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Dec-12-10 Oklahoma City, OK For patients suffering from denture cream zinc poisoning , the difficulty might not only be in the pain of denture adhesive zinc poisoning but also in actually getting a diagnosis. That is because it can take a long time between first using a product such as Fixodent denture adhesive and developing the symptoms of zinc poisoning and co... - Thousands of DePuy Lawsuits Expected
Dec-11-10 Toledo, OH Patients stricken with the now-recalled DePuy hip replacement system will be cheered by the announcement that a single judge will oversee all pretrial proceedings with regard to defective DePuy hip lawsuits. Bloomberg News noted December 4 that US District Judge David A Katz has been assigned the task by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict... - Settlement of Class Action Lawsuit Against Beazer Homes
Atlanta, GA: A settlement has been preliminarily approved by a federal court in Atlanta in a consolidated class action lawsuit against Beazer Homes USA, Inc. ("Beazer Homes") and certain of its current and former directors and officers (collectively, "Defendants"), alleging breaches of fiduciary duties under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1... - Mixed Results in Recent Paxil Lawsuits
Dec-8-10 Philadelphia, PA When it comes to a potential Paxil lawsuit , each case must be judged on its own merits. Although some lawsuits alleging serious Paxil side effects, such as Paxil birth defects, have been settled, others have been dismissed from court. In July 2010, GlaxoSmithKline, maker of Paxil, reportedly settled approximately 800 lawsuits allegi... - French Court Finds Continental Airlines and Mechanic Guilty In 2000 Concord Crash
Dec-6-10 Paris, France Continental Airlines and one of its mechanics have been found guilty of involuntary homicide relating to their roles in the crash of an Air France Concorde in 2000. The plane crash, which killed all 109 passengers and crew members and four people on the ground, helped bring to an end the era of commercial supersonic passenger travel. ... - Paxil Birth Defect Trial Tossed Out of Court
Dec-1-10 Summerville, SC It was a heartbreaking end to a Paxil birth defects trial in Philadelphia, after a judge ended the proceedings at about the midway point, finding for GlaxoSmithKline (Glaxo), the defendant. The lawsuit, the first Paxil trial to be undertaken since Glaxo agreed in July to settle 800 cases by paying out more than $1 billion, attempted to... - 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... - Gildan Activewear Reaches $22.5M Securities Settlement
Montreal, PQ: Gildan Activewear Inc has announced that it has entered into an agreement to settle all proposed securities class action proceedings filed in 2008 before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Quebec Superior Court and the United States District for the Southern District of New York (the 'Courts'). The proposed litigation related to,... - Risperdal Lawsuit News and Legal Information
Risperda l (generic name Risperidone) is an atypical antipsychotic that works by changing the activity of certain natural substances in the brain. Developed by Janssen Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, Risperdal was approved by the FDA in 1993 for the treatment of schizophrenia in adults. Risperdal Lawsuits have shown a link between... - Risperdal FAQ
What are common Risperdal side effects? Side effects include nausea, dizziness, anxiety, low blood pressure, insomnia, muscle pain and stiffness, sedation, weight gain, tremors, sexual dysfunction, male breast growth, and sometimes lactation in both males and females. Who is prescribed Risperdal? Risperdal (generic version: risperidone)... - $73.4M Settlement Awarded in Boston Scientific Obtryx Transvaginal Sling Injury Lawsuit
Los Angeles, CA: A massive $73.4 million settlement has been awarded against Boston Scientific Corp in an Obtryx transvaginal sling personal injury and defective products lawsuit. A Dallas jury awarded the settlement in what is the first trial to go against the pelvic mesh devices manufacturer. The jury found that Boston Scientific grossly n... - Taco Bell Still Not Shelling Out Overtime
Nov-19-10 Sylmar, CA How many lawsuits will it take for Taco Bell to comply with the California labor code and shell out California Overtime ? The US Fair Labor Standards Act requires employers to pay non-managerial employees at a rate of one and one-half times the regular rate for each hour worked over 40 per week. Either the Act is news (!) to Taco Bell, the co... - Qui Tam Whistleblower Lawsuit over Afghan Overbilling Settled
Nov-19-10 Kabul, Afghanistan A qui tam whistleblower lawsuit has been settled after one of the US government's highest-profile contractors in Afghanistan agreed to pay millions of dollars over allegations that he overbilled the government, McClatchy Newspapers reports. In return for the payment of tens of millions of dollars, the Justice Department has agre... - Paxil Birth Defects Trial Underway
Nov-17-10 Philadelphia, PA A Paxil birth defects lawsuit , alleging infants suffered serious Paxil side effects when they were exposed to the antidepressant prior to birth, is underway in Philadelphia. The lawsuit alleges GlaxoSmithKline knew about Paxil birth defects but failed to warn consumers about that risk. According to Bloomberg (11/09/10), the lawsui... - Data Breach Lawsuit Information and Legal News
A data breach occurs when sensitive information collected (and sometimes stored) by a company is made vulnerable by someone illegally accessing that information. Information breaches can occur in a number of ways, but generally involve computer hackers or computer theft, followed by unlawful access to customer or client information. This sometimes resul... - Student Loan Fraud News and Information
Students pursuing post-secondary education or attending a 2- or 4-year college often find themselves in financial hardship, and rely on student loans to help them through. Allegations about financial fraud have been raised against some student loan companies. Among the complaints against companies, such as ACS and NextStudent, are violations of consumer p... - Pair Indicted in $1 Million Securities Fraud
Nov-13-10 Beverly, MA While their lawyer argues that charges stemmed from a "flawed investigation," two former executives of a Massachusetts technology company have been indicted on securities fraud involving the alleged falsification of documents in an attempt to inflate a company's revenue in a way that would benefit the accused. The Boston Globe reported... - Truckers Win $3.4M Settlement in Unpaid Overtime Class Action Lawsuit
Los Angeles, CA: A $3.4 million preliminary settlement has been reached in an unpaid overtime class action lawsuit pending against Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. The lawsuit, brought by over 500 drivers , alleged the shipping company failed to compensate its drivers for working more than 40 hours a week and failed to provide legal duty-free meal bre... - Legal Malpractice Verdict Against Largest Law Firm on Planet
Nov-12-10 Hattiesburg, MS While one would assume lawyers should know better, the esteemed practice of law is not above wrongdoing—as any Legal Malpractice case will attest. A recent legal malpractice lawsuit resulted in a Mississippi jury awarding a $103 million legal malpractice settlement in favor of the plaintiffs against the largest law firm in the wor... - Everybody Deserves Due Process Says Attorney Gary Mason
Nov-12-10 Washington, D.C. Banks are being hit with a hailstorm of class actions for being quick to trigger foreclosures without actually reviewing the facts of the case. So-called "robo-signers" from GMAC and several other lenders have admitted in depositions that they signed thousands of foreclosure affidavits without ever reading the files. "The courts are...