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Apr-25-15 New York, NY Target and MasterCard have announced a settlement in lawsuits following the massive 2013 Target data breach . The settlement will see Target set aside up to $19 million to reimburse banks and credit unions affected by the data hack. Target has also announced a settlement with consumers affected by the accessing of private customer informati... - America’s Hip Implant Failure Crisis
Apr-17-15 Pensacola, FL Attorney Ben Gordon, who has more than a decade of experience litigating against defective hip implant manufacturers, has some harsh words for the industry. Over the last decade, Gordon says, manufacturers hungry to expand sales, rushed to market with defective, untested, failure-prone devices that are having a devastating impact on pa... - Insurer Settles Anorexia Class Action for $1.2 Million
People who suffer from the eating disorder anorexia, and who had their health insurance claims denied by their insurer Horizon Blue Cross / Blue Shield of New Jersey, will receive a lump settlement of $1.2 million to end their class action. About 500 patients brought the suit against the health insurer, alleging the company limited treatment benefits be... - Defective Products causing Personal Injury: Get Your Medical Records Now
Dec-4-06 San Diego, CA Paula Carr was 29 years old when she had breast implants. Paula asked a lot of questions except one: how long would they last? "I thought I would give myself a gift - instead I got a curse," she said. "My doctor told me this new product was a combination of saline and silicone and I was excited about the prospect of having a renewed sense... - Transvaginal Mesh Terrifying Ordeal
Mar-28-15 Elmwood Park, NJ Lumy was sold on transvaginal mesh after reading brochures marketed to women with urinary stress incontinence. “Women should not be suffering in silence,” reads one advertisement. Given the number of transvaginal mesh lawsuits that have been filed, more women are suffering from the mesh than incontinence - and they aren&r... - Wendy Mann bike accident Settlement
The family of Nathan Oglesby, 17, will receive $80,000 from driver Wendy Mann's insurance company. The 17-year-old's mother, father and two older brothers will share the monetary award, minus about $43,000 in legal fees. The Cary-Grove High School senior died Aug. 7, 2000, when Mann's car struck him while he was riding his bicycle home from work alo... - Spinach E.coli Outbreak May be Over but not for Victims
Nov-6-06 Tijuana, Mexico Etna Sosa moved to California in January of this year. She loved to shop in U.S. supermarkets and among her groceries were always bags of washed, baby spinach . A few months later, Etna got severe diarrhea and had to return to Mexico. E.coli was the culprit but she had no idea and continued to get sicker. "It was awful, I felt so we... - Two New Data Breaches Put Consumer Information at Risk
Mar-10-15 Los Angeles, CA Two recent data breaches have once again put the spotlight on online security and the vulnerability of consumer information. In at least one case, data breach lawsuits have already been filed, alleging consumer information was not properly protected by the company attacked. Meanwhile, the list of companies who have had their consumer fi... - Hurricane Insurer Settles 2 Class Actions for $35 Million
A settlement of $35 million has been reached between the members of 2 class action lawsuits and Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation. The state-run insurer had specialized in covering high-risk properties, however the aftermath of hurricane Katrina escalated the costs and times involved in settling claims. The suits alleged that the i... - VA Benefits Ultimately Failed One Young Veteran
Mar-9-15 Broward County, FL There is a widely held view that VA benefits are hard to come by due to the number of VA members applying and qualifying for benefits coupled with a backlog of cases and a lack of resources to properly deal with all the cases in a timely manner. Others hold the view that a culture of systematically denying VA disability benefits on t... - WSB Financial Reaches Tentative Settlement of $4.45 Million
WSB Financial Group, the parent company of Westsound Bank, today reported it has entered into a settlement agreement with the lead plaintiff in the pending securities class action. The class action settlement is subject to the approval of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. The settlement agreement provides for the... - United Rentals Settles Class Actions for $27.5 Million
America's largest construction equipment rental company has settled 3 class action lawsuits for $27.5 million. In 2004 United Rentals was sued following a Securities and Exchange Commission accounting probe, by investors who bought securities in the company between February 28, 2001 and August 30, 2004. United Rental's insurance carriers will pay... - Wells Fargo, Wachovia Sued for $60 Billion by Citigroup
Wells Fargo and Wachovia face a $60 billion lawsuit launched by Citigroup, after the tentative deal Citigroup was working on to purchase Wachovia's banking operations was usurped by a rival offer from Wells Fargo & Co. Filed Monday in New York Supreme Court, the complaint seeks more than $40 billion in punitive damages and more than $20 billion in com... - Increasingly Savvy Hackers Snatched Billions of Dollars in Data
Feb-24-15 Seattle, WA Cyber thieves slipped through an unlocked door somewhere in the Anthem computer system and made off with the personal data of up to 80 million people. That number includes the health care provider giant’s past and current clients as well employees. According to Joseph Swedish, Anthem’s CEO, the cyber thieves accessed home addr... - Fake Social Media Account by Police Allowed Without Warrant
Feb-5-15 Keep your friends close, and your Instagram friends even closer. One of your online friends might be the police and a search warrant is not needed to befriend you on social media. A US District Court Judge in New Jersey ruled that photos and information obtained by police through an undercover Instagram account can be admitted as evidence against a su... - UnumProvident: another Tactic to avoid Payouts
Aug-29-06 Unumprovident insurance company employs just about every trick in the book to avoid disability benefit payouts. Nancy King of Dewitt, Michigan got the run-around after she had an injury at work and applied for benefits that she was entitled to according to her policy. "I worked for a general nutrition center (GNC) and I didn't think it would be necessary... - Methadone Used as Pain Killer Proving Fatal
Physicians Prescribing Methadone Without Proper Knowledge Methadone, prescribed by doctors and other health care professionals for their patients with severe back pain, and similar chronic pain conditions, is associated with twice as many death as those seen with heroin. And, according to some reports, methadone overdoses are at least equal to fatalitie... - Fen-Phen May Cause Rummage Sale of Wyeth Assets - Fen-Phen Trial Resources
Aug-23-06 On August 18, 2006, Bloomberg News reported that Wyeth has faced more than 175,000 claims since fen-phen was removed from the market, and that over the past 9 years, the company has settled many claims without forcing fen-phen users to file a lawsuit. All total, the company has set aside more than $21 billion to cover legal costs and settlements since... - Qwest Communications Settles Securities Fraud for $40 Million
A class action securities fraud suit against Qwest Communications International Inc will be settled for $40 million. The former Qwest Chief Executive, Joe Nacchio, and former Chief Financial Officer, Robert Woodruff, would also contribute a total of $5 million out of insurance proceeds. Legal Help If you have a similar problem and would like to... - Monster Worldwide Enters Preliminary Settlement for $47.5 million
Monster Worldwide, the parent company of Monster.com, the global online employment site, announced today that it has entered into a preliminary settlement for the class action it faces, of $47.5 million. The Company's cost is anticipated to be approximately $25 million (net of insurance and contribution from another defendant). The parties expect to en...