Years after claiming that mercury in fillings was safe, the FDA now says it may be harmful to pregnant women, children, fetuses, and people who are especially sensitive to mercury exposure. The FDA now states that dental amalgams containing mercury, may have neurotoxic effects on the nervous systems of developing…
Rice, 24, died in 2006, while in Denver City Jail, 20 hours after she was released from a hospital. She had suffered a lacerated spleen and liver and bled to death from injuries she received in a drunken-driving crash. The family of Emily Rice, who died while in custody at…
In this case, black Secret Service agents sued the Secret Service alleging racial bias and a glass ceiling mentality at the agency. The judge presiding over the case, has already sanctioned the agency three times for dragging its feet in handing over racially charged e-mails shared by white Secret Service…
An Arkansas woman filed a federal lawsuit alleging that a Connecticut company of making plastic baby bottles with a dangerous chemical linked to serious health problems. The lawsuit by Ashley Campbell against Playtex Products is a challenge involving the industrial chemical bisphenol A. The U.S. government’s National Toxicology Program said…
An Atlanta jury has awarded $5 million in damages to the family of a new mother who drowned in a bathtub at Gwinnett Medical Center. The lawsuit alleged that nurses should have checked on Wendy Wyckstandt, 34, and should have realized that she was too weak to shower without assistance.…
A Philadelphia jury awarded a $20.5 million verdict to the parents of an 18-year-old college student who died from a botched liposuction procedure. This case had been pending for seven years to the day of the elective liposuction for Amy Fledderman. The patient had liposuction for her chin, abdomen and…
The 10th Court of Appeals in Waco affirmed a district court ruling that allows for the case to go to trial in Brazos County court. The Court ruled that Texas A&M administrators, acting in the course and scope of their jobs, can be sued individually for the events leading up…
Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy group petitioned the FDA to pull the birth control patch, Ortho-Evra off the market, warning that it was far riskier than the pill. Complaints about the Ortho-Evra weekly patch have risen since a 2005 investigation by The Associated Press found that patch users had higher…
Santa Monica city and other defendants will pay $6 million to settle two lawsuits stemming from a vehicle crash at the Farmers Market that left 10 people dead, bringing the total of payouts to plaintiffs in the case to $21 million. The resolution of the two remaining lawsuits came during…
Chantix the anti smoking drug, has been linked to an increased risk of psychiatric and mental health problems including suicides, suicide attempts, aggressive and unusual behavior. The FDA has received many reports involving serious and sometimes fatal injuries linked to Chantix to psychiatric side effects. Lawsuits have been filed on…