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Feb-6-08 Los Angeles, CA: Edmund G. Brown, the California Attorney General is suing one of the largest drywall contractors in Los Angeles, Interwell Development Systems, for "cheating" hundreds of their employees out of approximately $5 million in benefits and wages. Interwall employed what Brown calls, "a sophisticated and heartless scheme" that involved severa... - The Verdict is in: $241,119 Awarded in Age Discrimination Lawsuit
Feb-4-08 Burlington, VT: A Topsham, Vermont man has been awarded a large sum of money in an age discrimination lawsuit in which he claims he was denied a job as a town road foreman because of his age. The man, James "Bucky" Spooner was awarded $241,119 by an Orange County Superior Court jury as a result of his claim. Spooner, 60 years old, had previously work... - Trasylol Fiasco - FDA Fails To Protect Americans Again - Part II
Feb-4-08 Washington, DC: In reading the report issued by the Zuckerman Spaeder law firm, one thing is perfectly clear. Bayer was willing to pay $700,000 to get a Trasylol study done in time for the September 21, 2006 advisory committee meeting, if it could refute the findings of the New England Journal of Medicine study. However, unbeknownst to the contract re... - Attorney Discusses IVC Blood Clot Filter Cases
May-27-16 Houston, TX: Veteran litigator Howard Nations and his Houston, Texas firm are at the forefront of the litigation against the makers of a medical device known as an Inferior Vena Cava filter, or IVC filter . Intended to prevent strokes or pulmonary edema in patients at risk of deep vein thrombosis, the retrievable style devices are known to fail and resu... - Jury Trials in 2008 Expected to Expose SSRI Maker's Dirty Secrets
Jan-23-08 Washington, DC: The blockbuster sales figures for the new generation of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressants ( SSRI 's), which have resulted from their promotion for so many unapproved uses, represents the most profitable off-label marketing coup in the history of modern medicine. Sales total about $21 billion a year, according to IMS Hea... - Merrill Settles Investor Class Action for $475 Million
Merrill Lynch has settled allegations that they artificially inflated stock prices from late 2006 through to 2008, leading to significant losses for investors. Ohio Attorney General Richard Corday said the settlement funds are now ready for distribution to investors in that state, which include The Ohio State Teachers Retirement System and others. The settle... - Cintas Settles Overtime Class Action for $22.75 Million
Cintas Settles Overtime Class Action for $22.75 Million This week hundreds of delivery drivers at the nation's largest uniform provider, Cintas, were notified a $22.75 million settlement agreement had been reached in the class action overtime lawsuit, Veliz v. Cintas Corporation. It was a long road for the uniform delivery drivers, whose suit, filed in... - Unum Taketh and Giveth Away
May-14-16 Chattanooga, TN: While Unum, or Unum Provident , gives with one hand, it takes away with the other. The giant insurer recently declared it contributed nearly $12.7 million and its employees volunteered more than 88,000 volunteer hours to charitable organizations in 2015. Perhaps Unum is so giving because it makes huge profits by denying it policyholders... - Three Lawmakers Give Terminal Cancer Patients Early Xmas Gift
Dec-19-07 Washington, DC Three members of Congress recently sent a letter to the House Energy and Commerce Committee calling for a hearing to examine the conflicts of interest involved in the FDA's decision to deny the approval of Provenge, a new life-extending vaccine for use with terminally ill prostate cancer patients who have no other treatment options. In th... - Force Placed Insurance Terms More Fact Than Allegation
May-7-16 Toronto, ON: Many a Lender insurance lawsuit has been fought on the premise that not only is Force-Place Insurance sometimes foisted upon an unsuspecting homeowner unnecessarily, but the quality of the product is inferior to standard policies, at increased rates. This fact is even outlined by the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), in an online information... - California Labor Law - Nobody should have to go through this
Dec-12-07 Sacramento, CA It was Kaeley C.'s love of cooking that first drew her to a manager's job at Williams-Sonoma. But her experience working exhausting hours without breaks left her with a bad taste in her mouth. She knew California labor laws about overtime were on her side, even if her employer wasn't. "I felt abused," she said of her long hours. Managers... - Recall? What Totino-Jeno Pizza Recall?
Dec-9-07 St Louis, MO Diane Baines didn't know about General Mills' Totino's and Jeno frozen pizza recall until one of the girls at work mentioned it.. One month earlier, her disabled daughter was fighting for her life in hospital after they both ate Totino's pizzas contaminated with E. coli. When her co-worker told her about the recall, Diane Baines (not he... - Morton's settles pay suit
A wage and hour class action brought by waiters who worked at the national chain of steakhouses-Morton's -has been settled. The company has agreed to pay $13.4 million to the plaintiffs for up to a 4-year period as well as stock. The class action was brought by Mark Johnson who worked as a waiter for Morton's Boston restaurant on Boylston Street from 19... - Settlement Pending in Nationwide Insurance Class Action
As many as 305,000 customers who purchased insurance from Nationwide Mutual Insurance may qualify as plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit brought against the company. Claims must be submitted by August 26, 2009, in order to be considered for a portion of the settlement monies, the amount of which has not been disclosed. Potentially eligible customers s... - Unethical Business, Zimmer Holdings Inc. pays $169.5 million settlement for its financial relationships with consulting orthopedic surgeons
Newark, NJ: (Sep-27-07) The US Justice Department brought charges against Zimmer Holdings Inc., following the US Attorney's Office in New Jersey's investigation into the company's financial relationships with consulting orthopedic surgeons. As part of a settlement reached, the Warsaw, Ind., health products and services company agreed to pay a civil settlem... - Retirement Rip-off: Seniors Taken to the Cleaners
Nov-26-07 New York, NY Change is a constant. But this oxymoron is more a truism than a cliché: just as we have had to get used to the change of not spending an entire career in one job and paying into one good company pension (that will keep us well into our old age) there is an equal need for diligence in knowing and determining the hidden investment risks inher... - Schering Plough, Merck Settle Cholesterol Study Probes for $5.4 Million
Schering Plough, Merck Settle Cholesterol Study Probes for $5.4 Million A multi-state investigation into Merck and Schering Plough's supposed delayed release of test results for two blockbuster cholesterol drugs has been settled. The pharmaceutical companies have agreed to pay attorneys general from 35 states and the District of Columbia, $5.4 million... - Totino's Pizza Put My Kids at Risk
Nov-21-07 Los Angeles, CA "I have six kids and cannot risk their health on a product such as Totino's pizza and General Mills inability to inform the public of a recall in a timely manner," says Tracy S. "As a mother I have placed my children in danger every time I cooked a pizza for them and fed them this deadly bacteria, E. coli ." Tracy and three of her c... - Whistleblower: Texas Grandma Takes on Healthcare Fraud in Lawsuit
Nov-20-07 Dallas, TX Another whistleblower is born. This time it's a middle-aged, articulate African-American woman who has a keen sense of right from wrong, and the guts to do something about it. The result is a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the Federal False Claims Act. American taxpayers will have this Texas grandmother to thank for exposing alleged wr... - First Unum wasn't Born Evil
Nov-17-07 Portland,OR Once upon a time, there was nice insurance company called Unum Provident; it had a good reputation and quality product. The people who worked there believed in honesty and integrity. But a bunch of nasty managers decided to produce favorable profits at the expense of its policy holders. The happy company morphed into First Unum and became th...