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May-27-17 Philadelphia, PA: Unum Group, which calls Chattanooga home, may hold a place amongst the Top 500 employers in the US as ranked by Forbes . However, such lofty plaudits have not stopped a Unum lawsuit from a woman who claimed Unum insurance stopped her benefits without just cause. The plaintiff in the case is Melissa Maiellano, who filed her Unum di... - $110M Verdict Against J&J In Talc Cancer Trial
May-5-17 Santa Clara, CA: A jury in Missouri has found against Johnson & Johnson (J&J) in the latest ovarian cancer talcum powder lawsuit brought by Lois Slemp of Virginia. The jury awarded Slemp $110 in damages based on evidence substantiating her claims that she developed ovarian cancer in August 2012 after using J&J's baby powder and Show... - Wrongful Death Settled for $2 Million, but Questions Remain
Jun-4-09 Brooklyn, NY The family of a woman who died while lying on the floor of a hospital lobby in Brooklyn, New York and alleged the wrongful death of their loved one was vindicated late last month by way of a $2 million settlement. Wrongful death lawsuits, while unfortunate can also be necessary as this family discovered after contacting a wrongful death atto... - Unpaid Overtime Goes to the Dogs
May-13-09 Cedar Rapids, IA It can be an unpaid overtime violation involving thousands of people, or the stiffing of just a few—but in the end the unfairness is the same. According to general labor laws workers should be paid for the work they perform, regardless of where it is or when it is. And when you work more than your allotted hours, there should be additi... - IVC Filter Manufacturer Sued Over IVC Filter Death
Apr-12-17 Statesville, NC: The front-runners in the IVC filter failure litigation file have, and continue to be C.R. Bard and Cook Medical, manufacturers of inferior vena cava filters that have been shown to variously fail. The Bard G2 IVC filter is oft-referenced, lawsuits over which are housed in multidistrict litigation. However, Bard and Cook are not the... - Mutual Fund Losses Can Be Recovered With Help from an Attorney
Mar-25-09 New York, NY When you're invested in mutual funds and suffer mutual fund losses , such a loss is usually devastating to the average investor. Few are the investors who do it for sport. Most do it out of desperation to fund a retirement, or as a means to send the kids to college. With traditional retirement plans now virtually a thing of the past, American... - Idaho Long Term Disability Insurance Fraud Lawsuit
Residents of Idaho who have their Idaho insurance claim unfairly denied may be able to file a denied disability insurance lawsuit or a bad faith insurance lawsuit against their insurer. Depending on the circumstances of their insurance, they may either have to file an appeal or they may be able to file a lawsuit right away. Lawsuits and appeals have b... - First Physiomesh Hernia Mesh Lawsuit Slated for Trial – and More Mesh Complications
Mar-1-17 San Diego, CA: Just over a year from now the first Ethicon surgical abdominal mesh lawsuit is slated for trial. According to a recent study published in JAMA, there could be many more reports of hernia complications—and abdominal mesh lawsuits—before Ethicon’s Physiomesh trial. Hernia Mesh Lawsuit Illinois resident Matthew Huf... - Eliquis Lawsuits Moving Forward in MDL, Venue Still to be Determined
Feb-27-17 Miami, FL: Apixaban, a blood thinner marketed by Bristol-Meyers Squibb Co. (Bristol Meyers) and Pfizer Inc. (Pfizer) under the name Eliquis and promoted as “something better than warfarin,” turned out to be something else again for patients, according to Eliquis blood thinner lawsuits. Plaintiffs allege the latter-generation blood thinners... - Boston Scientific Cardiac Stent Patent Infringement
Los Angeles, CA: A jury hearing a patent infringement and licencing lawsuit filed by the cardiologist who developed two cardiac stents for Boston Scientific has found in favor of the doctor. According to Dr. G. David Jang, that entitles him to $200 million settlement. The jury hearing the case found that the medical device company breached its contr... - "Unum Provident is a Rip-Off"
Jan-25-09 Newport News, VA Unbelievably, Unum Provident is still denying legitimate claims, even after it got reprimanded and was forced to review thousands of denied long term disability claims it had previously rejected. Seems that it's business as usual at Unum Provident, now called Unum (as if re-branding their name would change their bad faith practices). ... - Overlooked, Underpaid California Workers Face Dire Coronavirus Risk
Mar-26-20 Sacramento, CA On March 19, Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered all Californians to stay home except for workers essential to health care, public safety, food, agriculture and media. Those who can work remotely may be juggling work and children. Laid off and furloughed workers are looking at reduced paychecks, even with the wage and benefit protections of federal... - California Labor Law and COVID-19: Top questions asked by California Workers
Mar-17-20 San Francisco, CA Putting into place public health measures to deal with COVID-19 also raises a number of California labor law issues. Employers are scrambling to navigate a new workplace, which could mean their employees working from home. And employees are anxious to understand their legal rights. Here are the top FAQ’s asked by employees. 1... - With Friends Like AARP, Who Needs Enemies?
Dec-17-08 Miami, FL If you are a senior citizen, or someone approaching retirement, you are probably quite worried about what the future holds for you. After all, your pension may not be secure, your investments have likely lost value and even lobby groups that are supposed to protect you—organizations like AARP, which not only lobbies on behalf of seniors but a... - Misleading AARP Policies Hitting Americans Where it Hurts
Dec-8-08 Washington, DC The head of AARP insurance maintains that his firm issues quality products to consumers, and assures that AARP health insurance remains a sound investment for consumers, together with its tag-team partner, United Health Group insurance. However, State Senator Charles Grassley sees it another way, and is on the warpath to better protect Ame... - Variable Annuities: Financial Advisor Victimizes Senior
Nov-22-08 Las Vegas, NV To say that Mark D. is mad that his mother's money was put in variable annuities would be a massive understatement. He is furious that a financial advisor took advantage of his mother for the commission associated with a variable annuity sale, denying his elderly mother access to money she desperately needed and could not afford to lose. ... - "Didn't Realize the Danger of Digitek until it Happened to Me"
Nov-4-08 Tempe, AZ: Five years ago Janice was diagnosed with Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) and her doctor started her on a combination of Digitek and aspirin. "I was doing fine until I had a stroke last March and was hospitalized for two weeks," says Janice. "When I got home, I opened a letter from my pharmacist; it was a notice about the Digitek recall ; why didn... - FDA Warns Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities Identified With St. Jude’s Implantable Cardiac Devices
Jan-9-17 Santa Clara, CA: Today the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued information and recommendations regarding cybersecurity vulnerabilities for St. Jude Medical's radio frequency (RF)-enabled implantable cardiac devices and Merlin@home Transmitter. The agency, while confirming there is a risk for a breach, has also noted that to date they have n... - The Whistleblower and the Voting Machine
Oct-27-08 Washington, DC With one of the most important Presidential elections in US history mere days away, concern is resurfacing over the integrity of voting machines and the potential for tampering, according to two whistleblowers . Indeed, there has been a lot of whistleblowing going on with regard to one of the most closely guarded freedoms inherent with demo... - Stryker OP-1 Putty Linked to Adverse Events
Boston, MA: A number of spinal injury patients who have undergone spinal surgery and/or spinal fusion with Stryker Corp.' OP-1 Implant and Stryker OP-1 Putty have reported potentially fatal adverse events associated with the products. Spinal fusion complications include swelling of neck and throat tissue, resulting in compression of the airway and/or...