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Sep-27-09 Davenport, IA A lawsuit alleging that Deere & Co. violated Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) is now under way. The suit, filed on behalf of approximately 5,000 retirees who worked for Deere & Co., claims that changes Deere made to its health plan were in fact a decrease in benefits and a violation of ERISA law. In its defense, Dee... - Levaquin Patient Spends Summer With Foot in Brace
Sep-24-09 San Diego, CA Kirk C. says that when he started taking Levaquin he had no idea he was not supposed to do any physical activity. That is because the reported Levaquin side effects include tendinitis and ruptured tendons. However, some patients, like Kirk, say they had no idea the Levaquin medication could cause such serious side effects. "I was on L... - Husband Warns Others to Stop taking Yasmin
Sep-22-09 Cocoa Beach, FL Peter says birth control isn't something a guy normally talks about, but after his wife almost died from a blood clot in her lung, he convinced his daughter to stop taking Yasmin and he told the neighbor across the street about it; her daughters were on Yaz. "My wife, Deona, just got out of hospital—she almost died," says Pete... - Expert Witness Says Chinese Drywall is Spreading
Sep-17-09 Lockhart, TX According to Home Inspector Oran Venable, Chinese drywall is showing up in Texas as well as Florida and Lousiana. "I'm seeing homes with Chinese drywall in Austin, Dallas and further east that were built around the same time that contaminated drywall hit US shores," says Venable. "I've done numerous inspections in Louisiana, mainly a... - Ground Zero Worker Received SSDI Benefits Three Years After 9/11
Sep-13-09 New York, NY The 8th anniversary of the September 11th tragedy in New York City served as a reminder that social security disability issues remain for hundreds, if not thousands of Americans continuing to be affected by 9/11 years after the fact. SSDI benefits are hard to come by at the best of times, often only with the aid of an SSDI attorney. Mu... - Spiderman Says Chinese Drywall Remediation a Complex Issue
Sep-9-09 Gainesville, FL A leading forensics expert on toxic mold raised a red flag recently about remediation of toxic Chinese Drywall. Spiderman S. Mulholland warns that it's one thing to have a contractor, or insurance adjuster agree to replace defective Chinese drywall . It's quite another to ensure it's done properly. Mulholland is the senior forensic i... - Is Phentermine Just as Dangerous as Fen-Phen?
Sep-8-09 Dallas, TX: In 2001 Pat took phentermine, which was once half of the wildly popular Fen-phen cocktail, for about 3 years, until she developed an allergic reaction that has just gotten worse. Although Pat hasn't developed Primary Pulmonary Hypertension (PPH) , she says this drug has caused both severe physical and psychological damage. (Although Fen-phen... - Michigan Attorney says Time to Put the Brakes on Dangerous Trucks
Sep-7-09 Southfield, MI Michigan Attorney Steve Gursten has reached his breaking point with bad truckers. With years of experience representing people injured or killed by dangerous trucks and truckers in truck accidents and a former president of the Truck Litigation Committee for the American Association of Justice (AAJ), Gursten says he is frankly "disguste... - Pfizer Hit With Huge Fine, Whistleblowers Reap Millions
Sep-3-09 Washington, DC The world's largest pharmaceutical company was hit yesterday with the largest fine ever levied against a drug manufacturer for unlawful activity. Meanwhile a collection of six whistleblowers will take home $102 million for their role in ensuring the pharma juggernaut was held accountable. One individual, Gulf War veteran and former P... - Family Awarded $2 Million Settlement in Asbestos Mesothelioma Case
Sep-1-09 Bloomington, IL Leslie Corry's husband worked at Union Asbestos & Rubber Company during the 1950s, and was exposed to asbestos fibers on a regular basis. And he brought those toxic fibers home on his clothing, exposing his wife, who later died of asbestos mesothelioma resulting from secondary exposure. Earlier this month a jury awarded Mrs... - Mississippi Man Has Opposite SSDI Problem: Payments Won't STOP
Aug-28-09 Byram, MS Most will tell you that successfully acquiring social security disability (SSDI) is a painful, painstaking process that involves long delays and often the denial of a legitimate claim. It is for this reason that many SSDI applicants will hire the services of a qualified SSDI attorney to help them with what is often a bureaucratic nightmare in... - Chinese Drywall Cases Fast-Tracked
Aug-20-09 New Orleans, LA A judge from Louisiana has been given the job of dealing with all the Chinese drywall lawsuits that are being gathered together in a Multi District Litigation( MDL) case and he's made it clear he will be moving fast. "That's good news," says New Orleans attorney Joesph Bruno. "Judge (Eldon) Fallon is talking about a trial date in six m... - MRI Health Risks and NSF/NFD: Interview with Attorney Debra DeCarli
Aug-13-09 San Francisco, CA Attorney Debra DeCarli represents clients who have been stricken with Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF) or Nephrogenic Fibrosing Dermopathy (NFD), an incurable disease associated with MRI Health Risks . DeCarli is mainly focused on warning people at risk of developing NSF/NFD via gadolinium-based contrast agent used during an MRI or... - Oh Yaz, There May be a Problem
Aug-5-09 Carlsbad, CA: Large storm clouds are gathering over Bayer HealthCare as more and more women are reporting serious physical and emotional problems connected to the Yasmin birth control pill . "I have a 30-year-old client who had a severe stroke after three weeks of taking Yaz," says attorney Ron Laba. "She is partially paralyzed and debilitated to the... - 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... - Levaquin Career Changing
Aug-1-09 Bluefield, WV "Last fall I was renovating our house and got a sinus infection from the plaster so my doctor prescribed Levaquin , says Ann (name withheld). " I also had an ear infection and he gave me Cipro. Four weeks later he prescribed another z-pak of Levaquin that got rid of my sinus problem but for some reason my heel was hurting so much I could b... - Builder to Repair 400 Chinese Drywall Homes in Florida
Jul-20-09 Miami, FL As the Chinese drywall controversy continues to reverberate throughout various pockets of the country, Chinese drywall problems have forced a Miami-based homebuilder to remediate hundreds of Florida homes containing suspect China drywall. According to a July 13th account in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) Lennar Corporation has set aside $3... - Dog Bites Peak in Summer Months
Jul-5-09 Huntsville, AL As we head into the most prolific season for potential dog bite injury , there are a number of issues to be aware of with regard not only to dog bite law, but also of health issues that are becoming an increasing concern as the result of (CASE PAGE LINK dog_bites). It's also a sad fact that with the onset of warm weather, the phone for the... - Car Accident Victim Settles for $125,000 in Colorado
Jul-1-09 Boulder, CO A car accident that allegedly left a college student with permanent brain injuries has been settled after the employer of a deputy sheriff whose squad car allegedly crashed into the student paid out $125,000. The attorney representing Alex Eason noted that the decision to settle was motivated by the existence of the Governmental Immunity A... - Did Unum Stonewall Policyholder Out of $24,000?
Jun-16-09 Skokie, IL If the postings at consumeraffairs.com are any indication, current and former policyholders of Unum Insurance (also known as UnumProvident) are still having trouble collecting benefits. Unum has been scattershot with prior allegations of claims denials, various delaying tactics and other measures—and if the posted musings of Joseph, of S...