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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... - 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... - 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 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). ... - Sutter Medical Faces Class Action over Patient Data Breach
Los Angeles, CA: A privacy class-action lawsuit against Sutter Medical Foundation and Sutter Physician Services has been filed, alleging the medical provider did not properly safeguard medical information for more than 4 million of its patients affected by the mid-October theft of a computer from the Sutter Medical Foundation headquarters. The suit was... - 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... - Car Crash Worthiness & Auto Accidents
Car crashworthiness refers to how well a vehicle protects its occupants in the event of an auto accident . Vehicle crashworthiness involves the "second collision" in a vehicle accident- the collision in which the occupants of the vehicle collide with the interior of the vehicle, which can result in injury to the occupants. Safety features that comprise... - 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... - 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... - Unum Group's Real Reason for Allegedly Pushing Social Security
Aug-24-08 Chattanooga, TN In the wake of a $40 million rap over the knuckles for allegedly inflating its stock price, First Unum has been implicated along with other insurers in connection with the practice of requiring able-bodied clients to apply for Social Security Disability benefits. The alleged practice not only serves as a drag on an already over-burdened... - Steven M. Levin: Nursing Homes Try to 'Lawsuit Proof' Themselves.
Jul-23-08 Chicago, IL Twenty years ago, there were almost no rules in place to protect people in nursing homes. "Litigation has improved the situation," says attorney Steven Levin, "but the type of care nursing home residents receive is at best staying the same, and at worst, continuing to decline." And he also sees an alarming trend on the horizon. Although ther... - Unum: One Woman's Story
Jul-6-08 Pembroke Pines, FL It may have happened a few years ago, but the wound is still fresh for the Florida resident who had a run-in with Unum . The entire affair calls into question why, as consumers, we buy insurance in the first place. We pay our premiums religiously, only to be rebuffed when it comes time to make a legitimate claim . Which begs the q... - $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... - Attorney Brian J. Glick on Insurance, Medical Malpractice, and Medical Device Liability
Apr-15-08 Boca Raton, FL: Attorney Brian J. Glick says that "he works for the people, not the powerful." What that involves, and how it can change things for the better, was the subject of our interview. LawyersandSettlements (LAS): How would you describe your practice? Brian J. Glick (BJG): It's all what we call liability work, people injured as a result o...