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Aug-26-24 Los Angeles, CA A class action California labor lawsuit alleging STG Logistics and STG Drayage misclassified truck drivers as independent contractors has settled for a $4.2 million. As part of the deal, STG will no longer classify its long-haul drivers as independent contractors in California and New Jersey. And this isn’t STG’... - Porter Ranch Gas Leak Legal News and Lawsuit Information
An environmental Class Action lawsuit has been filed against the Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) after a California Porter Ranch Gas Leak was discovered, apparently caused by an enormous gas leak at a storage facility in Aliso Canyon . Porter Ranch SoCalGas Gas Field Disaster Attorney R. Rex Parris' law firm on Dece... - Darvon and Darvocet, Darvocet Side Effects, Darvon Recall, Darvocet Lawsuit
The FDA has announced that Darvocet and Darvon have been pulled from the market after a recent study showed Darvocet pills and Darvon medication included serious Darvocet side effects , including potentially fatal heart rhythm abnormalities. As well, Darvon and Darvocet overdose have been linked to thousands of deaths each year, although Darvon and Dar... - State Farm allegedly low-balling write-offs in California
Oct-11-07 Sacramento, CA: The alleged practice by State Farm in California of [ undercutting policy holders ] on the value of their totalled vehicles contrasts with State Farm's recent 'good neighbor' announcement of a rate reduction for California residents, announced earlier this year. On the surface, the perception is that while one hand giveth, the other ta... - Tired of Fighting Unum Group? You're Not Alone
Sep-26-07 Cleveland, OH If you are tired of fighting Unum Group to receive your legitimate claim, you are not alone. Unum has been repeatedly criticized for unfairly denying people's claims, a practice known as bad faith insurance. Many people who have had their claim, and any appeals, denied by Unum are filing class action lawsuits against the company to force it... - 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... - Latest ERISA Lawsuit News – 401k Mismanagement Lawsuits Going Strong, New Settlement in Treatment Denial Case
Apr-26-19 Los Angeles, CA Three ERISA lawsuits – two in the District Court for the Central District of California and two in the Northern District of California – show that ERISA can be a powerful tool to protect workers’ rights. Plan participants who claim that their 401k accounts were mismanaged are on a lawsuit hot streak , and patients w... - When Insurance Companies Deny Vital Treatment, What Can Patients Do?
Aug-16-15 Baltimore, MD There are few business relationships as fraught with controversy as the relationships between healthcare providers and insurance companies. As illustrated in the Harvoni case , battle lines get drawn quickly. Add patients and a drug company into the mix and it would be difficult to find more complex relationships. Unfortunately, in these s... - ERISA Lawsuit Results in $99 Million Settlement
Dec-1-13 New York, NY An ERISA lawsuit involving a bankrupt financial firm has now been settled for $99 million. The ERISA settlement was the culmination of three years of litigation, and involved claims by various retirement investors against Lehman Brothers. According to Bloomberg (11/27/13), Ernst & Young LLP will pay investors, including retirement... - Independent Contractors don't benefit from California Labor Laws
Nov-7-06 San Jose, CA Preeti Dave never got paid for the six months she moonlighted as an independent contractor. "I want to let others know what I learned from this: be careful when you are promised a lot; read the contract and remember that you don't have the department of labor to protect you," she says. "I was so naïve". "I found a job posting on Craig'... - Atrium C-QUR Hernia Mesh Causing Pain and Infection
Santa Clara, CA: Allegations that the Atrium C-Qur hernia mesh causes severe health effects including pain and injury in people who’ve undergone the surgery, are being made. Additionally, plaintiffs who have filed lawsuits claim that Atrium was aware of the problems with the mesh but did nothing to warn the medical community. Specifically... - Bed Bug Infestation Lawsuit News and Legal Information
ed bug infestations and subsequent bed bug lawsuits are increasing. Although bed bug bites are not known to transmit disease, these pests do cause physical and mental health side effects and financial issues, which have resulted in many bed bug lawsuits. Bed bug attorneys have filed lawsuits against hotels and resorts, including a Disney bed bug lawsuit. Bed... - CA Supreme Court Considers whether Prop 22 is Constitutional
May-29-24 San Francisco, CA Prop 22 classifies Uber, Lyft and other app-based drivers as independent contractors instead of employees. Now, after numerous appeals, the California Supreme Court is considering whether the bill is constitutional and over 1 million people in California could be impacted by this California labor decision. Most Californians recall th... - UnumProvident didn't acknowledge mental disabilities
Jun-26-06 Mental illness is a disability, just like a physical injury, but from these two women's accounts, not according to UnumProvident Corporation. Therese Truong of San Jose, CA. "I got a UnumProvident insurance policy automatically through my employer. In May 2002 I suffered emotional distress as a result of harassment at work by my manager and I was u... - UnumProvident: Pay up!
Jun-21-06 Kathleen Dixon bought an insurance policy with UnumProvident and later had an accident at work which left her permanently disabled. No matter how many medical records she sent to the insurance company stating she could never work again, Kathleen never got a dime. Kathleen Dixon RN, NP of Hayward CA: "I started working in the emergency ward at Kaiser... - Denied Short-Term Disability Benefits
Jul-25-13 Sweetwater TN You almost have to be on your deathbed to collect short-term disability benefits from some insurance companies, as Robbie and her fiancé Ben discovered. Ben says he can’t count the number of times he had to drive Robbie to emergency to get some pain relief. “Robbie had scar tissue on her uterus that caused severe pai... - Kaiser Permanente to pay $300,000 settlement in insurance lawsuit.
San Francisco, CA: (May-15-08) The state Department of Managed Health Care brought a lawsuit against Kaiser Permanente, among others, alleging that the company had the controversial practice of rescinding individual coverage after patients got sick, stating as a cause for denial, that they had pre-existing conditions and therefore did not qualify for cov... - Home Warranty Insurance and the Manufactured Home
Nov-23-14 Washington, DC It’s an extended warranty question that was bound to come up sometime and begs to be asked: when we have a conversation about home warranty insurance, where are the jurisdictional parameters when it comes to manufactured homes? Not mobile homes or trailers per se, but large buildings complete with front porches and the like. Unl... - Car accidents: No Witness, No Recourse
Mar-30-06 Jodi Cornelius, from Oneida Wisconsin, stopped at an intersection. When she regained consciousness in the ambulance, Jodi remembered getting hit by a Mac truck. "If anybody was to get a ticket, it should have been him," she says. "On Dec 12, 2005, I was driving west to east and came to a stop at the crossroad. The truck driver was barreling down the road,... - Class Action Settlement for Flonase or Generic Flonase
New York, NY: A proposed settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit regarding the prescription nasal spray Flonase. The lawsuit claims that the seller of Flonase violated state laws by delaying the availability of generic versions of Flonase. The seller is SmithKline Beecham Corporation doing business as GlaxoSmithKline ("GSK"). GSK denies...