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Sort by date 1,824 pages found matching bank of america- Texas 3M Combat Arms Defective Earplug Lawsuit Tells Tale of War Profiteering
Apr-2-19 San Antonio, TX On March 8, 2019, Joe William Contreras, along with 17 other service members filed a 3M Combat Arms defective earplug lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. According to the Complaint , Contreras and the other plaintiffs suffer from hearing loss because 3M Company and its predecessor sold millions of doll... - Lululemon Discrimination Class Action Lawsuit Reaches Preliminary Settlement
Los Angeles, CA: A preliminary settlement of a discrimination class action lawsuit brought against yoga clothing retailer Lululemon USA Inc, has been granted. The lawsuit alleges that Lululemon violated federal law by not providing point-of-sale machines with textured keys, forcing blind customers to divulge their PINs when making debit card purcha... - Dairy Farmers Reach a Potential $46M Settlement for Price-Fixing
Washington, DC: A potential $46 million settlement has been reached in a price-fixing class action lawsuit pending against the Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) over allegations the organization manipulated trading activity on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in 2004. The effect of that behaviour was to drive up the value of dairy products sold within the... - Why the Bid to Dismiss SEC Whistleblower Lawsuit against Wells Fargo Failed
Dec-22-17 San Francisco, CA: An SEC whistleblower lawsuit against venerable banking giant Wells Fargo Co. is alleged to carry further allegations of SEC fraud according to legal analysis published by Law360 (12/11/17). A shareholder derivative lawsuit in US District Court, Northern District of California ( In re Wells Fargo & Co. Shareholder Derivative... - ER Charges: Underserved and Over-Charged thanks to Upcoding
Jan-10-19 Los Angeles, CA: When a nine-year old accidentally had gasoline splashed in her eyes, her mother immediately drove her to the closest hospital emergency room. They were directed to the eyewash station but it was so dirty they couldn’t use it, so Brianna’s mom rinsed her daughter’s eyes at a regular sink. Turns out, they would have been b... - Unum Disability Insurance Claimant Wins Reinstatement of LTD Benefits
Jan-8-19 Santa Ana, CA On November 20, 2018, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California handed Pamela Fleming a resounding victory in her Unum disability insurance lawsuit. Unum had been paying her LTD benefits since 2005, after a serious and well-documented neck injury sustained in a car accident. A change in her treating physician and a br... - Medifast Weight Loss Programs and Products False Advertising Settlement
New York, NY: A $3.7 million settlement has been agreed between Jason Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Medifast Inc, and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), resolving charges that the company made unsupported claims about its weight loss programs and products. Medifast-brand low-calories meal substitutes, including its most popular plan called the... - Are Actemra Claimants Headed for Multidistrict Litigation?
Oct-13-17 Washington, DC Some law firms and at least one organization that finances mass tort litigation seem to think so. But what does it mean for the little guy when big dogs start to circle around the likelihood that Actrema lawsuits will be consolidated into multidistict litigation (MDL)? Is this a good thing or a bad thing for someone who has had a h... - Attorney Files Equifax Class Action Lawsuit
Sep-25-17 San Jose, CA: In the wake of an Equifax data breach that occurred in July but reported this September, attorneys at Oakland, California- based Scott Cole & Associates have filed a lawsuit seeking class action status against the credit reporting agency. This digital disaster could potentially affect up to 175 million Americans, and millions of peopl... - Unum’s Denial of Opioid Overdose Deaths
Nov-15-18 New Orleans, LA : The giant insurance company Unum—also known as First Unum -- typically denies accidental death benefits (as do most other life insurance companies) by excluding in their policy coverage for deaths related to prescription overdose or for medical or surgical treatment of a sickness or disease. But Unum’s denial didn’t s... - OfficeMax Faces Consumer Fraud Class Action over Cartridge Refills
Belleville, IL: A consumer fraud class action lawsuit has been filed against OfficeMax Incorporated and OfficeMax North America Inc, alleging the company misleads customers about its ink cartridge refilling policy. Richard Schaefer, individually and on behalf of a group, filed a class action lawsuit June 26 in St. Clair County Circuit Court (Case... - Hyundai Faces Elantra Gas Mileage Class Action
Santa Monica, CA: A consumer fraud class action lawsuit has been filed against Hyundai Motor America over allegations it deceived customers regarding gas mileage claims for the Elantra. The lawsuit, filed in Sacramento Superior Court, alleges that Hyundi's ad for the Elantra was misleading because it included the phrase "The 40 mile per gallon Elant... - New Jersey Win for Johnson & Johnson and Los Angeles Mistrials in Asbestos –Mesothelioma Cancer Talc Trials
Oct-17-18 Los Angeles, CA Within two weeks of each other, two juries in California failed to reach a verdict on the same issues regarding asbestos-talc claims , resulting in two mistrials. Nine votes are needed for a verdict on claims that J&J was guilty of negligence, failure to warn about the risk of asbestos and marketing defective products. On Sept 24, the sixt... - Florida Plaintiff Resolves Citibank Nuisance Call Lawsuit
Aug-13-17 Tampa, FL: The telephone has, for generations, served as a communications conduit. And while technology has evolved to include mobile, music, video (live and passive) and data, the role of ‘the phone’ has remained largely unchanged, as a modicum of contact. Various forms of abuse, however resulted in the establishment of the Telephone Consumer... - Mother with Post-Partum Depression Denied Disability Benefits by Hartford
Oct-10-18 Chicago, IL: Even though Angela tried to return to work after suffering from postpartum depression, her boss advised that she apply for long term disability with Hartford Health Insurance. But Hartford didn’t agree with Angela’s boss. “I was pregnant and my job was very stressful at the time. I talked with my supervisors and they said I should a... - American Oriental Bioengineering, Inc, AOBI Securities Fraud
Company: American Oriental Bioengineering, Inc, Ticker Symbol: AOBI Class Period: Jun-9-09 to Jun-15-12 Date Filed: Jun-15-12 Lead Plaintiff Deadline: Aug-14-12 Court: Central District of California. Allegations: New York, NY: A securities class action lawsuit on behalf of investors who... - The Tightrope Walked by Insurers Inevitably Discriminate Against Legitimate Claims
Jul-25-17 Chicago, IL: Recent events involving The Hartford insurance company is demonstrative of the balancing act the insurance industry must maintain between contractual obligations to deserving clients, v. being taken to the cleaners by policyholders attempting to collect benefits they may not, or do not deserve. Somewhere in the middle is the grey area that lea... - Talcum Cancer Lawsuit in California Based on Trust
Sep-10-18 Los Angeles, CA: In the sixth talcum powder-cancer trial that began last month in California, Johnson & Johnson is accused of knowing its talcum powder contained asbestos , a carcinogen known to cause mesothelioma. Plaintiff Carolyn Weirick last year was diagnosed with the rare form of terminal cancer. She claims her illness was caused by using J&... - Class Action over Deceptive Labeling of Muscle Milk Products
San Francisco, CA: The United States District Court for the Northern District of California has ruled that a false advertising lawsuit against Cytosport, Inc., producer of the popular Muscle Milk line of products, could proceed. According to the lawsuit, to increase sales figures, Cytosport intentionally misrepresents the purported health benefits of M... - $110M Citigroup Forced-Placed Insurance Class Action Settlement Reached
New York, NY: Citigroup will pay $110 million to settle a forced-place insurance class action lawsuit brought by a homeowner who alleged he was forced to pay expensive property insurance premiums. According to the terms of the settlement, class members who were charged for force-placed hazard insurance will receive 12.5 percent of the premium upon...