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Los Angeles, CA: As many as 11 million people may have suffered exposure of the medical and financial information as a result of a massive data breach on health insurer Premera Blue Cross. The cyber attack is alleged to have begun in May 2014, with hackers accessing claims data including clinical information, as well as bank account and social securi... - Campylobacter Oubreaks Associated with Drinking Raw Milk
Washington, DC: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, along with several state agencies, is alerting consumers to an outbreak of campylobacteriosis associated with drinking raw milk. At least 12 confirmed illnesses have been recently reported in Michigan. Symptoms of campylobacteriosis include diarrhea, abdominal pain and fever. The FDA is collaborat... - Paragard IUD Lawsuit News and Legal Information
Paragard IUD lawsuits are now in the early stages of multidistrict litigation (MDL) consolidation in Philadelphia and more lawsuits are under investigation. Melissa Arias’s story about her experience with her Paragard T 380A is sadly commonplace. A young woman, she wanted a reversible form of contraception so that she could have children later... - $3.3 Million Awarded to Brain Injury Plaintiff Hit By Distracted Driver
Oct-8-15 A Texas man who suffered a concussion, a traumatic brain injury and herniated discs when a tractor-trailer rear-ended him agreed to a $3,350,000 settlement with the trucking company. The Oakley Trucking driver’s cell phone allegedly distracted him at the time of the collision. Distracted Driving Plaintiff Thomas East, a 37-year-old customer ser... - NutraCea Securities Class Action Settled
Pheonix, AZ: NutraCea has announced that on October 27, 2010, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Arizona approved the settlement of the securities class action lawsuit against NutraCea and certain former officers and directors. The order became final and non-appealable on November 11, 2010. The District Court for the District of Arizo... - $8 Million Award Upheld Against Trucking Companies and Driver
Sep-17-15 An Illinois appeals court upheld an $8 million damages award against two trucking companies and the driver who struck and killed the plaintiff’s wife. There were four defendants in the case: • Transfreight, a trucking company contracted with Toyota to make parts deliveries. • Kiswani Trucking, which was responsible for delivering the goods... - Complete 7-Day Cleanse Recalled By Health Canada
Ottawa, Canada: Health Canada is advising consumers that the unauthorized product "Complete 7-Day Cleanse" is being recalled because it contains a number of active ingredients with a combined effect that may pose serious health risks. "Complete 7-Day Cleanse" is a multi-ingredient natural health product promoted for "cleansing" or removing toxins from the... - Prudential Insurance Faces Denied Disability Lawsuit
Sep-15-15 Dallas, TX A former doctor has filed a lawsuit against Prudential Insurance, alleging the insurer wrongly denied her long-term disability claim . The lawsuit alleges Prudential violated good faith and fair dealing in its refusal to approve the plaintiff’s benefits. Denied disability lawsuits can be filed against insurance companies that improperly... - Car Crashworthiness: When (If Ever) Do Airbags Deploy in Rear-End Collisions?
Oct-12-07 Phoenix, AZ Miraculously, Lynn H. walked away from a multiple car crash; her car was so badly mangled even the police couldn't fathom why she wasn't seriously injured after the airbags in her 2004 Toyota Corolla didn't deploy—another car that miserably failed car crashworthiness . Before buying her car, Lynn H. did a lot of research to find a ca... - Transvaginal Mesh Financial Repercussions and Recent Settlement
Sep-13-15 Spokane, WA Not only does transvaginal mesh cause financial hardship for many women who had no choice but to take time off work due to severe mesh side effects; some women are collecting disability benefits, and rightly so. “I think that the mesh manufacturers should pay our disability benefits and not insurance companies,” says Jackie. &l... - Breakthrough Settlement Reached In Chinese Drywall Litigation
Washington, DC: A breakthrough settlement has been reached to remediate homes affected by Chinese drywall. The agreement was reached with several key defendants including Knauf Plasterboard Tianjin (KPT), builders, drywall suppliers and their insurers including Interior/Exterior Building Supply, Banner Supply Co., the Louisiana Homebuilders Indemnity T... - Lawsuits Allege Insurers Rely on Medical Necessity to Deny Claims
Sep-1-15 Los Angeles, CA Denied disability insurance lawsuits allege insurers use a variety of unethical tactics to deny an insurance claim, but perhaps the most dubious tactic is to deny a claim on the grounds that treatment is not medically necessary. Patients who have had their claims denied on “not medically necessary” grounds know all too well t... - Force Protection Reaches $24M Preliminary Settlement in Shareholder Class Action
Ladson, SC: Force Protection Inc has announced that it has reached an agreement to settle the consolidated shareholder securities class action entitled In re Force Protection, Inc. Securities Litigation, Consolidated Civil Action No. 2:08-cv-845-CWH, pending in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina against the Company and a number... - New Jersey Nursing Homes Operator Counting on Protocol to Dismiss Lawsuit
Mar-28-21 Lafayette, NJ The Andover nursing homes operator is facing a proposed class action lawsuit claiming poor treatment of residents before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. He argued in federal court to dismiss the nursing home abuse complaint based on state and federal law virus protocol. Andover Nursing Home Operators The Andover Subacute Rehabilita... - Amazon Unpaid Wages During COVID Screenings Settled
Sep-29-23 Santa Clara, CA An unpaid wages lawsuit filed by former Amazon warehouse employees in a California federal court has reached a settlement. The lawsuit, filed in February 2021, accused Amazon of violating the Fair Labor Standards Act and the California Labor Code when they were forced to undergo unpaid COVID-19 screenings before clocking in. They spent at... - California Assembly Bill 701 To Hold Amazon Accountable for Safe Workplace
Sep-10-21 Santa Clara, CA Assembly Bill 701 is expected to reach California lawmakers any day now. Bill 701 will curtail Amazon’s algorithm-led and unfavorable warehouse work conditions by requiring warehouses to disclose quotas and work speed metrics to employees and government agencies. The bill will also put an end to “time off task” penalties... - Latest Studies Link E-Cigarette Vaping to Heavy Metal Lung Disease
Dec-20-19 Santa Clara, CA Recent studies are ramping up the dangers of vaping e-cigarettes. For more than five years, researchers have found that e-cigarette vaping causes physical harm, including chemical burns to lung tissue, toxic metal exposure and vitamin E oil that clogs lungs --all causing serious damage. Now a study shows that vaping e-cigar... - U.S. v. Academy Mortgage Corp., the Whistleblower Lawsuit that Will not Die
Jul-27-22 San Francisco, CA Academy Mortgage Corp. has asked the Northern District of California to dismiss a whistleblower lawsuit brought by a former underwriter, Gwen Thrower. The lawsuit, which was initially filed in 2016, accuses Academy Mortgage of writing shaky FHA-backed mortgage loans to boost the company’s profits. In 2020, the federal govern... - Toxic Herbicide Paraquat Lawsuit Claims and Risk of Parkinson’s Disease
Jul-15-22 Paraquat is a commercial herbicide widely used in the United States. Farmers have had access to it since 1962, and it is known as "gramoxone" in the country. It is used to control and kill weeds in cotton, potato, sugarcane, soybean, and vegetable varieties. This herbicide contains extremely toxic properties, which can be fatal to humans if consu... - San Francisco files Misclassification Lawsuit Against Qwick Hospitality Staffing Company
Sep-26-23 San Francisco, CA The City of San Francisco at the end of August filed a lawsuit against Qwick Inc., accusing the hospitality staffing company of misclassifying their workers as independent contractors to deny them guaranteed wages and benefits. Qwick workers are unable to receive overtime, meals and rest breaks, health care or paid leave, and San Franci...