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Apr-15-08 Boca Raton, FL: Attorney Brian J. Glick says that "he works for the people, not the powerful." What that involves, and how it can change things for the better, was the subject of our interview. LawyersandSettlements (LAS): How would you describe your practice? Brian J. Glick (BJG): It's all what we call liability work, people injured as a result o... - California Labor Law: Injury Led to Termination
Mar-14-08 Riverside, CA Since August of 2001, Jeana Cork worked as a nursing assistant for Riverside County. She worked in the mental health department and it was a tough job. "We are the emergency room for every kind of patient," says Cork. She got slammed against a wall by two male patients and suffered four ruptured discs. The County, on advice from their insuran... - First Unum: When Insurance is Anything But
Feb-19-08 Portland, OR Anyone having seen Michael Moore's 'Sicko' documentary, released last year, will have a renewed appreciation for the kinds of trials and tribulations First Unum clients must bear while navigating the tactical minefield that Unum allegedly requires well-meaning Americans to wade through in an effort to collect on a legitimate claim for shor... - When Doesn't the Own-Occupation Definition of Total Disability Work from a Claims Perspective?
Feb-6-08 As a Disability Insurance claims consultant and expert witness for inappropriately denied claims, I have noticed an increase in the number of denied claims over the past decade. It seems that one of the biggest reasons for claim denial is that the claimant is not satisfying or understanding the various own occupation definitions of "Total Disability." The... - State Farm Auto: Like a Good Neighbor?
Feb-6-08 Sun City, CA Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there. Or maybe not, if the experiences of some California residents, are any indication. It is alleged that State Farm Insurance might be in contravention of California statutes by low-balling customers with regard to the value of vehicles totaled for insurance purposes. This was the experience of... - <Insurers> Reach $80 Million Settlement with Merck
Third party payers, unions and other private groups have reached an $80 million settlement in their class action against Merck, the maker of Vioxx. The suit alleged that they parties would not have covered the cost of the drug had they known about the associated health risks specifically cardiovascular events. Merck reportedly still faces hundre... - Anthem Blue Cross Faces Hepatitis C Claims
Dec-10-15 Pasadena, CA: Blue Cross faces a class-action insurance lawsuit alleging the company unfairly denied treatment for hepatitis C to protect profits. According to the lawsuit, which is the most recent of multiple lawsuits filed against the insurer, patients seeking coverage of certain hepatitis C treatments are told the treatment is not medically necessar... - Farmers Insurance Settles Bad Faith Class Action
Farmers Insurance of Arizona has settled a 'bad faith' class action originally filed in January 2004, for a reported $3 million. The suit stemmed from allegations by a customer, Tucson resident Paul Schwam, that a business practice enacted in 2001 was a breach of Schwam's policy and policies owned by certain other customers. The policy was related to c... - $90 Million Missing -- “Embezzlement and fraud,” cry AME Pastors in Pension Lawsuit
Sep-14-22 Memphis, TN Count IX of this class-action ERISA lawsuit , alleges the “Tort of Outrage.” That, if nothing else, captures the flavor of the case. In re: AME Church Employee Retirement Fund Litigation describes a complicated and long-running conspiracy to loot the Ministerial Annuity Plan of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (t... - Everhart Trucking LLC and R&T Trucking Wrongful Death Settlement
On June 23, 2004 Emily Van Dyke was a passenger in a car pulled over for speeding. Just then, truck driver David Gale lost consciousness due to his degenerative multiple sclerosis and hit the Allegan County sheriff's deputy's cruiser, starting a chain reaction crash. The car Van Dyke was in was pushed into a ravine by the sheriff's cruiser and burst i... - Settlement Proposed in Automotive Refinishing Paint Products Class Action
A settlement has been proposed in a class action lawsuit against BASF Aktiengesellschaft, BASF Coatings AG, and BASF Corporation; Sherwin-Williams Company and Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes; PPG Industries, Inc. ("PPG"); Akzo Nobel Car Refinishes B.V. and Akzo Nobel Coatings Inc. (collectively "Akzo"); and E.I. duPont de Nemours and Company, and Du... - Emergency Room Overcharges with Coronavirus Test
Apr-5-20 Santa Clara, CA Despite the $2 trillion coronavirus aid package that includes over $100 billion for hospitals and medical needs, and despite a law signed by President Trump on March 18 that supposedly allows Americans to be tested for coronavirus free of charge, some patients now face emergency room overcharges . While the tests may be free, both insured... - $89 Million Settlement Proposed for Bextra, Celebrex Marketing Class Action
A federal court in San Francisco has granted preliminary approval to a proposed settlement with Pfizer Inc. ("Pfizer") about the marketing of the prescription drugs Bextra and Celebrex. The settlement will provide a Settlement Fund of $89 million to benefit a class of consumers and insurance companies or other entities (also called Third-Party Payors) that p... - Defective Shoulder Pain Pump Led to Shoulder Replacement
Oct-24-07 Kary, NC At first, Laura's simple arthroscopic labrum repair seemed to be successful. But her orthopedic surgeon inserted a defective shoulder pain pump and she just had another surgery—this time a partial shoulder replacement. Laura is only 35 years old and she can't hug or lift her kids. In 2003, Laura (not her real name) was involved in a m... - 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... - $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... - $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... - 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... - 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... - 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...