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Sort by date 1,824 pages found matching bank of america- Litigation Funding Eliminates Financial Stress
Apr-3-14 It is common for personal injury suits to drag on for months, even years. This can put families in financial ruin, especially those already struggling to make ends meet. Often times, the financial stress pushes plaintiffs to settle for less than they deserve in order to pay outstanding medical bills or other necessary expenses. Few know there is a way to fin... - $11M Awarded in Bellwether Wright Conserve Hip Implant MDL
Nov-26-15 Santa Clara, CA A jury has awarded an $11 million verdict against Wright Medical Technology Inc, the makers of allegedly defective Wright Conserve Hip Implants. Considered a bellwether trial in multidistrict litigation (MDL), the Atlanta jury found the plaintiff did have a defective hip implant, and that Wright had misrepresented the safety of... - Landmark Ruling Threatens Internet Payday Loan Loophole
Mar-22-14 Las Vegas, NV A landmark legal ruling appears to have stripped away any perceived immunity by Internet payday loan vendors who have, until now, operated under the premise of protection through an affiliation with a Native American tribe. The ruling, affirmed this month by a Nevada federal judge, provides the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) with almost l... - Passengers Injured aboard Cruise Ships Have Limited Time to Sue
Nov-19-15 Miami, FL: Hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world travel the globe aboard cruise ships. Every year, a handful of travelers suffer some kind of personal injury aboard those floating cities. Attorney Spencer Aronfeld, from Aronfeld Trial Lawyers in Miami, has been litigating against cruise ships on behalf of injured passengers for 25... - Officials Announce Power Morcellation Investigation
Nov-12-15 Washington, DC: Following the filing of power morcellation lawsuits , alleging the use of the devices resulted in the spread of cancer cells, lawsuits were consolidated in October for pretrial proceedings, while the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) announced it would investigate the use of laparoscopic power morcellators. The power morcellat... - Duodenoscopy Remains a Risk for Infection with Little Alternative in Sight
Nov-10-15 Washington, DC: Duodenoscope infection : It’s a perfect storm and a Catch 22 of sorts for any patient in need of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography procedures (ERCP). The use of a duodenosope, a lighted and flexible tube used to drain fluids from blocked pancreatic and biliary ducts, can be life-saving for the patient. And yet duode... - Trump Hotels Hit with Data Breach Lawsuit
Oct-31-15 Chicago, IL: While Donald Trump continues to stump across America in his bid for the US Republican nomination (and is scheduled to serve as host of Saturday Night Live next month), the hotel chain that bears his name is facing a data breach class action after systems were hacked in two hotels in New York and other locations in Chicago, Miami, Las Veg... - Texas Jury Awards $8.2M Against DuPont In Benzene Exposure Case
Oct-23-15 Dallas, TX, October 20, 2015 - A jury has awarded $8.2 million to a 60-year-old Texas man battling MDS/AML, a form of leukemia caused by his exposure to benzene contained in paint and thinners manufactured by E.I. Du Pont De Nemours. Virgil Hood handled DuPont’s toxic products on the job daily in Colorado between 1973 and 1996, when he worked as a pain... - Sneak Peek of the Lawsuit Funding Process
Feb-13-14 If you are a plaintiff in a pending lawsuit, you may be facing financial difficulties due to loss of income and medical expenses. You many have heard of a lawsuit cash advance, but don’t really know what it is. Before applying for lawsuit funding , let’s take a “sneak peek” to see if it is right for you. Step One: Retain a personal injury law... - Following Suit: Data Breach Updates
Feb-11-14 • A data breach can occur in a number of ways. Mainly computer hackers and computer theft allow unlawful access to customer information, which often results in personal information being sold illicitly, followed by data breach lawsuits. For instance, the stolen Target customer data immediately resulted in Target credit card attack lawsuits. Another... - The Debate Over the Cost of Cyber Theft
Feb-7-14 Vancouver, BC The cyber-crime underworld is a shadowy place. Exactly what happens to the information when it slips out of the hands of trusted proprietors in a data breach event or in the case of privacy violation is not always predictable, but cyber security experts have a pretty good idea what’s going out there. “There are so many inse... - Steve Souphanthong Illegal Satellite Pirating Settlement
Los Angeles - EchoStar Communications Corp. and DirecTV Group Inc. filed a lawsuit against the operator of B-Tech Distribution for illegally pirating satellite TV services. Canadian Souphanthong was allegedly one of the largest manufacturers of piracy software and devices in North America. The companies have reached a $500,000 settlement with Souphantho... - State of California and R & R Labor Service Workers Compensation Death Settlement
Central Valley - At the age of 24, Constantino Cruz Hernandez was working for farm labor contractor R & R Labor Service in a tomato field in California. On July 21, 2005 the father of two fell ill after machinery in the field was moving too quickly, causing laborers to work at a fast pace in temperatures over 100 degrees. Hernandez was admitted to Kern... - FDA Orders Studies of Duodenoscopes Following Reports of Contamination
Oct-8-15 Washington, DC The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ordered the three manufacturers of duodenoscopes marketed in the US.. to conduct postmarket surveillance studies to better understand how the devices are reprocessed in real-world settings. This action comes as a result of an FDA warning that duodenoscopes could be linked to the spread... - Following Suit: Medical Malpractice and Medical “Never Events”
Jan-29-14 • In December 2012, Johns Hopkins released the shocking results of a cautious and rigorous analysis of national medical malpractice claims , believed to be the first of its kind. Among the findings, Johns Hopkins patient safety researchers estimated a surgeon in the United States leaves a foreign object such as a sponge or a towel inside a patient&r... - Gunning & Associates Marketing Inc. and Fleet Liquidators of America Inc. Advertising Settlement
Ohio - Ten states filed charges against the two Ohio corporations alleging deceptive auto sale advertisements misled consumers. Gunning & Associates Marketing and Fleet Liquidators of America allegedly created sales campaigns and advertising that misled consumers about reasons for sales and supposedly low prices. The companies did not admit they vio... - Risperdal Criminals
Sep-28-15 Philadelphia, PA Although Johnson & Johnson has been finally caught, pleaded guilty and fined more than $2 billion for aggressively marketing Risperdal to the elderly and to young boys, that amount is a drop in its bucket considering that the antipsychotic drug brought the drug giant $30 billion in sales worldwide. Many online discussions stem... - MetaMachine Inc. eDonkey Online File Sharing Infringement Settlement
Los Angeles - The Recording Industry Association of America filed charges against the company behind popular online file sharing software eDonkey for allegedly violating copyright infringement laws. MetaMachine has agreed to pay $30 million and immediately cease distributing eDonkey, eDonkey 2000, Overnet and other software versions. The company als... - Belfor USA Group Inc. Migrant Workers Overtime Settlement
New Orleans - The Southern Poverty Law Center filed a lawsuit on behalf a group of migrant workers against the construction company specializing in disaster recovery. The workers were allegedly denied overtime even though they often worked long hours cleaning up wreckage left by Hurricane Katrina. Hundreds of workers who were hired by Belfor subcontra... - Morgan Crucible, Carbone of America Industries, Schunk GmBH and SGL Carbon Antitrust Class Action Settlement
New Jersey - A class action lawsuit was filed against the four companies for allegedly conspiring to fix the prices of a range of electrical carbon products. The products included carbon brushes used in consumer products, carbon brushes and current collectors for automotive and traction-transit applications, carbon brushes used in battery-operated vehic...