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Morgan Keegan: Losses, Claims and Lawsuits

Posted on October 07, 2008
Boca Raton, FL: If you are an investor with Morgan Keegan and had money in certain Morgan Keegan Investment Funds you are no doubt upset (to say the least) about the loss of your hard-earned money. If it's any consolation, you are not alone. Many people lost money in the Morgan Keegan stock crisis and are fighting back by filing FINRA arbitration claims and lawsuits against the company.

Dormant for 50 Years, Asbestos Cancer Suddenly Strikes

Posted on October 06, 2008
Bozeman, MT: His would have been one of several obituaries in the Chicago Tribune this past weekend; to the average reader, just another name in a list of people suddenly no longer here. Sadly, Michael McLoughlin was only 63 when he died. But saddest of all, is the reason why he died: asbestos mesothelioma, which was traced back to when he was a boy...

Levaquin's Litany of Side Effects

Posted on October 06, 2008
Syracuse, NY: In October 2006 Amanda was given a two-week course of Levaquin for a sinus infection. After a week she felt weak and wobbly but her doctor advised her to continue for the duration. "I trusted him and finished the Levaquin antibiotic treatment but at the end of that time I couldn’t even stand," she says...

DirecTV Faces Class Action Lawsuit

Posted on October 06, 2008
El Segundo, CA: DirecTV has become the latest company to face a media communications lawsuit. The company is being sued by customers who allege that it collected early termination fees without telling the customers it was doing so. Furthermore, the plaintiffs allege there was no valid contract explaining the fees.

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Free Drug Samples the New Threat to Children

Posted on October 06, 2008
Washington, DC: Patients love 'em because they're fee, and will save them a buck or two at the drug store. Doctors love 'em because their patients love 'em—plus the added benefit of ensuring a patient without the means to afford expensive prescription drugs can have access to them...

10 Die in Charter Bus Accident

Posted on October 06, 2008
Williams, CA: The bus may have had the 'Greyhound' name emblazoned on the side. But it wasn't a Greyhound. That, and other discrepancies are producing many questions and will most assuredly have a bearing in any pending court action after a bus crash in California last night killed ten passengers and injured dozens more.

Financial Elder Abuse: Mother Victimized by Son, Daughter

Posted on October 05, 2008
La Puente, CA: It is unthinkable that an elderly person could become the victim of financial elder abuse at the hands of her son or daughter. Unfortunately, that is what Susan S. says happened to her mother-in-law. Susan says her brother-in-law and sister-in-law stole money from their mother, violating California's financial elder abuse laws.

Ortho Evra Patch Victim thankful to be Alive

Posted on October 05, 2008
Newport News, VA: Lacrecia had 12 days leave from the army and she was scheduled to visit her husband in Germany. But they had an argument and she visited her mum in Virginia instead. That argument likely saved her life. "My doctor said I wouldn't be alive today if I got on that plane," says Lacrecia, "and I can only blame it on the Ortho Evra Patch"...

Trucking Accidents Rumble through the Courts

Posted on October 05, 2008
Forth Worth, TX: When a semi truck accident happens, you don't even have to read beyond the headlines to know what comes next. In fact, you don’t even have to read the truck accident headline at all. Trucking accidents translate to death, injury, and carnage on the highways...

Judge Rules agains GSK--Teen Paxil Suicide Case goes to Trial

Posted on October 05, 2008
Philadelphia, PA:A federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled on Wednesday, October 1, 2008 that a lawsuit filed by the parents of a 16-year-old New Jersey boy who committed suicide while taking Paxil can proceed to a jury trial. In doing so, the Court denied the motion for summary judgment filed by Paxil manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).

Helicopter Crash Survivor Get His Due

Posted on October 04, 2008
Torrance, CA: Helicopter accident news has been in the media a lot lately, especially with the apparent increase of incidents relating to medical helicopters—the latest going down in severe weather just a week ago, killing four. But while there have been a lot of helicopter accidents involving TV news crews and medivac helicopters, helicopter crashes touch many sectors...

Attorney Charles Binder: Advocate for The Disabled

Posted on October 04, 2008
New York, NY: For over 3 decades, attorney Charles Binder has been cutting a narrow but deep swathe through the legal system. He worked first as a public defender in New York City, and then later teamed up with his brother to advocate on behalf of disabled Americans struggling to claim Social Security benefits...

Kugel Mesh Patch: "People Who Get Shot Feel Better than I Do"

Posted on October 04, 2008
Phoenix, AZ: John H has suffered though a lot of pain, and many surgeries due to a hernia repair where a hernia patch was used to repair one of his herniated areas. Many of his symptoms and health problems following his hernia repair surgeries are consistent with those experienced by people who have had Kugel Mesh Patches implanted.

Attorney Cynthia McGuinn: Child Should Not Be In This Condition

Posted on October 03, 2008
San Francisco, CA: Attorney Cynthia McGuinn describes herself as a committed attorney—and particularly committed to seeing that 5-year-old Jessie Champion be provided with the resources she needs to access a lifetime of medical care: delayed treatment for neonatal jaundice changed Jessie's future forever...

Ninety Year Old Shoots Herself After Foreclosure

Posted on October 03, 2008
Cincinnati, OH: Amid the talk of economic bailouts, takeovers and mergers from Wall Street and Washington, two shots rang out in Ohio, possibly an omen of what is to come. While the big wigs in Washington figure out what to do about the economic crisis, including the failures of AIG, Lehman Brothers, Washington Mutual and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, individual homeowners who risk losing everything are left with nowhere to turn following the US home mortgage crisis.

Stock Market Losses and How You Can Reverse Them

Posted on October 03, 2008
New York, NY: These days it's not hard to find heart-wrenching stories of stock losses. Just Google 'stock market losses' with today's date and you get 1000 entries—people just like you, who have saved diligently for years, for their retirement; who sought stock market financial advice and got burned.

The Wachovia Watch: A New Savior Emerges as US Economy Barely Hangs On

Posted on October 03, 2008
San Francisco, CA: On the eve of what will likely be an historic vote in the US House of Representatives over the proposed $700 billion bailout for the nation's troubled economy, yet another bank takeover focuses additional attention on a remarkable week in the nation's economic history and further underscores the precarious health of the once-robust Wall Street.

Long Term Health Insurance: Holding Up the Works…

Posted on October 02, 2008
Washington, DC: In politics, it's known as the filibuster: argue a point incessantly and in circles, and in so doing delaying passage of legislation. In the world of long-term care insurance, such tactics are hardly surprising given the overall reluctance of the industry to play claims...

Steve Fossett's Crashed Plane Found

Posted on October 02, 2008
Los Angeles, CA: Search crews have found the wreckage of a plane crash in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, near Mammoth Lakes. The plane was piloted by Steve Fossett, who disappeared over a year ago after he departed on a solo flight from a Nevada airstrip...

Bad Faith Insurance: The Art of Unfairness

Posted on October 02, 2008
New York, NY: There's something fundamentally devious about the provider of a service that refuses to deliver what you've already paid for. Such is the basis for bad faith insurance, and a bad faith insurance claim brought against AXA Equitable Life Insurance Co...

$40 Million Settlement approved in Second Phase of Paxil Class Action: Insurance Companies Reimbursed

Posted on October 02, 2008
Minneapolis, MN: U.S. Judge Michael J. Davis of the District of Minnesota has approved the final settlement of $40M to reimburse insurance companies, as third-party payers, for their costs in insuring Paxil purchases paid for by the parents of minors prescribed Paxil or Paxil CR.

The US Economic Bailout Hits Home

Posted on October 02, 2008
Washington DC: In an historic show of bipartisan support, the US Senate last night accomplished what the House of Representatives could not do, and voted in favor of a revised $700 billion bailout package aimed at not only taking failed mortgages off the backs of severely weakened banks, but also in a bid to restore confidence to the markets and get the credit machine rolling again.

"Kugel Mesh Patch Really Affected My Life"

Posted on October 02, 2008
Huntsville, AL: Patients who have the Kugel Mesh Patch implanted to repair their hernia may have to undergo another surgery to have the hernia patch taken out. That's because the patch may be defective, causing serious injury to some patients. Evelyn B...

Trucking Accidents: "Every Right to be Concerned"

Posted on October 01, 2008
Washington, DC: If you worry about sharing the road with tractor trailers and trucking accidents, Public Citizen says you have every reason to be concerned. Joan Claybrook, President of Public Citizen, says trucks are involved in a high number of accidents, putting both the truck drivers and the rest of the public at risk for serious injury.

Boss Begrudgingly Paid Overtime

Posted on October 01, 2008
Winter Park, FL: Dave C. gets paid by the hour and due to nature of the job, Dave works a lot of overtime. He worked a total of 104 hours in one two-week pay period, which means he is entitled to 24 hours of overtime pay. But Dave's boss told him that he doesn't pay overtime, which is a violation of overtime laws.

Philadelphia Firm Gets Cracking on Egg Lawsuit

Posted on October 01, 2008
Philadelphia, PA: Looks like the fox got into the henhouse in the American Egg industry according to a 71-page complaint filed in a Pennsylvania District Court by the law firm of Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll. The documents allege that 13 of the country’s largest egg producers and 3 egg trade groups bilked direct customers of billions and billions of dollars in an egg price fixing conspiracy that violated antitrust laws.

Interview with Financial Elder Abuse Attorney Philip Brown

Posted on October 01, 2008
Beverly Hills, CA: Perhaps the only generalization that can be made about financial elder abuse is that, due to a massive range of circumstances, no single event or condition applies to all cases. The victims, the perpetrators and the facts surrounding each case vary considerably...

Asbestos: 2 Years Exposure--20 Years of Illness

Posted on September 30, 2008
Delrook, OH: Up to the mid 1980s little was made public about the long–term effects of asbestos exposure. However, that changed with the realization that the mineral can cause asbestos mesothelioma and severe breathing difficulties. For some people, these illnesses can take many years to manifest, but for Bonnie it only took a year.

Stock Market Losses: What You Don't Know Could Hurt You

Posted on September 30, 2008
San Diego, CA: With the collapse of the financial markets, many people are concerned about potential stock losses, and with good reason. According to Ron Marron, founder of Investors Advocates, some investors have money in accounts that are too risky to be suitable investments--they may wind up as stock market losses...

My Husband's Condition couldn't take Heparin

Posted on September 30, 2008
Biloxi, LA:" My primary reason for telling you about Heparin is that doctors shouldn't give Heparin injection to patients like my husband," says Rhona. "I don't want anybody else to go through an unnecessary death like John did." Rhona believes the only reason she knows John was given Heparin is because she is a nurse.

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