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Do drug companies protect profits by unethical means?
Sometimes it is hard to know whom you can trust. But trust is of the utmost importance when it involves human life. Unfortunately, drug companies are apparently demonstrating they are more interested in profits than in protecting the consumers who
Brain injury lawsuits against NFL consolidated in Philadelphia
The National Football League (NFL) is being hit with a growing number of lawsuits filed by former NFL players and their families blaming the league for dementia and other brain diseases linked to repeated concussions.
Yaz lawyers oppose former FDA chief’s testimony
Drug giant Bayer is not at all happy that a former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) chief has been tapped to testify against the drug company in a multidistrict litigation (MDL) focusing on the safety of Bayer’s top-selling birth control
Family of Florida medical flight crash victim sue helicopter’s owners, operator
The family of a medical technician who was killed when the heart-transplant helicopter he was on crashed December 26 is suing the helicopter’s owners and operator saying they hope others may be spared having to experience such a “horrible, horrible”
Lawsuit says city, state could have prevented deadly I-10 New Orleans pileup
A Pearl River, Louisiana, resident who was injured in the December 29 pileup on Interstate 10 in New Orleans has filed a lawsuit against the city of New Orleans and other defendants, alleging a combination of negligent acts caused the
First Yaz trial will be April 30 if mediation fails
If mediation fails between Bayer and lawyers for the defendant, the first Yaz/Yasmin trial against the drug company will start on April 30. U.S. District Judge David Herndon ordered the mediation earlier this month in an attempt to settle the
Two wrongful death lawsuits filed after Las Vegas helicopter crash
Two wrongful-death lawsuits have been filed against Sundance Helicopters Inc., the Las Vegas, Nevada-based aerial tour company that lost one of its aircraft December 7 in a remote canyon near Lake Mead and Hoover Dam, killing four passengers and the
SSRI exposure late in pregnancy increases risk for PPHN
The risk of a fetus developing a rare but life threatening lung defect is relatively low. But if a mother takes a common class of antidepressant medication late in her pregnancy, the risk for her baby to develop the condition
Final settlements reached in WV mine explosion, criminal charges likely to follow
Alpha Natural Resources, the new owner of West Virginia’s Upper Big Branch Mine, has settled with the remaining families of the miners who were killed in an April 2010 explosion, believed to be the worst mining disaster in 40 years.
First Yaz lawsuit ordered to mediation for potential settlement
The first of more than 10,000 lawsuits against Bayer over its birth control pills Yaz and Yasmin won’t go to trial this week as planned because a judge appointed a mediator in hopes of settling the case. The lawsuit accused
