Uninsured Patient Class Action Settlements
Our law firm is proud to announce the first settlement in the nation in class action litigation alleging that a nonprofit hospital system overcharged the uninsured. This came against Providence Hospital System. We are also pleased to announce the first class action certification in the country in another such case, this against Oregon's Legacy Health System, and a subsequent settlement in that case. The lawsuits allege that these hospital systems unlawfully discriminate against uninsured patients who are to benefit from charity care by charging them inordinately inflated rates, and that these rates are far higher than rates they charge insured patients for the same services.
Providence Lost Data Proposed Class Action
Our law firm, along with our co-counsel Paul & Sugerman, PC, has filed a proposed class action lawsuit against Providence Heath Systems-Oregon for its alleged misconduct in failing to safeguard protected health information when it allowed an employee to store in his or her car the patient records of an estimated 365,000 patients.
Asbestos and Mesothelioma
Victims of asbestos disease and their families may be entitled to compensation because manufacturers of asbestos-containing products allegedly knew about asbestos's dangers, including that it causes cancer, as early as the 1930's.
Hormone Replacement Therapy Litigation
Hormone Replacement Therapy ("HRT") is commonly used to relieve symptoms of menopause. HRT has been associated with significantly increased risks of breast cancer, ovarian cancer, and other injuries.
Vaccine Injuries Litigation
Thousands of children born in the U.S. since 1990 suffered severe neurological damage, including autism, allegedly as a result of their exposure to a toxic preservative added to many of the most common childhood vaccines. The preservative, called "thimerosal," contains an organic form of mercury, a metal long-known to be a very potent neurotoxin.
Diet Drug; Fen-Phen/Primary Pulmonary Hypertension (PPH)
Williams Love O'Leary & Powers, P.C. has represented individuals with Primary Pulmonary Hypertension (PPH) and heart valve damage who took Fen-Phen, a combination of prescription diet pills that became hugely popular in the mid- to late-1990s, or Pondimin or Redux, the two Wyeth drugs that caused the cardiovascular toxic effects.
Williams Love O'Leary & Powers, P.C. is no longer accepting new diet pill cases for injuries from Pondimin or Redux involving claims of heart valve disease or PPH. If you believe that you were injured by Fen-Phen, Pondimin, or Redux, please call Thelma Murphy, the firms diet pill legal assistant, for names of experienced diet pill lawyers who are still accepting PPH cases 866-930-2497.
Breast Implant Injuries Litigation
Williams Love O'Leary & Powers has been engaged in legal action against the manufacturers of breast implants since 1986. Our law firm represents more than 700 women who suffer from illness that they believe is caused by silicone.
