Potential Lawsuit: Social Media Addiction Lawsuits News and Legal Information

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 10:53:49 -0700

Thousands of social media addiction lawsuits across the United States allege that platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube did not simply host content. Plaintiffs allege their products were designed to maximize engagement using features that encourage compulsive use, particularly among children and adolescents. And those design choices—rather than user behavior alone—are responsible for a growing mental health crisis.

Potential Lawsuit: Rideshare Assault and Harassment Legal News and Lawsuit Information

Mon, 19 Jan 2026 21:18:42 -0800

There have been too many victims of rideshare assault, but thousands of survivors have filed rideshare lawsuits against Uber and Lyft, claiming the two biggest rideshare companies in the U.S. failed to provide safe conditions for both riders and drivers. In the majority of cases, victims of sexual assault and other physical attacks attest that these rideshare companies failed to protect them by not performing adequate background checks on drivers or not following up on past assault complaints.

Settlement: Civil/Human Rights - Verdict in favor of Plaintiff in the amount of US$1,500,000

Wed, 20 Mar 2024 11:49:07 -0700

Potential Lawsuit: Suboxone Tooth Decay Legal News and Lawsuit Information

Wed, 31 Jan 2024 10:29:53 -0800

Suboxone is prescribed to treat opioid use disorder in conjunction with other treatments. Patients, however, have experienced dental problems during or after taking the drug and they are filing lawsuits against Indivior, the manufacturer. Indivior has profited from the opioid crisis but by doing so it created medical, financial and emotional problems for Suboxone patients. To date, lawsuits have been filed by patients who took the Suboxone sublingual film version – rather than the original oral tablet-- before Indivior included a warning in January 2022 of Suboxone potential tooth decay. That warning came 20 years after the drug was approved.

Potential Lawsuit: Ozempic and Mounjaro Weight Loss Lawsuit News and Legal Information

Wed, 06 Sep 2023 14:54:44 -0700

Ozempic lawsuits allege Novo Nordisk failed to warn consumers that its diabetes and weight loss drug carries dangerous side effects, including severe gastroparesis (known as stomach paralysis), gastroenteritis, gallbladder disease and other serious health issues. Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug Mounjaro—and Ozempic’s competitor-- is also accused of failure to warn of severe gastrointestinal side effects. The first lawsuit filed in August 2023 follows an investigative report by CNN the previous month, which highlighted a number of Ozempic and Wegovy (another Novo weight loss drug) users suffering from stomach paralysis along with evidence that the diet drug manufacturers knew of the potential risk.

Potential Lawsuit: Hair Straightener Cancer Legal News and Lawsuit Information

Wed, 01 Mar 2023 15:33:40 -0800

Recent studies have found that hair straighteners and hair relaxers contain toxic chemicals that are known to cause cancer. Increasingly, women who frequently used these products and have been diagnosed with uterine cancer or breast cancer are filing hair straightener cancer lawsuits against L’Oreal, Revlon, and other manufacturers. As well, women who developed uterine fibroids and underwent surgical removal or a hysterectomy are also filing hair relaxer lawsuits.

Potential Lawsuit: Camp LeJeune Water Contamination Lawsuit News and Legal Information

Mon, 27 Jun 2022 08:57:16 -0700

Anyone who drank and bathed in contaminated water at Camp Lejeune or Marine Corps Air Station New River in North Carolina between 1953 to 1987 and suffered injuries or death from exposure to toxic chemicals in the water can now bring a claim within two years from when the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 becomes effective.

Settlement: Automotive - Verdict in favor of Plaintiff in the amount of US$435,995

Mon, 06 Dec 2021 14:47:16 -0800

Lawsuit Filed: NEC Baby Formula Lawsuit News and Legal Information

Fri, 03 Dec 2021 10:06:49 -0800

Baby Formulas Similac and Enfamil have been linked to necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a life-threatening condition that mostly affects premature and low-weight infants. NEC lawsuits have been filed against Abbott Laboratories and Mead Johnson for failure to warn parents and medical professionals, and that the manufacturers knew or should have known that their cow-based milk infant formulas posed a serious risk of developing NEC.

Potential Lawsuit: CPAP Lung Cancer Lawsuit News and Legal Information

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 11:25:38 -0700

Philips, the medical device manufacturer, is facing class-action lawsuits from consumers, including a CPAP lung cancer lawsuit, alleging the company knew about the risks associated with its CPAP and BiPAP machines a considerable time before it recalled millions of sleep machines.

Settlement: Antitrust - Verdict in favor of Plaintiff in the amount of US$1,200,000,000

Fri, 06 Aug 2021 10:41:27 -0700

Potential Lawsuit: Paraquat Parkinson's Disease Legal News and Lawsuit Information

Wed, 14 Apr 2021 10:56:29 -0700

The weed-killer Paraquat has been linked to increased rates of Parkinson’s disease and other serious health conditions in farmers, agricultural workers, families living near farming communities and others exposed to the toxic herbicide. Paraquat lawsuits claim Syngenta and other chemical manufacturers have not adequately warned users about the life-altering neurological effects that Paraquat caused them.

Potential Lawsuit: Birth Injury and Birth Defect Lawsuit News and Legal Information

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 15:25:46 -0700

Birth Defects can result from different factors, including environmental toxins, drug side effects and negligence. Tragically, birth defects can also result in wrongful death.

Potential Lawsuit: Texas Power Grid Failure

Sat, 20 Feb 2021 19:20:06 -0800

Below-freezing temperatures in Texas that caused widespread property damage, business closures, injuries and deaths have led to lawsuits against Electric Reliability Council of Texas Inc. (ERCOT) and Houston-based utility CenterPoint Energy Inc. Texas residents and businesses have filed gross negligence and willful misconduct claims and potential class actions. Injury and death from the cold, and harm caused by medical device failure as a result of power loss, have led to personal injury lawsuits. As well, economic losses have resulted in denied insurance complaints.

Potential Lawsuit: INSURANCE DENIALS – MENTAL HEALTH EATING DISORDERS

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 11:20:16 -0800

The California Mental Health Parity Act, enacted in 1999, required coverage of medically necessary treatment for nine enumerated severe mental illnesses as well as serious emotional disturbances of a child. The list was criticized as incomplete, out-of-date and failing to encompass the full range of mental health and substance use disorders. It required, among other things, outpatient services, inpatient hospital services, partial hospital services, and prescription drugs, but only if the contract or policy included coverage for prescription drugs.

Potential Lawsuit: Wyoming Medical Malpractice Lawsuit News & Legal Information

Tue, 24 Nov 2020 10:14:19 -0800

Wyoming medical malpractice claims may be made against doctors or other healthcare professionals or organizations when the treatment rendered falls below the commonly accepted professional standard. To be successful, though, these claims must certain very stringent requirements that relate to timing and pre-litigation review. An injured patient’s potential recovery is not capped under Wyoming law. However, where responsibility for the harm is shared, a plaintiff’s financial recovery may be limited.

Potential Lawsuit: Montana Medical Malpractice Lawsuit News & Legal Information

Fri, 23 Oct 2020 11:17:41 -0700

In Montana, a patient who has been injured by substandard medical care may file a medical malpractice lawsuit. These lawsuits cover things like failing to order medical tests, ignoring a call for help that resulted in injury or death, neglecting to provide appropriate aftercare, or failing to give a patient enough information to make a reasonable medical decision. Beyond doctors and hospitals, medical malpractice lawsuits may also be brought against surgical outpatient centers, nursing homes and defective medical device manufacturers, among other providers.

Potential Lawsuit: Surgical Stapler Lawsuit Information and Legal News

Mon, 21 Sep 2020 15:33:53 -0700

Surgical stapler lawsuits aimed at medical device manufacturers claim that these defective surgical staplers have caused serious injuries—for many years: The majority of complications were concealed from the public by the FDA in a “hidden database” and have just recently been made public.

Potential Lawsuit: PFAS Health Risks Lawsuit News and Legal Information

Tue, 15 Sep 2020 21:38:48 -0700

Individuals, cities and states across the U.S. are filing PFAS chemical contamination lawsuits against 3M, Dupont and several other chemical manufacturers, alleging chemical pollution in soil, groundwater and drinking water. PFAS are a group of man-made chemicals that includes PFOA, PFOS, GenX, and many other chemicals. And PFAS are all-pervasive: they are found in fish, animals, and humans. Because PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) can accumulate in human bodies over time, they are also called the “forever chemical” and “the new asbestos”.

Potential Lawsuit: Idaho Medical Malpractice Lawsuit News & Legal Information

Fri, 04 Sep 2020 15:40:55 -0700

Idaho medical malpractice lawsuits may cover a wide variety of medical blunders – from misdiagnoses to prescribing the wrong medicine or even failing to share adequate information with a patient. Not all are as shocking as amputating the wrong limb or leaving a surgical instrument inside the patient’s body, but they do all share three characteristics:

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