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Marc Gabelli Sued by SEC for Alleged Securities Fraud

Posted on April 30, 2008
Washington, DC: Former money manager, Marc Gabelli, was sued by the SEC on Thursday April 24, 2008 in U.S District Court for the Southern District of New York for securities fraud. The SEC alleges that he allowed a hedge fund to quickly trade the shares of a mutual fund that he was managing...

Atheist Soldier Files Lawsuit for Discrimination

Posted on April 30, 2008
Junction City, KS: Being called "the atheist guy" by fellow soldiers, as well as other names such as a devil worshiper, immoral, and even gay, Jeremy Hall has had enough. He says that he has taken so much that he filed a lawsuit in federal court in Kansas City, Kansas on September 18, 2007.

“I want the World to know about Botox”

Posted on April 30, 2008
Jacksonville, FL: "I would like to get up and scream to the whole world about the terrible things that happened to me after my last series of Botox injections," says Eloise. "I want people to know that Botox is frightening." Unfortunately, Eloise can't get up too easily—she can barely lift her head.

Mood Swings, Depression, and Attempted Suicide While Taking Singulair

Posted on April 30, 2008
Rome, GA: Jordon is almost 18 and just about to graduate high school. But earlier this year he didn't think he was going to make either of these landmark occasions. One night in January, to the shock of his friends and family, he tried to take his own life...

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Attorney Peter Kovacs: “Let’s get down to the nitty-gritty here.”

Posted on April 30, 2008
Indianapolis, IN: Peter Kovacs, an equity shareholder in Stewart & Irwin, PC, describes his practice as "Mainly business litigation, some utility work, some class action work." A recently filed deceptive practices class action suit against Veolia Water Indianapolis combines all three.

Emergency Triple Bypass Surgery 18 Months After Starting Vytorin

Posted on April 30, 2008
Chesterfield: VA: A year and half after being on Vytorin, Richard had to undergo emergency triple bypass surgery. His doctor had put him on Vytorin in July 2005, around the time the new cholesterol drug became available. But for eight years prior to that Richard had taken Zocor (simvistatin), one of the two drugs actually contained in the Vytorin pill.

Icy Hot Heat Therapy Patch: “It’s Like the Patch Ate My Skin”

Posted on April 30, 2008
Clinton Township, MI: When Adela first put on the Icy Hot Heat Therapy Patch before her vacation, she thought she was making her trip more comfortable. Instead, she suffered serious burns, which wrecked her vacation and caused permanent scarring. Now, Adela is left wondering how a product designed to ease her discomfort could have wound up causing her so much pain.

Heparin Contamination Deliberate: FDA

Posted on April 30, 2008
Washington, DC: LeRoy Hubley not only lost his son, but also his wife to tainted heparin. He told stunned observers at a hearing of the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations in Washington Tuesday that "as Christmas music played softly in the background, we each said our goodbyes," the distraught man said, breaking down in tears to a hushed room...

Three People Die in Arizona Plane Crash

Posted on April 30, 2008
Mesa, AZ: Last Wednesday morning three residents of Arizona took off in a light plane, not knowing that they would never see their families again, smell the spring air again, feel the warm sun again. Instead, their small plane crashed shortly after take-off, killing all three on board.

Lawsuit Filed 10 Years after Limousine Crash

Posted on April 29, 2008
Detroit, MI: Ten years after a limousine accident left a former Detroit Red Wings player and a team masseuse permanently injured, a lawsuit has been filed against an Ohio auto dealership. The crash ended the careers of both Vladimir Konstantinov, a defenseman for the Red Wings, and Sergei Mnatsakanov, the masseuse.

Heparin: Contaminated Batches Pulled Around World

Posted on April 29, 2008
Stockholm, Sweden: Contaminated batches of the drug Heparin have been pulled from the shelves in the United States and now have been pulled from the market in Sweden. This move comes after researchers identified the contaminant as oversulfated chondroitin sulfate...

Former Speedway SuperAmerica Employees File Suit

Posted on April 29, 2008
Twin Cities, MN: Two former hourly employees of the Speedway SuperAmerica stores, one of whom worked at the Twin Cities, Minnesota location, allege that they were not paid overtime for the extra hours that they worked. These allegations also state that the company had knowledge of this unpaid overtime.

Father Died from Mesothelioma

Posted on April 29, 2008
Albuquerque, NM: "I lost my father to Mesothelioma," says Charles Perea," and I don't want my children exposed to the same possible fate." For that reason, Perea founded the Johnny O. Perea Foundation, named after his father, to help his community learn and deal with the hazards of asbestos.

PPH Lawsuit: Ongoing

Posted on April 29, 2008
Makanda, IL: Mary G. wasn't involved in the class action lawsuit against Fen-phen several years ago. Although she was diagnosed with a leaky valve, her condition wasn't serious enough to qualify. Now Mary is worried that she might soon develop Primary Pulmonary Hypertension (PPH/PAH) and wonders if she has any legal recourse.

Trasylol May Have Caused Advanced Kidney Failure

Posted on April 29, 2008
Driggs, ID: Mark L. (not his real name) suffered kidney failure shortly after his open heart surgery. However, he does not know for sure if Trasylol was used. Mark is now trying to determine whether or not doctors gave him Trasylol to stop him from bleeding during surgery.

Possible Merck ERISA Violation Regarding Vytorin

Posted on April 29, 2008
Whitehouse Station, NJ: When Merck dragged its feet for 21 months before releasing the ENHANCE study shaming Vytorin, the manufacturer allegedly did more than delay the bad news: it may have also delayed the returns, and derailed the retirement plans of thousands of investors unaware of a ticking time bomb...

Here's a Tip... Managers Shouldn't be Sharing Them With Servers

Posted on April 28, 2008
New York, NY: A ruling this month governing the hospitality industry in New York could have a sweeping effect as to just what is a service charge, and what is a tip. And for management sharing tips, the ruling could spell an end to that practice. Here's the scoop, or the tip if you will...

The Cost of PPH: $21,000 a Day…

Posted on April 28, 2008
Whittier, CA: PPH, or Primary Pulmonary Hypertension, is a rare but debilitating lung disorder that is potentially life-threatening and has been linked to prior consumption of diet drugs such as Fen-phen and others now banned and no longer on the market...

Plane Crashes: A Primer for Keeping it Together in the Sky

Posted on April 28, 2008
Drumheller, AB: A plane crash is something you hear about all the time, due to the often-sensational nature of the event. This, in spite of the fact you stand a greater chance of being injured, or losing your life in a car accident, than you are in a plane.

Perils of Lasik: Double Vision, Eye Pain and even a Suicide

Posted on April 28, 2008
Washington, DC: Colin Dorrian was a promising law school student when he sought relief from a chronic dry eye condition by undergoing Lasik laser eye surgery. However, rather than improving his vision and freeing him from his contacts, the procedure left him with so much eye pain and fuzzy vision that after six years, he took his own life.

Death Toll from Recalled Chinese Heparin Continues to Rise;

Posted on April 28, 2008
PHILADELPHIA, PA - The family of a Missouri man who died after suffering adverse reactions to contaminated Chinese Heparin is suing Tyco Healthcare, claiming that the company waited too long announce a recall of the drug.

Tainted Heparin-Related Death Narrowly Averted

Posted on April 28, 2008
San Antonio, TX: In January 2008, Sally went into the hospital for a routine operation on her bladder. And it went well. However, the doctors noticed that she had formed a blood clot on her lung, and subsequently gave here three heparin injections to reduce and break up the clot.

Attorney Lauren Scholnick on Common Law Protection and Wrongful Termination

Posted on April 28, 2008
Salt Lake City, UT: Like many of her partners at Strindberg and Scholnick, LLC, became a Utahan by choice, moving here from her native Illinois in 1995 to clerk under Judge Gregory K. Orme at the Utah Court of Appeals. "We started the firm in January 2002," she says...

Duragesic Transdermal Pain Patch: Be Very, Very Careful...

Posted on April 27, 2008
Morgantown, WV: Although legal and available only by prescription, fentanyl—the active ingredient in the Duragesic transdermal pain patch—can be used in the comfort of your own home, where there are generally no nurses to afford supervision, and no one to remind you that misused, this pain patch could kill you.

MRI Side-effects: The Hard Facts on NSF/NFD

Posted on April 27, 2008
Denver, CO: Having a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan using the contrasting agent gadolinium during the procedure may induce the onset of a debilitating malady commonly known as NSF/NFD.

Accusations Amid Lawsuit Against Valero of Unpaid Overtime

Posted on April 27, 2008
Beaumont, TX: A class action lawsuit against Valero Energy, the ostentatious oil business, is pending in the Jefferson County District Court at this time. The lawsuit was filed by a representative of a group of contractors who were working for Bay Limited at Valero Energy...

Eighth Hepatitis C Case Linked to Endoscopy Center

Posted on April 27, 2008
Las Vegas, NV: The eighth case of hepatitis C has now been linked back to the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada. This news has got the community worried even more since there are approximately 40,000 patients treated at the facility in which recommendations have been made to get tested for hepatitis C because of a possible exposure through contaminated syringes and orders from management that told doctors to treat as many as they can as fast as they can.

Back Injury Sustained in Car Accident Man Sues

Posted on April 27, 2008
New Haven, MI: A $1 million lawsuit has been filed against New Haven President Brett Harris and New Haven Community Schools, Harris's employer, which claims Harris negligently crashed a school van into the pickup truck of Daniel Jackson, 52.

Wrongful Death Lawsuit is Pending Due to Death of Dropped Resident Who was Refused Care

Posted on April 27, 2008
Portland, OR: Three healthcare workers have received criminal accusations regarding the injury and wrongful death of sixty-year old Linda J. Ober. During the autumn of 2006, Linda J. Ober sustained two broken legs when she was dropped onto the nursing home floor when she was dropped from a lift that moved her from wheelchair to bed...

Credit Card Rates: Transfer Fees Increase

Posted on April 26, 2008
Houston, TX: Last year, Angie decided to save money by consolidating balances from a few credit card accounts and transferring them to The Bank of America—where she had a platinum VISA card. "They told me I would be charged 9.9 percent for a transfer balance but my statement showed over 40 percent," says Angie...

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