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Oakland, CA: A Veterans disability class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of several Veterans Affairs associations including Vietnam Veterans of America as well as individual Vietnam veterans, over allegations that several government agencies including the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), The United States Department of Defense, The United Sta... - Drywall Contractor Fined $2 million; Is California Wage Theft Rampant?
Aug-10-18 Los Angeles: After workers at Fullerton Pacific Interiors Inc., complained about California labor law violations to the non-profit Carpenters Contractors Cooperation Committee, the California Labor Commissioner’s Office stepped in. Investigators found that the drywall company paid a daily rate that didn’t include overtime hours or rest breaks and 28... - Nike Faces Nationwide Wages and Overtime Class Action
San Francisco, CA: A former employee of the San Francisco NikeTown Store has filed a wages and overtime class action complaint against Nike alleging that the sporting goods manufacturer failed to compensate him for overtime, meals and rest breaks as well as any additions shifts he worked. The employment lawsuit was filed by Webster Proctor, on... - $5.6 Million Settlement Against Kia Motors for Selling Cars With Defective Brakes
Philadelphia, PA The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has affirmed the $5.6 million class action judgment against Kia Motors America for selling cars with defective brakes to Pennsylvania consumers. The high Court issued a 79 page decision on December 2, 2011 upholding the 2005 class action verdict but remanding to the trial court for recalculation the award... - Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against CIQ Claiming Smartphone Wiretap Violations
Seattle, WA: A group of consumers filed a nationwide class-action lawsuit claiming that smartphone manufacturers HTC Corporation, HTC America, Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd use software developed by Carrier IQ, Inc. ("CIQ") that illegally intercepts incoming text messages and captures users' key strokes—including those used to compose email a... - Big Law Employee Sues Unum Group for Denial of Benefits
Jun-22-18 Greeneville, TN: On May 14, 2018, Janet Mitchell, a former employee of the mega law firm Jones Day, filed a lawsuit against both Unum and Jones Day in a Tennessee Federal Court. Mitchell states that she suffers from a constellation of health conditions that prevent her from being able to work, including coronary artery disease, fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis... - Settlement Reached in Complete Moisture Plus Contact Lens Solution Class Action
Orange County, CA: California consumers who purchased the recalled Complete®MoisturePlusTM contact lens solution have agreed to settle a Court-certified class action consumer fraud lawsuit against Advanced Medical Optics (now known as Abbott Medical Optics, "AMO") concerning its sale of the solution. The settlement is subject to court approval. ... - $2.46B Settlement in HSBC Securities Fraud Class Action Lawsuit
New York, NY: Hong Kong Bank of Canada (HSBC) has been ordered to pay $2.46 billion in settlement of a securities class action lawsuit brought by shareholders of a business formerly known as Household International, which was acquired by HSBC in 2003, for $14.2bn. In writing the verdict, Judge Ronald A Guzman of Federal District Court in Chicago ord... - The Predatory Lending Cycle of the Car Title Loan
Mar-13-17 Fort Worth, TX: The greed from need cycle of car title loans is far from new. In February, 2015 the Star-Telegram (02/14/15) in Fort Worth was reporting that the average resident of Texas was about $40,000 in debt. The car title loan was one quick and easy way for Texans to deal with short-term financial crises, such as a family emergency. However... - Unum Insurance Lawsuits Gain Momentum
May-18-18 Ellicott City, MD: A former Maryland project manager for a real estate company has accused the Unum Group of suspending her monthly disability payments after 26 years of payments when she was elected to serve part-time on the Howard County Board of Education. Five years after notifying Unum life insurance that she had been elected to the Board of Educati... - $15.3 Million Settlement over Predatory Lending
Feb-10-17 Richmond, VA: An alleged purveyor of predatory lending is facing a settlement in excess of $15 million following protracted litigation lasting years and involving various interpretations pertaining to whether, or not the defendant(s) claims to immunity from state laws were legal, or justified. Most states have laws governing the amount of interest a... - JP Morgan Chase Settles Securities Class Action for $23M
New York, NY: A $23 million settlement has been reached in securities class action lawsuit alleging JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) breached its fiduciary duty by investing pension funds in Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. notes. The settlement has been reached between the lead plaintiff, the Board of Trustees of the Operating Engineers Pension Trust, and... - Abogado especializado en fraude en la opción sobre acciones para empleados
Según algunas estimaciones, empleados de Estados Unidos han perdido más de 1.500 millones de dólares en los últimos años como resultado de la cancelación o devaluación de las opciones sobre acciones para empleados. La Ley de Seguridad de Ingresos por Jubilación (ERISA) es una ley federal que esta... - Wright Profemur Total Hip and Z System Implants Alleging Defective Design
Washington, DC: Hip replacement is common place in North America, with many companies providing a wide variety of artificial hips, one of which being the Wright Profemur Z hip implant. In 2009, a report on data from the Australian Joint Registry stated that the Profemur Z hip implant, manufactured by Wright Medical Technologies (Arlington, TN), was ass... - $19.5M Settlement Reached in Wells Fargo and QBE Force-Placed Insurance Class Action Lawsuit
Miami, FL: A $19.5 million settlement has been reached in a force-placed insurance class action pending against Wells Fargo Bank and QBE Insurance. The lawsuit alleged that Florida homeowners were overcharged for the insurance, and that Wells Fargo unfairly took commission on the insurance, which it assigned to the homeowners through QBE. Force-pl... - Birth Certificate Gender Marker Lawsuit Filed in Illinois
Chicago, IL: Despite promises to the contrary, the Division of Vital Records of the Illinois Department of Public Health has failed to fix its practice of refusing to correct the gender on birth certificates of transgender individuals who have had gender confirmation surgery but not the specific forms of surgery demanded by the department. The American... - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp Settles Shareholder Class Action for $139M
New York, NY: A $139 million settlement has been reached in the securities class action lawsuit brought by shareholders of Rupert Murdoch' News Corp over allegations the board failed to do due diligence in investigating the News Corp phone hacking scandal. The plaintiffs that filed the original lawsuit, which include the labor union-owned Amalgamat... - Asbestos Mesothelioma Lawsuit Currently Underway in New Jersey
Feb-20-18 New Brunswick, NJ: Jurors at an asbestos lawsuit currently underway in New Jersey have heard that an expert witness for the plaintiff may not have considered all statistical and reported evidence in his analysis which led him to believe that talcum powder manufactured by co-defendant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) does currently, or did at one time c... - Two hour Emergency Room Charge more than 7-star Hotel
Nov-7-16 Atlanta, GA: A few days after Tomer’s son spent about two hours in ER with a broken arm he received a bill in the mail that included a charge for the emergency room alone. “How can the hospital charge $2,200 for this room—that’s the price of a 7-star hotel,” says Tomer. And being uninsured, that’s not all he was cha... - Unum Sued for Denial of Disability Benefits
Feb-12-18 Atlanta, GA: There is little doubt that wrongly denied disability claims tend to make more noise than claims that are approved and duly paid. Such is the case with a denied disability claim that is the subject of a lawsuit against insurance provider Unum. According to Court documents the plaintiff in the case is identified as Leslie Onusic, a former...