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May-30-23 Los Angeles, CA After an eight-week trial and two days of deliberations, Farmers Group Inc. has been cleared of discrimination and wrongful termination charges. Former California-based insurance agents claimed they were discriminated against for their age and fired to be replaced by younger, ostensibly more productive workers. However, jurors determined th... - National Black Farmers Association Joins Monsanto MDL
Apr-27-21 San Francisco, CA On April 1, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation denied Monsanto Company’s request that it reconsider its decision to include National Black Farmers Association v. Monsanto Co. in the Multidistrict Litigation (MDL), consolidated in the Northern District of California. National Black Farmers Association, a Monsan... - Farmers Insurance Overtime Pay Settlement – Over and Over Again
Sep-23-20 Los Angeles, CA Farmers Insurance has agreed to settle a California wage and hour lawsuit brought by Famers special investigators alleging failure to pay overtime, including meal breaks and rest periods. The settlement includes anyone who worked in California for Farmers as a special investigator between 2013 and 2018. And this is not the first time Fame... - Black Farmers Hit Monsanto with “No More Roundup” Lawsuit
Sep-4-20 St Louis, MO In an attempt to stop the sale of the weedkiller Roundup, a federal civil rights lawsuit was filed last month on behalf of the National Black Farmers Association against Bayer (which bought Monsanto). Farmers argue that they are forced to buy more and more Roundup-resistant seeds every year and the only way to break the cycle is to remove Roun... - Force-Place Insurance FAQ
What is force-placed insurance? Force-placed insurance , also known as lendor-placed insurance, is insurance that has been placed by a lender, bank or mortgage servicer when the homeowner’s insurance is canceled, has lapsed or is not deemed sufficient (such as if the homeowner requires additional flood coverage but does not have that coverage on hi... - Force-Placed Insurance Lawsuits on the Rise
Insurance companies, banks and other financial firms face force-placed insurance lawsuits alleging their force-placed insurance is offered at outrageous rates because of the relationship between banks and insurance companies. Allegations have been made that force-placed home insurance is much more costly than traditional home insurance and could be a c... - Syngenta GMO Corn Seed Lawsuit Legal News and Information
Hundreds of Syngenta Genetically Modified Corn Seed Sales lawsuits have been filed nationwide, claiming Syngenta knew, or should have known, that its genetically modified Viptera corn seed (Agrisure Viptera or MIR 162) and Duracade corn seed would contaminate US corn shipments and prevent the corn from being sold to export markets, particularly Ch... - Long Term Disability Insurance Fraud Lawsuit News & Legal Information
Policyholders purchase long-term disability insurance to protect themselves in the event they become disabled and can no longer carry out their job duties. Unfortunately, some long-term disability (LTD) policyholders have their disability claims improperly denied . Policyholders who have their long-term disability claim denied can appeal the decision,... - Force-Placed Insurance and Bank Lawsuit
anks, lenders and loan service providers face force-placed insurance lawsuits alleging their force-placed insurance pushes already financially-burdened home owners into greater financial crisis, putting them at risk of foreclosure. Furthermore, allegations have been made that force-placed home insurance is much more costly than traditional home insuran... - Settlement Proposed in Travelers Insurance Class Action
New Orleans, LA: A class action settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit pending against certain property casualty insurance affiliates of The Travelers Companies, Inc. ("Travelers") in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (styled Arthur v. Travelers, Case No. 09-7332) alleging, among other things, that Travel... - Did Jumping the Gun Kill a Market and Sow the Seeds of Discontent?
Mar-24-15 Jeffersonville, OH Making a go of it in the farming industry is tough enough, without supply corporations making what is easily a hard life even tougher. To that end, the manufacturer of a genetically modified corn seed, Syngenta, is facing a spate of Syngenta Lawsuits following a debacle that cut US corn exports in one year by as much as 85 percent. ... - California Disability Insurance Law
People who have health insurance and become disabled sometimes have a California denied disability insurance claim for illegitimate reasons. In such instances—whether the denied claim is due to bad faith insurance or an ERISA violation—victims of unethical health and disability insurance denials can file an appeal or a California denied disability law... - Farmers Insurance Claims Adjusters Reach $4.9 Million Settlement
Sep-26-16 San Francisco, CA: Insurance adjusters for Farmers Insurance and their employer have reached a $4.9 million settlement in the California labor lawsuit filed against the insurance company. The California wage and hour lawsuit was filed by adjusters who alleged Farmers Insurance violated state and federal labor laws and owed workers for unpaid wages and... - Not-Ready-for-Market Herbicide Kills Farmers’ Crops
Jul-26-17 St. Louis, MO A group of seven farmers are the lead plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit that claims “corporate greed” and “a rush to market” by some of the world’s biggest makers and promoters of agricultural chemicals caused farm crops to wither and die costing farm operators millions of dollars in lost revenue and possibly... - Guardian Life Insurance Denied Disability Lawsuit News
Lawsuits filed against Guardian Life Insurance Company of America by its policyholders claim the insurer has wrongfully denied disability benefits by practicing bad faith insurance. If you had an insurance claim denied and think Guardian Life Insurance and their affiliated company, Berkshire Life Insurance Company of America, has conducted health insurance f... - Unum Denied Disability Claims Legal Information and Lawsuit News
Unum (formerly known as Unum Provident and First Unum ) has systematically denied Unum disability insurance to thousands of policy holders in the past two decades. Unum and its subsidiaries, including Provident Life, The Paul Revere Life Insurance Company and Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company have been subject to numerous lawsuits for il... - Unum FAQ
What is Unum? Unum insurance company is a Fortune 500 company that provides long term and short term disability, group life and long term care insurance for more than 100,000 companies and insures more than 25 million people worldwide. Unum is the world’s largest individual disability insurance carrier. Unum’s pre... - Native American Farmers, Ranchers and USDA Reach Historic Settlement
Washington, DC: Native American farmers and ranchers and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced an historic agreement to settle a nationwide class action lawsuit (Keepseagle v. Vilsack) that alleged discrimination in USDA's farm loan program dating back to 1981. The agreement brings to an end 11 years of litigation, and marks the be... - Paraquat Parkinson's Disease Legal News and Lawsuit Information
The weed-killer Paraquat has been linked to increased rates of Parkinson’s disease and other serious health conditions in farmers, agricultural workers, families living near farming communities and others exposed to the toxic herbicide. Paraquat lawsuits claim Syngenta and other chemical manufacturers have not adequately warned users about the life-alt... - Reliance Standard Denied Disability Lawsuit News & Legal Information
A number of Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company policyholders have filed denied disability lawsuits against their insurer claiming bad faith tactics. Reliance Standard, also known as First Reliance, allegedly practices bad faith insurance to delay, deny or terminate claims. If you have been wrongfully denied an insurance claim and think Reliance Insura...