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May-5-09 Jupiter, FL: Kerrie wants to know what percentage of sulfur in drywall is acceptable; she sent a sample of her drywall to a lab for testing because she is about 100 percent certain that Chinese drywall was used in her five-year-old condo. "My fiancé and I bought a condo after the hurricane five years ago but I have never lived in it because of the f... - Chinese Drywall Causing Massive Headaches for Homeowners
Feb-24-09 Weston, FL If you purchased a newly built home in the past 5 years or so, you may have unknowingly purchased a home that is defective. That is because some new homes were built with Chinese drywall, a product that is allegedly toxic. Issues with the Chinese drywall are now coming to light, with more and more people reporting problems in their homes. Som... - Uber Settles Driver Lawsuit for $20 Million
Apr-18-19 San Francisco, CA The settlement in O’Connor v. Uber , if approved, will end a 6-year class action California labor lawsuit over worker misclassification. The affected drivers will receive approximately 37 cents per mile driven for Uber. Significantly, however, Uber has not agreed to re-classify drivers as employees for benefit, minimum wage and o... - Antitrust Grows in Complexity in Lockstep With Technology
Oct-19-08 Washington, DC With the massive proliferation of personal computers, and their globalized integration into business and society, it is little wonder that any evolution of antitrust laws is moved forward in large measure by issues relating to and driven from the computer industry. The toga-wearing visionaries who put together the first known antitrust pol... - "Heparin hastened my husband's Death"
Oct-13-08 Grafton, WV Betty says her husband's medical records state that he was given a lot of Heparin injections in the hospital, and she wants to know if he died from Heparin contamination . "The record says 'Hematosis on anterior abdominal wall from Heparin' so I know he was given this drug," says Betty, "but they never explained why he needed a blood thin... - Ronald Goldman: The Flying Attorney's View on Helicopter Crashes
Aug-21-08 Los Angeles, CA Without a doubt, Ronald Goldman is one of America's definitive experts on aviation law. A lawyer, a pilot, a professor and a pioneer in the field of aviation law, Goldman is the lead attorney in the aviation law department of Baum, Hedlund, Aristei and Goldman based in Los Angeles. Lawyers and Settlements asked Goldman to comment on the... - Attorney John Sweeney: To the Courtroom Born
Aug-14-08 Los Angeles, CA The family of Kevin Wicks, a 38-year-postal worker can't imagine why police would have shot and killed him, in his apartment, one warm July night in Inglewood California. The family is further enraged by the fact that the officer, who pulled the trigger on the night of July 21, was also involved in the shooting of an unarmed black teenag... - JPMorgan Chase Reaches $4.5B Agreement Investors Settlement
New York, NY: JPMorgan Chase & Co. has reached a $4.5 billion agreement with 21 major institutional investors, to make a binding offer to the trustees of 330 residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) trusts issued by J.P. Morgan, Chase, and Bear Stearns. The investors include Black Rock Financial Management, Goldman Sachs Asset Management and... - Discrimination Suit Settled by Conectiv and Others for $1.65M
May-11-08 Philadelphia, PA A racial discrimination lawsuit was filed by four black workers against Conectiv Energy and three subcontractors. The workers claimed in the lawsuit that the workers had to endure racial slurs, a life-size noose hanging for a week, and Ku Klux Klan graffiti targeted them. The four men alleged that between the years of 2002 and 2003 th... - VA Medical Malpractice: Discrimination?
Apr-8-08 Syracuse, NY Sherry W. has been getting the run-around from her VA hospital , to the point where she is now considering a VA medical malpractice lawsuit . Meanwhile, her condition is worsening. "This is more than an inconvenience, even for my husband-- we haven't had sex in more than six months," says Sherry. Sherry believes there are two reasons she... - Airport Contractor Settles Discrimination Suit
Mar-13-08 Dallas, TX: On March 11, 2008, Allied Aviation Services, a contractor that fuels airplanes and airports, agreed to pay $1.9 million in a discrimination lawsuit filed by 15 Hispanic and Black employees who were working at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. The employees alleged that they had experienced harassment such as racial slurs and othe... - Job Discrimination Cases have Lawmakers Scratching their Heads
Feb-26-08 Washington, DC: Supreme Court justices are now scratching their heads due to two new job discrimination cases that have fallen into their laps. They are wondering exactly how well federal law protects employees from retaliation by their employers when they make claims of discrimination. This is despite a ruling three years prior by the justices that has... - Clothing Chain Wet Seal Settles Discrimination Class Action Lawsuit
Los Angeles, CA: Wet Seal has agreed to settle a national discrimination class action lawsuit filed by four current and former Wet Seal employees on behalf of themselves and a class of those similarly situated. The lawsuit alleges Wet Seal discriminated against African-American store management employees. Specifically, the Plaintiffs claim that... - Living in the Shadow of the Power Plant
May-23-07 Harrisburg, PA People residing near the Bruce Mansfield power plant in Beaver County, PA, have been living under a barrage of air contamination, and finally the plant owner is going to be taken to court, says PennFuture, an environmental public interest organization. Lawsuit pending In a May 22 press release, PennFuture says it will launch a "citizen... - Discrimination Pervasive Despite California Labor Law
Feb-13-20 Sacramento, CA California has always been at the forefront of protecting individuals from workplace discrimination and employment laws. Despite the California labor law , within some groups, discrimination is pervasive. Incidents of workplace racial discrimination persist. Almost 30,000 incidents of workplace racial discrimination were reported nationw... - Furious with the Makers of Vioxx
Aug-16-06 "If it wasn't for my proximity to the Hershey Medical Center, I wouldn't be here to tell you about my experience with Vioxx," says Dan DeGeatano of Hershey, PA. "I had back surgery and was prescribed Vioxx for pain management — but it was several months later when I had the first sign that something was wrong. It was Thursday at work and I told my... - Class Action Fileld over Defective Portico Decking
Seattle, WA: Consumers who purchased Portico-brand decking manufactured by Fiberon have filed a defective products class-action lawsuit alleging that when their decking developed mold and fungus, the company failed to honor its warranty and pay for the deck to be repaired or replaced. Fiberon, LLC, also known as Fiber Composites, LLC, manufacture... - Composix Kugel Mesh Hernia Repair Patch
The Kugel Mesh patch was first recalled in 2005, after the FDA received reports that the Composix Kugel Mesh patch had caused many severe injuries. Two more Kugel Mesh recalls followed. Since that time, thousands of Kugel Mesh lawsuits have been filed against Davol, Inc. and its parent company Bard, and many more hernia patients with Composix Kugel Me... - Imprelis Class Action filed against DuPont
New York, NY: A defective products class action lawsuit has been brought aginst DuPont - the makers of Imprelis, alleging the herbacide kills or damages trees, bushes and plants, including: Trees: Arborvitae, Ash, Cedar, Dogwood, Fir, Locust, Maple, Oak, Pine, Redwood, Spruce, and Yew; Bushes: Forsythia, Redbud, Rhododendron, Viburnum; and Plants: Bl... - Maytag Recalls 1.7 Million Dishwashers
Washington, DC: Maytag is recalling about 1.7 million dishwashers in the US because an electrical failure in the dishwasher's heating element can pose a serious fire hazard. Maytag has so far received 12 reports of dishwasher heating element failures that resulted in fires and dishwasher damage, including one report of extensive kitchen damage f...