When it comes to pharmaceuticals, we put our trust in our doctors, our pharmacies, our drug manufacturers and our government agencies to ensure that the drugs we take are safe. Unfortunately, for thousands of people across the country each year this trust is misplaced because of the tragic and sometimes fatal side effects from drugs that were improperly tested, poorly reviewed and aggre...

An honest day’s pay for an honest day’s work, right? Well, in the real world it doesn’t always happen that way and employers are now being held accountable for not paying overtime when they should have. Workers are protected by the federal Fair Labor and Standards Act (FLSA), a law which requires that employees be paid at least the minimum wage and that employers pay overtime to employe...

International pharmaceutical giant Bayer, which took over Roundup manufacturer Monsanto two years ago, has been swamped by litigation and admits there is now at least 48,600 U.S. plaintiffs suing over health problems tied to the herbicide. Legal experts say that number is likely to grow as more victims seek help from resources such as immediate legal assistance through nationwide reso...

The Essure permanent birth control implant was marketed beginning in 2002 as a safe and effective means of preventing pregnancies. Now, almost two decades later the courts have been flooded with Essure birth control lawsuits claiming that the device causes serious internal injuries and health problems. The device’s manufacturer, pharmaceutical giant Bayer, has been put on the defensive ...

As America ages and modern medicine extends our life spans far longer than our ancestors could ever have imagined more and more senior citizens are moving into nursing homes or similar care centers. Well over two million men and women in their retirement years are now housed in such facilities, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), but understaffing, abuse a...

Roundup weed killer lawsuits filed around the country are alleging that the best-selling chemical mixture not only destroys vegetation but also is linked to life-threatening cancer suffered by victims ranging from field workers to backyard gardeners. International pharmaceutical giant Bayer, which took over Roundup manufacturer Monsanto two years ago, has been swamped by litigation and ...

Most patients, after a scan with linear gadolinium-based contrast agents, are able to safely expel the injected GBCA through urination, which is a normal kidney function process. However, significant numbers of patients are unable to expel the GBCA. They retain toxic levels of gadolinium and store in various organs and body parts like brains, bones and kidneys. This gadolinium accumulat...

Have you or a loved one been put in danger of a stroke, heart attack or other life -threatening serious medical problem because of an IVC filter? Did you have an IVC filter implanted only to suffer filter fracture, migration or embolization? If so, you are not alone and you may be able to join thousands of others who are seeking compensation for problematic inferior vena cava (IVC) filt...

If you’ve been injured on the job there are benefits available through workers compensation but in order to ensure that you obtain the maximum benefits to which you may be entitled it may be worth your time to consult with the workers compensation lawyers available through the national network at injuryhelpdesk. It would just take seconds to seek a free case evaluation from our experien...

It’s a shocking statistic: About 10,000 infants are born in the United States each year with cerebral palsy, a condition than can be caused by childbirth trauma because a baby is deprived of oxygen during delivery. Those statistics come from the federal Center for Disease Control and have left distraught parents facing a lifetime of special needs costs, medical bills and questions about...