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Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Settle with California Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield have agreed to settle with the state of California regarding individual insurance policies that were improperly dropped by the health insurers, because the insurees made minor mistakes in filling out the forms. Blue Cross has agreed to pay a $10 million fin... - How Class Action Members Receive Notice
Jul-2-07 New York, NY: LawyersandSettlements.com asked notice expert Todd Hilsee how people involved in a class action lawsuit (also called plaintiffs or members) are found and notified of settlements -- and how to ensure they get the right benefits. "It is a very careful process: lawyers must notify members of their legal rights and they also need to notify the... - $7.8 Million Settlement Awarded to Cancer Patients
National Foundation Life Insurance and Dixie National Life Insurance have been ordered to pay a settlement of $7.8 million to 182 people denied payment related to their cancer treatment. The plaintiffs primarily are former South Carolina state employees whose coverage was changed by the insurers after 2001. Legal Help If you have a similar... - Michael Moore's Sicko is a Call to Action
Jun-29-07 Flint, MI: Michael Moore's latest documentary "Sicko" raises awareness of illegal practices by U.S. health insurance companies and drug companies. At the beginning of this eye-opening and honest dissection of a corrupt health system, Moore explains how he set up a website inviting anyone who had been denied health insurance to submit a complaint. He receiv... - Survey Indicates Blasé Attitude Toward Job-Terminating Disabilities
Jun-17-07 Portland, ME Here are two bits of bad news: the number of disabled workers in the U.S. is on the rise, even as many Americans remain clueless about the financial impact of being struck down with a disability. Meanwhile, insurance giants such as the Unum Group continue to rake in huge bucks. Unum (formerly UnumProvident, prior to a March 2007 name-chan... - Car Accidents: Why Walk Away?
Jun-13-07 Beaumont, TX It is said that the odds of injury or death in a plane crash are a lot lower than simply getting into your car and driving to the corner store for milk. Comforting for anyone with a fear of flying. But what happens in the event of a car accident , and especially if other parties or entities are at fault? Do you simply say, "oh well, I es... - Louisiana Citizen's Insurance Settles Class Action for $35 Million
Victims of hurricanes Katrina and Rita who filed a class action suit against the insurer Louisiana Citizens Insurance Corp, will finally be receiving some financial compensation. The board of the insurance company has agreed to pay $35 million to settle the class action, which alleged that the company was late in paying polyholders' claims resulting from the... - New York Medical Malpractice Lawsuit News & Legal Information
New York medical malpractice claims are made against doctors or other healthcare professionals or organizations whose standard of care fails to meet an acceptable level. When the standard of care falls and a patient suffers harm as a result, a New York medical malpractice lawsuit may be filed against the doctor, health care provider, or institution whose ac... - Insurer Northwestern Mutual Settles Class Action for $92 Million
The 4-year old class action suit brought against Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co has been settled, with the company agreeing to pay $92 million, which will cover approximately 1.3 million current and 1.6 million former policy owners who purchased term life or disability coverage since 1981. The lawsuit was filed in California by a customer who all... - ER Overcharges Case? Attorney Weighs In
Jul-7-15 Charlotte, NC Harjeet filed an emergency room overcharges complaint after he received the hospital invoice for services that he didn’t understand. “I couldn’t get anywhere with hospital administration - it was very frustrating,” says Harjeet. “But the LawyersandSettlements attorney reviewed my documents I e-mailed him and... - Ex-Wife Lies to Unum, Results in Denied Disability
Jul-1-15 Arlington, VA: Kevin was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1998, one year after he took out an Unum, or Unum Provident policy. After a messy divorce, Kevin says his ex-wife told Unum that he had MS in the 1980s, which meant he had a preexisting condition and would be denied Unum long-term disability benefits. Kevin says he went by the book - he w... - Employees May Work 6 Years Longer when Employer Skims Fees off the Top of 401k Plan
Jan-22-20 Collingswood, NJ On November 5, former employee, Young Cho, filed a class action ERISA lawsuit (ERISA) in the District Court for the District of New Jersey alleging that fiduciaries of the Prudential Insurance Company 401k plan breached their duty to plan participants by selecting and managing investment options to benefit Prudential, rather than retirem... - Pfizer Reaches Tentative Bextra and Celebrex Settlements of $894 Million
Pfizer Inc announced today that it has reached agreements in principle to resolve substantially all of the personal injury cases, consumer fraud cases and state attorneys general claims involving its non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAID) pain medication Bextra, which Pfizer voluntarily withdrew from the U.S. market in 2005. Additionally, following key cour... - Tenative Farmers Insurance Verdict of $130 Million in Class Action Settlement
A class action suit brought by 76,000 people against Farmers Insurance Co, has received a tentative settlement verdict of $130 million. The suit had alleged that the insurer had failed to pay for general contractors, claimed breach of contract, bad faith and fraud. The average cost per person for unpaid bills and for fixing damaged homes was $575. ... - 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... - Insurers Face Antitrust Lawsuits
Jun-2-15 Montgomery, AL Two massive antitrust lawsuits have been consolidated against Blue Cross and Blue Shield, alleging the health insurers drove up prices by avoiding competition with each other. The lawsuits are different from many lawsuits alleging insurance claims were wrongly denied because they accuse the insurers of joining forces to avoid competition... - California Uber Drivers Survive Motion to Dismiss, Lose Preliminary Injunction
Jan-2-20 San Francisco, CA On December 16, Judge Edward Chen of the Northern District of California denied Uber’s Motion to Dismiss a class action California labor lawsuit that claims Uber drivers were misclassified as independent contractors under standards set out in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court . However, in Colopy v. Uber Techs... - NCAA, Men's Basketball, Football Players Settle Class Action for $228 Million
A class action settlement was recently approved by a federal judge that will see the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) provide an additional $218 million in financial aid for student athletes to NCAA division 1 member institutions, during the academic year beginning 2007-08 through 2012-13. Additionally, the NCAA will provide $10 million for fo... - Denied Disability Insurance Lawsuit Filed in Los Angeles
Apr-3-15 Los Angeles, CA An insurance lawsuit has been filed by the spouses of dockworkers at the Los Angeles Port, alleging the port’s health care plan is subject to unacceptable backlogs and health care insurance denials. According to the Los Angeles Times (3/5/15), the lawsuit was filed by two women whose husbands are longshoremen, and one doctor... - 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...