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Jul-19-17 St. Clair County, Illinois The opioid addiction crisis has hit St. Clair County, Illinois hard. They are fighting back in a class action lawsuit charging the Purdue Pharma and Abbot Laboratories Inc. put profits ahead of the health and safety of its customers by underplaying the potential harm associated with highly addictive narcotics. “This a... - Charges Laid Against 412 Individuals for Medicaid Fraud and Opioid Prescribing
Jul-13-17 Santa Clara, CA: The US Attorney General’s office has charged 412 defendants in 41 federal districts with Medicaid fraud resulting from false billings, and prescribing and distributing opioids and other dangerous drugs. The fraud is estimated to have cost Medicaid $1.3 billion resulting from false billings. More than 120 defendants have been c... - Seven California HMOs Fined Following Investigation
Nov-30-10 Los Angeles, CA On one hand, the fines appear pretty impressive: $5 million in total fines levied against seven of the largest health insurance plans operating in the state of California, in reference to the failure of the organizations to pay medical claims submitted by doctors and hospitals. What's more, the offending insurers will be required to pay... - Millions Taking a Proton Pump Inhibitor Needlessly, Critics Say
Nov-27-10 Minneapolis, MN : To the uninitiated, a Proton Pump Inhibitor is something that causes your proton pump to stop working—whatever you may have in your mind representing what a proton pump might be (a pump that pumps protons, would be obvious). But more correctly, the proton pump inhibitor, or PPI for short, is a medication that is used to treat aci... - Texas Employment Lawsuits Allege Discrimination
Nov-26-10 Fort Worth, TX Regardless of what state a person lives in, there are certain rights that are granted to all employees across the US. Those rights include the right not to be discriminated against based on certain characteristics. Some Texas employment lawsuits, however, allege discrimination and violations of federal and/or Texas labor law. Employees h... - Unum Insurance Provider Posts Decline in Third-Quarter Profits
Nov-24-10 Chattanooga, TN Unum disability insurance provider recently posted a marginal decline in third-quarter profits despite a slightly higher revenue, the Associated Press reports. For the three-month span that ended September 30th, Unum posted a net income of $220.8 million, compared with $221.1 million in the same period a year earlier, according to t... - California State Pays $1.7M to Family of Man Killed in Motor Vehicle Accident
Los Angeles, CA: The state of California recently settled a personal injury lawsuit in which the father of three children was killed in a motor vehicle accident on U.S. Highway 395. In 2006, Samuel Valdespino was in a collision with Maria Guadalupe Lozano Aparicio. Valdespino suffered fatal injuires and his family alleged that the state of Califor... - Airbag Injury to Young Teen Caused by Reused defective Airbag
Jun-23-17 Las Vegas, NV: An otherwise minor crash in a car with a recalled airbag not only caused the young female driver emotional trauma, pain and injuries to her neck and vocal cords, but also speaks to just how a defective airbag got into her car in the first place, together with the lack of effective oversight. Takata airbags that use ammonium nitrate as... - Wrong-Side Surgery Shouldn't Happen
Oct-25-10 Kansas City, MO Veteran medical malpractice attorney Grant Davis has handled several lawsuits on behalf of people who have been injured when operating room doctors perform what is known as "wrong-side surgery." He thinks carefully and then says, "The truth is that this type of situation has been addressed a great deal. The cure is proper communication... - Unum’s Suspension of Benefits and Outsourcing
Jun-11-17 Chattanooga, TN: If you receive disability benefits from the health insurance provider Unum , you might want to seek legal advice if and when they send you a “Suspension of Benefits” letter: it is likely another bad faith tactic to deny your benefits altogether. Technically, there are two things a disability policy can do—pay or de... - Preferred Stock - Preferred Securities
Preferred securities are a mix of debt and equity investments. They offer a fixed dividend payment similar to bonds but they can fluctuate in value. Preferred stocks are typically marketed to investors who are averse to risk and looking for dividend income rather than capital gain. While preferred securities do not experience upward price swings in the w... - Settlement Reached with Local Supplier of Chinese Drywall
New Orleans, LA: a settlement agreement has been reached between the Plaintiffs in the multi-district litigation (MDL 2047) and a local supplier of tainted Chinese drywall, Interior/Exterior Building Supply, L.P. and the company's two primary insurers. A class action settlement has been reached, which is still subject to court approval under th... - Additional Plaintiffs Join Bravelle Class Action
May-15-17 Chicago, IL: Attorneys representing plaintiffs in a class action against Ferring Pharmaceuticals concerning its infertility drug Bravelle have added more plaintiffs to the lawsuit, including an organization providing medical benefits and prescription drugs to Philadelphia city workers. On April 11, 2017, plaintiff attorneys in the class action Nico... - Victim with Broken Wrist Blames Airbag and Hand Grip
May-14-17 Anchorage, AK: Ron was holding on to the passenger side hand grip when the side airbags deployed after hitting another car. “I blame Ford for my airbag injury and faulty design. If not for the position of that grip I wouldn’t have broken my wrist,” he says. “My son was driving his 2012 Ford Explorer when we got involved in a... - Airbag Injuries and Defective Airbags Getting More Complicated
May-12-17 Kansas City, MO: Recent reports of airbag injuries suffered by a young woman in an older-model car that had been in an accident and returned to the road with a replacement airbag , together with media reports originating from Kansas City with regard to recycled airbags , points to an entirely new issue with recalled airbags, and accompanying airb... - Some Social Security Disability Beneficiaries Must Wait Years for Medicare
Aug-16-10 Menlo Park, CA A recent study revealed that many people under the age of 65 who receive Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) are struggling to get by. Those with permanent disabilities can receive Social Security before they become senior citizens, reports the Tucson Citizen. They are also eligible for Medicare assistance but have to wait up... - Propecia Finasteride Side Effects Can be Hair Raising
May-11-17 Encinitas, CA: The Propecia lawsuit count appears to be growing. According to a published report in the Chicago Tribune (03/22/17) originating from Kaiser Health there are 1,370 lawsuits in the pipeline alleging a host of Propecia side effects from finasteride, the generic name for a product that has proven to successfully grow hair, but at a cost o... - Why Your Cell Phone Matters: 5 Lessons from the United Airlines PR Disaster
Apr-25-17 North Charleston, SC: You’d have to be under a rock the last week to have missed the story of David Dao, a Chinese-American passenger who was forcibly removed from an overbooked United Airlines flight after resisting his removal. The media has been all over this blatant example of excessive force; and so they should. It’s violent, visceral, and... - Premera Blue Cross Reaches $1.45M Settlement in Overtime Class Action
Seattle, WA: Preliminary approval has been granted for a $1.45 million settlement in a class action against Premera Blue Cross. The suit alleged that the company failed to pay overtime to tech workers. The class-action lawsuit was filed in 2010 and alleged that the Mountlake Terrace-based health insurance company and its subsidiaries had misclass... - Study Finds That People With Lowest Incomes Pay Most in Bank Overdraft Fees
Apr-11-17 Philadelphia, PA: A recent study has found that the largest percentage of bank overdraft fees are collected from bank customers who earn the lowest incomes. While banks market their overdraft programs as a service, consumers often incur unexpected overdraft fees that exceed the original transaction amount, according to a Dec. 2016 issue brief http:/...