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May-25-20 Los Angeles, CA McDonald’s workers filed complaints under the Private Attorney Generals Act (PAGA) claiming that the California Division of Occupational Health and Safety’s failure to address COVID-19 workplace safety issues has put workers in “imminent danger.” McDonald’s now has less than a month to correct violatio... - Car Crash Worthiness & Auto Accidents
Car crashworthiness refers to how well a vehicle protects its occupants in the event of an auto accident . Vehicle crashworthiness involves the "second collision" in a vehicle accident- the collision in which the occupants of the vehicle collide with the interior of the vehicle, which can result in injury to the occupants. Safety features that comprise... - Stock Market Losses: No Shortage of Bad Financial Advice.
Dec-5-08 Santa Monica, CA There is plenty of bad advice to go with all those stock market losses out there, and while most people cringe at the horror stories of well-meaning seniors taken to the cleaners by opportunistic brokers, there are cases of younger investors with a wider risk tolerance, stuck with unsuitable products foisted on them by vendors with dre... - Chicago's Healthcare Landscape: Legal Considerations for Providers and Patients
May-22-23 Chicago, IL As part of Illinois, Chicago has a diverse healthcare landscape that includes numerous hospitals, clinics, and private practices. The City of Chicago generally has a sufficient medical setup for its residents. However, being such a large and bustling densely-populated economic hub, cases in which people getting injured due to the negligence of... - Monsanto Roundup $7M Settlement
Aug-22-23 New York, NY Bayer and its Monsanto unit agreed in June to pay almost $7 million to settle Roundup lawsuit claims which began in a 2020 investigation by New York Attorney General Letitia James. The agreement requires Bayer and Monsanto to stop advertising its Roundup weedkiller—which contains carcinogenic glyphosate—as environmentally safe. ... - UnumProvident: Mental Illness Doesn't Count
Sep-18-06 New York, NY Nowhere in Jim Stanley's UnumProvident health insurance policy did it say mental illness was only covered for a maximum of 12 months. "I couldn't work due to post traumatic stress disorder," says Stanley. "When I contacted UnumProvident about my claim, they said my original policy, which I purchased in May 2001, stated that mental illnes... - Emergency Room Charges a Bitter Pill for Man Who Lost Thumb
Sep-15-13 Henderson, NV When Bo Hash suffered an injury to his hand, his first stop was to the Rose de Lima Campus of St. Rose Dominican Hospitals. The rodeo enthusiast had been indulging his passion when a rope tightly wound around his thumb further constricted and lopped off his thumb. The quick-thinking insurance agent put his wayward thumb on ice and brought it... - 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-... - Swedish Medical Centers Face ER Overcharging Class-Action Lawsuit
Sep-4-13 Seattle, WA Swedish Health Services (SHS) is facing an emergency room overcharges class action lawsuit brought Plaintiff Chad Humphrey who alleges he was grossly and unfairly charged for emergency room medical care at a Swedish Medical Center (SMC). Despite an attempt by Swedish to have the class action dismissed, the judge reading the case recentl... - Flowers Foods and its Drivers Settle for a Lotta Dough
May-19-22 Portland, ME Flowers Foods has been given the green light by a U.S. District judge to settle a unpaid wages class action lawsuit with its current and former distributors in Maine to the tune of $23 million. No wonder the cost of bread has risen. It can’t be blamed solely on supply shortages. The settlements stems from a lawsuit filed in 2015 tha... - E-Cig and Vape Companies Cashing in on COVID-19
Apr-20-20 Santa Clara, CA Vaping and e-cigarette companies are using the corona virus crisis as a sales tool, despite warnings from health officials that vape and e-cigarette users might be at a higher risk for complications from COVID-19. And an attorney general accuses the FDA of vape fear mongering. COVID-19 Sales Tactics Particularly insidious is a sales... - Unumprovident Takes but it doesn't Give
Aug-28-08 Columbus, OH: In 1997 Linda (not her real name) was involved in a serious car accident which left her disabled. Unumprovident did their due diligence and decided Linda had a legitimate claim. But in 2002, they had a change of mind—no reason, no explanation. "Unumprovident talked to my doctors, they did a lot of research before they started to pay my... - Unum Group's Real Reason for Allegedly Pushing Social Security
Aug-24-08 Chattanooga, TN In the wake of a $40 million rap over the knuckles for allegedly inflating its stock price, First Unum has been implicated along with other insurers in connection with the practice of requiring able-bodied clients to apply for Social Security Disability benefits. The alleged practice not only serves as a drag on an already over-burdened... - Amazon to Pay $500,000 in COVID-19 Notice Lawsuit
Nov-29-21 San Francisco, CA On November 15, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced that Amazon had agreed to pay the State of California $500,000 and amend its Covid-19 notification practices to comply with California’s new “right-to-know” law. AB 685, enacted in December 2020, amended the California Labor Code to require employe... - Kaiser Permanente settles two race discrimination class-action lawsuits totaling $18.9 million
Jun-4-21 San Francisco, CA After more than two years of negotiations, Kaiser Permanente has settled two class action lawsuits claiming that it discriminated against employees on the basis of race and in violation of the California Labor law . In the first settlement, plaintiffs accused the health care giant of passing black workers over for promotion and b... - Steven M. Levin: Nursing Homes Try to 'Lawsuit Proof' Themselves.
Jul-23-08 Chicago, IL Twenty years ago, there were almost no rules in place to protect people in nursing homes. "Litigation has improved the situation," says attorney Steven Levin, "but the type of care nursing home residents receive is at best staying the same, and at worst, continuing to decline." And he also sees an alarming trend on the horizon. Although ther... - Fiduciaries’ Desperate Drive to Fund Benefits Backfires
Sep-11-19 Santa Ana, CA Aaron Kushner and Eric Spitz, who mismanaged the investments of the Retirement Plan of Freedom Communications, Inc. (the Pension Plan) have offered to settle an ERISA lawsuit brought by the federal Pension Benefits Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) for $7.8 million. Following the twists and turns of this lawsuit requires not only some app... - Energy Drink Side Effects Lawsuits News and Legal Information
Scientific evidence has shown that Energy Drinks are dangerous: energy drink side effects include energy drink heart attack and even energy drink death . Despite double the amount of energy drink hospitalizations from 2007 to 2011, teens and young adults are the main targets of marketing by energy drink makers. Energy drink lawsuits are on the ri... - Energy Drink FAQ
What are energy drinks? Energy drinks refer to a beverage that typically contains caffeine and carbohydrates as the main ingredients and marketed to the consumer as an easy way of relieving fatigue and improving physical performance. Their purpose is to give an energy boost. The term “energy drink” is not recognized by the U.S. Food and... - California Labor Bill AB5 Adding Fuel to Fire with COVID-19 Crisis?
Apr-24-20 Santa Clara, CA While the COVID-19 crisis has caused unprecedented unemployment as more California workers are being laid off, many thousands of people, from politicians to independent contractors, say that California Labor Bill AB5 is worsening the economy. State and federal legislators, small business owners, and more than 150 economists and politic...