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Company: Guidant Corporation Ticker Symbol: NYSE: GDT Class Period: December 15, 2004, to June 17, 2005 Date Filed: Jun-27-05 Lead Plaintiff Deadline: Aug-23-05 Court: Southern District, IN Allegations: On June 17, 2005, Guidant Corporation (NYSE: GDT) announced a voluntarily recall about 5... - Airbag Recall Grows As Lawsuits Are Filed
Jan-15-15 Washington, DC As the number of airbag lawsuits grows, so too does the airbag recall, which includes Ford, Mazda, Chrysler and other carmakers nationwide. Meanwhile, the number of lawsuits filed concerning Takata airbag injuries has grown, with some critics alleging the airbag maker knew about the defective airbags long before the recall was announced... - Zimmer NexGen Knee Patient Wanted Her Leg Amputated
Oct-26-14 Huntsville, AL: Pam had a Zimmer NexGen knee replacement two years ago, and she has been suffering ever since. “I told my surgeon that I wished he had just amputated my leg,” Pam says. Pam, age 53, diligently went to physiotherapy for 14 weeks after the first surgery. After this amount of rehab there should have been some improvement... - Faulty Airbags Contributed to Deaths of Young Mother and Her Unborn Child
Oct-9-14 Mount Airy, NC The woes recently affecting General Motors (GM) over ignition switches and, in a related issue, the relationship those defective switches have to airbag failure continue to mount. And while a steady stream of recalls appears to reflect the manufacturer’s pledge that no stone will be left unturned in its quest to stand behind its pr... - Army Veteran Struggles with Chronic Pain and Veterans Affairs
Sep-16-14 Macon, GA Ask disabled US Army Veteran Alex Pappas (pictured) what he thinks about the current VA medical malpractice controversy surrounding the department and its services and he says, “I am absolute proof of the problems with the VA. I think soldiers are only important to the government as long as they are soldiers.” “I don&rsqu... - Say It Ain’t So, GranuFlo…
Sep-8-14 Waltham, MA When does being tactful depart from the simple observance of good manners, arriving instead at a point of deception? That’s the question any fair-minded individual is left with in regard to alkali dosing errors inherent with GranuFlo and NaturaLyte, and the seemingly endless stream of lawsuits that have followed. GranuFlo and Natur... - Airbag Injuries Lawsuit Filed against GM
Aug-15-14 Charleston, WV As more airbag injuries lawsuits are being filed against GM, concerns have risen that the death toll related to faulty ignition switches - which can lead to airbag failure - is much higher than initially believed. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is also reportedly investigating concerns about airbags not deploy... - Hyundai to Pay $17M Fine for Failure to Report Brake Defect
Aug-15-14 The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced that Hyundai has agreed to pay a $17.35 million civil penalty and comply with NHTSA oversight requirements outlined in a consent order because it failed to promptly report a safety-related defect. The defect affecting 2009-2012 Hyundai Genesis cars involves corrosion in critical brake... - GM Recall: “I Drove a Rolling Death Trap”
Aug-12-14 Vancouver, BC “When I heard that my car was part of the GM recall, I felt like I was driving a rolling death trap,” says Joanne. Although she didn’t suffer an injury due to the General Motors faulty ignition switch , Joanne spent five stressful months worried that the ignition would turn off every time her car hit a bump in the road. ... - Attorney Wins Verdicts (and Loses One) for Kugel Mesh Plaintiffs
Aug-9-14 Houston, TX Attorney Derek Potts, who was on the Plaintiffs Steering Committee for the Kugel Mesh litigation, says cases are still being accepted while others have been settled out of court. “The court is trying to resolve as many Kugel Mesh lawsuits as they can nationwide and as they are resolved they are being dismissed off the docket every... - FBI Whistleblower Regrets Nothing
Jul-24-14 Minneapolis, MN Fifteen years ago, Jane Turner was marched out the front door of the FBI office in Minneapolis, Minnesota. “There,” the FBI said to her, “You’ve had a good career Jane, now it’s over.” Indeed, she had had an excellent career. Turner was among the first tide of women admitted to the ranks of the FBI. She’d worked on serial k... - More GranuFlo Lawsuits Added to Multidistrict Litigation
Mar-31-14 Boston, MA The number of plaintiffs filing a Granuflo lawsuit continues to grow, as does the number of plaintiffs added to the multidistrict litigation set up in response to the lawsuits. Lawsuits against Fresenius Medical Care Holdings and other defendants were filed after a recall of GranuFlo and NaturaLyte was announced on March 29, 2012. Natura... - ShapeMatch Cutting Guide Lawsuit(s) a Non-Issue in Stryker’s Q4
Mar-30-14 Kalamazoo, MI When Stryker did an about-face on its troubled ShapeMatch Cutting Guide in November 2012 after only 18 months, the medical device company said at the time that patients who had undergone knee replacement utilizing the recalled guides would not require follow-up “beyond the routine standard of care.” However, plaintiffs having file... - GM Under Investigation for Airbag Issues
Mar-14-14 Warren, MI When it comes to vehicle manufacturers touting the importance of safety features such as airbags, it makes sense to assume that issues such as an airbag failure would get the manufacturer’s attention, especially when that failure can result in airbag injuries. But General Motors is reportedly under investigation for issues related to c... - Disability Claimants: Unum May Be Watching, Listening or Hacking
Mar-7-14 Houston, TX It is common knowledge that Unum, or Unum Provident is known for its bad faith tactics. Lesser known is that some policyholders, including an attorney who was denied Unum disability benefits, have accused the giant Insurance Company of Invasion of Privacy. If you are getting Unum disability benefits, be careful who you talk to and what you... - Stryker ShapeMatch Cutting Guide System Lasted Just 18 Months
Feb-26-14 Washington, DC The push in recent years toward innovation in surgical techniques that result in increasingly smaller incisions and faster closures of those incisions are thought to increase benefit to the patient by way of fewer complications and faster healing. However, for some patients, the opposite is true, and the recall of the Stryker ShapeMatch Cutt... - Nexium Fracture Claim Accepted by Attorney
Feb-17-14 Crystal River, FL “When the LawyersandSettlements attorney accepted my case, I found out that they have an entire Nexium division to handle so many claims,” says Julieann. “I shouldn’t be surprised at the number of lawsuits because I too suffered a Nexium fracture!” Even though you read about a drug’s side effects... - Stryker ShapeMatch Cutting Guide Recalled Due to Misalignment Concerns
Feb-15-14 Mahway, NJ When patients anticipate hip and knee replacement failures , they generally think the problem will be with the implant itself. Many people do not consider that there might be an issue with the technology that is supposed to make the implant surgeries easier. But concerns about the Stryker ShapeMatch Cutting Guide suggest that while there can... - Second Knee Revision Surgery with Stryker
Feb-3-14 Wilmington, NC Frances knew that many people are suffering with defective Stryker knee replacements but she thought “It would never happen to me.” The past few years have been a challenge, to say the least. She is still reeling from the ramifications of her knee implant failure, including two revision surgeries. Frances is still on activ... - Texas Plaintiff Sues Over Airbag Injuries, Other Claims
Dec-3-13 Marshall, TX Airbags were originally envisioned and designed to prevent injuries. So it’s somewhat galling when airbag injuries are caused when the devices either deploy when they shouldn’t, fail to deploy when they should or deploy improperly. This problem is compounded given that most cars, including subcompacts, have as many as 10 airbag...