According to researchers at the Boston Collaborative Drug Surveillance Program, a link has been discovered between the anti-inflammatory medication diclofenac and an increased risk of heart attacks.
A new study published in the medical journal Neuropsychopharmacology reveals that the popular acne drug may have a biological link to an increase in depressed behavior among users.
Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty has issued a consent order requiring AIG Insurance Company to refund or credit approximately $14.6 million to policyholders in Florida for rates deemed unfair by the Office of Insurance Regulation.
An Orange County jury made the award to Cade Feitler, 14, and his family. In February 2005, Peter Infranca allegedly ran a red light at a Costa Mesa intersection, slamming into the car carrying Cade.
A nursing home in San Diego, California, has been served with a lawsuit by the daughters of a patient who died after nursing home staffers allegedly failed to monitor her reaction to a drug treatment.
An unidentified man was severely burned on Sept. 27 in South Bend, Indiana, where he was trying to cut copper from underground electrical equipment powered with 7000 volts.
The parents of a five-year-old boy born with cerebral palsy have reached a $5 million settlement with a doctor and a nurse from the hospital where the boy was delivered.
Attorneys at a law firm in Chicago, Illinois, are determining whether to file suit against a dentist after a five-year-old patient fell into a coma while being treated at the dentist’s office.
The various parties involved in the bankruptcy proceedings of diet-drug maker Metabolife International agreed September 26 to settle most of the personal injury lawsuits tied to the company's ephedra-containing diet supplement for $56 million.
Socialite and heiress Paris Hilton has been charged with misdemeanor DUI and is scheduled to be arraigned on Thursday. If convicted, she could face six months in jail and a $1,000 fine.
U.S. District Judge Jack Weinstein has ruled that a case against Big Tobacco involving the marketing of "light" cigarettes as a lower-risk alternative can proceed as a class action lawsuit.
According to a Missouri public health report, workers at a plant in St. Louis that processed vermiculite, an ore used for insulation and other purposes, were likely exposed to dangerous amounts of asbestos.
A jury has found in favor of drugmaker Wyeth in the first lawsuit over the popular hormone therapy medication Prempro. The plaintiff had blamed the drug for her breast cancer.
The National Transportation Safety Board says neither of the pilots in command of Comair Flight 5191 was found to have traces of illegal drugs or alcohol in his blood at the time the plane crashed into a Lexington, Kentucky, field last month.
As a result of two new studies, the FDA has updated labeling information on Ortho Evra to warn patients of the risk of blood clots as a result of using the medication.
At least 500 patients and their families are suing medical giant Johnson & Johnson, claiming that the popular Ortho Evra birth control patch caused blood clots, heart disease, and death.
A 27-year-old Oregon woman recently filed a lawsuit in which she says she contracted E. coli after consuming Dole brand spinach.
A New York couple claims that an E. coli infection contracted from eating Fresh Express bagged spinach caused their daughter to be hospitalized.
The family of a U.S. Navy veteran who died from exposure to asbestos has won a $3.9 million dollar verdict against Crane Co., a company that manufactured asbestos-containing gaskets for the ship U.S.S. Bremerton.
In Aurora, Colorado, on Thursday, a 28-year-old man was sentenced to 12 years in prison for killing a bride-to-be while drunkenly speeding at nearly 90 miles per hour.
A couple from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, recently filed a lawsuit against Dole claiming that their two children contracted E. coli infections after eating Dole brand spinach.
The owners of a nursing home just outside of New Orleans were recently indicted on charges of cruelty and negligent homicide in the deaths of 35 patients who died as a result of Hurricane Katrina.
An explosion at a duplex in Bel-Ridge, Missouri, severely burned Andre Bickley, 19, his sister, Antanita Vance, 22, and her 4-year-old daughter, Ashanta. Local authorities are sure that a natural gas leak caused the blast.
Terry L. Williams, a former railroad employee who was diagnosed with toxic encephalopathy, a form of permanent brain damage, was recently awarded $1.8 million by a jury in Louisville, Kentucky.
Mark de Tournillon Sr. agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by the estates of the late Lawrence and Judith Lewis for $2.75 million, 3 months after pleading guilty to 2 counts of involuntary manslaughter by intoxication.
A Puyallup, Washington, firefighter died June 1, succumbing to a form of cancer the state recognizes as a job-related disease for firefighters. The city’s insurance company is seeking to appeal the claim.
After testing 14 beverages containing both vitamin C and sodium benzoate for benzene, Consumer Reports found as much as 6 parts per billion of this known carcinogen in certain beverages.
Health insurer Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware has admitted to not meeting legally mandated response times to 25 inquiries from the state's Department of Insurance and will pay a $10,000 fine.
The widow of a tractor driver who died in a collision with a commercial truck is taking legal action against the truck operator and the company that employs him.
The U.S. government has joined a qui tam lawsuit filed against Dey Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Merck.
Investors throughout the state lost millions of dollars to the land and securities investment scheme.
Two recent drownings on Lake Travis in Travis County, Texas, and an accident on a New York lake that killed 20 people last year have prompted Texas state and local officials to seek better regulation of commercially operated vessels.
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating motorcycle accidents for the first time in the agency’s history. The near-fatal crash of Ben Roethlisberger on June 12 was one of the first accidents investigated.
An asbestos exposure suit has been filed in Madison County, Illinois, Circuit Court by the widow of a man who allegedly died from asbestos exposure caused by the negligence of 40 corporations.
The family of a Canadian woman who perished in last month's crash of Comair Flight 5191 in Kentucky is filing a lawsuit against the airline.
Fighting allegations that it illegally dumped sick policyholders to avoid paying claims, Blue Cross of California announced Tuesday that it is changing some of its methods for canceling individual health insurance policies.
The Iowa Court of Appeals has overturned a Sioux Center, Iowa, woman’s drug conviction after a juror mentioned the woman’s prior convictions during deliberations, an act the court said constitutes juror misconduct.
Doral Financial Corp. recently agreed to pay a $25 million civil penalty after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged the Puerto Rican lender with fraud.
Two judges, one in San Diego and one in New York, have threatened court action to end ongoing squabbling by the various parties involved in the bankruptcy proceedings of the now-defunct diet-drug maker Metabolife.
A jury ruled in favor of mesothelioma victim David Bakkie and against the manufacturer of a defective product that is said to have exposed him to asbestos while he used the product at work.
Only three days after Delaware launched its new Most Wanted Child Support Evaders poster campaign, Devin L. Wright Sr., one of the state’s top ten offenders, was arrested.
The North Carolina-based SafeGuard Guaranty Corporation announced plans to offer divorce insurance internationally sometime in early 2007.
A coroner’s jury in Waukegan, Illinois, has ruled that the death of a heart attack victim who sat in a hospital waiting room for nearly two hours was a homicide.
This past week, two residents of Louisiana’s greater Baton Rouge area filed federal lawsuits against drugmaker Eli Lilly, saying that the company failed to warn Zyprexa patients of the risk of diabetes.
A new study links the use of SSRI antidepressants with an increased risk of violent behavior.
The results of a recently released study show that residents who lived near a now-defunct rubber factory in Hamilton, New Jersey, have higher than normal rates of bladder and brain cancer and leukemia.
A suspected Delaware drug dealer, Joseph Bentley, has been indicted on the rarely-used charge of death resulting from the distribution of a controlled substance.
In response to new regulations written and implemented by Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi, insurers Safeco and 21st Century plan significant rate reductions for California consumers.
Segway Inc. and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary recall of Segway Personal Transporters. A software glitch may cause the units to shift into reverse, causing riders to fall.
The residents of a Rockford, Illinois, home were arrested on drug and weapons charges after fatally shooting Corey J. Brown, an armed invader.
The two largest U.S. airlines say that pending court approval, they will have to pay nothing after settling their part with most of the plaintiffs in a multimillion dollar class-action lawsuit.
Last week, Harford County, Maryland, officials sent letters to 375 homes in the Forest Hill community, notifying residents of groundwater contamination near a local elementary school.
On Wednesday, San Diego investigators asked prosecutors to charge Foley with misdemeanor DUI, following a September 3 incident in which an off-duty police officer shot Foley during a traffic stop near Foley’s home.
A 56-year-old Forth Worth, Texas, resident was sentenced Wednesday to 99 years in prison following his eighth DWI conviction. However, he will be eligible for parole in 15 years.
The Securities and Exchange Commission claims Deni G. Leonard took advantage of well-meaning people seeking to aid Native Americans.
Two UC Berkeley students and a recent graduate were arrested and have pleaded not guilty in connection with an incident involving the distribution of marijuana cookies.
Twenty-nine plaintiffs from seven states have filed suit against Pfizer, alleging the drug maker concealed dangerous health risks linked to its popular cholesterol-reducing drug Lipitor.
Darrel Harris left his St. Louis, Missouri, home minutes before it was completely leveled by a natural gas explosion the afternoon of Sept. 12. He saw the blast in his rearview mirror as he was driving away.
Shalena Douglas, 2, died en route to a hospital after being burned over 90 percent of her body when her home exploded Sunday, Sept. 3. Local authorities said that a gas leak caused the explosion.
On September 8, 49-year-old Mark Steven Blakemore of Erie, Colorado, was arrested and indicted by a grand jury on 6 charges of theft and 17 counts of securities fraud. He posted bond of $50,000.
Last year, former Kellogg, Brown & Root employee Julie McBride filed a qui tam suit under the federal False Claims Act against her former employer, a subsidiary of Halliburton.
An internal airline memo has revealed that Comair Airlines was utilizing inaccurate diagrams of Lexington, Kentucky’s Blue Grass Airport at the time Flight 5191 crashed, killing 49 of the 50 people on board.
A massive barge crashed into an Amtrak railroad bridge in Old Lyme, Connecticut, on Saturday, causing several hours of train delays and stranding boat traffic.
Three American medical volunteers are dead after a plane crash near Tijuana.
The federal government will pay $3.4 million to the parents of a 20-year-old Spokane, Washington, man, two years after a plane crash took his life, along with the life of another student pilot.
Former St. Louis University basketball star Anthony Bonner avoided facing jail time through a deal in which the former NBA forward and new American Basketball Association coach will pay more than $150,000 in back child support.
The federal government has awarded roughly $11.6 million to 21 states that have increased the number of children adopted from foster care.
Miami resident Iggy Santisteban was sentenced September 8 to 37 months in federal prison for his part in a multimillion dollar conspiracy to illegally import, counterfeit, and sell Lipitor and other drugs.
New dog ordinances in Madison have strengthened the rules that govern what happens to a dog and its owner after the dog causes injury to someone.
After almost a week of deliberations in a wrongful death lawsuit involving a fallen police officer, a California jury found two companies liable for not warning the officer of potential defects in his bullet-proof vest.
In light of recent federal investigations into the accounting practices of corporations throughout the nation, many companies have elected to conduct their own internal investigations relating to the backdating of stock options granted to employees.
A study released earlier this week reveals that almost 70 percent of the workers who responded to the World Trade Center attacks incurred lung ailments during or after their work at the site.
An 8-year-old girl who suffered a birth injury that left her right arm paralyzed was recently awarded $1.1 million in damages by a jury in Bowling Green, Ohio.
John Lee, 28, was found dead in his Lewisville, Texas, apartment shortly after midnight on Sept. 5, poisoned by carbon monoxide from the truck he had apparently left running in the garage connected to his apartment.
A San Diego County Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday that the Farmers Insurance Group illegally charged additional fees for policies paid on installment and ordered the insurer to refund more than $115 million to customers.
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