Ameriquest Mortgage Co., at one time the largest home mortgage lender catering to people with credit problems, paid New Yorkers $18 million as part of a previous nationwide predatory lending settlement.Checks were sent to approximately 13, 700 New Yorkers, according to a joint statement released on Monday, by Governor Eliot Spitzer and Attorney General Andrew Cuomo."Through their aggressive use...
On December 6, 2007, Judge David Katz, the federal judge who oversees the Ortho Evra multi-district litigation proceedings in Cleveland issued a scheduling order for the first trials to be conducted in the federal system. Judge Katz oversees more than 1,400 lawsuits pending against Johnson & Johnson (http://www.jnj.com/home.htm) and its subsidiaries relating to the controversial Ortho Evra...
Imagine. A mother and her children are on an interstate in their minivan, obeying the traffic laws. Coming in the opposite direction is a 24 year old drunk driver whose blood alcohol reading was three times the legal limit. This tragedy played out on an interstate near Toledo, Ohio. The brother of the drunk driver said "he wasn't supposed to be driving, but somehow he left and now he...
A study from Turin, Italy published recently in Endocrine Related Cancer noted that former users of hormone replacement therapy drugs who are diagnosed with lobular breast cancers may require specialized treatment based upon the unique characteristics of their tumors. The researchers noted a "growing body of evidence" to "support the association between the use of hormone replacement therapy...
Great strides were made in 2007 to educate the courts and juries about the great deception over the past few decades that led many to ingest combination hormone therapy products such as Prempro and Premarin in combination with Provera. Conventional wisdom about these hormones is finally shifting, especially in light of an unprecedented drop in national cancer registries that dovetails with the...
A study published on October 30, 2007, in the Journal of Clinical Oncology again noted that the use of certain chemotherapy drugs in breast cancer patients can increase the risk of developing congestive heart failure. This potential was first noted more than thirty years ago, but has become more of a problem in the past fifteen years as more early-stage breast cancer patients are receiving...
Distracted teenage drivers chatting away on the cell phone can have deadly consequences, as we've written about here before.But only 23 teens in North Carolina have been convicted so far under a state law that went into effect last year that bans teenage drivers from talking on cell phones. These stats make me wonder and ask two questions: Are cops too busy to stop and ticket teen drivers who...
"Reductions in postmenopausal breast cancer incidence observed in the US were strongest in White women, intermediate in Asian/Pacific Islander and Hispanic women, and absent in African-American women. In all groups, declines were most evident for hormone receptor-positive, lobular, and small cancers. While this and other ecologic analyses cannot definitively speak to the influence of...
Our Toledo, Ohio, personal injury attorneys see the devastating effects drunk driving and DUIs have on families and urge drivers not to drink and drive. New Year's Eve is a popular night for parties and family gatherings, many of which serve alcohol. If you plan on consuming alcohol this New Year's Eve, please designate a driver. Our attorneys encourage drivers to set aside extra money for a cab...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has rushed to make cutbacks on the requirements for companies to disclose their release of toxins annually. The EPA expedited these cutbacks after being pressured by the White House Office of Monetary Budget to meet their commitment to reduce the amount of paperwork to industries by 2006. With these changes, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has...
