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.
November 16, 2017 Another proposed class action has been filed against various pharmaceutical companies and distributors, claiming the defendants’ deceptive marketing of opioid products has contributed to their widespread abuse.
November 16, 2017 A proposed class action has been filed against a group of pharmaceutical companies and distributors over claims that they deceptively marketed and sold opioids without fully disclosing their associated risks.
November 15, 2017 An antitrust lawsuit alleges Johnson & Johnson and Janssen Biotech rigged the pricing for Remicade, a 'blockbuster' drug used to treat Crohn's Disease.
November 13, 2017 A TN John Deere dealer claims WH Administrators has failed to repay health insurance plan participants' medical claims and withheld accounting information.
November 10, 2017 A lawsuit filed pro se makes a host of allegations against Edward Hospital and three individuals, including two doctors.
November 8, 2017 Nutraceutical Corporation is facing a proposed class action that claims it falsely advertises the amount of vitamin B12 in several of its supplement products.
November 6, 2017 WV locales Charleston, Huntington, Kenova and Ceredo claim The Joint Commission, through misinformation, has downplayed the true nature of opioid addiction.
November 1, 2017 A Kansas man claims Aetna unlawfully exposed his sensitive personal health information by mailing medical records in an 'open window' envelope.
November 1, 2017 A lawsuit filed on behalf of a child claims Regence Blueshield oversteps the Affordable Care Act by not covering certain hearing loss treatments.
November 1, 2017 Progressive American Insurance Company has been named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by a chiropractic business that claims it unlawfully reduced payments for treatments covered under consumers’ personal injury protection policies.
November 1, 2017 Allstate Property and Casualty Insurance Company is facing a proposed class action lawsuit that claims it failed to fully reimburse a chiropractic business for providing covered treatments to a woman insured under a Personal Injury Protection Plan.
October 27, 2017 A proposed class action has been filed on behalf of a minor plaintiff that claims Neiman Marcus' health plan unlawfully fails to cover certain treatments.
October 23, 2017 Direct General Insurance Company is facing a proposed class action lawsuit alleging it improperly reimbursed a healthcare facility for providing services to a man injured in a motor vehicle accident whose treatment was covered under its insurance policy.
October 17, 2017 The ACLU has filed a lawsuit challenging the government's stance against providing abortions and other medical care for unaccompanied immigrant minors.
October 13, 2017 EmblemHealth, Inc., EmblemHealth Services Company, LLC, and ConnectiCare, Inc. are facing a lawsuit filed by 24 former employees who claim the companies unlawfully broke their agreement to provide the plaintiffs with lifetime health insurance.
October 11, 2017 A lawsuit filed in FL claims Government Employees Insurance Company cut by two percent payments for certain treatments in violation of state law.
October 6, 2017 Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and subsidiary Janssen Biotech, Inc. are facing a lawsuit alleging they engaged in an illegal antitrust scheme to raise prices of their infliximab drug and suppress competition.
October 5, 2017 A Florida chiropractic clinic alleges State Farm unlawfully reduces pay outs for spinal treatments by two percent in violation of state personal injury law.
October 2, 2017 Assistcare Home Health Services LLC (which does business as Preferred Home Care of New York) is facing a proposed class and collective action filed by a former employee who claims the defendant failed to pay her proper wages.
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September 22, 2017 Two amputees claim Anthem and a subsidiary illegally denied class members insurance coverage for microprocessor-controlled lower limb prostheses.
September 7, 2017 Two plaintiffs are behind a lawsuit claiming Optimum Healthcare IT failed to pay proper overtime to certain workers.
September 6, 2017 Thirteen new cases have been filed in Pennsylvania federal court as part of a multidistrict litigation accusing numerous pharmaceutical companies of conspiring to fix the prices of generic drugs.
September 6, 2017 AmeriHealth Caritas Services, LLC is on the receiving end of a proposed class and collective action filed by a current employee who claims she does not receive proper overtime wages.
September 1, 2017 Good Hands Home Care & Adult Services LLC is facing a proposed class and collective action filed by a home health aide who worked for the company between January 2016 and August 2017.
August 29, 2017 Fourteen plaintiffs say a long-closed Sherwin-Williams plant in Gibbsboro, NJ is to blame for cancer diagnoses, birth defects and other problems caused by contaminated groundwater.
August 18, 2017 A terminated employee of International Health Care Consultants, Inc. has filed suit against the company and an individual with control of the business, alleging they failed to pay her proper wages.
August 17, 2017 In the wake of a damning New York Times report, Envision Healthcare faces a lawsuit claiming it violated federal securities laws.
August 3, 2017 Ten skilled nursing facilities (SNF) in Florida have banded together to file a proposed class action lawsuit against seven insurance companies over their alleged failure to pay interest on overdue Medicaid payments.
July 24, 2017 Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Mylan Specialty, L.P. are facing another proposed class action – this time filed in Alabama – alleging that they charged consumers unlawfully high prices for their EpiPen products.
July 19, 2017 Four medical records companies are facing a lawsuit alleging they for years charged illegal search and/or retrieval fees.
July 14, 2017 Stronghealth Network, PLLC and an individual owner are facing a proposed collective action that claims they failed to pay their employees overtime wages in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act.
July 13, 2017 A lawsuit filed in Kentucky claims Good Shepherd Healthcare Solutions, aka BrightStar of Kentucky, owes workers unpaid overtime wages.
July 13, 2017 A CA man has sued the National Association for Medical and Dental, Inc. and one other after allegedly receiving 16 unsolicited robocalls in one week.
June 16, 2017 CoreCivic of Tennessee, LLC is the defendant in a proposed class action lawsuit filed by a former inmate who claims it ignored a scabies outbreak.
June 6, 2017 Seven more lawsuits have been filed this week as part of a multidistrict litigation that accuses the pharmaceutical companies of conspiring to fix generic drug prices.
June 1, 2017 Six more lawsuits have been added to a multidistrict litigation that claims various pharmaceutical companies have conspired to fix the price of generic drugs.
May 31, 2017 Four plaintiffs currently or formerly employed as medical transcriptionists by Oklahoma Heart Hospital LLC are claiming they weren't paid proper wages.
May 30, 2017 Community Insurance Company (which does business as Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield) is facing claims that it unlawfully refused to cover mental health treatment.
May 25, 2017 DCH Regional Medical Center, DCH Health Systems, and Avectus Healthcare Solutions, LLC are the defendants in a proposed class action lawsuit filed by an Alabama man.
May 11, 2017 A new lawsuit alleges that the plaintiffs' minor daughter sought treatment at an out-of-network residential psychiatric treatment facility, but was unlawfully denied.
May 9, 2017 Four new complaints have been filed in PA federal court as part of a multidistrict litigation that claims various pharmaceutical companies conspired to fix drug prices.
May 1, 2017 A disabled woman has filed a proposed class action lawsuit against Unum Group Corporation and Athene Annuity & Life Company, alleging that they unlawfully demanded money.
May 1, 2017 An Arizona doctor and his wife are the plaintiffs in a proposed class action lawsuit filed on behalf of their minor child who suffers from autism.
April 28, 2017 A California man is the plaintiff in a proposed class action against Genworth Life and Annuity Insurance Company that claims the defendant violated California state law.
