CardioGen-82 Problems Result of User Error
Princeton, NJ: The voluntary CardioGen-82 recall by Bracco Diagnostics Inc. last July and the subsequent FDA alert to health care professionals to stop using CardioGen-82 for cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) scans prompted one Tennessee hospi…
"Transvaginal Mesh Caused Five Years of Hell for Me, My Husband, My Kids"
Sydney, NS: Leslie was 40 years old in 2007 when she had transvaginal mesh—a TVT sling—implanted. Since that time, she has had at least six MRIs and about a dozen CAT Scans. She has been in and out of the hospital on numerous occasions—including …
Starting a New Year with an Old Problem: Foodborne Illness
Atlanta, GA: Two cases of potential Foodborne Illness serve as a reminder that one can’t always assume the food one eats in a public establishment will not leave one clutching one’s stomachs after the fact. There are so many issues at play—from the w…
Study Shows Childhood Burn Injury Can Lead to Higher Risk of Health Complications
Toronto, ON: A study that was published recently by The Lancet has found that children who have sustained a burn injury that covers 60 percent or more of their total body surface area (TBSA) are at a much higher risk of experiencing severe complication…
MF Global Clients Can Still Recover Money through Arbitration
Kansas City, MO: A newly released trustee’s report regarding the alleged MF Global securities fraud appears to dash hope of MF Global clients recovering their missing money, but Diane Nygaard (pictured), a securities and commodities attorney at Kenner …
Homeopathy Fraud: Take Lipozene with a Grain of Salt
Washington, DC: Some companies practicing Homeopathy Fraud are as sneaky and slick as snake-oil salespeople. Take Lipozene, for example. Its website is rife with referrals about clinical studies endorsed by the Obesity Research Institute. It appears th…
In This Zoloft Lawsuit, the Birth Defect Child Serves As Plaintiff
Chicago, IL: It’s one thing for a parent of a child born with a Zoloft pregnancy defect to take a drug manufacturer to task for allegedly withholding information and marketing a product fraught with risk. It’s quite another for the child of a mother pr…
A Win for the Plaintiff in Bad Faith Insurance Claim
St. Louis, MO: A bad faith insurance claim that went through several legal phases was finally settled in the plaintiff’s favor with the awarding of attorney’s fees. Cindy Tripp’s bad faith insurance claim accused her insurer, Western National Mutual (W…
Record-Setting Verdict in Nursing Home Abuse Lawsuit
St. Petersburg, FL: A nursing home abuse lawsuit has resulted in a $200 million verdict against a Florida nursing home. Like other lawsuits alleging elder care neglect, this nursing home injury lawsuit alleged an elderly woman received inadequate care …
In Attempting to Thwart Theft, Retailer Accused of Stealing Wages
Los Angeles, CA: An alleged California labor law violation has landed a retailer in some potential hot water. Forever 21 is facing a class-action lawsuit on charges that it forced employees to work without compensation and that meal breaks were denied
