Couple claims Actos maker concealed bladder cancer link 
Published: May 11, 2012
Tags: Actos, bladder cancer, diabetes medication, Eli Lilly, Kentucky, Takeda Pharmaceutical
A Kentucky resident and his wife have filed a suit against Japanese-based Takeda Pharmaceuticals and Eli Lilly, claiming the diabetes drug Actos caused his bladder cancer.
Family sues over injuries from surgery performed by robot
Published: April 23, 2012
Tags: Alabama, breach of warranty, daVinci surgical robot, fraud, hysterectomy, loss of consortium, negligence, pain and suffering, unjust enrichment
An Alabama family has filed a personal injury lawsuit against Intuitive Surgical claiming the company’s surgical robot botched a hysterectomy.
Plaintiffs sue food companies over ‘all natural’ claims
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: April 5, 2012
Tags: class action, consumer fraud, deceptive trade practices, false advertising, misrepresentation
A number of recent lawsuits filed by plaintiffs allege that companies are falsely advertising their products as “all natural” or “100 percent” natural when they in fact contain synthetic ingredients or genetically modified organisms.
Family of motorcyclist killed in crash with truck files suit
Published: March 14, 2012
Tags: California, car crash, motorcyclist, wrongful death
The family of a motorcyclist killed in a Burbank, Calif. tractor trailer crash has filed a wrongful death suit against Sarasota, Fla.-based JCI Jones Chemicals, Inc.
Inmates sue over execution protocol
Published: February 13, 2012
Tags: Arizona, civil rights, death penalty
Three inmates on Arizona’s death row have sued the governor, the state corrections director and those who conduct executions, arguing that a new execution protocol violates their constitutional rights.
Lawsuit says deputies broke man’s neck
Published: February 13, 2012
Tags: Excessive Force, police, quadriplegic, South Carolina
A federal trial has been set in a case brought by a man who says Beaufort County sheriff’s deputies broke his neck when they arrested him two years ago.
Wrongly convicted man files civil rights suit
Published: February 13, 2012
Tags: California, murder, wrongful conviction, wrongful imprisonment
A man who served 18 years in prison for a San Francisco double murder he didn’t commit has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city.
Shooting victim’s family sues school officials
Published: February 13, 2012
Tags: Alabama, failure to protect, shooting, wrongful death
The family of a boy who was shot to death at a Madison County, Ala. middle school in 2010 is suing Madison school officials and others. They say the school officials failed to protect him from a problem student.
DEA agents in Puerto Rico claim discrimination
Published: February 13, 2012
Tags: DEA, hazard pay, police, Puerto Rico
Ten Puerto Rican agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration have filed suit against their employer, claiming they receive less pay and more dangerous assignments than agents hired in the U.S. and sent to the island.
Parents of woman killed on Christmas Day file suit
Published: February 13, 2012
Tags: gun, Idaho, negligence, second-degree murder
The parents of an 18-year-old St. Maries, Idaho woman who was shot to death on Christmas are suing the parents of the man charged in her death.
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