The Genentech unit of drug maker Roche Holding AG, makers of the psoriasis drug Raptiva, is removing the drug from the market after learning it can cause a rare fatal disease of the central nervous system. Raptiva was approved in 2003 for the treatment of chronic moderate to severe plaque…
A multi-million dollar jury verdict was upheld on March 4, when the Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision that a patient has the right to sue the drug manufacturer of a prescription or over-the-counter drug if that drug caused injury. The decision means drug makers are not shielded from…
The Peanut Corp. of America, the company at the center of a national salmonella outbreak that sickened hundreds of people, has temporarily closed its plant in Plainview, Texas, after test results showed “the possible presence of salmonella” in some of its products. Peanut Corp.’s plant in Georgia has been implicated…
Peanut Corporation of America’s Georgia plant, which has been linked to salmonella in peanut butter that has made 500 people ill and killed eight, shipped out contaminated peanut butter 12 times in the past two years, federal officials said yesterday. “There is a salmonella problem at the plant,” said an…
A wage discrimination bill that reverses a 2007 Supreme Court ruling cleared the Senate Jan. 22 and could be ready for signing by President Barack Obama within days. The bill is aimed at negating a high court ruling that narrowly defined the time period during which a worker can file…
South Carolina Attorney Herbert Louthian is one of the attorneys representing an assistant superintendent in a lawsuit against Hampton School District Two. The South Carolina school official alleges she was wrongfully placed on administrative leave twice in less than one year.
Mortgage fraud is turning into a blight on the national economy, and federal authorities are warning homeowners, including those in South Carolina, to tread carefully when buying or selling property. Mortgage fraud is now estimated as costing Americans $4 billion to $6 billion annually, according to the FBI. If you…
A recent court verdict in Missouri demonstrates the kind of traumatic injuries that can occur in a bicycle-car collision. A jury returned a $1.8 million verdict in a personal injury case brought by a University of Missouri student. She was seriously injured in 2005 when she was struck by two…
A Florida jury has awarded $13.3 million to the family of a woman who died when her pain patch failed and flooded her system with too much medication. Susan Diane Hodgemire, 34, suffered from violent vomiting and fell into a coma after the contents of the patch came into direct…
Motorcycle accidents during the past 12 months have killed more Marines than combat duty in Iraq, a new report says. The alarming death rate has prompted military officials to call a meeting to address the issue. Since last November, 25 U.S. Marines have died in motorcycle crashes, compared to 20…