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Sort by date 16,482 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Patients Battle Surprise Emergency Room Charges
Feb-20-19 Washington, DC Dr. Joaquin Lopez ‘s surprise emergency room bill came after he and his insurer had already paid $11,000 toward the cost of emergency gallbladder surgery . For dentist Brad Buckingham, who fell off his bicycle, the shock was a $70,000 bill to repair a broken hip. For Stacey Shapiro, it was a $6,720 emergency room fee to treat sudd... - ERISA Lawsuit Claims Fidelity Investments Took Secret Kickbacks
Mar-11-19 Boston, MA On February 21, 2019, Andre W. Wong, a participant in T-Mobile USA Inc.'s 401(k) plan, filed a class action ERISA lawsuit in Massachusetts District Court. The lawsuit may ultimately affect nearly every 401k plan participant in every plan that has offered investment options managed by Fidelity Investments since 2017. Wong v. FMR LLC lays... - Jamba Juice Feels the Squeeze in California Unpaid Wages Lawsuit
Mar-11-19 Los Angeles, CA Superior Court Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl has approved Jamba Juice’s offer to settle a class action California unpaid wages lawsuit for $1.95 million. The plaintiffs in Arteaga v. Jamba Juice claimed that the smoothie chain forced nearly 5,500 employees to work off the clock – through meal breaks and without proper overtime p... - Subpoenas Fly! Senate Demands Docs in Tainted Talcum Powder Probe
Mar-5-19 Washington, DC The long-running Johnson & Johnson (J&J) talcum powder lawsuits have now taken a strangely contemporary turn as long-silent witnesses, both in this world and the next, tell tales. The Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have subpoenaed corporate documents, and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) Ranking Membe... - 3M Allegedly Reported False Safety Results to Procure Lucrative Contract
Mar-6-19 Kansas City, MO On February 21, 2019, Jonathan Foster, an Army Reserve veteran, filed a 3M Combat Arms defective earplug lawsuit in the Western District of Missouri. He suffers from tinnitus, a symptom of permanent hearing loss, because the earplugs supplied to him by the Army during his training and subsequent deployment to Afghanistan were badly de... - California Misclassified Independent Contractors Settle for Employee Status—is it the Right Choice?
Mar-1-19 Santa Clara, CA: From strippers to cooks to construction workers, independent contractors who say they are misclassified under California labor laws may want to take into consideration what they stand to lose before filing a misclassification lawsuit to be classified as an employee. Sure, the benefits are enticing but they come at a price, such as loss o... - Take the MRI, Hold the Gadolinium
Feb-27-19 Tampa, FL: Studies have shown that a host of conditions are characterized by retention of gadolinium, and the proven retention of this heavy metal in brain tissue has been named “gadolinium storage condition”. Armed with these facts, Virginia says she refused to have a second MRI with contrast dye and her radiologist was okay with that. G... - School Bus Drivers’ Wage Lawsuit Survives Crippling Challenge
Feb-22-19 San Francisco, CA In Humes v. First Student Inc. , a group of California bus drivers claim that the company for which they worked, First Student, Inc. (formerly Laidlaw) failed to pay them for all the hours that they worked . In the latest legal turn, the Ninth Circuit has cleared the way for the drivers to pursue their lawsuit as a class action. That... - Washington State Employees Credit Union Settles Excessive Overdraft Fees Lawsuit for $2.99 Million
Feb-15-19 Tacoma, WA Washington State Employees Credit Union (“WSECU”) has agreed to pay $2.99 million to settle an excessive overdraft fees lawsuit . The class action lawsuit, Wodja v. Washington State Employees Credit Union , alleges that WSECU charged overdraft fees when members actually had enough money in their accounts. The settlement cov... - Credit Unions – A Case of Shutdown Shame?
Jan-24-19 Washington, DC This is a good news/bad news story. The good news is that many banks and credit unions are offering financial relief to workers affected by the US government shutdown. The bad news is that the relief is designed to be temporary and limited. It also fails to address the widespread problem of excessive checking account overdraft charges that h... - Dockworkers’ ERISA Lawsuit Challenges Denial of Preapproved Benefits
Feb-14-19 Los Angeles, CA Delgado v. ILWU-PMA Welfare Plan , an ERISA lawsuit now pending in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, has more lives than a cat. Whether the lawsuit survives the latest Motion to Dismiss is important, though. To look at the issue from the plaintiffs’ perspective, this is because... - More 3M Defective Earplug Lawsuits Filed
Feb-19-19 Santa Clara, CA: Since a whistleblower lawsuit last was settled for $9.1 million dollars, which alleged 3M sold Combat Arms defective earplugs to the military, hundreds of US army veterans nationwide have filed lawsuits against the company. The whistleblower lawsuit, which was filed by the Department of Justice , claimed that the dual-ended earplug... - Trouble ahead for California trucker wage lawsuits?
Feb-7-19 Los Angeles, CA The California Labor Commissioner awarded 24 truck port drivers a total of $6 million for unpaid wages and benefits. The underpayment arose from NFI/California Cartage Express’s practice of intentionally misclassifying the drivers as independent contractors, rather than as employees. Since the 2018 California Supreme Court decisi... - Imerys Talc Claims Bankruptcy, J&J Ovarian Cancer Claims Continue
Feb-18-19 Three Forks, MT: Facing about 14,000 asbestos-talc cases claiming that talc causes ovarian cancer and mesothelioma, Imerys Talc America has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Court records indicate that defending a single case can cost Imerys $4 million and some juries have awarded damages up to $2.75 million against the company. Imerys is the... - Johnson & Johnson Settles Deceptive Hip Implant Marketing Lawsuits for $120 Million
Feb-12-19 Washington, DC Johnson & Johnson (“J&J”) has agreed to pay $120 million to the attorneys general of 46 states and Washington, D.C. to settle claims that the company made unfair and deceptive statements in the promotion of its ASR XL and Pinnacle Ultamet hip implant systems. A separate agreement is expected to resolve most of the thousands of co... - Stevens Johnson Syndrome Lawsuit News & Legal Information
Stevens Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis (SJS/TEN) is a severe skin reaction usually triggered by certain medications. Once thought to be separate conditions, Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis are now considered part of a continuum. SJS is the least severe and TEN is the most severe of the disease spectrum. Some victims hav... - Stevens Johnson Syndrome (SJS) FAQ
What is Stevens Johnson Syndrome ? Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS) is essentially an adverse reaction to medication and a debilitating, potentially life-threatening skin disease. Approximately 150,000 deaths per year in the US are caused by adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and SJS is recognized as one of the most serious ADRs. SJS affects the skin and... - Discrepancies in Emergency Room Overcharges Cause Frustration and Financial Woes
Feb-11-19 Scottsdale, AZ : Emergency room care in the US is the highest-priced care a patient can receive. Even a minor condition can set you back thousands of dollars, which in itself can cause health issues—financial problems are stressful. It can get worse: one patient dinged with outrageous emergency room overcharges later discovered that another patient wit... - The Labor Commissioner's Office Working California Overtime?
Feb-4-19 Oakland, CA Last year the restaurant industry alone was cited in California labor law violations amounting to millions of dollars. And according to a 2017 report, California wage theft can cost workers about $2 billion per year. That amount may rise now that agricultural workers are entitled to farmworker overtime pay based on a schedule issued by the La... - Tests and Studies For and Against J&J Talc - Jury Still Out
Jan-22-19 Santa Clara, CA Despite a number of asbestos-talc lawsuits and studies to the contrary, Johnson & Johnson still stands by its talcum powder, asserting it doesn’t cause mesothelioma or ovarian cancer because their product sold to consumers never contained asbestos. J&J says plaintiffs are using attorney-driven science along with faulty studie...