The state orders the medical centers to pay $25,000 each in administrative penalties for incidents that in some cases led to death or injury. Six Southern California hospitals have been fined $25,000 each in administrative penalties for serious violations that, in some cases, led to death or serious injury, according…
Yaz gallbladder disease information and the latest news for women who have suffered from gallstones and Yaz birth control. In addition to the other injuries caused by birth control pills Yasmin, Yaz and Ocella (including pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis, pancreatitis, stroke, and heart attack), Yaz drug injury lawyers are…
Yasmin/Yaz have been associated with deep vein thrombosis (blood clots), pulmonary embolism, strokes, heart attacks and, as a result of these health consequences, death. Yasmin/Yaz lawsuits allege product liability, negligence and failure to warn claims against Bayer. There has been in recent months new medical articles have come out regarding…
Every baseball fan — or at least every attorney who follows baseball — knows that under the doctrine of assumption of the risk a team is not liable for fans injured by, say, foul balls or broken bats. Now, in a suit filed by a fan whose nose was fractured…
A federal judge presiding over hundreds of lawsuits against Chinese drywall makers and installers said Thursday that he plans to hold the first trial in January 2010 for the cases, which claim the imported products emit sulfur, methane and other chemical compounds that have ruined homes and harmed residents’ health.…
The number of Chinese drywall manufacturers responsible for corrosion and potential health problems plaguing U.S. homeowners may be about to increase substantially. With the first set of home inspections about to begin in the massive combined Chinese drywall litigation playing out in New Orleans, lawyers involved in the case were…
Drug executives, product liability lawyers and Wall Street analysts are closely watching a jury trial in New York over medical problems associated with Fosamax, a drug from Merck that has been taken by millions of women to offset the bone loss associated with menopause. It is the first of about…
The family of a mentally ill man who died after he was shocked twice with a Taser fired by a Fort Worth police officer filed a federal lawsuit against the city and the police officer. In the lawsuit, filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Fort Worth by the parents…
Levaquin (Levofloxacin) is a fluroquinolone antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections, and is available only by prescription. On July 8, 2008, the FDA ordered the manufacturer to add a Black Box warning to Levaquin. A Black Box warning is the strongest warning available for prescription drugs. The FDA also required…
The widow of a man who drowned during a nudist party at a Penn Hills pool in 2007 has settled a wrongful death suit brought against the pool owner for $246,000. The family of Ronald E. Daugherty sued Olympic Swim and Health Club earlier this year in Allegheny County Common…