May 16, 2018 A proposed class action suit has been filed against Under Armour over a data breach affecting roughly 150 million users of the company's 'MyFitnessPal' app.
May 8, 2018 Takeda Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. and Eli Lilly & Company are facing a proposed class action in which the plaintiff alleges the companies attempted to cover up that their type II diabetes treatment, Actos, presented a risk of bladder cancer.
April 30, 2018 A lawsuit says Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma owes a more complete explanation as to why it covered so little of the cost of emergency air transportation.
April 27, 2018 Three Tulsa workers allege America Airlines broke the law in requiring certain employees to submit to mandatory blood testing as a condition of employment.
April 26, 2018 Another proposed class action filed on behalf of children born with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome accuses a group of pharmaceutical companies and distributors of contributing to the 'opioid epidemic' that has swept across the state of Louisiana.
April 24, 2018 A proposed collective action has been filed against Northeast Georgia Health System Inc. on behalf of all current and former medical caregivers who within the last three years have allegedly not received proper wages.
April 23, 2018 Alpha Home Health Agency, LLC has been named in a proposed collective action filed by a former home health aide who claims she and other employees were misclassified as exempt from receiving overtime wages.
April 20, 2018 A proposed class action recently removed to Kentucky federal court alleges consumers who dined at two Boyd County Waffle House locations may have been exposed to the Hepatitis A virus.
April 12, 2018 Three municipalities have sued a group of 11 pharmaceutical companies claiming towns and cities in Pennsylvania have suffered 'a public health and safety crisis' as a result of the defendants’ alleged misrepresentation of their opioid medications.
April 5, 2018 A group of pharmaceutical companies is facing a lawsuit alleging the defendants entered into an unlawful antitrust agreement that allowed them to reap significant profits from the sales of Zetia and its generic by delaying market competition.
March 30, 2018 Another proposed class action filed on behalf of a minor child diagnosed with NAS has been added to the multidistrict litigation involving pharmaceutical companies’ and distributors’ alleged contributions to the country’s growing 'opioid epidemic.'
March 30, 2018 The plaintiff says he worked 70 to 75 hours per week from November to March—and 100 to 125 hours per week during baseball season—without proper wages.
March 16, 2018 A proposed class action against Lang Pharma Nutrition, Inc., CVS Health Corporation, and CVS Pharmacy, Inc. claims CVS-brand 100% Pure 300mg Omega-3 Krill Oil contains only 60 percent of the amount of krill oil represented on the bottle’s labeling.
March 15, 2018 After the dismissal of a previous suit, a group of US armed forces personnel have again sued TEPCO and GE over the effects of radiation exposure at Fukushima.
March 13, 2018 Keystone RV Company, LLC is the defendant in a proposed class action lawsuit that claims the manufacturer failed to warn consumers of potential health hazards associated with 'prolonged' occupancy of its vehicles.
March 9, 2018 A growing number of lawsuits have been filed against a group of pharmaceutical companies and distributors over claims that the defendants have caused a national health crisis by deceptively marketing opioids for long-term use.
March 7, 2018 Another proposed class action has been filed against a group of 22 pharmaceutical companies and distributors over claims that the defendants’ deceptive marketing scheme and negligence have fueled the nation’s growing opioid crisis.
March 6, 2018 A group of 20 pharmaceutical companies and distributors has been named in a proposed class action lawsuit filed on behalf of a newborn baby who the suit claims suffers from neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) as a result of the defendants’ actions.
March 5, 2018 A proposed class action has been filed against a group of pharmaceutical companies claiming they conspired to delay the entrance of generic alternatives to Zetia into the market, thereby overcharging consumers by “tens of millions of dollars.”
March 2, 2018 A former Healthcare Management Services employee claims the company failed to pay its registered nurses appropriate overtime wages.
March 2, 2018 A consumer alleges the amounts of omega fatty acids in Kirkland-brand Wild Alaskan Fish Oil products is misrepresented on bottle labels.
February 22, 2018 A proposed class action has been filed against Oxford Health Insurance, Inc., Optum, Inc., and Optum Rx, Inc. alleging that the defendants engaged in a “fraudulent and deceptive scheme” to overcharge consumers for prescription drugs.
February 19, 2018 NECA-IBEW Welfare Trust Fund is facing claims that the insurance plan unlawfully denied coverage of medically necessary acupuncture treatments that were 'contracted for and promised' to policyholders.
February 15, 2018 A class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of anyone who acquired securities for Bristol-Myers Squibb Company between 1/27/15 and 10/9/16.
February 15, 2018 The suit claims that since AARP is not a licensed insurance agent, it cannot collect a commission for Medigap policies on behalf of UnitedHealthcare.
February 14, 2018 A whistleblower's revelations alleging improper revenue reporting are at the center of a proposed class action against medical device maker Obalon Therapeutics.
February 14, 2018 Envision Healthcare Corp., EmCare Holdings Inc., EmCare Inc., and Baxley Emergency Physicians, LLC are facing a proposed class action filed by a Florida man who claims he was improperly billed for emergency room services.
February 8, 2018 PHI Air Medical, LLC is facing a proposed class action out of Arizona that claims the air ambulance company charges 'arbitrary' prices to transport patients without their prior knowledge or consent.
February 7, 2018 Aetna Inc. is the defendant in a proposed class action centered around its allegedly unlawful demand that a settlement administrator pay for losses associated with the defendant’s 'reckless' handling of a class action settlement.
February 6, 2018 Merck & Co., Inc., Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., and several of their respective subsidiaries are facing a lawsuit that claims the parties unlawfully delayed the launch of generic alternatives to Merck’s brand name high cholesterol drug, Zetia.
February 1, 2018 A New York consumer has filed suit against Enzymatic Therapy, LLC over claims that its Ultra Liver Cleanse and Complete Liver Cleanse products do not perform as advertised.
January 26, 2018 Rite Aid Corporation is facing another proposed class action alleging it engineered an 'unfair and deceptive price scheme' to overcharge customers paying for generic drugs through third-party insurance plans.
January 19, 2018 A group of pharmaceutical companies is facing a proposed class action lawsuit that claims the defendants, since the 1990s, have misled doctors and patients regarding the risks associated with using opioids to treat chronic pain.
January 17, 2018 Allergan, Inc. has faced a series of lawsuits alleging it unlawfully delayed the entrance to the market of generic alternatives to its cyclosporine ophthalmic emulsion drug, Restasis, causing consumers to be overcharged for the medicine.
January 11, 2018 A proposed class action has been filed in California federal court against Allergan, Inc., claiming the drug manufacturer attempted to delay the entrance of generic alternatives to its cyclosporine ophthalmic emulsion drug, Restasis.
January 11, 2018 Members of the Association of Commuter Rail Employees look to stop the MTA's practice of canceling insurance coverage during lengthy disability claim delays.
January 10, 2018 A plaintiff claims administrative staff at Arkansas Rheumatology Center and Arkansas Diagnostic Center are owed unpaid time-and-a-half wages.
January 10, 2018 A case filed in Aug. 2017 and transferred to federal court in Dec. claims two companies' prices for medical air transportation are wholly unreasonable.
January 9, 2018 Express Scripts, Inc. is facing a proposed class action lawsuit that claims it unlawfully charged patients for copies of their medical records.
January 8, 2018 A group of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) have been named in a lawsuit that alleges the defendants have engaged in a 'multi-tiered fraudulent scheme' designed to raise the prices of EpiPen epinephrine injectors.
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January 5, 2018 A proposed class action lawsuit has been filed against Lung Institute, LLC over allegations that the company’s 'unambiguous quackery' has deceived patients into paying thousands of dollars for 'sham' stem cell treatments.
January 2, 2018 Two plaintiffs have sued Rhode Island HHS Secretary Eric Beane over the 'great strain' put on some by the shuttering of the state's MPP benefit program.
December 20, 2017 Microsoft Corporation Welfare Plan and Microsoft Corporation are facing a lawsuit filed by two sets of parents on behalf of their minor children who the suit says were unlawfully denied coverage for treatment of their mental health conditions.
December 14, 2017 J&J and Janssen Biotech face more allegations the companies operated an 'exclusionary, competition-killing scheme' to maintain market control.
December 7, 2017 Purdue Pharma, L.P., and three others have been named as defendants in a proposed class action that claims they misrepresented the efficacy and risks of using opioids for long-term and chronic pain management.
December 5, 2017 Three Mississippi hospitals claim the conduct of 19 pharma-industry heavyweights contributed greatly to the nation's opioid abuse epidemic.
December 4, 2017 A proposed class action has been filed against Wellnx Life Sciences, Inc. and Platinum US Distribution, Inc. over allegations that the parties’ Nature’s Science brand '100% Pure Garcinia Cambogia' product does not live up to its label's claims.
November 27, 2017 The case claims the OvaScience and its board weren't entirely truthful about the untested science behind - and profitability of - a new fertility treatment.
November 21, 2017 Allergan, Inc. is facing a proposed class action lawsuit that claims it unlawfully attempted to block other companies from competing with it in the market for cyclosporine emulsion drugs.
November 17, 2017 Davita Healthcare Partners, Inc. and Total Renal Care Inc. are facing seven different lawsuits filed in Colorado that accuse them of failing to pay proper overtime wages and provide accurate wage statements to their employees.
