Miami resident Alexander Nassar pleaded guilty August 28 in a Kansas City, Missouri, federal court to participating in a multimillion-dollar conspiracy to import and sell stolen and counterfeit Lipitor.
Voter advocates recently filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the use of “paperless" electronic voting machines in the state of Pennsylvania. The plaintiffs argue that these machines are unreliable and do not sufficiently document records.
41-year-old Michael De Kort recently skyrocketed to Internet fame with the airing of his 10-minute You Tube video alleging corruption in a military contract for which he was formerly an engineer.
An unnamed 16-year-old boy was arrested by Oakland police Monday for suspicion of murder in connection with the death of his 14-year-old friend.
Kaiser Permanente agreed to pay a $2 million fine and give $3 million to an organ donor program after state regulators concluded the HMO mismanaged its kidney transplant center and endangered patients’ lives.
The crash of Comair Flight 5191 in Lexington, Kentucky, last Sunday has some in the legal community saying it is nearly certain that Delta, the airline’s parent company, will be sued.
Concluding a five-year federal investigation, Schering-Plough Corp. agreed on Tuesday to pay $435 million and plead guilty to conspiracy after being accused of marketing drugs for unapproved uses and overcharging Medicaid for certain drugs.
Last week, a California woman who claims she developed mesothelioma, a deadly form of lung cancer, from her husband’s work clothes filed a lawsuit in Madison County Circuit Court in Illinois.
On Friday, the Louisiana Supreme Court confirmed a ruling by a district court judge that two laws allowing policyholders an additional year to file claims against their insurers for hurricane-related damages are constitutional.
Three men were critically injured and two suffered lesser burns Saturday in an accident at a Wal-Mart store under construction in Bloomington, Indiana.
James F. Garro, 61, was sentenced Friday to serve more than 11 years in a federal prison for collecting $37.5 million from investors in a humanitarian investment scam.
Larry D. Goble, 58, and his wife, Julie Ann Goble, 49, were sentenced last week in Kosciusko Circuit Court for charges related to securities fraud.
Tower tapes confirm that the pilot and a controller planned for the plane to take off from the correct runway.
After participating in mediation at the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, Wal-Mart has agreed to pay $1.8 million to the victim of an accident involving a defective lawnmower.
At the request of the FDA, the US District Court for the Southern District of California issued a warrant allowing US Marshals to seize Alaris infusion pumps from the company’s manufacturing facility in San Diego.
The new Ford S-Max has attained a five star rating by the Euro NCAP crash test protocol. With the S-Max and Focus vehicle models, Ford has produced two automobiles that have achieved the maximum rating available in Euro NCAP.
On Sunday, a commuter jet that tried to take off from a short runway crashed into a nearby field, catching fire. A co-pilot was the only survivor and is currently hospitalized in critical condition.
As a foul odor recently blanketed Staten Island’s North Shore and certain areas of Brooklyn, New York City’s Department of Environmental Protection discovered elevated levels of benzene in the air.
A US District Court of Appeals has ordered Target Corporation to defend a discrimination lawsuit filed on behalf of four black applicants who were denied management positions with the company.
A utility company and a heating/air-conditioning company were named as defendants in a lawsuit based on a house explosion that killed a woman, her teenage son, and her grandson.
Two new Louisiana laws allowing insurance policyholders an additional year to file claims for damages caused by hurricanes Rita and Katrina were ruled constitutional by Baton Rouge District Court Judge Kay Bates on August 23.
Residents of the Northeastern Oklahoma city of Miami are working with a major tire company to ensure that a local benzene spill is taken care of.
Coca-Cola Co. has been served with a lawsuit calling for the removal of Coke ingredients that can produce cancer-causing benzene. The case began as two other companies settled similar lawsuits.
Former Canadian border agent Rose Palmer, 53, was sentenced to three years in US federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for her involvement in a US-Canada drug trafficking scheme.
A family from Winter Haven, Florida, was recently awarded $2.2 million after a circuit court jury decided that the family’s loved one died as a result of negligent care at Winter Haven Hospital.
Residents who live near a landfill in the Northwest Florida community of Navarre have filed a lawsuit claiming that the landfill is responsible for spreading benzene, arsenic, and other toxic chemicals throughout the neighborhood.
Just ten days after Dell’s record-setting recall of 4.1 million laptop batteries, Apple Computer Inc. is following suit and recalling about 1.8 million batteries.
A jury in Collier County, Florida, recently awarded $8.25 million to a woman who lost both of her breasts during a plastic surgery procedure.
British authorities arrested 24 suspects in connection with a plot to smuggle liquid explosives onto a London flight. The suspects were taken into custody just before their “dry run" could be executed.
Ricky Tenbrink of Holland, Michigan, was left in critical condition at a hospital burn unit in East Grand Rapids after suffering severe burns from a tree stump fire outside his home.
Citing insufficient evidence, a US District Court judge has dismissed nearly 30 lawsuits alleging that the diabetes drug Rezulin caused liver damage.
In response to a request by the FDA, drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline will add new warnings to the label of the ADHD drug Dexedrine, cautioning of the increased risk of heart problems among users.
A new study published in the August Archives of Dermatology shows that Accutane may cause more patients to develop high cholesterol, elevated liver enzyme levels, and high triglyceride numbers than stated on the drug’s packaging.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's ban on ephedra was upheld August 18 when a federal appeals court in Denver ruled that the FDA had correctly adhered to a congressional mandate in determining that ephedra is unsafe.
In yet another setback for the makers of Vioxx, a New Jersey Superior Court judge recently ruled that evidence discovered since a November trial is sufficient to overturn the verdict issued in Merck's favor.
Last week a New Orleans jury ordered pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. to pay $51 million to man who suffered a heart attack after taking the drug Vioxx.
A woman who suffered brain damage after undergoing gastric bypass surgery was recently awarded $3.5 million by a jury in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The medical malpractice award is thought to be the highest ever in the Fredericksburg area.
U.S. District Court Judge L.T. Senter agreed August 15 with Nationwide Mutual Insurance that a Mississippi couple's homeowner's policy did not cover damages caused when a Hurricane Katrina–driven storm surge flooded their home.
A Seattle police officer’s use of a Taser on a deaf man has been defended by police officials but criticized by friends and guardians of the victim.
A Belgrade, Montana, man who was arrested on drug charges after he was stabbed in his home is hoping to withdraw his guilty plea, citing the same concerns over police work that earned his attacker a release.
In a report published in the July edition of the American Journal of Gastroenterology, researchers say they have found a direct link between the popular acne drug Accutane and inflammatory bowl disease, a connection only suspected until now.
A recent lawsuit alleges that GlaxoSmithKline, maker of Paxil, knew about the risk of birth defects in babies born to women who took the antidepressant, yet failed to notify patients and doctors of the fact.
Dell is recalling 4.1 million notebook computer batteries because of a potential fire hazard. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), this will be the largest safety recall in the consumer electronics industry’s history.
Sacramento Superior Court Judge Loren McMaster ruled August 10 against an insurance industry attempt to block new rules that will force insurers to abandon their use of policyholders’ zip codes as their primary criteria for determining auto insurance rates.
A Palm Beach County jury recently awarded $11.4 million to a man who suffered brain damage after rods implanted in his spine during surgery migrated to his brain.
The verdict in the wrongful death lawsuit brought by Wanda Jones, widow of Buddy Jones, was delivered on the first anniversary of the man’s death. Buddy Jones was 60-years-old when he died of mesothelioma, a form of cancer caused by asbestos exposure.
A South Carolina jury found that a defective cruise control system caused a 1999 Ford Explorer rollover accident that killed one woman and paralyzed another. Ford Motor Co. was ordered to pay $18 million in damages.
Insurance company USAA announced August 8 that it would adjust its rate structure to fall in line with new California Insurance Department regulations despite a planned insurance industry stand against them in state court.
In an 11th-hour pre-trial settlement, Ohio State University Medical Center (OSU) agreed to a structure of payments to the parents and attorney of 24-year-old Kerri Swain, who suffered brain damage while in OSU’s care.
After the family of a suspected drug-trafficker delivered a $1 million bond to release a relative, they were surprised to learn that not only would their loved one remain in jail, but that the bond money would be seized.
A Philadelphia couple whose one-year-old son died after being given a dose of Infants’ Tylenol was awarded $5 million in a wrongful death lawsuit against the drug’s maker.
The parents of a 22-year-old woman who died in a skydiving plane that crashed shortly after taking off from an airport in Sullivan, Mo., on Saturday have filed a wrongful death lawsuit seeking unspecified damages.
A lawsuit has been filed in Lafayette County Circuit Court alleging that Eli Lilly and Co. abused Mississippi’s Medicaid reimbursement policy in order to increase profits on the antipsychotic drug Zyprexa.
On August 2 the U.S. Court of Appeals upheld one patent of drug maker Pfizer's popular cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor, but ruled a second patent invalid on technical grounds.
The Ford Motor Company has expanded an existing recall of its vehicles with a defective cruise control system to include another 1.2 million vehicles. This brings the total recall number to 6.7 million.
A New Jersey Superior Court judge will determine whether to set aside or reduce an $876,000 verdict issued in favor of a woman who was injured after slipping and falling in a supermarket.
A potential steering hazard has caused Chrysler Group to recall 832,000 Jeep Liberty sport utility vehicles. The affected model years are 2002 through 2006.
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