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Si usted adquirió un seguro de State Farm Auto Insurance en California entre 1997 y 2002, usted debe haber pagado un "recargo por accidentes" ilegal (esto es exclusivamente para los tenedores de pólizas de California). State Farm Auto Insurance presuntamente recargó a los conductores de California una tarifa ilegal adicional por... - Arbitraje de corredores de bolsa y consultores financieros
Los inversores que pierden dinero como resultado de errores por descuido o dolo intencional por parte de sus corredores de bolsa o consultores financieros pueden tener derecho a recuperar sus pérdidas a través de un proceso conocido como arbitraje de corredores de bolsa. Las demandas de arbitraje pueden involucrar todo tipo de inversion... - Researcher: Too Many Deaths Caused by Trasylol
Feb-16-08 Rockville, MD At least one critic of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says the organization acted too slowly when it learned of the dangers of Trasylol. According to Dr. Dennis Mangano, approximately 22,000 lives could have been saved if the FDA had removed Trasylol from the market when it received evidence that the drug was linked to thousand... - Fosamax: One Woman's Story
Feb-15-08 Fort Myers, FL: Karol K. took Fosamax for a year and a half before she developed problems with her teeth and jaw. However, when the problems started, they were severe, requiring the removal of all her original teeth. Compounding the problem is that Karol is a diabetic, so tooth and jaw health are extremely important. "I didn't go longer than six month... - $128,500 payout in racial harassment lawsuit.
Mentor, OH: (Dec-11-07) The city of Mentor brought charges against Michael McDonald, a 16-year-old Mentor boy, after he was found to have left a racist note at the home of a black family. The charges stemmed from McDonald leaving a box marked with the letters "KKK" in the driveway of Sylvia Spikes, who had just moved into the predominantly white neighborho... - $27,500 settlement in civil rights violation lawsuit.
Philadelphia, PA: (Dec-11-07) Felix Wilkins, a 66-year-old Philadelphia man, brought charges against the city, alleging that the city wrongfully arrested him for playing the flute on a corner. The suit claimed a violation of his civil rights. As part of a settlement reached, the city agreed to pay Wilkins $27,500. Additionally, the settlement agreement sti... - $18.3 million payout resolves wrongful death suit.
Waterbury, CT: (Dec-11-07) The family of seventeen-year-old Tim Orefice brought a wrongful death lawsuit against Jason Secondino, Guilford Texaco, and a truck leasing company, after the boy was killed in a car accident in 2002. Tim Orefice was killed in Guilford on Jan. 25, 2002, after his car was hit by a Guilford Texaco tow truck driven by Jason Secondin... - Corrections Corp. agrees to $1.55 million settlement to settle overcharges lawsuit
Tallahassee, FL: (Dec-11-07) The state brought a lawsuit against Corrections Corp. of America, alleging that the company owed the state $3.635 million for alleged overcharges. The suit stemmed from a dispute dating back several years. Sources claimed that a 2005 audit by the Department of Management Services revealed numerous questionable payments to compa... - $800,000 Cyber School breach of contract
Pittsburgh, PA: (Dec-11-07) Rodis LLC, a management services company, brought charges against the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School, alleging breach of contract. The suit claimed that Rodis was formed in 2004 to handle the school's business affairs, but in March 2005, it was notified that its contract would be terminated in 60 days. The suit, filed in Beav... - $700,000 payout in oil spill damage lawsuit.
San Francisco, CA: (Dec-10-07) A lawsuit was brought against the owners of the Cosco Busan, a South Korea-bound container ship, alleging that the oil spill in San Francisco Bay adversely affected the livelihoods of crab fishermen. As part of a settlement reached, two San Francisco-based law firms announced that the company will release $700,000 to compensa... - Trasylol: "I Thought the Problems Were Just Me"
Feb-14-08 Atlanta, GA: Angela R. (not her real name) admits that she does not know if Trasylol was used during her open heart surgery. What she does know is that prior to her surgery, she was not in end-stage kidney failure, which she developed after the surgery. She also knows that nurses in the hospital repeatedly commented that the medication she was given ca... - $7.5 million settlement in Warren Hospital Medicare fraud lawsuit.
Phillipsburg, NJ: (Dec-10-07) The federal government filed charges against Warren Hospital of Phillipsburg, alleging that the facility bilked the government by inflating costs on Medicare claims. The suit claimed that Warren inflated Medicare charges to receive payments it wasn't entitled to between January 1998 and August 2003. The US Department of Justic... - $1 million settlement in accounting oversight lawsuit.
New York, NY: (Dec-10-07) The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board brought charges against Deloitte & Touche, one of the Big Four accounting firms, alleging that the firm botched an audit of a pharmaceutical company by entrusting it to a partner it knew to be a poor auditor. The suit stated that by the time Deloitte issued its 2003 audit of Ligand Pha... - $2.6 million settlement in shareholders lawsuit over public disclosures.
Stillwater County, MT: (Dec-10-07) Several stockholders and investors brought a lawsuit against Stillwater Mining Company, challenging the accuracy of the company's public disclosures concerning financial results and ore reserves. In addition to Delaware, the investors filed suit in federal courts in New York and Montana in 2002. Sources close to the case... - $50,000 settlement in police misconduct lawsuit.
Corpus Christi, TX: (Dec-10-07) Ruben Galvan, a Corpus Christi man, brought charges against the city, claiming that police used excessive force and violated his constitutional rights during his 2005 arrest outside a downtown nightclub. The suit, filed in March 2007, alleged that two Corpus Christi police officers, David Mihalco and Sergio Delgado, harassed... - Still No Recall on the Yamaha Rhino ATV Despite Rollover Accidents
Feb-13-08 Falstaff, AZ Despite the amount of Yamaha Rhino ATV rollover accidents in which hundreds of people have been injured and even killed, there has still yet to be a recall on the recreational vehicle. Various consumer advocates state that the reason for the rollovers is due to a flaw in the vehicle's design. It was in 2007 that Yamaha responded to the safet... - Lawsuit Against GSK Alleges Avandia To Blame For Injury Requiring Heart Bypass Surgery
Feb-13-08 Philadelphia, PA: Pat Kelly and his wife Sandra Kelly of Grove, Oklahoma, filed a lawsuit on February 12, 2008, against Philadelphia-based GlaxoSmithKline ("GSK"), the maker of Avandia , in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania - Case 2:08-cv-00667-RK, accusing GSK of causing serious injury to Mr. Kelly due to its negligence, fr... - Chantix: Two Patient Stories
Feb-13-08 Rockford, MI: Brian W. admits that he dealt with depression before he started taking the smoking cessation drug Chantix . However, he says that after he started taking Chantix , his depression became a lot worse, to the point that he threatened to divorce his wife and tried to kill himself. Brian says that he started taking Chantix four months ago an... - When Doesn't the Own-Occupation Definition of Total Disability Work from a Claims Perspective?
Feb-6-08 As a Disability Insurance claims consultant and expert witness for inappropriately denied claims, I have noticed an increase in the number of denied claims over the past decade. It seems that one of the biggest reasons for claim denial is that the claimant is not satisfying or understanding the various own occupation definitions of "Total Disability." The... - Morgan Keegan Lawsuit
Feb-12-08 Memphis, TN Morgan Keegan, which faces a class action lawsuit from its investors, now faces a $10 million lawsuit filed by CountryMark Cooperative, alleging the company violated federal and state securities laws. The plaintiff claims that its investments are now worthless because there is no trading market for investments in subprime home loans. Furthermo...