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Los Angeles, CA: A woman injured in a motor vehicle accident in 2008 and who subsequently sued her insurer over her claim, has been awarded a $611,532 settlement. Lorrice Joyce was rear-ended while traveling on the 110 Freeway in Los Angeles, which, according to her suit, exacerbated her prior neck injuries and caused a new herniated disc at C6-... - Lawsuits Allege Insurers Rely on Medical Necessity to Deny Claims
Sep-1-15 Los Angeles, CA Denied disability insurance lawsuits allege insurers use a variety of unethical tactics to deny an insurance claim, but perhaps the most dubious tactic is to deny a claim on the grounds that treatment is not medically necessary. Patients who have had their claims denied on “not medically necessary” grounds know all too well t... - Rentech Reaches Tentative Settlements of Securities Class Actions
Los Angeles, CA: Rentech, Inc. (NYSE AMEX: RTK) has reached agreements to settle all of the securities class action lawsuits pending in federal court and all of the shareholder derivative lawsuits pending in state and federal court against the Company and a number of its current and former directors and officers. The lawsuits relate to the Compa... - Employees May Work 6 Years Longer when Employer Skims Fees off the Top of 401k Plan
Jan-22-20 Collingswood, NJ On November 5, former employee, Young Cho, filed a class action ERISA lawsuit (ERISA) in the District Court for the District of New Jersey alleging that fiduciaries of the Prudential Insurance Company 401k plan breached their duty to plan participants by selecting and managing investment options to benefit Prudential, rather than retirem... - JetDirect Reaches Preliminary Settlement in Benefit and Retirement Class Action
Boston, MA: A tentative $400,000 settlement has been reached between the former owners of JetDirect and a group of ex-employees who claimed some of their benefit and retirement account money was diverted improperly. The plaintiffs filed a class-action lawsuit in 2010 alleging the Weymouth-based company used employee benefit money to pay for compa... - Los Angeles Premises Liability Legal News & Lawsuit Information
Premises Liability means that owners and occupiers of property are legally responsible for accidents and injuries that occur on their premises—or property. Liability varies from state to state; for instance, a Los Angeles premises liability lawyer can advise you on the legal rules and principles regarding California dog bite law or California slip a... - Los Angeles Premises Liability FAQ
What is Premises Liability? Los Angeles premises liability typically refers to accidents that occur in and around Los Angeles due to negligent maintenance by the owners of private or commercial properties, or accidents that occur due to the negligent maintenance or unsafe conditions on property owned by someone other than the accident victim. ... - How Class Action Members Receive Notice
Jul-2-07 New York, NY: LawyersandSettlements.com asked notice expert Todd Hilsee how people involved in a class action lawsuit (also called plaintiffs or members) are found and notified of settlements -- and how to ensure they get the right benefits. "It is a very careful process: lawyers must notify members of their legal rights and they also need to notify the... - Popular Agrees to Settle Securities Class Action Lawsuits
San Juan, PR: Popular, Inc. (Nasdaq: BPOP) announced today that it and the other named defendants have entered into two memoranda of understanding in connection with the settlement of five putative securities class actions filed in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rico Court of First Instance, San Juan Part. T... - Michael Moore's Sicko is a Call to Action
Jun-29-07 Flint, MI: Michael Moore's latest documentary "Sicko" raises awareness of illegal practices by U.S. health insurance companies and drug companies. At the beginning of this eye-opening and honest dissection of a corrupt health system, Moore explains how he set up a website inviting anyone who had been denied health insurance to submit a complaint. He receiv... - California Uber Drivers Survive Motion to Dismiss, Lose Preliminary Injunction
Jan-2-20 San Francisco, CA On December 16, Judge Edward Chen of the Northern District of California denied Uber’s Motion to Dismiss a class action California labor lawsuit that claims Uber drivers were misclassified as independent contractors under standards set out in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court . However, in Colopy v. Uber Techs... - Survey Indicates Blasé Attitude Toward Job-Terminating Disabilities
Jun-17-07 Portland, ME Here are two bits of bad news: the number of disabled workers in the U.S. is on the rise, even as many Americans remain clueless about the financial impact of being struck down with a disability. Meanwhile, insurance giants such as the Unum Group continue to rake in huge bucks. Unum (formerly UnumProvident, prior to a March 2007 name-chan... - Car Accidents: Why Walk Away?
Jun-13-07 Beaumont, TX It is said that the odds of injury or death in a plane crash are a lot lower than simply getting into your car and driving to the corner store for milk. Comforting for anyone with a fear of flying. But what happens in the event of a car accident , and especially if other parties or entities are at fault? Do you simply say, "oh well, I es... - ER Overcharges Case? Attorney Weighs In
Jul-7-15 Charlotte, NC Harjeet filed an emergency room overcharges complaint after he received the hospital invoice for services that he didn’t understand. “I couldn’t get anywhere with hospital administration - it was very frustrating,” says Harjeet. “But the LawyersandSettlements attorney reviewed my documents I e-mailed him and... - Ex-Wife Lies to Unum, Results in Denied Disability
Jul-1-15 Arlington, VA: Kevin was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1998, one year after he took out an Unum, or Unum Provident policy. After a messy divorce, Kevin says his ex-wife told Unum that he had MS in the 1980s, which meant he had a preexisting condition and would be denied Unum long-term disability benefits. Kevin says he went by the book - he w... - Insurers Face Antitrust Lawsuits
Jun-2-15 Montgomery, AL Two massive antitrust lawsuits have been consolidated against Blue Cross and Blue Shield, alleging the health insurers drove up prices by avoiding competition with each other. The lawsuits are different from many lawsuits alleging insurance claims were wrongly denied because they accuse the insurers of joining forces to avoid competition... - NutraCea Securities Class Action Settled
Pheonix, AZ: NutraCea has announced that on October 27, 2010, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Arizona approved the settlement of the securities class action lawsuit against NutraCea and certain former officers and directors. The order became final and non-appealable on November 11, 2010. The District Court for the District of Arizo... - Breakthrough Settlement Reached In Chinese Drywall Litigation
Washington, DC: A breakthrough settlement has been reached to remediate homes affected by Chinese drywall. The agreement was reached with several key defendants including Knauf Plasterboard Tianjin (KPT), builders, drywall suppliers and their insurers including Interior/Exterior Building Supply, Banner Supply Co., the Louisiana Homebuilders Indemnity T... - Force Protection Reaches $24M Preliminary Settlement in Shareholder Class Action
Ladson, SC: Force Protection Inc has announced that it has reached an agreement to settle the consolidated shareholder securities class action entitled In re Force Protection, Inc. Securities Litigation, Consolidated Civil Action No. 2:08-cv-845-CWH, pending in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina against the Company and a number... - Denied Disability Insurance Lawsuit Filed in Los Angeles
Apr-3-15 Los Angeles, CA An insurance lawsuit has been filed by the spouses of dockworkers at the Los Angeles Port, alleging the port’s health care plan is subject to unacceptable backlogs and health care insurance denials. According to the Los Angeles Times (3/5/15), the lawsuit was filed by two women whose husbands are longshoremen, and one doctor...