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Better be on your death-bed to collect Conseco Long Term Care Insurance

Posted on December 10, 2008
Kingsbury, TX: Melinda's 95-year-old mother was denied long term care health insurance because she could remember her name, therefore she was not 'cognitively impaired', which is one stipulation that Conseco life insurance says is necessary to qualify for long term care insurance in an assisted living facility...

Homeowners Sue Title Insurance Companies

Posted on December 09, 2008
Chicago, IL: If you’ve refinanced your mortgage sometime over the last few years it is very possible that you paid more for title insurance than you should have. Homeowners that refinance an existing mortgage are entitled to a discount on their premium...

Asbestos Mesothelioma Continues to Take Lives

Posted on December 09, 2008
Newport News, RI: Mesothelioma is a horrid form of cancer affecting the mesothelium; a protective lining that covers the majority of the body's internal organs. Prognosis, once mesothelioma has been established, is usually poor and there is generally no cure.

Morgan Keegan Client "Better Off Playing Roulette"

Posted on December 09, 2008
Columbus, NE: The loss of value in certain Morgan Keegan investment funds has obviously had a considerable impact on people who invested in those funds. Most of the time, the media covers people who have lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in the stock crisis...

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Bad Faith Insurance Like a Bad Reality TV Show

Posted on December 09, 2008
Jefferson County, TX: How is this for a reality TV show? 'Bad Faith Insurance: How Far Will They Go to Deny a Legitimate Bad Faith Insurance Claim?' Okay, the title is a bit long, but you get the idea. An insurance bad faith attorney is a busy boy these days, thanks in part to all those insurance companies acting in bad faith, denying legitimate claims from people who are hurting.

Korean Cleaners Sue the Pants Off Infinite Energy Gas Company

Posted on December 09, 2008
Atlanta, GA: Attorney David Pardue’s clients feel like Infinite Energy took a spike in gas prices and drove it right through the heart of their businesses. The Korean Cleaners’ Association of Atlanta (KCAA) recently came to Pardue’s office at Hartman, Simons, Spielman & Wood with a serious complaint about the 3-year natural gas contract many of their members had signed in the wake of the Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Fighter Jet on Training Flight Crashes Into Home, 3 Dead

Posted on December 09, 2008
San Diego, CA: In a scene straight out of a horror movie a mother, grandmother and two children would have been just going about their day in their San Diego home, not knowing that within seconds a crippled fighter jet would slam into their house and snuff out their lives in a horrific fireball...

Shoulder Pain Pump Patient "Really Upset"

Posted on December 09, 2008
Sanger, CA: Peggy L says she is not positive that her shoulder pain pump has caused her shoulder injury, but she is sure that she has all the symptoms of a condition associated with the pump. At 64 years old she was injured and has since undergone a shoulder surgery to correct the problem...

Misleading AARP Policies Hitting Americans Where it Hurts

Posted on December 08, 2008
Washington, DC: The head of AARP insurance maintains that his firm issues quality products to consumers, and assures that AARP health insurance remains a sound investment for consumers, together with its tag-team partner, United Health Group insurance...

Credit Rating Agencies Get Knuckles Rapped

Posted on December 08, 2008
Tustin, CA: A couple of wily bankruptcy survivors noticed something they thought was unfair about their consumer credit information. They noticed despite the fact all their debts had been discharged through bankruptcy proceedings, but credit bureau agencies still had them down on the record as having outstanding bills...

Ten Percent of Tasers Tested Found to Emit Higher Current

Posted on December 08, 2008
Montreal, PQ: With the rising incidence of deaths by Tasers, a Canadian media network has commissioned an analysis of Tasers in an attempt to verify, or disprove their safety and reliability. The tests revealed problems with more than 10 percent of the devices tested, which were pulled from the stocks of US police forces at random and test-fired...

Driving in the Snow is a Winter of Discontent

Posted on December 08, 2008
Morristown, NJ: A winter car accident is one of the worst kinds of car accident to have, given the potential for harm and liability. There are so many variables inherent with a winter car crash—and there may be State, and local municipal regulations governing winter driving...

Risk of Death Behind Ethex Corp. Double-Drug Recall

Posted on December 08, 2008
Washington, DC: In a case remarkably similar to an earlier recall of oversized digoxin tablets, Ethex Corporation last month recalled five generic drugs due to the possibility of oversized tablets, which would result in the potential for twice the recommended dose of medication.

A Bicycle Advocate works to Prevent Bike Crashes

Posted on December 08, 2008
Honolulu, HI: Bicycle advocate Georgette Yaindl has a mission: to prevent bike crashes and bicycle accidents by making our roads safer. "Here in Hawaii we have a great opportunity to restore paradise by making cyclists and pedestrians safer," says Georgette, "but we have to change the infrastructure to do so...

One Woman's Rough Patch with The Patch

Posted on December 07, 2008
Oakland, CA: The Ortho Evra patch, which enjoyed the most successful launch in contraceptive-products history as a lamb-in-waiting, has turned out to be a marauding lion for thousands of women who have suffered ill effects from Ortho Evra birth control...

New Study Re-affirms Paxil Causes Birth Defects

Posted on December 07, 2008
Washington, DC: Various Paxil defects, including those associated with newborns, have been known since September 2005. That's when studies first surfaced that suggested a link between the antidepressant and Paxil birth defects. In response the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) mandated GlaxoSmithKline to update product labeling for birth defects, and other Paxil side effects.

California Labor Law: Assistant Managers Don't Count

Posted on December 07, 2008
Carson, CA: Glenn says he would have made more money and worked less hours if he was paid an hourly wage rather than a salary. "All assistant managers were required to work 10-hour days and we ate our lunch standing up," says Glenn. "According to the California Labor Law, I am owed overtime compensation.

Plane Crash Kills Beloved Executive and Fiancée

Posted on December 07, 2008
Cleveland, OH: It's a point we've made before; plane crashes appear to be happening at alarming frequency. Yesterday, this writer searched 'plane crash' for an assignment and up popped a small plane that crashed into the side of a mountain. I was going to write about that airplane crash this morning, but thought I would search the subject again.

Variable Annuities Make For High Commissions

Posted on December 07, 2008
Denver, CO: You sit down with your financial advisor, who recommends that you put your money in variable annuities. You trust your advisor. After all, you have told him you want your money in safe, stable investments, and he has no reason not to follow your word...

The Zimmer Durom Debacle

Posted on December 06, 2008
Warsaw, IN: The Zimmer hip prosthesis, a device wholly embraced by the medical community when it first came onto the market, has proven to be a frustration not only for hip replacement patients, but also for the surgeons entrusted with their procedures...

Trucking Accidents Have Serious Ramifications

Posted on December 06, 2008
Wichita, KS: If you've ever driven down the highway and had to pass a tractor trailer under less than ideal circumstances, such as during a rainstorm or when road conditions were slippery, you've probably already considered the possible consequences of a trucking accident...

Tackling Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS) Cases

Posted on December 06, 2008
Los Angeles, CA: Attorney and SJS expert Brian Witzer says 85 percent of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS) cases his firm becomes aware of involve a precipitating drug of some kind, including Children's Motrin, Ibuprofen, Ketek and Dilantin. His firm is reviewing information on an ongoing basis to determine "whether the manufacturer of these drugs had significant warning in place to give consumers a basis for choosing that drug or going with an alternative which may have less propensity to cause SJS.

Heparin Failed to do the Job

Posted on December 05, 2008
Duncan, BC: For almost a decade, Allan has been living with a mechanical aortic valve and after heart surgery was told he would be on the blood thinner warfarin for the rest of his life. But last year he needed another surgery and had to switch to heparin; Allan self-administered heparin injections for 13 days...

Mother's Act Promotes Pregnancy as New Cottage Industry

Posted on December 05, 2008
Women of childbearing years represent the most lucrative market for the makers of psychiatric drugs. The knowledge that infants were being born with birth defects and suffering a withdrawal syndrome when these drugs were used during pregnancy was hidden for decades...

Chantix "The Worst Drug"

Posted on December 05, 2008
Gardena, CA: For some patients, the two words go together all too well: Chantix suicide is not an abstract phenomenon for these people. In fact, it is a very real possibility. Mitchell W. says he was surprised by the Chantix side effects he suffered, especially since he had not experienced any side effects during an earlier round of the anti-smoking drug...

Stock Market Losses: No Shortage of Bad Financial Advice.

Posted on December 05, 2008
Santa Monica, CA: There is plenty of bad advice to go with all those stock market losses out there, and while most people cringe at the horror stories of well-meaning seniors taken to the cleaners by opportunistic brokers, there are cases of younger investors with a wider risk tolerance, stuck with unsuitable products foisted on them by vendors with dreams of commissions dancing in their heads.

Tainted Heparin Verified as Cause for Adverse Reactions by CDC

Posted on December 05, 2008
Atlanta, GA: Even though contaminated heparin has been in the headlines for a year now, a case-control study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the respected health organization based in Atlanta, finally confirms via a published report something we know all too well: tainted heparin, and syringes used to deliver the drug, have played a significant role in hundreds of serious allergic reactions over the past year.

AARP Insurance Investigation

Posted on December 04, 2008
Minneapolis, MN: If you purchased UnitedHealth Group insurance branded by AARP, you may have been following the recent senate investigation into AARP insurance with some interest. The senate investigation found evidence of some deceptive marketing, leading AARP to hire an investigator to look into its marketing practices.

Mutual Funds Mauled by the Bear Market? It Gets Worse…

Posted on December 04, 2008
Toronto, ON: So your mutual funds are way down, and your losses are mounting. You're even considering the services of a lawyer, because you suspect some shenanigans on the part of your fund manager who wasn't looking out for your best interests, leaving you poised to file a mutual fund ERISA claim...

Shoulder Pain Pumps Lethal to the Shoulder

Posted on December 04, 2008
Washington, DC: A fairly recent, and apparently untested shoulder injury pain management system has been causing all kinds of problems for patients recovering from shoulder surgery. Yes, they might recover from the surgery. But they may never fully recover from the use of a shoulder pain pump that delivers pain medication directly to the targeted surgical site.

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