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Dec-21-21 Knoxville, TN UnitedHealthcare claims that TeamHealth has submitted fraudulent claims to the insurer, to the tune of more than $100 million. The ER fees lawsuit claims that the emergency room staffing and billing company has been upcoding—using codes to deceive the insurer into overpaying—since 2016. UnitedHealthcare (UHC) claims that Team... - “Why Isn’t Mirena Maker Warning Women of Risks?”
Sep-7-13 Bowling Green, KY “I don’t understand why Bayer, the maker of the Mirena IUD for birth control, doesn’t mention the risk of miscarriage,” says Lindsey. “Women who want to have children must be made aware of Mirena side effects.” Lindsey, age 28, has a young daughter and wants to have another child soon. But she is... - “Unum Believes It Trumps Doctors - Lawsuit Filed”
Jan-2-15 Clinton, NY Mary will be following an Unum, or Unum Provident denied disability lawsuit recently filed. Unum had “threatened” to terminate her benefits for several months and she too might have her day in court with the behemoth insurance company. A New York man - who worked for an insurance company - filed a lawsuit against Unum last Oc... - FDA Issues Warning for Benzocaine Topical Products
Ottawa, ON: Health Canada is reminding Canadians, including parents and caregivers, about health risks associated with the use of topical benzocaine products, including a rare but potentially serious blood condition known as methemoglobinemia (MetHb). Health Canada continues to receive reports of benzocaine-related adverse reactions, including MetHb. W... - Dupont Asbestos Confession
May-21-10 Philadelphia, PA The Dupont Corporation's days are likely numbered, after its corporate representative admitted in a New Jersey court that DuPont knew by the 1930s that asbestos could cause health problems, and was aware of its link to lung cancer and asbestos mesothelioma by the 1950s. DuPont used asbestos in its factories and other facilities for dec... - UPS Hit with Federal and California Labor Lawsuit
Dec-13-21 Oakland, CA On November 9, Galena Goins, Sonia Lopez, and Terry A. Jones-Jackson filed a nationwide class action and collective lawsuit in the District Court for the Northern District of California alleging that their employer, United Parcel Service, systematically discriminated against them and women similarly situated on the basis of gender, age a... - Air Force Veteran Files Kidney Cancer Lawsuit Citing Firefighting Foam
Jun-22-21 Charleston, SC On May 26, Jeffrey Clark filed a lawsuit against 3M and a host of other corporate defendants citing his exposure to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS/PFOA) firefighting foams as the likely cause of his kidney cancer. Clark v. 3M Company will be consolidated for pre-trial proceedings into the Multidistrict Litigation now cur... - DePuy Canada, DePuy Hip Replacement, DePuy Recall
DePuy Orthopaedics has recalled the DePuy ASR following hundreds of complaints from people undergoing DePuy hip replacement . The Hip Replacement Recall in Canada includes the DePuy ASR XL Acetabular System and the DePuy ASR Hip Resurfacing System. The ASR is considered by many orthopedic experts to be a defective product and a class action DePuy Laws... - Study: People Who Live Near Fracking Sites More Likely to Report Health Problems
Sep-24-14 Pittsburgh, PA While many people have discussed the possibility that hydraulic fracturing and fracking contamination are linked to health problems in people who live near the sites, not a lot of research has been done into the issue. Water contamination and other lawsuits have been filed alleging people who lived near the sites suffered injury or illne... - Confidential Electronic Medical Records Can Be File-Shared
Mar-5-10 Ottawa, ON As medical information is increasingly stored on electronic health databases, known as Health Information Technology (HIT), there is growing concern over the security of patient records, given the possibility that unknown agents could hack into electronic medical records through home-based file-sharing programs. According to the results... - Critics Say Recall of DePuy Hip Replacement System Comes "Way Too Late"
Apr-22-10 Warsaw, IN A hip replacement system that was pulled from the market by its manufacturer last month due to early failures was fast-tracked for approval by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The DePuy hip implant , also known as the ASR cup, was approved for use in 2005 by the FDA but "was cleared through a regulatory pathway that did not require... - Unum: the Gift of Giving and Taking Away
Dec-6-18 Chicago, IL: Yet another lawsuit was filed in November against First Unum for allegedly denying long-term disability benefits. In the same month, Unum announced to the media that it had donated $300,000 to a high-school girls’ leadership program. Along with this charitable announcement, policy holders who have been denied disability benefits or wron... - Make Sure an Experienced Attorney Settles Your Back and Neck Injury Lawsuit
Jan-3-12 Newbury, OH Karen was involved in a car accident back in August of 2010, and since that time she has suffered constant pain from a back and neck injury . To compound her problems, Karen's attorney advises her to settle for an amount that will barely cover her medical bills. Now she is reaching out to an experienced personal injury attorney, one who... - Serious Health Problems Reported in Premature Babies Given Kaletra
Washington, DC: FDA notified healthcare professionals of serious health problems that have been reported in premature babies receiving Kaletra (lopinavir/ritonavir) oral solution. Kaletra oral solution contains the ingredients alcohol and propylene glycol. Premature babies may be at increased risk for health problems because they have a decrease... - Transvaginal Mesh Collateral Damage Too High for TVM Settlement
Jan-21-18 Houston, TX: Although Jordan will receive compensation from Boston Scientific for transvaginal mesh injuries, she says the settlement cannot cover the collateral damage suffered not only by her injuries but also by her family. Jordan suffered from pelvic organ prolapse after childbirth back in 2007 so upon her doctor’s advice, she had the tran... - Proposed Florida Class-Action ER Charges Lawsuit Expands
Oct-27-14 Tampa, FL An emergency room charges lawsuit we reported on earlier this month has expanded to include two additional facilities. The case ( Herrera et al. v. JFK Medical Center Ltd. et al., Case No. 8:14-cv-02327, in the US District Court for the Middle District of Florida) has been amended to include two additional plaintiffs and two other facilities... - FDA: Transvaginal Mesh Not Worth the Risk in Treating Pelvic Organ Prolapse
Nov-22-21 Silver Spring, MD The FDA reviewed Boston Scientific’s latest studies of the pros and cons of using transvaginal mesh to treat pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and doubled down on its earlier conclusion that the risks outweighed the benefits. In 2019, after a spate of surgical mesh lawsuits , the FDA ordered Boston Scientific to immediately pull its tr... - Yasmin Pulmonary Embolism Found, Just in Time
Oct-22-14 Worthington, MN When Jennie came out of surgery, she was told that Yasmin was the biggest factor in causing her to have a pulmonary embolism. And her doctor said that had she waited one more day, the 23-year-old wouldn’t be alive. “I was working as a student teacher in Denver last spring and started getting short of breath,” says J... - Abdominal Mesh Surgery Destroys Life, say patients in the U.S. and Scotland
May-27-21 Lancaster, SC Ruth underwent three abdominal mesh surgeries in the last few years, all of them unsuccessful. She now lives with an ugly scar and constant pain. She replaced her addiction to prescription painkillers with Suboxone (prevents painful addiction withdrawal) and trips to the emergency room with visits to the addiction center. Steve (no... - Alaskan Health Insurer Sues Abbott / St. Jude over Defective ICD Batteries
Dec-24-17 Chicago, IL: Chicago may be far removed from Alaska geographically, but Illinois serves as home base for a proposed St. Jude class action lawsuit brought by an Alaskan union-benefits fund against St. Jude manufacturer Abbott Laboratories (Abbott). According to a report carried by the Minneapolis Star Tribune (09/19/17) in September, the Alaska Sta...