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Jan-19-07 Los Angeles, CA Not only was Jose Velasquez subjected to working in a hazardous environment, he wasn't paid overtime for working through lunches and breaks. This went on for almost four years, until he finally quit on December 1, 2006. Needless to say, his family didn't have a Merry Christmas. "I had no choice but to quit," says Velasquez. "My general... - The Home Depot Inc. Seeks to Have Data Breach Lawsuit Dismissed
Nov-13-15 Atlanta, GA: As data breaches prove a continuing threat in an increasingly fluid online world where everyone has a presence, previous data breaches having resulted in lawsuits are duking it out in the nation’s courts. To that end, a sizable putative class of banks currently embroiled in a lawsuit with Home Depot over a massive data breach from 2014 i... - Age Discrimination “Rampant” Says Attorney Lisa Maki
Nov-13-15 Los Angeles, CA: Attorney Lisa Maki is a bundle of energy and fortitude. She runs her own law firm, the Law Offices of Lisa Maki, in Los Angeles, California. And, frankly, there aren’t many women doing that in the high-stakes, predominantly male world of trial lawyers. “The top number of inquiries we get is age discrimination , after that disabil... - Eli Lilly Settles Zyprexa Investigations for $62 Million
Eli Lilly has settled Zyprexa lawsuits with 32 states and Washington DC, for a reported $62 million, putting an end to investigations into the company's marketing practices of the antipsychotic medication. According to the attorney general for Indiana, Lilly allegedly marketed the drug for pediatric use, and for use in dementia patients at high dos... - $3 Million Settlement in Bullitt Train Class Action
A federal class action lawsuit filed in January 2007, over the derailment of a train in Bullitt County, KY, has been settled for $3 million. During the derailment 500 local residents were evacuated and some taken to hospital, as the area was smothered in a thick, black smoke caused by the hazardous chemicals the train was carrying. The suit claimed th... - Pleasant Care Corp. Elder Abuse Settlement
Following two deaths linked to inadequate care, the California Attorney General filed a lawsuit against the elder care facilities company. The suit claimed elder abuse and criminal negligence at Pleasant Care's 30 facilities in California. The nursing home chain must pay a $1.3 million settlement and are required to enhance staff training and increase t... - Merck agrees to pay $58 million settlement in multistate lawsuit.
Harrisburg, PA: (May-20-08) A lawsuit was brought against Merck & Co., alleging that the once-popular painkiller Vioxx deceptively played down the health risks. The suit, brought by AZ Attorney General Terry Goddard, stated that owing to aggressive marketing through direct-to-consumer television ads that began in 1999, hundreds of thousands of consumers... - Business Booming for SSRI Makers
Jan-8-07 Washington, DC: The market for antidepressants is the largest segment of the Central Nervous System drug sector with global sales of $16.2 billion in 2005. Depression costs the US economy an estimated $44 billion a year and the World Health Organization predicts depression will be the leading cause of disability by 2020, according to a report by Research a... - The Class-Action Ban-Wagon and What It Means to Consumer Protection Laws
Nov-8-15 Rohnert Park, CA: Consumers are becoming increasingly affected by a massive change in the options people have to fight unfair practices like consumer fraud undertaken by corporations and service providers, without even realizing it. What’s more, the legal pathway that provides corporations with what many pundits call a “get-out-of-jail-card” begi... - Tenative Farmers Insurance Verdict of $130 Million in Class Action Settlement
A class action suit brought by 76,000 people against Farmers Insurance Co, has received a tentative settlement verdict of $130 million. The suit had alleged that the insurer had failed to pay for general contractors, claimed breach of contract, bad faith and fraud. The average cost per person for unpaid bills and for fixing damaged homes was $575. ... - 11th Circuit Awards $42,000 to Florida Workers for Misclassification as Contractors
Nov-5-15 The Eleventh Circuit awarded $42,000 to two Florida drivers who were improperly classified as independent contractors and denied proper minimum wages and overtime pay. This decision is one of several this year holding major companies like FedEx and Uber responsible for wrongfully treating workers as independent contractors. Employers utilizing this co... - FDA Ignores Bayer Trasylol Fraud
Dec-21-06 Washington, DC: On December 15, 2006, the FDA said a new label for Trasylol will specify that it should only be used during coronary artery bypass graft surgery but the agency said nothing about what it plans to do about the fraudulent conduct of Bayer Pharmaceuticals in concealing a study that showed the increased risks associated with the drug. Righ... - Financial Institutions Told to Halt Overdraft Fees on College Cards
Oct-29-15 Washington, DC: Hoping to protect college students from excessive overdraft fees and other banking practices that would push them further into debt, federal regulators have finalized regulations that should help them keep better control of their money. The rules affect students who have bank accounts with financial institutions that have ties to educat... - Reports of Injury Prompt SlyDog Retractable Leash Recall
Defective Metal Clasp Poses Serious Risk of Injury About 223,000 SlyDog retractable dog leashes are being recalled following five reports of injuries, including facial cuts, a broken tooth, displaced eye lens, and a bruised collar bone. The risk of injury comes from the metal clasp connecting the leash to a dog's collar, which can bend or break wh... - Healthcare Fraud Lawsuit Results in $115 Million
Oct-23-15 Hendersonville, NC: The Department of Justice recently announced it reached a settlement with Adventist Health System to settle allegations of healthcare fraud linked to improper compensation agreements with referring physicians. According to a release from the Department of Justice (9/21/15), Adventist allegedly paid doctors’ bonuses based... - Weighing Benefits of SSRIs Against Suicide Risk
Dec-8-06 Washington, DC: Before the FDA's Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee begins the discussion at the December 13, 2006, public hearing on the suicide risks associated with selective serotonin inhibitor antidepressants , it should get honest with the audience and openly admit that the SSRIs do not even work. Medical professionals maintain that in... - Misclassification Does Not Trump Overtime
Oct-21-15 Tracy, CA: For the past four years Michael worked as an independent contractor for a construction company. Since reading online about misclassifying workers to avoid paying California overtime , however, Michael realized that his employer has violated several California labor laws. Chances are, you too are familiar with misclassified workers if you r... - Family of New York Times reporter awarded undisclosed settlement for medical malpractice
Washington, DC: (Jan-13-08) The children of New York Times reporter David Rosenbaum brought a lawsuit against Howard University Hospital, alleging that their father died due to negligence. The lawsuit claimed that the hospital and DC emergency workers were negligent in handling Rosembaum, and that his death was the result of medical malpractice. Rosenbaum,... - UnumProvident settles with Two States
Nov-23-06 New York, NY UnumProvident Corp. has settled major lawsuits in the states of New York and California. In the first lawsuit, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer announced on November 1 that the UnumProvident will stop contingent commission payments, disclose insurance-broker compensation and pay a settlement of $17.4 million. Of that $17.4 mill... - Wachovia, JP Morgan Chase, and Morgan Stanley to Pay $16 Billion in Auction-Rate Securities Buy Back
New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo has agreed settlements with JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, and Wachovia regarding their marketing and sale of auction-rate securities. The settlement will see the three banks buy back their auction-rate securities from charities, small to mid-size businesses, and retail customers, to the tune of $3 billion for...