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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... - 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... - 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... - U.S. v. Academy Mortgage Corp., the Whistleblower Lawsuit that Will not Die
Jul-27-22 San Francisco, CA Academy Mortgage Corp. has asked the Northern District of California to dismiss a whistleblower lawsuit brought by a former underwriter, Gwen Thrower. The lawsuit, which was initially filed in 2016, accuses Academy Mortgage of writing shaky FHA-backed mortgage loans to boost the company’s profits. In 2020, the federal govern... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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... - Dental Malpractice - Dentist Malpractice, Dental Malpractice Lawyers
Dental Malpractice generally refers to an injury caused by a negligent dentist. Any kind of negligence or poor quality dentistry can be defined as dentist malpractice , which could result in a dental malpractice lawsuit. Dental malpractice lawyers can determine whether you have a dental malpractice claim. Dental Malpractice Negligence a... - Class Action Against The Hartford Negotiates $72.5M Settlement
Preliminary approval has been granted by the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut of a $72.5 million dollar settlement between The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. and a class of more that 21,000 members who had previously settled personal injury and workers' compensation claims with The Hartford's property and casualty company. Th... - 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... - 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... - California Motorcycle Accidents - California Motorcycle Accident Injuries, California Motorcycle Accident Lawsuit - LawyersAndSettlements.com
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in 2006, there were 506 motorcyclists killed in California motorcycle accidents . Even when people survive, California motorcycle accident injuries can be catastrophic, including serious brain and spinal cord injuries. California Motorcycle Accident Injuries ... - Persistence Pays Off for Chapel Hill Extended Warranty Plaintiffs
Feb-17-15 Chapel Hill, NC A couple from Chapel Hill who brought a Home Warranty Lawsuit against the contractor and a supplier of their custom-built home encountered a few setbacks in their litigation. But they stuck with it and late last year were rewarded with a partial victory by the North Carolina Supreme Court. Plaintiffs George and Deborah Christie had h... - UnumProvident: Mental Illness Doesn't Count
Sep-18-06 New York, NY Nowhere in Jim Stanley's UnumProvident health insurance policy did it say mental illness was only covered for a maximum of 12 months. "I couldn't work due to post traumatic stress disorder," says Stanley. "When I contacted UnumProvident about my claim, they said my original policy, which I purchased in May 2001, stated that mental illnes... - New York Medical Malpractice Lawsuit News & Legal Information
New York medical malpractice claims are made against doctors or other healthcare professionals or organizations whose standard of care fails to meet an acceptable level. When the standard of care falls and a patient suffers harm as a result, a New York medical malpractice lawsuit may be filed against the doctor, health care provider, or institution whose ac...