure device implanted. She decided not to have another child and her gynecologist... - Bayer Bans Essure Outside US, Is FDA Lagging?
Oct-10-17 Richmond, VA: Bayer has stopped selling its Essure outside of the U.S. citing “lack of interest” and “commercial reasons”. But those reasons may not be quite accurate. Many countries have banned the permanent sterilization device due to product and safety concerns. So, why is it safe for women in America? Bayer’s decisi... - RICO Gives Unum Group Plaintiffs Extra Leverage
Jan-13-08 Philadelphia, PA: In April 2007, the federal Third Circuit Court of Appeals made reality of what may prove to be Unum Group 's worst legal nightmare. Unum's nightmare is the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. For individuals, and especially individuals denied benefits by Unum under group disability plans, that decision may... - FDA Issues Warning About Serious Adverse Events with Reumofan Plus
Washington, DC: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers that Reumofan Plus, marketed as a natural dietary supplement for pain relief and other serious conditions, contains several active pharmaceutical ingredients not listed on the label that could be harmful. Health officials in Mexico have ordered a recall based on potentially ha... - Emergency Room Overcharges Lawsuit Filed
Sep-20-15 Fargo, ND Just because an emergency room overcharges lawsuit was dismissed 10 years ago doesn’t mean it will get thrown out now, especially if attorney Barry Kramer has drafted an ER overcharges lawsuit on your behalf. A lawsuit seeking class-action status was filed against Sanford Health in July 2015 in Cass County District Court. Dustin Limb... - Pizza Recall: General Mills Can Afford Victims' Medical Bills
Dec-22-07 Michael B. and his fiancée both wound up in the hospital after eating Totino's pizza. And they got sick after the Totino's and Jeno's E. coli pizza recall . Michael bought 10 pizzas on December 4th; luckily he kept the receipt and the pizza boxes that matched General Mills recalled SKUs (stock keeping units or UPC codes). On November 1, Genera... - Birth Injury and Birth Defect Lawsuit News and Legal Information
Birth Defects can result from different factors, including environmental toxins, drug side effects and negligence. Tragically, birth defects can also result in wrongful death. Sadly, more than 150,000 children in the U.S. are born with birth defects. When a child is born with a birth defect or later diagnosed with a functional birth defect, paren... - California Labor Bill AB5 has ride-hailing companies collaborating rather than competing – and waiting on CA Senate vote
Jun-24-19 Sacramento, CA: Uber and Lyft have become wildly successful, mainly due to classifying their drivers as independent contractors rather than employees, but misclassification is a violation of the California labor law and should the state Senate pass Bill AB5, the gig might be up for them and many other companies whose workers may be re-classified as emplo... - Medtronic Sprint Fidelis Should Pay for Surgery
Dec-1-07 Grand Blanc, MI Patients who have the now recalled Medtronic Sprint Fidelis Leads implanted face an important decision. Those who have not suffered from a malfunction must decide whether or not to have the leads capped to avoid having their defibrillator malfunction. Unfortunately, some people who have the leads implanted no longer have insurance cove... - Hollywood Presentation Seen as Key to Success with Jury
Nov-28-07 When Michael Kelly takes on a case, he immediately starts thinking of how he might turn the case into a successful screenplay. Not because he wants to sell the movie rights, but because he feels that it is the most effective way to present a case to a jury. "Jurors want to resolve the conflict, they want the drama" says Kelly, "Determines what your most pow...