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Insurance laws vary highly from state to state, and consumers should use every available resource to know those laws. A Florida class action has been filed against Allstate Indemnity Company and affiliate Deerbrook Insurance Company on behalf of insurance policyholders who allege that the companies wrongfully denied coverage for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exams in violation of policyholder's personal injury protection (PIP) policies and Florida law.

A class action has been filed in the Eastern District Court of New York against OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(NASDAQ: OSIP), a New York based biopharmaceutical company, and certain of its officers and directors by stockholders who purchased the company's common stock between April, 26 2004 and November 18, 2004. The action claims that the defendants violated federal securities laws by issuing a series of material misrepresentations to the market over this time period, thereby artificially inflating the price of the company's securities. The stockholders seek to recover compensatory damages for the loss of value of their stock.

Several class actions have been filed against medical device company Synovis Life Technologies, Inc., (Nasdaq:SYNO) and certain of its officers and directors by stockholders who purchased the company's common stock between October 16, 2003, and May 18, 2004. The actions claim that the defendants violated federal securities laws by issuing a series of material misrepresentations to the market over this time period, thereby artificially inflating the price of the company's securities.

Kahn Gauthier Swick is investigating possible legal actions against EndoVascular Technologies, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of medical device manufacturer Guidant Corporation, on behalf of persons who were implanted with EndoVascular's Ancure Endograft System, which is used to repair abdominal aorta aneurysms.

Several class actions have been filed against the officers and directors of biotechnology company Organogenesis, Inc. (formerly AMEX: ORG) by stockholders who purchased the company's common stock between November 15, 1999, and January 30, 2002. The actions claim that the defendants violated federal securities laws by issuing a series of material misrepresentations to the market over this time period, thereby artificially inflating the price of the company's securities.

A class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of uninsured patients who received and were billed for medical care by any hospital within the Seattle based Providence Health Systems network of hospitals. The suit contends that Providence billed its uninsured patients at rates far in excess of the rates employed for insured patients and that this practice was and is both discriminatory and illegal.