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Ohio hospital staff negligence led to needed kidney being tossed

Dec 2, 2013

When a person is faced with a serious medical issue, the individual often puts their faith and trust into the medical team that could be working on their case. However, hospital staff negligence is an unfortunate reality that can result in serious detrimental errors taking place. When a person is the victim of a serious error, they may wish to explore their legal options for possibly gaining compensation. A family in Ohio is currently pursuing...

Concussion class action lawsuit filed against NHL

Nov 29, 2013

With the recent $765 million brain injury settlement against the National Football League, many likely figured it was only a matter of time until a similar lawsuit was filed by former professional hockey players against the National Hockey League. Earlier this week that happened. A class action lawsuit was filed by several former professional players alleging that the NHL did not take steps to protect its players from brain injuries such as concussions. Since the...

7-year-old girl injured in pedestrian accident

Nov 28, 2013

A seven-year-old girl was involved in a pedestrian accident and seriously injured when she was hit by a car on Tuesday late afternoon. Police say that icy conditions and speed may have been a factor in the accident. The young girl, a New Castle native, was struck by the car just after 4 p.m. in North Beaver Township on Columbiana Road. The accident happened just southwest of New Castle, a few miles from the Ohio/PA...

Jackknife, snowy conditions take one life and leave a mess on I-81

Nov 27, 2013

This past Sunday, a woman from New York died during a pile-up started by a tractor trailer on Interstate 81 in Franklin County, PA. The 77-year-old woman from Wellsville, NY was a passenger in the Chrysler Town and Country that her husband was piloting when the accident happened. It was one of four accidents that took place in a chain reaction just near Greencastle. The woman's husband was injured and suffered serious injuries; his condition...

Criminal charges for contractor in Pennsylvania wall collapse

Nov 27, 2013

It will likely be some time before residents of the state of Pennsylvania forget the tragic building collapse that took the lives of six residents of the state and injured another 13. One woman lost her legs as a result of the incident. The accident occurred when a building wall that was being demolished at a construction site fell onto a neighboring building housing a Salvation Army. Those injured in the incident were both workers...

Amylin Pharmaceutical’s Byetta among worst of diabetes drugs to be called into court

Nov 25, 2013

It was announced only a few weeks ago that people who have filed claims against Bristol-Myers Squibb and its subsidiary, Amylin Pharmaceuticals, in regards to the drug Byetta, will be moving forward with their cases in due time. Recent developments over the course of the past few months have led to a judge overseeing dozens of lawsuits in a U.S. District Court for California's Southern District. All of the claims allege that the makers of...

Januvia lawsuits hit U.S. District Court, many more likely to follow

Nov 25, 2013

There are now more than 150 lawsuits involving Januvia and other kinds of Type 2 diabetes drugs, according to recent court filings. Federal proceedings have begun in a United States District Court in the Southern District of California. Every single claim filed alleges that physicians and their patients were not provided with enough knowledge about the product in regards to pancreas-related health problems, pancreatic cancer, and thyroid cancer. Januvia and similar incretin mimetic drugs like...

Widower awarded $15.5 million in OBGYN negligence case

Nov 24, 2013

Giving birth is much safer than it used to be, but most Ohio mothers-to-be are aware that some complications may still come up during labor and delivery. In the age of modern medicine, most people do not expect women to die during childbirth. However, that is exactly what happened to one mother in another state as she was giving birth to her second child. Recently, her husband was awarded $15.5 million in an OBGYN negligence...

Use of drugs like Lipitor could reach 70 million with new guidelines

Nov 22, 2013

New U.S. guidelines for treating people with high cholesterol could literally double the number of people on drugs such as Lipitor. Many are surprised at this news because of the legal controversies surrounding Lipitor and its propensity to develop Type 2 diabetes in cholesterol patients. However, "Big Medical" and pharmaceutical conglomerates have begun marketing them as competent in the fight against heart disease. Since heart disease is the number one killer in the United States,...

Johnson & Johnson, Janssen Pharmaceuticals pay out $15 million over past two months in Topamax cases

Nov 22, 2013

On November 18, a Pennsylvania state jury awarded $11 million to the mother of a little boy who was born with a cleft palate as a result of her prescription to the dangerous drug, Topamax. Johnson & Johnson's subsidiary, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, argued that they supplied adequate warnings of the safety risks surrounding the anti-seizure drug, but the jury disagreed. This is actually the second case of Topamax litigation in the past two months. In October,...