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Sort by date 1,824 pages found matching bank of america- Porter Ranch Family “Prisoners in Their Own Home”
Mar-19-16 Porter Ranch, CA: Even though SoCalGas has notified Porter Ranch gas leak victims who were relocated that they have to move back home by the March 17 deadline, Judy Ly and her family don’t believe it’s safe. “I think it’s just a matter of time until another well leaks, and we have risked enough of our health,” says Judy... - Never Give Up. Never Give In. Pre-Settlement Funding Helps Your Fight to Win
Aug-7-14 Lawsuits are expensive and the majority of injured people who make claims do not have significant assets. Many victims are unable to work, have reduced income or have additional expenses associated with injuries leading to financial struggles during a long battle for justice. Pre-settlement lawsuit funding can make it possible to wait for a fair settleme... - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of America Big Blue Crane Accident PTSD Settlement
Milwaukee, WI: (Aug-07-07) The families of four workers who suffered post-traumatic stress disorder in the aftermath of the Big Blue crane collapse in July 1999 at Miller Park brought a lawsuit against Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of America and nine other defendants. The suit stemmed from the accident where three ironworkers were killed, delaying the openi... - Structured Settlement Funding and Why It’s Important
Aug-5-14 Farmington Hills, MI So you have heard this term called structured settlement funding. Perhaps it’s something your attorney has talked about, or maybe you’ve just seen it doing random online searches as your case percolates through the courts. In all likelihood, the subject has come up in conversations with your attorney as your case nears completion a... - Bus Rollover Causing Back and Neck Injury Settles for $6 Million
Mar-15-16 Dallas, TX: A back and neck injury lawsuit stemming from a serious bus crash in 2013 has resulted in a $6 million settlement required of Greyhound Bus Lines. While the defendant maintained the driver of the bus lost consciousness from a coughing fit while drinking coffee behind the wheel, plaintiffs maintained the driver suffered from an undiagnosed sl... - Daniel Boulud Employee Racial Discrimination Settlement
New York, NY: (Jul-31-07) A federal lawsuit was brought against Daniel Boulud, one of New York's most celebrated chefs, accusing him of discriminating against non-white employees. The plaintiffs, seven current and former employees from Latin America and Bangladesh, said the restaurant promoted white French workers ahead of non-white workers, even those who... - Taco Bell Shells Out California Overtime Settlement
Mar-12-16 Sacramento, CA: A California overtime lawsuit involving about 134,000 Taco Bell workers has been settled against the giant fast-food chain. The workers skipped meal breaks, which is a violation of the California labor laws . The plaintiffs also claimed that from 2003 to 2013, they were not provided with meal breaks during the fifth hour of work... - Disabled Auto Accident Victim Avoids Foreclosure with Pre-Settlement Lawsuit Funding
Jul-30-14 When someone is seriously injured in an auto accident, extensive medical care, physical therapy and rehabilitation, and medical equipment or assistant care may be required long after the incident has occurred. Catastrophic injuries can lead to permanent disability. Waiting for an auto accident lawsuit to settle can take a long time, putting a significant fi... - Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. Plastic Parts Settlement
Washington, DC: (Jul-23-07) Collins & Aikman Corp. brought a lawsuit against Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc., over money owed for parts made by Collins & Aikman's plastics and soft-trim divisions. Collins & Aikman claimed Toyota owed more than $9 million for parts made by its plastics and fabrics division and $437,285 for carpet... - Lehman Commercial Paper Inc. et al. Enron Short-Term Debt Settlement
Houston, TX: (Jul-18-07) Enron Creditors Recovery Corp., formerly known as Enron Corp., brought charges against Lehman Commercial Paper Inc., Northern Trust Co., Allstate Life Insurance Co. and the Prudential Insurance Co. of America, over the companies' receipt of payments on short-term debt incurred by the once-mighty energy giant. In a settlement... - FBI Whistleblower Regrets Nothing
Jul-24-14 Minneapolis, MN Fifteen years ago, Jane Turner was marched out the front door of the FBI office in Minneapolis, Minnesota. “There,” the FBI said to her, “You’ve had a good career Jane, now it’s over.” Indeed, she had had an excellent career. Turner was among the first tide of women admitted to the ranks of the FBI. She’d worked on serial k... - Moritz Embroidery Works Flag Emblem Fraud Settlement
Mount Pocono, PA: (Jul-10-07) The US Department of Defense and Action Embroidery Corp. brought charges against Moritz Embroidery Works, a Mount Pocono manufacturer, alleging that the company had fraudulent business practices. Moritz Embroidery was accused of having US flag emblems for military uniforms made in Thailand and saying those emblems were made in... - Nail Salon Industry in New York Reportedly Filled with Wage Violations
Mar-1-16 New York, NY: Following up on a report from 2015, the New York Times (2/29/16) has once again investigated the New York nail salon industry, and has found widespread wage and hour violations . Workers in the nail salon industry, The Times reports, are frequently underpaid and overworked, and at risk of serious illness linked to the chemicals they ar... - California Plaintiff Alleges Violations of Overtime, Meal Breaks
Feb-29-16 Los Angeles, CA: The new year brought a resolution to right a wrong for one California plaintiff, who last month filed a California Labor Lawsuit alleging nonpayment of owed overtime pay, together with the lack of provision and allowance for uninterrupted meal breaks as required under California labor law and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The... - Michael Cully and Douglas Newton Veritas Corp. Financial Fraud Settlement
San Jose, CA: (Jul-02-07) The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed civil charges against the former chief executive Mark Leslie and four other senior managers of Veritas Software Corp., alleging that they engineered financial fraud while at their positions in the company. The SEC charged Mark Leslie, former Chief Financial Officer Kenneth Lonc... - $75M in Damages Awarded in Talcum Powder Cancer Lawsuit
Feb-24-16 Santa Clara, CA: $75 million in damages has been awarded against Johnson & Johnson (J&J), in a suit alleging the talcum powder Jacqueline Fox used caused her to develop ovarian cancer. Fox's case was heard by a jury in St. Louis, Missouri, and is just one of more than 60 cases consolidated into a single suit alleging cancer caused by talcu... - How Disability Insurance Works with ERISA: Disability Attorney Weighs In
Jul-7-14 Seattle, WA For most Unum, or Unum Provident , policyholders, trying to comprehend the role ERISA plays in Unum denied disability claims is like groping in the dark. Disability attorney Chris Roy sheds some light… ERISA is a federal law passed in the 1970s, to give employees security with their benefit packages. With a few exceptions, ERISA go... - Court Decision Could Make It Easier to Sue for Debt Collector Harassment
Jun-26-14 Atlanta, GA There is a vast difference between getting a friendly call, a nudge, a gentle reminder when you’re a bit late on your debt repayment, and the intrusion and sometimes cruelty that is the bastion of debt collector harassment . And while there are various laws and statutes that govern debt collector conduct, it hasn’t stopped them f... - Cautionary Tale for Life Insurance Customers
Jun-21-14 Life is a tricky business full of twists and turns that course quietly through the days and months, and then suddenly, in a moment, bad faith insurance changes everything and an unexpected outcome leaves “what-if-only” thoughts looping through the human brain. And so it was for a woman from somewhere in the southern US. She prefers the m... - BFI Waste Systems $150,000 payout in superfund clean up initiative.
Tabernacle, GA: (May-21-07) The Department of Environmental Protection filed suit against ACR Inc. of South Jersey in Mount Laurel and US Steel Corp. in Pittsburgh in 2004, in an attempt to recover cleanup costs and damages incurred by the state and to compensate township residents for damage to their natural resources. The suit claimed that ACR Inc. US St...