The Washington State Department of Transportation has agreed to pay $2 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a man involved in a serious motorcycle crash in 2006. John Lancaster claims in his lawsuit that the DOT was aware for years that the roadway where he crashed was dangerously designed,…
A committee within the F.D.A. has advised the agency to denounce its marketing approval of the popular cancer drug Avastin for treating breast cancer because “new trials showed no apparent benefit from the drug.” The committee found that new trials of the drug, which is combined with the breast cancer…
A group of former Motorola workers and their children filed a lawsuit Friday against the Schaumburg-based company, claiming toxic substances used to make Motorola products caused serious birth defects in at least 30 children born to workers employed by the company since the 1960s. The 71 plaintiffs filed the suit…
The AP (7/13) reported, “A Latino civil rights organization sued an international gym chain, accusing 24 Hour Fitness of racial and gender discrimination against its workers in California. The lawsuit filed by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund and a law firm claimed that black, Latino, Asian and…
Under the headline “Bad Nurses Able To Keep Working In Other States,” USA Today (7/15, Weber, Ornstein) carries an article and interactive map by the independent reporting organization ProPublica that explain how nurses can slip from one state to another for work even if they have felony drug convictions. The…
Gaps in regulatory efforts nationwide allow nurses from avoiding the consequences of misconduct by hopping across state lines. Compacts created to help get good nurses to areas where they are needed most recognize a license obtained in a nurse’s home state in the other compact states. But an investigation by…
The AP (7/14) reported, “Novartis will pay up to $152.5 million to potentially thousands of women after a jury found it discriminated against them by paying them less than men, the pharmaceutical company and plaintiffs’ lawyers announced Wednesday after a deal was struck. The agreement, which still must be approved…
A lawsuit has been filed against the Arizona Board of Regents by a former Arizona State student who claims that the university police department and disciplinary office failed to properly investigate her accusations that she was raped. According to the police report, the woman reported the alleged incident the day…
The Dr Shezad Malik Law Firm is currently investigating claims on behalf of patients suffering from rhabdomyolysis, a serious Zocor side effect that has been linked to the 80mg dose of this cholesterol-lowering drug. In March 2010, the Food & Drug Administration released a warning that highlighted the risk of…
GlaxoSmithKline Plc has agreed to pay more than $1 billion to resolve more than 800 cases alleging its Paxil antidepressant caused birth defects in some users’ children, according to people familiar with the settlements. The settlements, which provide an average payout of more than $1.2 million to families of affected…