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Aug-27-06 According to the book, "Health Myths Exposed," by former pharmaceutical chemist turned whistleblower, Shane Ellison, "When used as prescribed, pharmaceutical drugs kill more people than terrorism, car crashes, AIDS, and street drugs combined." Although many health care professionals have come forward in recent years with warnings that prescription drugs a... - $435 Million Settlement Reached in Marsh and McLennan Securities Class Action
New York, NY: Marsh and McLennan (M&M), has agreed to a settle a shareholder class action for $435 million. The settlement is tentative, as it remains subject to court approval. One of the world's largest insurance brokerages, M&M was accused in the lawsuit of bid rigging and price fixing of its insurance contracts. The settlement will see $4... - Report: $1.3 Billion in Top ERISA Class-Action Settlements in 2014
Jan-8-15 Chicago, IL An annual report of workplace litigation reveals that in 2014, ERISA lawsuits netted more than $1.3 billion in settlements, making 2014 the highest for ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act) plan settlement figures in recent history. Although the number of ERISA lawsuits was down by the end of 2014, a few massive ERISA settlements... - Toxic Mold Exposure Health Problems
Mold is everywhere: it is in the air and it lives on all kinds of surfaces, from paper to wood to carpets. Household mold is common and house mold can grow anywhere indoors where there is moisture. Molds are not toxic but some molds such as Stachybotrys chartarum , also known as toxic black mold, produce toxins, known as mycotoxins. Some people who are se... - Flowers Foods and its Drivers Settle for a Lotta Dough
May-19-22 Portland, ME Flowers Foods has been given the green light by a U.S. District judge to settle a unpaid wages class action lawsuit with its current and former distributors in Maine to the tune of $23 million. No wonder the cost of bread has risen. It can’t be blamed solely on supply shortages. The settlements stems from a lawsuit filed in 2015 tha... - Longshore Act and Truckers Workers’ Comp Coverage
May-18-22 Oakland, CA Whether or not trucking companies with operations on port property – such as the Port of Oakland and the Port of San Francisco – are subject to Longshore Act coverage is yet to be determined. For the most part, truckers have agreed not to be entitled to Longshore Act benefits, because their work is considered nonmaritime, b... - Yasmin Victim’s Concerns, from Day Care to Funeral Costs
Dec-5-14 Charlotte, NC When the emergency room doctor told Janice that the drug she needed to break up Yasmin blood clots could be life-threatening, so many thoughts raced through her head: was her life insurance policy enough to cover the kids’ day care, her funeral expenses? How would her family manage? “I only took Yasmin for a few months,&rdq... - Fiduciaries’ Desperate Drive to Fund Benefits Backfires
Sep-11-19 Santa Ana, CA Aaron Kushner and Eric Spitz, who mismanaged the investments of the Retirement Plan of Freedom Communications, Inc. (the Pension Plan) have offered to settle an ERISA lawsuit brought by the federal Pension Benefits Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) for $7.8 million. Following the twists and turns of this lawsuit requires not only some app... - <Insurers> Reach $80 Million Settlement with Merck
Third party payers, unions and other private groups have reached an $80 million settlement in their class action against Merck, the maker of Vioxx. The suit alleged that they parties would not have covered the cost of the drug had they known about the associated health risks specifically cardiovascular events. Merck reportedly still faces hundre... - State Farm Won't Pay Up
Mar-3-06 "I'm hopping mad at State Farm," says Mark Hitchcock, from Atlanta, Georgia. "Three years ago I was involved in a car accident. I was driving my 1997 Ford F250 extended cab pick-up truck with camper shell - all told the vehicle weighs in excess of 10,000 lbs. I was driving along a two-lane road and stopped to make a turn. Suddenly, everything in the cu... - Two Brooklyn Health Care Agencies Settle Fraud Lawsuits
Apr-28-22 Brooklyn, NY Two Brooklyn Home Care Service agencies failed to cheat both the federal government and their health care aids and now they have to pay nearly $7 million in back wages and Medicaid payments following two settlement agreements with New York Attorney General Letitia James. In its news release (March 25, 2022), the Justice Department s... - Everhart Trucking LLC and R&T Trucking Wrongful Death Settlement
On June 23, 2004 Emily Van Dyke was a passenger in a car pulled over for speeding. Just then, truck driver David Gale lost consciousness due to his degenerative multiple sclerosis and hit the Allegan County sheriff's deputy's cruiser, starting a chain reaction crash. The car Van Dyke was in was pushed into a ravine by the sheriff's cruiser and burst i... - Home Depot's Rental Equipment: Bogus Policy
Feb-1-06 Home Depot calls it a "damage waiver fee": it automatically adds a 10 percent charge to its rental equipment without telling customers that this charge is optional. As reported by law.com, a class action lawsuit has been filed in state court in Florida on behalf of thousands of customers who rented equipment over the past five years from the home improve... - Settlement Proposed in Automotive Refinishing Paint Products Class Action
A settlement has been proposed in a class action lawsuit against BASF Aktiengesellschaft, BASF Coatings AG, and BASF Corporation; Sherwin-Williams Company and Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes; PPG Industries, Inc. ("PPG"); Akzo Nobel Car Refinishes B.V. and Akzo Nobel Coatings Inc. (collectively "Akzo"); and E.I. duPont de Nemours and Company, and Du... - Bad Faith Insurance Lawsuit Results in $22 Million Settlement
Oct-1-14 Philadelphia, PA A denied disability claim has resulted in a $22 million settlement in a bad faith insurance lawsuit filed against Allstate Insurance. The settlement is reported to be the largest ever in Pennsylvania. According to The Times-Tribune (9/30/14), the original lawsuit was filed by Patrick Hennessy, who suffered severe injuries in a c... - Medical Device Suppliers Hit Philips Respironics with Class Action
Apr-21-22 Glenside, PA Philips is hit again with a class action lawsuit, but this time medical device makers join thousands of consumers who filed complaints over the defective sleep apnea machines alleged to cause cancers and respiratory injuries. Baird Respiratory Therapy, Inc., filed in March 2022 a class action lawsuit against Philips in the U.S. District Cour... - $89 Million Settlement Proposed for Bextra, Celebrex Marketing Class Action
A federal court in San Francisco has granted preliminary approval to a proposed settlement with Pfizer Inc. ("Pfizer") about the marketing of the prescription drugs Bextra and Celebrex. The settlement will provide a Settlement Fund of $89 million to benefit a class of consumers and insurance companies or other entities (also called Third-Party Payors) that p... - More Hospital Overcharges Lawsuits against TeamHealth “Cartel”
Apr-6-22 Baton Rouge, LA No sooner has TeamHealth settled a $15 million class action lawsuit brought by physicians than it’s slammed with another class action claiming inappropriate ER billing and systematic overcharges from its central billing office which is controlled in a “cartel-like manner”. The Louisiana Municipal Risk Management... - Lawsuits and Consumer Reporters Fight Home Warranty Companies
Jul-24-14 Las Vegas, NV Lawsuits may be the go-to to ensure companies uphold their end of a bargain, but consumer reporters are also being asked to help consumers deal with home warranty companies . Sometimes, those consumer reporters uncover a great deal of information about home warranty companies and how they operate. In other cases, a home warranty lawsuit ma... - Veterans’ Attorney Advocate Sees New Class-Action Legal Battlegrounds for Wounded Warriors
Jul-12-14 Fairfax, VA Attorney Benjamin Krause is a powerful voice for former soldiers who often find themselves fighting against the Veterans Administration (VA), an organization they expect to be their ally. “I would say the VA has never been honest and straightforward in terms of compensating veterans without a fight,” says Krause, who is himself a...