A severe GI bleed prompts an Arizona patient to file a lawsuit to recover medical expenses, as well as financial compensation for physical damages and mental anguish. has been named in a number of different lawsuits, alleged by plaintiffs and surviving family members for problems including a GI bleed. The recent GI bleed lawsuit was filed after […]
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The $500 billion toll of the opioid epidemic has hit local governments hard and they are using lawsuits to help stem the continuing damages. Fueled by easy access to prescription drugs, the opioid epidemic has ballooned out of control over the past several years in the United States. Local governments, faced with the increasing costs
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A recent review of nursing home injuries prompted Medicare beneficiaries to visit the emergency room throughout 2015 and 2016, identifying more than 100 cases of suspected abuse. The nursing home abuse report details that these cases involved claims of nursing home abuse in 33 separate states. One in four issues included in the nursing home
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Thousands of Bard IVC filter lawsuits weathered a motion to dismiss after a federal judge rejected the medical device maker’s argument that the litigation was preempted by federal law. C.R. Bard was hit with thousands of lawsuits after patients and doctors complained of severe medical complications and side effects after being implanted with the company’s
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Severe injuries are named as the primary cause behind a Texas tractor trailer accident lawsuit filed on behalf of a Texas resident. According to the Texas tractor trailer accident lawsuit, the plaintiff was operating his vehicle in November 2015 in Brooks County, Texas. The employee of the defendant trucking company was operating his Peterbilt tractor
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Risperidone, a drug the FDA approved for use in kids in 2009, has been associated with a high risk of severe side effects, according to a recent study. The study reported in Scientific American claims that the risk of side effects due to the autism drug is much higher than initially thought. Although physicians report that Risperidone helps with
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A Texas man responsible for a fatal car accident is blaming an in-car breathalyzer test for distracting him moments before the collision. According to Arlington police officers, 18-year-old Alexis B. was backing out of a driveway when her vehicle was struck by a pickup truck. The driver of that truck said he was required to use an ignition
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Severe injuries as well as pain and suffering form the basis of a new hernia mesh injury lawsuit filed by an Indiana woman. The hernia mesh injury lawsuit filed by Marilee S. is just the latest in a string of suits filed against hernia mesh manufacturers for alleged defects. The product in question is made by
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Investigators and safety advocates argue that the over-prescription of opioids and the downplaying of the significant addiction risks associated with them has caused an opioid crisis in the United States. Investigators believe that drug company tactics are responsible for the development of the opioid crisis which has led to many different instances of addiction and
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A new injury lawsuit has been filed by the surviving spouse of a man who allegedly passed away after ingesting . The decedent named in this injury lawsuit ingested the medication from December 2014 to January 2015. He was originally prescribed for the treatment of deep vein thrombosis. According to the injury lawsuit, the decedent suffered
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The owners and operators of a nursing home and related nonprofit foundation agreed to pay $1.25 million to end a federal investigation into allegations they provided substandard care to residents. The Hyperion Foundation and AltaCare Corp. were hit with a lawsuit alleging nursing home substandard care in a subpar facility in Mississippi called Oxford Health,
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Fatal injuries have prompted an estate administrator to file a lawsuit against the manufacturers of the Cordis IVC filter. The Cordis IVC filter lawsuit alleges that Johnson & Johnson and its affiliated subsidiaries are responsible for failing to warn patients about the serious risks of this particular product. A surgical procedure involving the Cordis IVC filter occurred with the decedent
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A Louisiana woman says that she suffered severe injuries after a John Christner truck veered into her lane in October of 2016 and caused an accident. Breanna F. alleges in her John Christner Trucking accident lawsuit that negligence on the part of the driver and the company led to her physical injuries as well as physical
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Bard’s Perfix mesh has been named in a new lawsuit on behalf of a Louisiana man who allegedly experienced significant injures. According the Bard Perfix lawsuit, the hernia mesh manufactured by this industry leader is unreasonably dangerous and toxic. Plaintiff Bruce B. claims that after receiving hernia repair surgery in which the Bard Perfix mesh was implanted,
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The former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration said that the warnings provided to doctors and patients about the risks of were wholly inadequate. As a part of his testimony in the litigation over the drug, David Kessler, the former head of the FDA under the H.W. Bush and Clinton administrations, said that the
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