A nationwide class action lawsuit was filed today against Pfizer Inc., alleging the world’s largest drug company devised a promotional scheme to boost sales of its anti-cholesterol drug Lipitor by misleading women and seniors about the link between the drug and heart disease.
The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court in Boston, alleges that Pfizer […]

Three California consumers filed a class action lawsuit last week against Palm, Inc., accusing the company of selling defective Treo 600 and Treo 650 smartphones.
The lawsuit, filed in the Superior Court of California for the County of Santa Clara, alleges that both devices suffer from numerous inherent defects that impair its functionality. These alleged problems […]

The second personal injury Vioxx lawsuit to go to trial started on Wednesday in New Jersey-just one month after a Texas jury found Merck and Co. liable for the death of a man taking Vioxx and awarded his widow $253.5 million.
The plaintiff, 60-year-old postal worker, Vietnam veteran, Frederick “Mike” Humeston, claims that Vioxx caused his […]

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against the National Association of Realtors (NAR) last week, challenging a policy that it claims curbs competition from online real estate brokers. The Department said that NAR’s policy prevents consumers from receiving the full benefits of competition and threatens to lock in outdated business models and discourages discounting.
“The purchase […]

The first of 6,000 welding rod lawsuits scheduled to go to trial in the U.S. District Court in Cleveland was settled for undisclosed amount, said to be seven figures, the Associated Press reported Tuesday.
The lawsuit, filed by Charles Ruth, 38, a shipyard worker, said his neurological problems were caused from exposure to welding rod fumes. […]

Nearly 2,000 Vioxx lawsuits that were consolidated in a federal court in New Orleans are being moved to Houston, temporarily, because of the devastation caused from Hurricane Katrina, The Associated Press reported Tuesday.
The lawsuits filed against Merck & Company allege death and heart problems from taking the company’s withdrawn arthritis and pain relief drug Vioxx.
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In the first verdict of nearly 2,000 lawsuits involving dioxin exposure from a chemicals plant, a Mississippi jury found DuPont DeLisle liable for Glen Strong’s rare blood cancer and awarded him $14 million. His wife received $1.5 million for loss of “love and companionship,” The Associated Press reported Tuesday.
Strong, an oyster fisherman, and 1,995 other […]