Judge Denies GlaxoSmithKline’s Motion to Dismiss, Mothers Allege Birth...
Birmingham, AL: With more than 220 Zofran lawsuits consolidated for multidistrict litigation, a judge has denied GlaxoSmithKline’s motion to dismiss all lawsuits. Plaintiffs allege their infants were...
View ArticleCalifornia Overtime Lawsuit Alleges Restaurants Violate Pay Laws
Los Angeles, CA: A California overtime lawsuit alleges a company that owns IHOP and Applebee’s restaurants violates California overtime laws by not properly paying overtime and other earned wages. The...
View ArticleTalc Cancer Attorney Has a Message for Johnson & Johnson
Birmingham, AL Veteran attorney Jere Beasley, from the Beasley Allen firm, publicly called upon Johnson & Johnson (J&J) to post on its corporate website all the evidence presented in the...
View ArticleRisperdal Lawsuits beyond Statute of Limitations?
Philadelphia, PA: When Lucas was thirteen he was prescribed Risperdal to treat autism, but the antipsychotic drug was only approved for the treatment of schizophrenia in adults. “About a year or so...
View ArticleCalifornia Wage and Hour Class Action Settled for $2.25 Million
Oakland, CA: Final approval has been granted for a proposed settlement in a California Wage and Hour Lawsuit against Bank of America alleging improper classification of some employees. The settlement,...
View ArticleBenicar Lawsuits Keep Climbing, Bellwether Trials Expected Later This Year
Parsippany, NJ: As we begin our progression into the new year, the parade of Benicar Lawsuits continues in kind. To that end, a report filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the...
View ArticleInventor of Bair Hugger “On a Mission” to Warn Public
Houston, TX: No doubt, the Bair Hugger warming blanket has made a valuable contribution to medicine. It is standard equipment in almost every operating room in the United States. An electric heater...
View ArticleNBC Investigation: IVC Filter “Never Safe to Be Implanted”
Newark, NJ: Following two reports concerning inferior vena cava filters, NBC News has released a follow-up, examining why C.R. Bard continued to sell IVC filters despite reportedly knowing about...
View ArticleCalifornia Plaintiff Alleges Violations of Overtime, Meal Breaks
Los Angeles, CA: The new year brought a resolution to right a wrong for one California plaintiff, who last month filed a California Labor Lawsuit alleging nonpayment of owed overtime pay, together...
View ArticleMore Lawsuits Filed Alleging Monster Energy Drink Injury
Riverside, CA: A product that is alleged to trigger heart attacks, strokes, brain damage and kidney failure in people as young as 14 is facing additional litigation following the filing of lawsuits...
View ArticleNail Salon Industry in New York Reportedly Filled with Wage Violations
New York, NY: Following up on a report from 2015, the New York Times (2/29/16) has once again investigated the New York nail salon industry, and has found widespread wage and hour violations. Workers...
View ArticleThe Battle over Bair Hugger Is a Hot One
Houston, TX: Attorney David Hodges is just back from a trip to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where a total of 170 Bair Hugger Forced Air Warming (FAW) Blanket personal injury cases have been consolidated...
View ArticleAnother Illegal Practices Lawsuit against Unum
New Orleans, LA: Although Unum, or First Unum was reprimanded more than a decade ago by the Department of Labor for its bad faith insurance practices, the largest health insurer in the United States...
View ArticleCalifornia State Bar Faces $15 Million Wrongful Termination Lawsuit
Los Angeles, CA: The California State Bar faces a $15 million wrongful termination lawsuit alleging a former administrative assistant was fired for reporting ethical violations. Sonja Oehler filed the...
View ArticleFederal Trade Commission Filed Gerber Good Start Suit in 2014
Washington, DC: Consumers may have filed their own Gerber Good Start lawsuits but back in 2014, it was the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that initially filed suit against the baby food maker,...
View ArticlePower Morcellation Lawsuits Expected to Keep Growing
Topeka, KS: While the number of Laparoscopic Power Morcellation lawsuits are not as yet substantial, attorneys close to the file estimate that before too long there could be upwards of 300 or more...
View ArticleNLRB Orders Samsung to Stop Use of Employment Agreement Waiving Right to Sue
The National Labor Relations Board has ordered Samsung to refrain from coercively interrogating employees and to cease the use of an agreement to arbitrate claims
View ArticleIdentity Theft Complaints on the Rise
Washington, DC: A report from the Federal Trade Commission indicates that complaints about identity theft increased 47 percent in 2015 over 2014. As more organizations become victims of data breaches,...
View ArticleWoman Survives Stevens Johnson Syndrome Ordeal
Miami, FL: Patients taking medications are aware there are side effects to watch out for, but they may not realize that some medications come with a risk of a life-threatening condition known as...
View ArticleJohnson & Johnson Faces $800M Levaquin Lawsuit
Raritan, NJ: Johnson & Johnson (J&J) reportedly faces an $800 million Levaquin lawsuit, alleging the company hid vital information about side effects linked to the drug. Plaintiffs in the...
View ArticleOlympus Corp On the Hook for $646 Million, Endoscope Infections Still a Concern
Washington, DC: A damning report issued at the beginning of the year by Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Washington) paints a troubling...
View ArticleStronger Warnings for Essure Not Enough
The FDA has slapped a black box warning on Essure, but many critics and Essure victims say this strictest warning is not enough - they want the permanent birth control device permanently removed from...
View ArticleSome Interesting Revelations Associated with Xarelto Side Effects Concerns
Washington, DC: Plaintiffs having filed a Xarelto lawsuit on behalf of themselves or family members whose health may have been compromised by the blockbuster drug, may have been handed a new angle...
View ArticleOne Homeowner’s Forced-Placed Insurance Tale of Woe
Turners Falls, MA: The potential limitations of Force-Place Insurance and the added cost is reflected in the sad story of one homeowner from Turners Falls who experienced a fire in her home. Lender...
View ArticleCalifornia Uber Driver Given Unemployment Benefits
Los Angeles, CA: In another sign that Uber drivers might be employees rather than independent contractors, a former California Uber driver, one who is involved in the California labor lawsuit, has...
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