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Shoulder Pain Pump Complications: Even Feeding the Baby is Difficult

Posted on January 02, 2009
Tucson, AZ: John H. says he noticed soon after his shoulder surgery that his shoulder was not feeling as well as it should have. He says he is not positive his problems were caused by the shoulder pain pump but his symptoms are similar to those experienced by other patients...

California IT Overtime: Computer Programmers Taken Advantage Of

Posted on January 01, 2009
San Diego, CA: A few years ago, when you first became a California software developer, you probably thought working with computers would be the best job ever, not the nightmare it became. In fact, if you are like many computer professionals, you have probably been asked to work many hours of overtime without proper compensation because you were misclassified as exempt...

AARP Insurance Deductibles "Outrageous"

Posted on December 31, 2008
Schenectady, NY: Sophia H (not her real name) is concerned about her AARP insurance. She does not have AARP health insurance, but she does have AARP Delta Dental insurance and feels that she pays too much in premiums for the amount of coverage she has...

Variable Annuity Makes Only Variable Sense for Some

Posted on December 31, 2008
Chicago, IL: Considering variable annuity insurance as an investment? Imagine going to buy a car, and saying to the salesman, "I want a little Honda Fit. Small, good on gas, cheap to run. It's all I need." The reply? "No ma'am, what you need is a Hummer...

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Confidence Will Help Turn Mutual Funds Around

Posted on December 30, 2008
Washington, DC: A few years ago former CBS News anchor Dan Rather ended his final newscast with a thought that centered on the word 'courage.' We certainly need that today, with mutual fund losses stacking into the billions. Americans are justifiably concerned over the status of their mutual funds as it relates to their retirement, and the potential for mutual fund ERISA mismanagement have many investors running to their lawyers.

SJS Dilantin: Early Diagnosis Crucial

Posted on December 30, 2008
Pensacola, FL: Thankfully, Linda's doctor told her to stop taking Dilantin just a few days after she started on the drug, otherwise she may have wound up in the burn unit or intensive care unit for weeks or even months with Stevens-Johnson syndrome. Linda got a rash that started around her mouth and spread to her entire body—she was diagnosed with SJS Dilantin.

Paxil Birth Defects – What are the Odds?

Posted on December 30, 2008
Elkton, VA: While birth defects related to antidepressant use during pregnancy may be just a second hand bad news story for many people, they are all too real for hundreds, if not thousands of women across the US who know firsthand about the implications of selective serotonin uptake receptors or SSRI birth defects.

Unum Provident Still in Denial

Posted on December 29, 2008
Boise, ID: Diane paid into an Unum Provident policy through her employer for more than a decade, so when she was injured on the job and collected Workers Compensation benefits for a few months, she assumed that Unum Provident's health insurance would kick in and pay her long term disability benefits...

In Long Term Care Insurance, the Stonewall is Alive and Well

Posted on December 29, 2008
New York, NY: It was a few years ago that the New York Times reported unnecessary delays experienced by Conseco clients, and holders of their long-term health insurance products. The allegation was that Conseco was operating in bad faith by invoking delay tactics in an effort to stonewall policyholders making legitimate claims.

Madoff Victims Assess Stock Losses

Posted on December 29, 2008
New York, NY: Still reeling from the news that they may have suffered millions of dollars in stock market losses investors who entrusted their money to Bernard Madoff are scrambling to determine how much money they actually lost. Of course, they are probably still smarting from stock losses incurred as a result of the economic crisis, but it seems that nothing is worse than receiving bad stock market financial advice—except, of course, being outright lied to.

California Labor Law's Tipping Pool

Posted on December 29, 2008
The California labor law prohibits managers and supervisors from sharing in employee tips, yet judging by the number of questions LawyersandSettlements has received regarding payment of tips to restaurant employees, California's tipping pool is still murky...

Christmas Car Crash Drunk Driver Alleged to Have 3 Times the Legal Limit

Posted on December 29, 2008
Oxford, MA: It's enough to make you shake your head. People just don’t get it. It's one thing to have a glass of wine with dinner and, after several hours and a few cups of coffee, drive home. It's quite another to have so much Christmas cheer that you're a Christmas car crash away from endangering someone's life in a winter car accident...

Financial Elder Abuse "Despicable"

Posted on December 28, 2008
Apple Valley, CA: Linda F suspected for a while that her father was a victim of financial elder abuse. Unfortunately, she couldn't get her father to see what was going on. Like so many parents who are victims of financial abuse at the hands of a child, Linda's father did not want to believe his daughter, Linda's sister, could treat him so poorly...

Helicopter Crash Kills One On Ground

Posted on December 28, 2008
Santa Clarita, CA: As the person standing firmly on the ground, you don't often expect that you will be injured by a helicopter crash. However, unfortunately that sometimes happens: a person who is not even on the aircraft is the one seriously injured in the helicopter accident.

Little Yield, in Yield Plus: Investors Sue

Posted on December 28, 2008
New York, NY: You wonder when it's all going to end. No, not the credit crisis or stock market losses, but the securities fraud that comes with promising more than you can deliver—and specifically, attempting to mitigate the risk in an effort to secure the investment and ink the deal...

Asbestos Mesothelioma: It's All in the Family

Posted on December 27, 2008
Detroit, MI: A growing trend with regard to asbestos mesothelioma is the infecting of family members by workers who bring asbestos fibers home with them on their clothes, causing mesothelioma and cancer. A woman, for example, who washes her husband's asbestos-laden work clothes, is diagnosed with mesothelioma cancer even though she has never set foot in her husband's workplace.

Driver in Truck Accident Going to Jail

Posted on December 27, 2008
Miami, FL: The driver accused of causing a truck accident that took the lives of 4 people almost 4 years ago has been sentenced to 36 years in prison. The driver was convicted of 4 counts of vehicular manslaughter for his role in an truck crash that occurred on February 11, 2005.

Widow Grieves at Christmas, possibly due to Heparin

Posted on December 26, 2008
Bullhead City, AZ: Christmas is a sad time of year for Mary but last Christmas was worse--her husband went into renal failure and passed away December 17, 2007. Mary believes heparin was a contributing factor, or possibly the cause if she could prove heparin contamination.

Does Ortho Evra Patch Put Lives at Risk?

Posted on December 26, 2008
Odessa, TX: This is likely not what the makers of the Ortho Evra patch had in mind when they developed the birth control patch: women suffering life-threatening complications and a string of lawsuits alleging the company put women's lives at risk. Yet that is what has happened...

The Real Deal: Despite Protections, Real Estate Unfairness Still Exists

Posted on December 26, 2008
Los Angeles, CA: The ongoing credit crisis and the mortgage meltdown have affected real estate housing in ways not seen for decades. However, beyond the general economic contraction, and the impacts specific to the real estate industry, are various illegal and morally reprehensible practices, which for some affect everything from real estate closing fees to the acquisition of real estate in general.

The Durom Cup Runneth Over With Frustration and Controversy

Posted on December 24, 2008
Warsaw, IN: The Durom Cup debacle has pitted the manufacturer against the surgeon with regard to just what happens when a Zimmer hip replacement fails. When the Zimmer hip prosthesis system began failing, requiring revision surgeries, the manufacturer was quick to blame the surgeons for not installing them properly...

Mutual Fund Investors Hit Hard

Posted on December 24, 2008
Spokane, WA: So, you've spent the past few months watching your mutual funds decline in value, wondering what you should do next. You counted on your funds to get you through the tough times, or at least to get you through retirement, and the sudden mutual fund losses have hit you hard...

ERISA Rights Vital for Employees

Posted on December 24, 2008
San Jose, CA: Given the current economic climate it is no surprise that many people consider their employee stock options to be a vital part of their financial future. Those stock options are protected by ERISA law, which regulates how employee stock option plans are run...

Car Accident Victims Can Sue

Posted on December 24, 2008
San Francisco, CA: If you live in California and are injured by a person who tries to help you following a car accident, you can sue the person who injured you. So says the state Supreme Court, in a 4 to 3 ruling. This means that people who wind up hurting others while trying to save them could be held liable if they are not providing emergency medical help.

The Grinch Lives in San Mateo, and Commits Financial Elder Abuse

Posted on December 23, 2008
San Mateo, CA: In what has to be one of the strangest financial elder abuse cases in recent memory a San Mateo, California psychic has been charged with attempting to defraud an elderly woman out of thousands of dollars in a case that is nothing less than fear-mongering...

Birth Defects and SSRIs—How's a Mother to Know?

Posted on December 23, 2008
Houston, TX: In 2006, Elissa's doctor prescribed Cymbalta to help with her depression. Shortly after starting on the antidepressant Elissa became pregnant. On her doctor's advice she continued taking Cymbalta. But it soon became apparent her baby was developing life-threatening defects.

Questions Remain Over the Kugel Mesh Hernia Patch

Posted on December 23, 2008
Rockville, MD: It used to be that if a surgeon left something inside you, like a sponge, it was a huge issue. With the hernia patch, of course, the leaving of something inside is the whole idea—a patch that remains with you to properly treat and control the hernia...

At AARP, Things Are Not As They Seem

Posted on December 23, 2008
Washington, DC: Seniors are discovering that AARP insurance leaves a lot to be desired, with regard to limitations that may leave AARP health insurance clients with the need to pay thousands for medical procedures they mistakenly thought to be completely covered...

Taser Death: Taser International Guilty as Charged

Posted on December 23, 2008
Salinas, CA: Robert Heston senior won his lawsuit against Taser International, but at a terrible cost. "I have a picture of my son under the Christmas tree and I miss him," says Mr. Heston, whose son was Tasered to death in 2005. "It is hard on all of us this time of year—we are a close family...

"State of Misery" After Using Shoulder Pain Pump

Posted on December 23, 2008
Dearborn Heights, MI: When John L. went in for surgery to repair a torn tendon in his shoulder, he did not realize that the shoulder pain pump could potentially cause him even more problems. However, 2 years after his surgery, he still has problems with his shoulder and he believes the use of the pain pump has resulted in his lasting shoulder injury...

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