A Zoloft lawsuit has been filed against drug maker Pfizer by a group of parents who claim the antidepressant caused their children to be born with severe birth defects, including heart damage. According to the Madison Record, six couples filed Zoloft lawsuits on December 2, 2011 and allege that, despite the medical studies published on the dangers of drugs similar to Zoloft in pregnant women, the [...]
Vaginal Lawsuit : Incontinent nulliparous women have been shown to have a quantitative and qualitative reduction in the collagen content of their tissues12where no evidence of neuromuscular damage exists. In the Nuns Study, 50% postmenopausal) nuns complained of UI; 30% of these complained of stress incontinence, 24% had urge incontinence and 35% had mixed symptoms. [...]
In honor of National Mesothelioma Awareness Day, we’re launching a three-part blog series highlighting the newest scientific research regarding mesothelioma. New science has emerged in the last two years that may have significant implications for the future treatment ofmalignant mesothelioma. In this series, we will look at three important scientific breakthroughs that have the largest potential to affect [...]
The University of Hawai’i Cancer Center has received a generous gift of more than $3 million to continue its important research regarding the causes of mesothelioma as well as potential cure for the disease. An anonymous donor has given a $3.58 million donation to the Hawaii cancer center to help aid the mesothelioma research work of its director, Dr. Michele [...]
A midwife in New Hampshire who has been involved in a birth injury lawsuit agreed to settle and give $730,000 to the family of a child who suffered a birth injury during a birth she was involved in. According to the Concord Monitor, Jeanne Browne settled a lawsuit and agreed to pay the settlement to Sarah and Jonathan Sadowski, two Concord [...]
The family of a deceased Jackson County Courthouse employee recently settled the woman’s Missouri asbestos lawsuit for $10 million, the largest asbestos settlement in the state’s history. Nancy Lopez filed the asbestos lawsuit against the U.S. Engineering Co. for failing to take proper precautions to protect courthouse worker while handling asbestos, writes the Associated Press. For 27 years, Lopez had worked at the [...]
If you read the last article we posted about asbestos trust funds, you’ll remember the clever hammock analogy used to describe what they are. If you didn’t read it, you can do so here. Now, the Government Accountability Office (GOA) – a sort of congressional watchdog group that keeps an eye on government spending of taxpayer dollars [...]
If you read the last article we posted about asbestos trust funds, you’ll remember the clever hammock analogy used to describe what they are. If you didn’t read it, you can do so here. Now, the Government Accountability Office (GOA) – a sort of congressional watchdog group that keeps an eye on government spending of [...]
Landfill Contaminated With Asbestos Elbert County in Denver, CO has a unique asbestos abatement project to tackle – that of a public landfill and trash compactor site. The site has historically been used to dispose of roofing and building materials, much of which was from before the mid 1970’s when buildings were routinely constructed with [...]
A Kentucky man who spent nearly 30 years in the U.S. Navy as a fireman and boiler tender and is now suffering from mesothelioma has won a $32 million asbestos settlement for injuries and pain/suffering he has endured. According to WSAZ-TV, a New York jury awarded Ronald Dummitt $16 million for past pain and suffering, along with an additional [...]