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.
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