Did you know that many nursing home residents who have been mistreated or neglected have been unable to hold nursing homes publicly accountable for their actions? This is because many nursing homes have buried forced arbitration clauses in fine print in their nursing home admission contracts. These clauses have deprived residents of their right to...
Class action lawsuits have been filed by Flint residents against Gov. Rick Snyder, Michigan Department of Health & Human Services (MDHHS), Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) and additional government officials. These include actions filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Genesee County Circuit Court, and the Court of...
Filings of morcellator cancer lawsuits are continuing to be filed since consolidation of the Ethicon cases by a federal judicial panel in October, 2015. As described on the District of Kansas’ website, “The cases in this MDL involve common factual questions arising from allegations that (1) defects in the design of Ethicon, Inc.’s power morcellators...
In December, 2015, Plaintiffs with filed cases alleging that Viagra® has caused some men to develop melanoma have asked the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) to consolidate cases from across the U.S. in California. Viagra® is manufactured by Pfizer and prescribed for erectile dysfunction. According to the petition, “To date, multiple individuals...
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