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What's The Latest In Vioxx

What's The Latest In Vioxx by: Blur Loterina Are you a Vioxx victim? Here’s something you have to know. Many people from all over the world were victimized by this drug. The Vioxx was produced by Merck and Pharmacia. It comes in liquid an...

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Class-action lawsuits – Can they help you

The recent withdrawals of the prescription medications Vioxx and Bextra from the marketplace due to safety concerns has class-action lawsuits in the news again. What is a class-action lawsuit? If you have been wronged, can a class-action lawsuit help...

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Driver's Insurance Company Makes Low Offer To Victim Hurt In SUV Accident

In this article we look at yet another lawsuit in which an insurer made only low ball offers to settle a motor vehicle lawsuit in which the plaintiff sustained a significant injury. In this case an injury that really impacted the plaintiff's abi...

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Redundancy - A Simple Guide

When can a redundancy be said to occur? If someone is dismissed completely or mostly because: - The employer stopping, or planning to stop, transacting the business at the location or for the purpose for which the employee was hired; - The need for...

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Malpractice Cases Due To The Delayed Diagnosis Of Colon Cancer

Just the idea that one might have colon cancer tends to bring up worry in the majority of us. It can thus feel highly reassuring to hear your physician tell you that you just have hemorrhoids. That there is no need to worry about the blood in your st...

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How Adoption Works.

In order to adopt a child you must be over 21 years of age and the child must be under the age of 18. If it is to be a joint application to adopt you must be married or in a civil partnership. If you are unmarried only one person can be the adopter. ...

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Timeline of Merck's failure to act on removing Vioxx from the market

Based on an article by THE NEW YORK TIMES, by Alex Berenson, Gardiner Harris, Barry Meier and Andrew Pollack, "In May 2000, executives at Merck, the pharmaceutical giant under siege for its handling of the multibillion-dollar drug Vioxx, made a fatef...

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Qualified Personal Residence Trust

An Overview The Qualified Personal Residence Trust (often referred to by its acronym, "QPRT") can be an effective estate planning technique for a high net worth individual. The concept is simple: the owner of a personal residence transfers it to a tr...

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Lawsuit Loans. No Risk Loans

A relatively new source of financing is now available for both individuals and business owners. It is called lawsuit financing, often referred to as lawsuit loans or lawsuit funding. But these are not loans because the money does not have to be paid ...

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California Defense Base Act Attorney Straight Talk: Dealing With the DBA Insurance Adjuster

If you are injured while working for a company that has a contract with an agency of the United States Government for work outside of the United States, whether of a military nature or not, your claim probably falls under the Defense Base Act. The De...

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