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Feb-22-10 San Mateo, CA Paul is only 19 years old, but he's smart enough to know that his employer exploited him and violated California labor law . "We spend about 12 hours on the job and usually get four hours of pay," says Paul. "That isn't right." Paul works for United Plus, a non-emergency transportation company offering wheelchair and gurney transport f... - Court Rules for Claimant in Unum Dispute
Feb-17-10 Pittsburgh, PA Dr. Edward J. Zaloga, a doctor of osteopathy and a Unum long-term disability insurance policyholder, was injured in an automotive accident on June 17, 2002. He suffered lasting orthopedic and neurological damage to his neck, left arm and left hand, and by July 13 his attending physicians concluded that he could no longer perform capably... - Minnesota Employment Lawsuit News & Legal Information
Minnesota labor law lawsuits allege violations of Minnesota state labor laws including overtime pay and minimum wage violations. The rights of employees in Minnesota are protected by a number of laws including the Minnesota Prevailing Wage Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA). Possible violations of... - Wright Medical to pay $340M to end Hip Implant Failure Lawsuits
Los Angeles, CA: Wright Medical Technologies has announced it will pay $340 million to end about 2000 claims resulting from alleged failure of its hip implant devices. This settlement will augment the Wright defective hip implant settlement reached in 2016 by $90 million, according to the defendant’s legal counsel. The lawsuits are consolida... - Insurance Agent Receives Two-Year Sentence after Stock Fraud Conviction
Jan-8-10 Overland Park, KS One of the largest cases of stock fraud in the history of the Sunflower State drew to a close when an East Kansas insurance agent was sentenced to two years of probation for running a securities scam in 2006. In October Danny M. Moore of Overland Park was convicted of one felony count of securities fraud by the Johnson County Distric... - Texas Woman Makes Bad Faith Insurance Claim over Hurricane Damage
Jan-1-10 Kemah, TX A Texas woman whose waterfront home was destroyed in 2008 by Hurricane Ike may soon file a bad faith insurance claim . Her insurance provider denied her claims after a year-long appraisal process and $25,000 in fees. Alison Putman appealed to state regulators, poured through estimates and contacted state legislators in an effort to retrieve s... - Chinese Drywall like Being up Against a Brick Wall
Dec-23-09 Tampa, FL Randy built a spec home in 2007, just before the housing market took a dive. Too late to sell, Randy opted to rent the house. Since then, the air conditioning coils have been replaced and his current tenant has complained about a foul odor. "We had a thorough inspection and it was determined that we have Chinese drywall ," says Randy. Now, he... - $12.5M Settlement Gets Preliminary Approval in Prudential Unpaid Overtime class Action Lawsuit
Newark, NJ: Prudential Financial Inc. and Prudential Insurance Co. of America have agreed a $12.5 million settlement in two unpaid overtime class action lawsuits filed by agents who allege they were denied overtime pay in violation of various state laws and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). If granted final approval, the settlement will also... - Big Brother is Watching You Online—and So Is Your Insurer
Nov-23-09 Bromont, QC A Canadian woman on medical leave from her job in Quebec received an unexpected visit from her insurance company—on Facebook. The insurance company , which was paying the freight for her bout with depression, searched her Facebook profile and noted that she appeared to be having too much fun for someone allegedly suffering from depression... - Chinese Drywall Homeowner Applied for a Forbearance Agreement
Nov-20-09 Middleburg, FL Sherolyn, a paralegal, had to move out of her new home because it was built with Chinese drywall , and now she is asking her mortgage company for a forbearance agreement. "State officials are encouraging mortgage companies to grant this agreement to homeowners with this toxic drywall," she says. If Sherolyn doesn't get this agreement,... - Unum Continues to Systematically Deny Claims: Advocate
Oct-18-09 Chattanooga, TN Linda Nee knows a thing or two about Unum. She once worked for Unum and while the Unum long-term disability insurance provider remains a powerhouse in the global insurance industry, there are those who think Unum has not changed its stripes of old. Nee is one of them. A disability claims expert no longer associated with Unum, Nee rem... - Mylan to Pay $465M Over EpiPen Fraud
Santa Clara, CA: Mylan has agreed to pay $465 million to settle fraud claims that it underpaid rebates for the EpiPen, which amounts to stealing from the government federal authorities claimed. The lawsuit, alleging violations of the False Claims Act, was possible due to Sanofi acting as a whistleblower by alerting the federal government to... - Why Hazing Cases Don't Go Away
Oct-1-09 Washington DC: Attorney Doug Fierberg may be one of the few attorneys in the US who specializes in representing hazing victims and their families. Because of his expert understanding of the old and sometimes deadly practice of fraternity hazing, Fierberg is often called upon--sometimes by the media and/or by grieving families with wrongful death suit... - Bad Behavior Returning to the Nursing Home Business
Sep-29-09 Chicago, IL: For a while, nursing home care was improving. Bad operators in the business were sued into submission or driven out of business by tough legislation. "Unfortunately, conditions for nursing home residents are once again on the decline," says Steve Levin, a well-known lawyer and litigator from the firm of Levin & Perconti. "There is... - Survey finds dog bites costing homeowners in liability claims
Sep-21-09 New York City, NY: A new survey was released that finds dog bites account for one-third of all homeowners insurance liability costs. According to a report from the Insurance Information Institute, dog bites cost homeowners a total of $387 million in 2008, which is an 8.7 percent rise from the year prior. The institute also added that the number of dog... - A Showdown Between Plaintiffs and Defendant RE: Federal Arbitration Act
Oct-4-16 Massachusetts An overtime pay lawsuit proposed as a class action in Massachusetts promises to be closely watched by legal pundits and others, given the various issues at play in a case that alleges misclassification of employees, together with an interpretation of the Federal Arbitration Act. Publicjustice.net tells the story of Dominic Oliveira, a l... - Unum's Independent Medical Examiners and Differing Diagnoses
Aug-18-09 Florence, KY According to many people who have been denied Unum health insurance benefits, their doctors' diagnoses and those of Unum's independent medical examiners (IME) are not on the same page. Renata (name withheld) is disabled; even though she wants to go back to work as an ER nurse she can't. But the IME says she is fully able to work so she wa... - FDA Update on BIA-ALCL Finds More Cases, More Deaths
Sep-15-20 Silver Spring, MD On August 20, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration provided an update on adverse events relating to breast implants, including breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma . The new FDA update on BIA-ALCL reports a total of 733 cases and 36 patient deaths globally, an increase of 160 new cases and 3 deaths... - $32.5M MetLife Race Bias Class Action Settlement Approved
Santa Clara, CA: A $32.5 million settlement has been approved in a discrimination class action lawsuit pending against MetLife Securities Inc. The settlement will pay $25.35 million to some 690 class members, according to court documents. The lawsuit was filed in May 2015 by lead plaintiff Marcus Creighton, who was a MetLife employee in Illinois fr... - $115M Anthem Data Breach Class Action Settlement Reached
Santa Clara, CA: A $115 million settlement has been reached in the Anthem data breach class action. The lawsuit was brought by 80 million consumers who had their personal data compromised in the massive 2015 data breach. The settlement is the largest on record for a data breach class action lawsuit. Under the terms of the deal, the funds will be u...