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July 30, 2007
Diabetes drug should be pulled over heart risks, FDA scientist says
WASHINGTON -- The widely used diabetes drug Avandia should be pulled off the market, federal health officials said Monday, urging action in response to studies linking the drug to an increased risk of heart attacks.That risk, combined with the drug's lack of unique short-term benefits in helping diabetics control blood sugar, means continued sales are not justified, Food and Drug Administration scientist Dr. David Graham told the panel of outside experts. READ MORE
July 22, 2007
FDA Expands Warning of Botulism, Now Includes Dog Food
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expanding its July 18 warning to
consumers. This expansion is for consumers and pet owners regarding
canned food products and dog food produced by Castleberry Food Company
of Augusta, Ga., due to the risk of botulinum toxin. Castleberry is
expanding the recall to include all of the following canned products
with all "best by" and code dates, and FDA is warning consumers not to
purchase or eat any of the canned products listed in the table below.READ MORE
July 19, 2007
FDA: Castleberry's, Austex and Kroger Brand Chili Sauces Linked to Paralyzing Botulism
Federal health officials warned consumers Wednesday to throwaway certain cans of hot dog chili sauce after the product was linked to the first cases of botulism in commercially canned foods in decades. Four people were hospitalized. The warning applies to 10-ounce cans of Castleberry's, Austex and Kroger brands of hot dog chilisauce with "best by" dates from April 30, 2009, through May 22,2009, the Food and Drug Administration said. It wasn't immediately clear how widely the products were distributed. The contamination by the toxin is extremely rare for acommercially canned product. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention medical epidemiologist Dr. Michael Lynch said the last such U.S. case dates to the 1970s. The roughly 25 cases reported each year typically involved home-canned foods, Lynchsaid.
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June 1, 2007
Judge Federico A. Moreno Approves Blue Cross/Blue Shield Settlement Today
NEW YORK, June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Calling it a "historic settlement,"
counsel representing a putative class of approximately 900,000 physicians,
as well as the medical societies of numerous states and other medical
societies across the country, today announced that they have settled a
national class action lawsuit with the vast majority of the Blue Cross and
Blue Shield health plans in the country and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Association. When combined with prior settlements with other Blues, this
settlement means that more than 90% of all Blues plans in the country --
covering approximately 77 million patient lives -- have now settled this
class action with physicians. READ MORE
May 23, 2007
AISHEALTH.com: Lamb says settlement will save providers $1B.
The majority of Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association have settled with providers across the nation in a major anti-racketeering lawsuit over reimbursement issues.READ MORE
May 11, 2007
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April 27, 2007
Blue Reaches $128 million settlements with nation's physicians
Nearly all of the U.S. Blue Cross Blue Shield plans have reached a major class-action settlement with physicians who accused the health insurers of conspiring to underpay them through the use of...READ MORE
AMA: Real Changes Among Blues Signal New Level of Cooperation with Physicians
January 31, 2007
Lawsuits filed against TJX companies and Fifth Third Bank in nation's largest personal data security failure.
Plaintiffs' Primary Counsel Archie Lamb and Joe Whatley: Class Action Lawsuits on Behalf of Consumers and Banks Addresses Massive Personal Data Security Failure by Defendants.MORE Neighbors sue CSX for $500M over creosote; People in the town of Hull say a former railroad work area is making them sick and may be polluting the water. (Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Florida)
December 17, 2004
DeSoto County residents in the tiny hamlet of Hull call it "The Pit." The fenced-off piece of land owned by CSX Transportation is where the company used to weatherproof railroad ties by soaking them in the preservative creosote. MORE
Residents say CSX polluted community (The Bradenton Herald)
December 17, 2004
A long-closed treatment pit for railroad ties owned by CSX Transportation has polluted the groundwater of a rural De Soto County community for decades, a lawsuit filed in county court Thursday argues. MORE
DeSoto County residents sue CSX over contaminants from plant (The Associated Press State & Local Wire)
December 16, 2004
Eight residents of this small southwest Florida community sued CSX Transportation Corp. Thursday, alleging a company facility that treated lumber with preservatives released cancer-causing contaminants into the air, soil and groundwater. MORE
Fla. HMO case
moves forward; Aetna and CIGNA settle class actions; a judge pushes others.
(National Law Journal)
November 10, 2003
A federal judge in Miami has given final approval to a landmark settlement
between Aetna Inc. and the lawyers representing the nation's roughly 900,000
physicians over the insurer's payments and practices. MORE
Aetna Settlement
(CBS Evening News)
May 22, 2003
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Managed
Care on Trial (The National Journal)
September 7, 2002
Archie Lamb is a trial lawyer from Birmingham, Ala. Mostof the time, when
members of his profession meet with doctors, it's to face off over malpractice
allegations. In this case,however, Lamb is aggressively working on behalf
of physicians.And the case he's involved in-using the Racketeer Influenced
andCorrupt Organizations Act (RICO) to challenge the business practices
of the managed care industry-is reverberating in hospital wards and executive
suites nationwide. MORE
Formidable
FRIENDS: Once foes, doctors and lawyers have teamed up to target the nation's
largest HMOs. The impact is already being felt with big verdicts in favor
of injured patients. (ABA Journal)
February, 2002
Dr. Joe Cunningham never liked lawyers, and certainly never trusted them.
As a family physician in Waco, Texas, he blamed the plaintiffs bar for
the high cost of medical malpractice insurance. And he lobbied hard in
1995 for tort reform and caps on jury awards, to the peril of trial lawyers.
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