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Oct-7-17 Los Angeles, CA: Industry giant AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals has been hit with another bellwether lawsuit alleging its blockbuster antacid product known as Nexium caused permanent kidney damage in a man from Maryland as a result of using the medication. In a statement of claim filed in United States District Court of New Jersey Newark Division, a 38... - Burn Pit Lawsuit Shows How Hard it is to Sue Military Contractors
Sep-25-17 Baltimore, MD: The US District Court’s dismissal of the multidistrict litigation, In re: KBR, Inc., Burn Pit Litigation is about more than Iraq and Afghanistan burn pits . The exhaustive opinion demonstrates why it is so hard for veterans and their families to sue military contractors when they are hurt because contractors fail to exercise ap... - Can California Employers Make Overtime Mandatory?
Aug-7-20 Sacramento, CA CASE, the union that represents California attorneys, administrative law judges and many other state employees, has objected to an ill-conceived coronavirus outreach effort that forced hundreds of Department of Industrial Relations employees to work over the Fourth of July weekend. Unlike many California Labor Code lawsuits, this dispute... - Online Consumer Fraud Nets Hackers $120 Million in Three Months
Mar-14-10 San Francisco, CA According to the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), online banking scams and online consumer fraud cost companies and individuals more than $120 million during the third quarter of 2009. FDIC examiner David Nelson claims that online banking fraud, which typically involves the electronic transfer of funds, has steadily... - Infusion Pumps, Medtronic SynchroMed Among Them, Remain Under Scrutiny
Sep-18-17 Washington, DC: The honeymoon the then-fresh Obama Administration was still largely enjoying in 2010 was nonetheless tainted two years into Barack Obama’s Presidency with revelations that hundreds of Americans supposedly had died due to malfunctioning infusion pumps. The Medtronic SynchroMed pump was among the plethora of infusion pumps that were com... - 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... - Armored Car Drivers Unpaid Overtime Claims Allowed
Newark, NJ: A recent judgement in an unpaid wages and overtime collective action filed by an armored car driver against Eastern Armored Services Inc, has resulted in a victory not only for the plaintiff, but possibly for thousands of other drivers similarly situated across the US. The complaint claimed that Easter Armored Services Inc was in viola... - Testosterone Lawsuits Begin, Outcomes Split
Sep-5-17 Chicago, IL: The makers of a testosterone supplement that only carries FDA approval for hypogonadism (severely depleted testosterone) but nonetheless has been heavily marketed to treat a largely manufactured disease, won their day in court at the end of last month when a jury in state court found in favor of AndroGel manufacturer AbbVie. The decision trans... - Illegal Deductions in Violation of ERISA
Jan-26-10 Chicago, IL The US Department of Labor has sued the owners of Mid-States Express, a bankrupt trucking company, for illegally deducting money from employee paychecks for medical coverage without actually paying its employees' medical bills. Bruce Hartmann, an officer and owner of the company, did not tell his employees that they were not receiving any h... - Paxil Violence and Suicide Lawsuit News and Legal Information
Paxil , specifically regarding the risk for paxil suicide behavior amongst youth, is shedding light on the veracity of a well-known Paxil study. In 2001 "Study 329" led to the antidepressant being prescribed to millions of adolescents. And for more than a decade, reported paxil side effects have resulted in paxil violence lawsuits and paxil suicid... - The Latest Internet Fraud Is Facebook Friendly
Dec-31-09 Vancouver, BC The latest word on internet fraud has nothing to do with a fictitious inheritance scam from Nigeria or a rare magazine you bought on eBay and never received. The latest scam takes advantage of the mushrooming popularity of Facebook and other social networking sites by hooking victims into thinking they are being solicited by their own fam... - Connecticut Businessman Accused of ERISA Abuse, Misusing 401(k) Pension Funds
Dec-24-09 Manchester, CT It may be small potatoes compared with the millions of dollars some employees have lost in their 401(k) and ERISA pension plans, but the employees of a small Connecticut company are no less unhappy about the recent violation of their employee 401(k) and the subsequent loss of their ERISA benefits. Earlier this month the US Departmen... - A Million Dollars a Month in California Overtime: How Much is Fraud?
Dec-23-09 San Francisco, CA California overtime laws exist to protect a worker's right to California overtime pay—but there are always those who try to take advantage of the system. Recently, a handful of officers and civilians employed by the San Francisco Police Department were accused of the mismanagement of overtime in a department that sees more than $... - Personal Injury - Verdict in favor of Plaintiff in the amount of US$806,289
Case Name : Michael Barnes v. Prince' Beach Bar, LLC., d/b/a DP' Case Number : CACE 13-022624 (25) Verdict Date : 2014-10-20 Outcome Type : Jury Verdict Court : A negligent security premises liability case arising out of a violent attack at a bar in Hollywood, Florida. On October 17, 2012, Plaintiff, M. Barnes, was involved in a vi... - Key Suspect in Stockbroker Fraud Dies, Investigation Stops
Nov-28-09 New London, CT It's one of the few occasions where stockbroker arbitration proves useless in allegations of stock fraud, stock losses and the need for negotiated compensation: when the alleged wrongdoer suddenly dies, putting an end to an investigation. Such may have been the case when Edwin F. Rachleff, an 82-year-old stockbroker, took his own life... - Medtronic Knew About Deficiencies, Lawsuit Says
Jul-18-17 Tucson, AZ: Medtronic devices which have been around since 1988 and 1999 respectively have been the focus of much scrutiny in recent years, with the most recent concern landing earlier this year with a Class 1 recall related to software associated with the SynchroMed Implantable Infusion Pump . A Class 1 recall, about which anyone considering a Medtroni... - "Walk, Don't Run to the Altar" says Attorney Ben Berkley
Sep-14-09 Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles attorney Ben Berkley says if you're thinking about getting married again, best to "kick the tires and take a look under the hood" before you tie the knot. "The sad truth is 70 percent of marriages end in divorce, and the second marriages are often shorter than the first," says Berkley. Berkley started out as a divorce lawyer... - 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... - Texas Employment Law: Right-To-Work
Sep-9-09 Austin, TX Texas employment law protects Texas employee rights by regulating how employers must treat their employees. One provision that has far reaching implications for the average Texas employee is the Right-to-Work law, which puts strict guidelines on organizations who want to make joining a union a requirement of employment. Not every state has... - Defective Hip Implant Makers Busy with Recalls, Lawsuits and Settlements
May-31-17 Washington, DC: With countless recalls of defective hip implants , hip implant recipients are likely wondering when , rather than if, their device will fail. Companies recently having “issues” with their hip devices include Accolade, Smith and Nephew, Depuy, Zimmer Biomet and Stryker. Just over the past year, Stryker has been named def...