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Sep-14-18 San Diego, CA Christopher Wheeler was a Coxswain/Diesel mechanic, a contractor doing heavy physical work for the U.S. Navy Fifth Fleet. On March 17, 2015, he was badly injured during a storm at sea off Bahrain. Hospitals and rehab landed him a computer job for which he had no aptitude or training. When that didn’t work out, his employer, Exelis, Inc. ter... - ING Settles ERISA Lawsuit for More Than $5 Million
Feb-21-13 Washington, DC ING Life Insurance and Annuity Co. will reportedly pay more than $5 million to settle an ERISA lawsuit filed by the US Labor Department. The ERISA benefits lawsuit alleged the company violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) in its handling of retirement plans for clients. According to the US Department of Labor (i... - Textured Breast Implants from Six More Manufacturers Linked to BIA-ALCL
Oct-1-20 Washington, DC A recently published study links breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL) to implants manufactured by seven pharmaceutical companies. In addition to Allergan, the manufacturer of Biocell textured breast implants, the study names Mentor Worldwide, a unit of Johnson & Johnson, Silimed Polyurethane, Euro... - Mold: It's Common. And it Can be Very Dangerous
Aug-3-09 Atlanta, GA It may surprise some that household mold is about as common as the dust bunny under the bed. However, no one would dispute the risk to health presented by toxic mold exposure and, more specifically, toxic black mold that can cause myriad health problems. In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a globa... - Paragard Problem with Breaking Leads to More Lawsuits
Sep-28-20 New York, NY Five more women have recently filed lawsuits against Cooper Surgical and Teva Pharmaceuticals claiming its ParaGard IUD broke while being removed. The ParaGard website warns consumers that its device sometimes gets stuck in the uterus, requiring surgical removal, but does not include a problem with it breaking apart. Do a... - ETHICON SURGICAL STAPLERS RECALLED AFTER REPORTS OF SERIOUS MEDICAL HARM
Sep-25-20 Somerville, NJ In mid-October 2019, the FDA recalled Ethicon Echelon Flex surgical staplers because of a dangerous manufacturing failure that could cause serious health damage or even death. This followed, by only a few months, a recall of Ethicon Endo-Surgery curved intraluminal staplers, a defective medical product that posed similar dangers to pat... - Federal Express Age Discrimination Lawyer
Two collective action lawsuits are now pending on behalf of older Federal Express (FedEx) couriers who are victims of age discrimination. The suits allege that the company pushes couriers over 40 years old - particularly those with more than ten years' service - to leave the company. Older employees complain that FedEx takes away good routes, sets unrea... - Mother Blames Accutane on Son’s Gastro Problems and Suicide Attempt
Jan-7-13 Sanger, CA Richelle regrets the day when she took her son to a dermatologist and was prescribed Accutane acne medicine . “I think my son will suffer with Accutane side effects for the rest of his life," she says. "He has beautiful skin now but it wasn’t worth it--this drug is a humdinger.” Anthony, Richelle’s son, was prescrib... - SCI Settles Cemetery Class Action Lawsuit for $35.25m
New York, NY: Service Corporation International (SCI) has reached settlement of a consumer fraud class action lawsuit involving allegations its employees desecrated graves at its Eden Memorial Park. Specifically, the class action,brought in 2009 on behalf of 25,000 Jewish families with loved ones buried at Eden Memorial, claimed that for 25 years SC... - First Generation Antipsychotic Medications Linked to Cardiovascular Deaths in the Elderly
Study Suggests Need for FDA Health Advisory A new study has found that conventional, first-generation antipsychotic medications used to treat elderly patients increases their risk of death from cardiovascular or respiratory diseases, compared to second generation, atypical antipsychotics. In 2005, the FDA issued a public health advisory after studi... - Transvaginal Mesh Victim Thanks LAS and Attorneys
Dec-18-12 Benton, AR Peggy’s gynecologist said that nothing was wrong with the transvaginal mesh she had implanted to treat mild incontinence, but she couldn’t even urinate without using a makeshift catheter. “I was at my wit’s end until one of your LawyersandSettlements (LAS) attorneys called me and suggested that I see a urogynecologist... - Zyprexa Hole Gets Deeper
May-1-07 Washington, DC: On March 7, 2007, Montana's attorney general, Mike McGrath, filed the latest Medicaid fraud lawsuit against Eli Lilly, under the False Claims Act, for illegally promoting the sale of the atypical antipsychotic drug Zyprexa for off-label uses and concealing its link to serious health problems. Considered to be one of the most effecti... - An Illustration of How Lawsuit Funding Can Help Auto Accident Victims
Dec-16-12 When a person is a victim of an auto accident, they have the legal right to file a personal injury lawsuit against the other party. Although the majority of these claims will eventually resolve by settlement or verdict, many litigants will wait months, even years, causing financial hardships especially for those out of work and behind paying bills. For any... - Insys Faked Cancer Patients to Get Fentanyl Sales
Sep-7-17 Washington, DC: : Federal investigators have revealed a massive scheme by Insys, maker of Subsys, a sprayable form of fentanyl, to mislead insurers and boost sales of the opioid. The congressional investigation is led by Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Democrat from Missouri, where deaths by opioid overdose have more than doubled between 2005 and 2014. Acc... - More Ranitidine Cancer Concerns Lead to Zantac Lawsuits
Jan-9-20 Santa Clara, CA Since the FDA last September reported that minute amounts of a carcinogen called N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) was detected in Zantac, along with several other heartburn medications, a number of Zantac cancer lawsuits have followed. The FDA and Zantac Despite voluntary recalls from manufacturers (including Sanofi and Glenmark... - Premera Blue Cross Data Breach Results in Several Lawsuits, Class Actions
Jul-6-15 Seattle, WA The hackers responsible for the recent cyber attack on federal government computers could also have been responsible for the Premera Blue Cross Data Breach of 11 Million Accounts , or so is the supposition reported recently in the New York Times and the Puget Sound Business Journal (6/5/15). Premera is the third largest health insurer... - Stevens Johnson Syndrome (SJS) FAQ
What is Stevens Johnson Syndrome ? Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS) is essentially an adverse reaction to medication and a debilitating, potentially life-threatening skin disease. Approximately 150,000 deaths per year in the US are caused by adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and SJS is recognized as one of the most serious ADRs. SJS affects the skin and... - Stevens Johnson Syndrome Lawsuit News & Legal Information
Stevens Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis (SJS/TEN) is a severe skin reaction usually triggered by certain medications. Once thought to be separate conditions, Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis are now considered part of a continuum. SJS is the least severe and TEN is the most severe of the disease spectrum. Some victims hav... - Keeping Track of Out-of-Network Services
May-26-09 Louisville, KY It can be daunting enough trying to keep track of which doctor's visits might lead to out of network overcharges but the truth is that it is important to be in the know, so that you do not get stuck with unexpected out of network fees. People might assume that because their hospital is in network, no procedures at the hospital will be cons... - Dallas Jury in $6.8M Verdict Against Hospital that Let Heart Patient Go Blind
Aug-10-16 A jury in Texas returned a $6,844,543 verdict against the Heart Hospital Baylor Plano for allowing a heart patient to go permanently blind from a complication of open heart surgery. Attorney Robert L. Chaiken of Plano, TX, a member of The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Lawyers, successfully obtained the verdict in a trial, assisted by Kenneth B. Chaiken a...