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Dec-11-14 Los Angeles, CA A California overtime pay and wages lawsuit alleging gross underpayment of wages has been filed by the City of Los Angeles against a primary contractor and a handful of its subcontractors. At issue are alleged violations to California overtime law and other wage infractions. Those defendants contacted by the Los Angeles Times (11/1... - American Medical Association Bans Energy Drinks Like Monster
Jun-19-13 Chicago, IL Physicians meeting in Chicago this week, for the annual meeting of the American Medical Association (AMA), have voted to endorse a ban on the sale of energy drinks such as Monster, to people under 18 years of age. “Energy drinks contain massive and excessive amounts of caffeine that may lead to a host of health problems in young peo... - New Video and Studies Cast Doubt on SoCalGas Progress
Jan-19-16 January 17, 2016, Los Angeles (Press Release): On its Aliso Canyon Information Center homepage, SoCalGas features two press releases. One is about the relocation efforts; the other is called “Gas Leak Estimates Reduced by 60-Percent.” Such a significant-sounding drop may suggest that the crisis is being quickly addressed, but there seems to be more to... - More Unum Bad Faith Tactics
Aug-1-13 Sandersville, GA Apparently, the giant health insurer Unum knows more about medicine than Morgan’s doctors. She collected Unum long-term disability benefits after her doctors deemed her disabled due to degenerative arthritis, but she was cut off after two years. “Why did I ever pay into this Unum policy in the first place?” says Morga... - Half of All US Workers Are Women: All Eyes on Supreme Court Interpretation
Dec-9-14 Washington, DC Along with Washington Wrongly Denied Disability Claims , is the issue that some women are still having with their employers in terms of reasonable accommodations when they become pregnant. Were a pregnancy to become complicated, requiring additional time off work with short-term and even long-term disability benefits, it behooves an emplo... - National Guard, Sangamon County agrees to $20,000 wrongful arrest settlement
Sangamon County, IL: (Feb-11-08) Eric Hersey, a National Guardsman, brought a lawsuit against Sangamon County and deputy John Gillette, alleging that he was wrongly arrested in 2004 and held in jail overnight. The suit claimed that Hersey came to Springfield on Aug. 13, 2004, to retrieve his medical records from Camp Lincoln to take with him to Washington St... - Energy Drink Hospitalizations Hit 20,000
Jun-14-13 New York, NY Hospitalizations associated with “energy drinks” like Monster Energy doubled from 2007 to 2011, hitting 20,000, according to the latest report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). “Consumption of energy drinks is a rising public health problem because medical and behavioral prob... - Hurricane Claims, State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. reaches settlement deal with Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood
Natchez, MS: (Feb-07-08) Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood brought charges against State Farm Fire and Casualty Co., the nation's largest insurance company, following a criminal investigation of the insurer's Hurricane Katrina claims handling practices. State Farm had accused Hood of using the threat of prosecution to compel settlements of civil cases... - City of Iva pays $31,500 settlement after police shot an abusive husband to death
Iva, SC: (Feb-5-08) The family of Furman Douglas Manley II brought a wrongful death lawsuit against the state, after the young man was killed by an Iva police officer in 2003. The suit claimed that Manley was shot and killed on Sep. 28, 2003, after Niki Parks, who was then an Iva police sergeant, responded to a domestic dispute at Manley's home on River St... - Charleston Southern University agrees to $3.9 million settlement after an economist swindled investors from his university office
Charleston, SC: (Feb-5-08) A lawsuit was brought against Charleston Southern University, alleging that it helped Al Parish, a former economist, swindle investors out of tens of millions of dollars. Records show that Parish pleaded guilty in October 2007 and is awaiting sentencing on charges of fraud and lying to investigators. Federal prosecutors stated th... - Fired Police Chief, City of Sneads pays former employee $35,000 wrongful termination settlement
Jackson, FL: (Feb- 4-08) William Nelson, former chief of police, brought a lawsuit against the city of Sneads, claiming that he was wrongfully terminated from his job in late 2000. In his suit, Nelson alleged that the city violated Florida's Government in the Sunshine laws when the town council fired him during a special meeting. He alleged the public was... - Midwest Security pays $143,000 settlement after a girl was shot to death at a party
Salina, KS: (Feb-4-08) The family of Angel Lerma brought a civil lawsuit against Midwest Security, after Lerma was shot to death by Arnulfo Quesada-Duran on Dec. 31, 2005, during a New Year's Eve party in the 4-H Building in Kenwood Park. The suit named Midwest Security as the defendant as it was providing security for the event. Records stated that Quesad... - Student Harassment, Wichita School District pays $45,000 settlement for high school students' harassment lawsuit
Wichita, KS: (Feb-01-08) The family of two girls brought charges against the Wichita School District, alleging that the girls were sexually harassed at South High School by another student. The lawsuit, filed in May 2005, alleged that a male student made inappropriate advances toward one of the girls about a dozen times. It further stated that the school d... - Fatal Wedding, Los Remolinos restaurant agrees to $1.025 million wrongful death and personal injury settlement after a drunk driver kills the bride and maid of honor in a car crash
Port Chester, NY: (Feb-02-08) Julio Saquipay Duchi along with the estates of Blanca Guayllazca and Nellie Mercedes Guanman, brought charges against Los Remolinos, a restaurant owned by Val-Kan Corp., alleging they served excessive alcohol to Mauricio Yanez. Sources stated that Duchi and Guayllazca were celebrating their wedding day at Los Remolinos restaur... - Dr. Pradeep Srivastava Medicare Billing Fraud Settlement
Potomac, MD: (Aug-23-07) The federal government filed charges against Dr. Pradeep Srivastava of Potomac, alleging that he fraudulently billed Medicare and another health program. Srivastava, a cardiologist with offices in Greenbelt and Oxon Hill, was accused of multiple billing abuses over a three-and-a-half-year period ending in May 2003. He was accused o... - Insurance company Chubb Group pays $750,000 settlement after falsifying financial reports at the Milwaukee Public Museum
Milwaukee, WI: (Jan-27-08) Milwaukee County brought charges against the Milwaukee Public Museum's insurance company, Chubb Group, for losses that the museum suffered under its former management. Sources stated that in 2005, the museum acknowledged that its multimillion-dollar endowment had been drained for museum operating expenses. Records show that Terry... - Are Diabetic Native Americans at Greater Risk for Actos Side Effects, too?
Nov-16-11 Tempe, AZ November is National Diabetes Month and according to the American Diabetes Association (ADA, www.diabetes.org), there are roughly 26 million Americans living with diabetes—and another 79 million at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes. The numbers are startling—in fact, every 17 seconds someone is diagnosed with diabetes, and the d... - Renewed Concerns about Januvia - Report Damning
Jul-16-13 Washington, DC Three recent studies have indicated an increased risk of Januvia cancer and Januvia pancreatic cancer in particular. One recent study published in the BMJ ( British Medical Journal ) has found growing safety concerns with the diabetes drug, and data indicates that Januvia could be riskier than first believed. That data included a re... - Better Off before Zimmer NexGen Knee
Nov-25-14 Atlanta, GA Albert’s mother had a Zimmer NexGen knee replacement six years ago and she has been suffering with Zimmer knee replacement problems ever since. “Mom said she was better off before having this NexGen knee,” says Albert. His mother had also been complaining to her orthopedic surgeon and family doctor since her surgery, bu... - Motorcycle Accident, Matthew Miller pays $300,000 wrongful death settlement after fatal crash
Dover, PA: (Jan-23-08) Rhonda Mann brought a wrongful death lawsuit against Matthew Miller and M.A. Miller Farms of Dover, after a fatal 2006 traffic crash caused the death of 51-year-old husband Keith Mann. The suit stated that Miller, who was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of the crash, was glancing at his nearby cornfield and re...