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Some reverse mortgage lenders are accused of using deceptive and aggressive tactics to lure senior homeowners into taking out a reverse mortgage . Among the complaints about information on reverse mortgages seniors say they are given are allegations that seniors were not informed of the risks associated with reverse mortgages and were told there was no ri... - Hospital Overcharges: Attorney Can Help Uninsured
Sep-29-16 Los Angeles, CA: Many people facing outrageous hospital overcharges either throw out their bill or argue with the hospital, refusing to pay any part of unfair and excessive emergency room fees. But these actions can negatively impact their credit and disturb their sleep. An attorney, working on contingency basis, can help-- and particularly to people wh... - $26M Settlement Proposed in Nationwide Securities Lawsuit
New York, NY: Nationwide has agreed to pay $26 million to settle a securities class action lawsuit related to the merger with Harleysville Insurance. The consolidated class action and derivative lawsuit resulted from the merger of Nationwide Mutual and Harleysville Mutual and was brought on behalf of former Harleysville Mutual policyholders. The mer... - Our love-hate relationship with Uber and Lyft –Can we Compromise?
Aug-26-20 San Jose, CA The mayor of San Jose, Sam Liccardo, is a smart guy. He understands that the public have a love-hate relationship with “gig companies” like Uber and Lyft, and he also understands that there has to be a model of “give and take” from both sides, i.e., the California labor law regulators and leading gig companies. ... - Just Go Ahead and Try to Sue the Coast Guard
Jul-8-09 Baltimore, MD What happens if the Coast Guard miscalculates a critical piece of safety information and that miscalculation is implicated in an accident that resulted in the death of five people? According to a June 2009 decision by the Federal Court, the Coast Guard is immune from any financial liability. "I respectfully disagree with the court's interpre... - $40M Settlement Approved in Healthcare Consumer Fraud Lawsuit
New York, NY: Final approval of a consumer fraud class action settlement in Smith, et al v. Collinsworth, et al. has been obtained on behalf of approximately 48,000 consumers who were sold a limited benefit health insurance policy and a membership in a doctor discount program marketed as providing coverage that was as good or better than major medic... - DoorDash Opens Litigation Door for Misclassification
Aug-4-20 San Francisco, CA DoorDash has been slammed with another California labor lawsuit filed by San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, claiming the food delivery service has misclassified its workers as independent contractors rather than employees. “Dashers” are entitled to workers compensation and other benefits allowed full-time workers... - The Gig is Up for California Car Wash
Jul-23-20 Sacramento, CA MobileWash Inc. is the first gig company hit with a misclassification lawsuit under Assembly Bill 5 – a law making it illegal for companies to hire independent contractors and has violated the California labor code . The California Labor Commissioner’s Office targeted Mobile Wash because it allegedly “made a calculat... - Meat Packing Giant JBS Souderton under Fire for Covid-19 Death
Jul-16-20 Philadelphia, PA Enock Benjamin, a meat packer at JBS Souderton Inc., died of Covid-19 on April 3, four days after the plant shut down to stop the spread of the virus. His family has filed a wrongful death and survivor lawsuit , claiming that his death was the predictable and preventable result of the JBS’s decisions to ignore worker safety. In fact... - Unum Provident Still Practicing Bad Faith Insurance
Feb-22-09 Indianapolis, IN: Several months ago, Kevin told LawyersandSettlements that he was waiting for Unum Provident to start paying his long term disability benefits . According to doctors and even social security, Kevin is disabled, yet Unum continues to practice bad faith: they denied his benefits. Now Kevin is seeking legal help to appeal. "Last t... - Bicycle Accidents Need Bicycle Lawyers
Feb-4-09 San Francisco, CA More and more Americans are pedaling bicycles—sometimes for recreation and sometimes for transportation. Unfortunately, according to attorney George Choulos, it means more cyclists are tangling with motorists. The consequences for the cyclist can be disastrous. Up to 50 percent of the litigation Choulos handles at his San Francisco firm... - "Unum Provident is a Rip-Off"
Jan-25-09 Newport News, VA Unbelievably, Unum Provident is still denying legitimate claims, even after it got reprimanded and was forced to review thousands of denied long term disability claims it had previously rejected. Seems that it's business as usual at Unum Provident, now called Unum (as if re-branding their name would change their bad faith practices). ... - Long-Term Disability Lawsuit against Eli Lilly Results in $500,000 Award
May-29-16 Indianapolis, IN: A long-term disability lawsuit filed against Eli Lilly and Co. has resulted in a $500,000 award to the plaintiff, who alleged she should not have been dropped from the company’s extended disability plan. At issue was a diagnosis of chronic fibromyalgia, a condition that has resulted in numerous lawsuits against insurance compani... - Unum Provident Still in Denial
Dec-29-08 Boise, ID Diane paid into an Unum Provident policy through her employer for more than a decade, so when she was injured on the job and collected Workers Compensation benefits for a few months, she assumed that Unum Provident's health insurance would kick in and pay her long term disability benefits. Wrong. "When they denied me, it made me so depresse... - Stock Market Losses: No Shortage of Bad Financial Advice.
Dec-5-08 Santa Monica, CA There is plenty of bad advice to go with all those stock market losses out there, and while most people cringe at the horror stories of well-meaning seniors taken to the cleaners by opportunistic brokers, there are cases of younger investors with a wider risk tolerance, stuck with unsuitable products foisted on them by vendors with dre... - Variable Annuity Vultures Preying on Trusting Seniors
Nov-27-08 Boynton Beach, FL Variable annuities . Variable annuity insurance. Variable annuity life insurance. It's all so confusing, and so fraught with risk. You can just imagine a group of seniors sitting in a room, and having Sgt. Esterhaus in a scene straight out of 'Hill Street Blues' dispatch the assembled octogenarians with the now-famous phrase, "…let's b... - Unum Provident Benefits Denial Caused Depression
Nov-24-08 Oceanside, NY Colleen had surgery for vertigo in 1998 but it caused her to lose hearing in one ear and she suffers from severe headaches--she hasn't been able to work since. And because Unum life insurance denied her claim, she suffers from depression due to financial burdens. Even though her doctor has sent numerous letters to Unum Provident , even thoug... - $90 Million Missing -- “Embezzlement and fraud,” cry AME Pastors in Pension Lawsuit
Sep-14-22 Memphis, TN Count IX of this class-action ERISA lawsuit , alleges the “Tort of Outrage.” That, if nothing else, captures the flavor of the case. In re: AME Church Employee Retirement Fund Litigation describes a complicated and long-running conspiracy to loot the Ministerial Annuity Plan of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (t... - Conseco's Mission Statement: Any Delay is a Good Delay
Oct-24-08 Washington, DC My parents have a long term care insurance policy with Conseco ," says Paul, "and they started making claims in January, 2005. But this company has practiced nothing but bad faith, and in so doing has turned my father into an angry, emotional wreck." Paul (not his real name pending a lawsuit) says his parents bought an in-home health... - Unumprovident Takes but it doesn't Give
Aug-28-08 Columbus, OH: In 1997 Linda (not her real name) was involved in a serious car accident which left her disabled. Unumprovident did their due diligence and decided Linda had a legitimate claim. But in 2002, they had a change of mind—no reason, no explanation. "Unumprovident talked to my doctors, they did a lot of research before they started to pay my...