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May-23-17 St. Louis, MO: A timeframe shows talcum powder--its origins, and later its link to ovarian cancer, from the late 1800s to the present fifth talcum powder lawsuit in St. Louis, and the fourth jury verdict for the plaintiff. The editorial staff at LawyersandSettlements.com were curious as to how a beloved, trusted personal care produc... - GlaxoSmithKline Faces Louisiana Lawsuit Over Avandia; Reportedly Settles Other Lawsuits
Feb-22-11 Baton Rouge, LA Now that the label for Avandia has been changed and stricter rules are in place regarding Avandia's uses, another lawsuit has been filed alleging GlaxoSmithKline hid Avandia side effects from users. This time, however, the plaintiff alleging serious Avandia risks is not a patient but Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell. Accordi... - Drugmaker Settles Avandia Heart Attack Lawsuit Prior to Trial
Feb-16-11 Philadelphia, PA Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline recently settled an Avandia heart attack lawsuit just before it was scheduled to go to trial, Reuters reports. According to a spokeswoman for the company, the settlement also means that two other cases involving the diabetes drug Avandia filed in Philadelphia have been resolved. The spokeswoman did not de... - Lawsuit against General Electric over MRI Health Risks Settled
Feb-11-11 Cleveland, OH A last-minute settlement was reached recently in a lawsuit against General Electric over the relationship between its drug Omniscan and MRI health risks , the Frederick County Times reports. The terms of the settlement are confidential, according to the lawyers involved in the case. The trial was scheduled to begin recently in US Dist... - Premises Liability LA: Celebs Not Immune to Dog Bite Laws
Feb-4-11 Los Angeles, CA Celebrities are not immune to dog bite laws, as a recent dog bite settlement in Los Angeles can attest. And it might be a good idea for celeb handlers and dog owners—particularly breeds you can't stuff into your purse—to brush up on laws regarding Premises Liability LA . According to court documents filed in January 2011... - Chicago Firm Takes Care of Business
Feb-4-11 Chicago, IL It wasn't the biggest lawsuit ever to come through the doors of Edelson McGuire, a well-known Chicago firm of about 20 lawyers, but it was important. "We try to handle important consumer issues, and when this came to us, we thought it was a worthy cause," says Collin Bond, associate attorney with the firm. The firm recently settled a charity... - Washington Man Receives $10 Million Settlement in Brain Injury Case
Feb-2-11 Tacoma, WA A settlement has been reached between King County, Washington, and the family of Christopher Sean Harris, who suffered a brain injury in May 2009, when he was allegedly shoved by a sheriff's deputy into a wall, the Seattle Times reports. Sarah Harris, Christopher's wife, filed a personal injury lawsuit against the county and alleged tha... - Forest Laboratories Settles Lexapro Marketing Allegations
Feb-2-11 Madison, WI Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen recently announced that Forest Laboratories and subsidiary Forest Pharmaceuticals Inc. have paid nearly $1.5 million to settle allegations of improper marketing of drugs such as Lexapro . According to a release from the Attorney General's office, the pharmaceutical company paid $1,427,527.98 to W... - Vermont to Receive $136,000 Settlement in Paxil Side Effects Case
Jan-29-11 Montpelier, VT Vermont's attorney general has announced that the state will receive $136,000 as part of a settlement with drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline over Paxil side effects allegations, among others. Attorney General William Sorrell said that the settlement comes after allegations that the drug company produced and sold four products with strength, p... - $55M Personal Injury Verdict Against Honda Stands
Apr-19-17 Santa Clara, CA: A $55 million jury verdict brought against Honda Motor Co, in 2014 will stand, according to a ruling by the Pennsylvania Superior Court. The settlement resulted from a personal injury lawsuit against Honda that alleged the automotive manufacturer ignored a seat belt defect. The suit was brought by a man who claimed that defect resu... - Healthy Pay Day for Two Qui Tam Whistleblowers
Jan-16-11 Washington, DC A Qui Tam Whistleblower case that has been going on since 2008 continues to recover losses for the government. To that end, an allegedly fraudulent billing practice on the part of a collection of hospitals that cost Medicare millions of dollars in unnecessary spending has come home to roost yet again with the announcement January 4 of an... - Power Morcellation Suits Wrap Up but Doctors Still Like Procedure
Apr-18-17 San Diego, CA The majority of the lawsuits brought by women who developed cancer after a power morcellator procedure to extract uterine fibroids are wrapping up usually via a settlement agreement with Johnson and Johnson. Charles (Andy) Childers from the firm of Childers, Schlueter & Smith in Atlanta, Georgia says, “We have one wrongful... - BP Steps Up to the Plate in Alabama
Jan-12-11 Birmingham, AL The Deepwater Horizon oil spill may have fallen away from the news headlines, but millions of Americans along the gulf coast are still struggling with the aftermath of the worse oil spill in American history. In the vacation town of Orange Beach, Alabama, the Deepwater oil disaster threatened to delay a $500 million condominium project... - The Story of Libby Montana and Asbestosis
Apr-9-17 Birmingham, AL In January 2017, after more than a decade of litigation, 1,000 vermiculite mine workers and residents of the town of Libby, Montana were awarded a $25 million settlement in compensation for exposure to asbestos from the W.R. Grace Company vermiculite mine that caused dozens and dozens of cases of asbestosis, mesothelioma or lung cancer... - $3.3 Million Settlement for Amusement Park Accident
Dec-28-10 Angels Camp, CA It haunts every parent. Amidst the joy of taking your child to an amusement park is the fear that something could go wrong. Thus, you are entrusting your child's health and safety—indeed, your child's life—to the capacity for an amusement park operator to properly maintain an amusement park ride. That doesn't always happen, and... - 2010 a Good Year for SSRI Birth Defects Plaintiffs
Dec-26-10 Dallas, TX Plaintiffs who filed lawsuits alleging SSRI side effects such as SSRI birth defects and PPHN (persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn) may look back on 2010 as a good year. Hundreds of Paxil lawsuits were settled and a million-dollar award given in at least one other lawsuit. For plaintiffs who are investigating lawsuits concerning... - Qui Tam Whistleblower “Double-Dipping”
Apr-6-17 Kansas City, KS: Of the 18 healthcare lawsuits filed under the whistleblower qui tam provision of the False Claims Act and unsealed last November, 13 of the whistleblowers (relators) are current or former employees of the defendant. Four of those 18 qui tam lawsuits involved kickback allegations, according to The National Law Review , and one la... - New Law May Allow 9/11 Families to Take Saudi Government Officials to Court
Mar-21-17 Washington, DC: A new law on state sponsored terrorism may soon allow relatives of people killed in the World Trade Center terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 to sue Saudi Arabia over its alleged ties to the terror attacks. According to McClatchyDC, relatives of the 9/11 victims fought Washington and several federal judges in court for more than 14... - Halloween Car Crash Results in $6.5 Million Settlement in Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Nov-4-10 Huntley, IL A fatal car crash that occurred two years ago has resulted in a $6.5 million settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by an Illinois family, according to the Dubuque Telegraph Herald . On October 31, 2008, Tabitha Carroll, 32, was driving to a pumpkin patch with her family in Huntley, Illinois, when a semi-tractor trailer driven by... - Number of Pending Risperdal Lawsuits Grows to 18,500 Cases
Mar-7-17 New Brunswick, NJ: There are now 18,500 Risperdal lawsuits pending against Johnson & Johnson (J & J) and its subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals in the US and Canada, according to Johnson & Johnson's most recent annual report. J & J's latest annual report for the fiscal year ended Jan 1, 2017, which the company filed on Feb. 27, stated...