In 1999, my mother went to the ER with severe bleeding. The attending physician diagnosed her with an unusually heavy menstrual cycle, and a UTI. He wrote her a prescription for antibiotics and sent her home. I guess I should mention that she was uninsured at the time. The symptoms did not clear up when…
Category Archives: Misc. Legal Questions
Are online pharmacies safe?
Are online pharmacies safe? I mean really safe? I have often thought that they would be a great way for us to save some money and have found a few sites online that sell the medication that my boyfriend takes. But I am not sure if I can trust them. I saw a thing on…
Supreme Court Makes It Harder for Investors to Sue
The high court has unanimously decided to made it harder for investors to join forces and file lawsuits against companies. In essence, the decision “blocks state class-action lawsuits by stockholders who contend they were tricked into holding onto declining shares.” Specifically, the court is saying that the 1998 Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act permits suits…
Attorney-manned Help Desk for Civil Litigants
Though this isn’t directly related to class actions, it’s definitely useful advice that I’m sure someone out there (especially someone living in Chicago!) could use: CHICAGO – Mountains of paperwork and confusing legal terms can be intimidating to the thousands of people who forgo a lawyer and represent themselves in court. But a federal court…
ACLU files class action over right of parolees to vote
The Colorado constitution bars prisoners from voting while they’re in prison… but only while they’re in prison. So why does a state law keep those on parole from voting as well? DENVER — The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit Thursday challenging a state law barring thousands of people on parole from voting…
Class action kings move to NY
TheLawyer.com is reporting that “Houston-based Lanier Law Firm has launched in New York with four lawyers, with the aim of expanding the presence to eclipse its headquarters within three years.” Officially opened today (16 November), the mid-town Manhattan office of the class action specialists will be overseen by resident head Richard Meadow, who will be…
Lawyers want to bring class-action suits to France
Did you know that class actions are not allowed in the legal system of France? The International Herald Tribune reports on how that might be changing: Will class-action lawsuits be the next big U.S. import into France? At the moment, such group suits are not permitted in the French legal system, but a group of…
Do You Have A Class-Action Case?
What factors must be present to start a class action lawsuit? LawyersAndSettlements.com’s FAQ says: There are several requirements to consider when attempting to form a new class action case. Simplified, these are: Numerosity – adequate number of plaintiffs Commonality – common damages and legal issues Typicality – each class member’s claim must come from the…
ATI Technologies in the hot seat
A press release announced today that the Law Offices of Brian M. Felgoise, P.C, will issue a class action lawsuit against ATI Technologies, Inc.: PHILADELPHIA, PA — (MARKET WIRE) — 08/23/2005 — Law Offices of Brian M. Felgoise, P.C. announces that a securities class action has been commenced on behalf of shareholders who acquired ATI…
Vioxx Timeline
TheStreet.com has a great Vioxx Timeline (1998-2005) on its site. Here’s the beginning: November 1998: Merck submits an application to the Food and Drug Administration seeking approval for the Cox-2 inhibitor drug Vioxx as a treatment for osteoarthritis, on the basis of clinical trials involving 5,400 patients. Merck says rates of cardiovascular risk were “similar”…