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Sep-3-14 Washington, DC Sometimes it takes a Washington long term denied disability lawsuit in order to affect change. And there are two examples where litigation has succeeded in waking up insurers or federal regulators with regard to the very real needs of Americans, together with the need for fairness. In July, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... - Unum Disregards Doctors, Time for Legal Help
Aug-7-14 Victorville, CA Despite two medical reports claiming that Isaac cannot yet return to work, Unum, or Unum Provident denied his disability benefits. “Unum didn’t even send me to one of their independent medical examiners and I don’t see how they could have even read my doctors’ reports,” says Isaac. Isaac tore his meniscu... - California Labor Bill AB5 has ride-hailing companies collaborating rather than competing – and waiting on CA Senate vote
Jun-24-19 Sacramento, CA: Uber and Lyft have become wildly successful, mainly due to classifying their drivers as independent contractors rather than employees, but misclassification is a violation of the California labor law and should the state Senate pass Bill AB5, the gig might be up for them and many other companies whose workers may be re-classified as emplo... - Antibiotics Linked with Type 2 Diabetes
Santa Clara, CA: According to data from a new Danish study, people who develop type-2 diabetes used significantly more antibiotics than people without the disease. This held true among the group with diabetes even fifteen years prior to being diagnosed. Published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, the results show that type-... - First Acceptance Insurance Reaches $3.2M Employment Class Action Settlement
Nashville, TN: A $3.2 million settlement has been reached in two employment class action lawsuits brought against auto insurance company First Acceptance, based in Green Hills, TN. The company was facing allegations of labor law violations, specifically misclassification of its agents as exempt employees, violating the Fair Labor Standards Act... - Asbestos Mesothelioma and Ovarian Cancer Victims Claim they Breathed J&J Talc Dust
May-28-19 South Carolina Donna Olson used J&J talc since she was a young girl, breathing in talc particles from the cloud she made. Teresa Leavitt’s mother used J&J’s baby powder on her as a baby in the 1960s and she continued to use it herself as a teen, powdering her face and hair daily for years. Both women testified in court last week and both women won thei... - Jury Awards Alberta and Alva Pilliod more than $2 Billion in Roundup Cancer Case
May-20-19 Oakland, CA The jury in Pilliod v. Monsanto Co , the third Monsanto glyphosate lawsuit to go to trial, awarded Alva and Alberta Pilliod $55 Million in compensatory damages and a staggering $1 billion each (that’s $2 billion) in punitive damages for their Roundup-linked cancers. This is reportedly the largest award personal injury award this year... - Contractor Hit with Lawsuit for Ohio Employment Violations
May-31-14 Columbus, OH A contractor based in Virginia but having undertaken work at the Joseph P. Kinneary US Courthouse in Columbus, Ohio, is facing a whack of citations under Ohio Employment after workers on the project were found to have not been paid properly. According to the Norwalk Reflector (5/22/14), an investigation by the US Department of Labor&r... - President (of Yale) Can’t Dodge Deposition
May-9-19 New Haven, CT Peter Salovey, the president of Yale University, must submit to a deposition in a long-running class action ERISA lawsuit . Vellali v. Yale University claims that the university, as a fiduciary of the Yale University Retirement Account Plan (the “Plan”), mismanaged Plan assets and investment options in a way that harmed wor... - Unum Still in Denial as Unum Lawsuits Continue to be Filed
May-2-14 Houston, TX Despite the fact that federal government officials accused Unum Life Insurance Company of America of deliberately denying valid claims as a business strategy and fining them millions of dollars, Unum’s bad faith tactics carry on. A Texas woman filed a Unum lawsuit last month against the giant health insurer alleging she was denied... - “I’d Rather Pay an Attorney Than the Hospital for ER Overcharges”
Apr-3-14 Seattle, WA Not only were Steve and his wife charged “ludicrous” emergency room overcharges , Steve says that the hospital flat-out lied about the treatment, or non-treatment, on their invoice. And not all patients are treated equal, as Nancy attests. “I took my wife to ER for back pain - she gets spinal injections regularly from he... - Company Execs Indicted for Failing to Report Flammable Dehumidifiers
Apr-11-19 Industry, CA: Simon Chu and Charley Loh, part-owners and former executives of Chinese appliance manufacturer Gree Electric Appliances and a company that imported, distributed, and sold China-manufactured dehumidifiers to retailers, allegedly knew the dehumidifiers caught fire but failed to report and recall (too expensive) the defects for at least six mo... - Plaintiffs Say Beware of AlloDerm Skin Graft
Mar-6-14 Branchburg, NJ If you haven’t heard a lot about AlloDerm Skin Grafts and AlloDerm Skin Graft adverse events , it’s probably due to the complexity of the product and how it is used. However, hundreds of plaintiffs have experienced problems with a product that was originally approved and marketed in 1994 for use in burn victims and for periodo... - Hounded by Swedish Medical Center for ER Overcharges Payment
Mar-1-14 Denver, CO Not long after having a biopsy for possible breast cancer, Deirdre checked into the Swedish Medical Center - she was concerned about a possible infection. “First, my wife and I asked about costs because we heard about emergency room overcharges but never got an answer,” says Thom. “Swedish also said they don’t overcha... - Google Abandons Forced Arbitration of Employment Disputes
Mar-30-19 Mountain View, CA On March 21, 2019, Google employees were finally freed from contractual restrictions that forced them to arbitrate employment disputes. This follows widespread protests and challenges under California labor law stemming from the forced arbitration of sexual harassment claims. The #MeToo movement continues to bear fruit beyond the... - The Debate Over the Cost of Cyber Theft
Feb-7-14 Vancouver, BC The cyber-crime underworld is a shadowy place. Exactly what happens to the information when it slips out of the hands of trusted proprietors in a data breach event or in the case of privacy violation is not always predictable, but cyber security experts have a pretty good idea what’s going out there. “There are so many inse... - Consumers with Home Warranties Find Repairs Hard to Come By
Feb-4-14 San Diego, CA For many people who purchase home warranty insurance , there is peace of mind in knowing that if something goes wrong with an appliance or a system in the home, their finances will not be drastically affected. That is why they buy an extended warranty in the first place. But complaints against home warranty companies show that as far as so... - ER Overcharges for Services Not Rendered
Jan-27-14 Kissimmee, FL Countless people have had to pay emergency room overcharges for the bare minimum of treatment. Perhaps they saw a doctor for a few minutes and left with a prescription and a bill for thousands of dollars. The following people didn’t even make it past the waiting room, but they were billed emergency room charges. Mr. Ibrahim took... - Lawsuit Funding Pays Medical and Funeral Expenses to Avoid Early Settlement
Jan-23-14 A Detroit, Michigan woman successfully settled her personal injury lawsuit for $2.1 million with the help of lawsuit funding . The mother of two was seriously injured in an auto-truck accident, and one of her children was killed, when a truck driver fell asleep at the wheel and suddenly veered into her lane. She suffered serious and debilitating injuri... - California Misclassified Independent Contractors Settle for Employee Status—is it the Right Choice?
Mar-1-19 Santa Clara, CA: From strippers to cooks to construction workers, independent contractors who say they are misclassified under California labor laws may want to take into consideration what they stand to lose before filing a misclassification lawsuit to be classified as an employee. Sure, the benefits are enticing but they come at a price, such as loss o...