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According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) there were 3,382 fatalities in Texas car accidents in 2008. Car accidents in Texas, as in other states, are a common occurrence. However, victims of Texas auto accidents can protect their rights by filing a claim, so that any lost wages and money spent on medical expenses related to... - Pizza Recall: General Mills Can Afford Victims' Medical Bills
Dec-22-07 Michael B. and his fiancée both wound up in the hospital after eating Totino's pizza. And they got sick after the Totino's and Jeno's E. coli pizza recall . Michael bought 10 pizzas on December 4th; luckily he kept the receipt and the pizza boxes that matched General Mills recalled SKUs (stock keeping units or UPC codes). On November 1, Genera... - Florida Couple Recovers $14.5 in Bad Faith Case Against Geico
Nov-14-15 A jury in Miami awarded a $14.5 million to husband and wife in a Miami-Dade Circuit Court trial against Geico General Insurance Co. and an uninsured driver who was deemed negligent in a severe 2004 automobile accident. In the Nov. 2 verdict, a jury awarded former chiropractor David Zucker and his wife Carrie a total of nearly $14.5 million for past an... - Age Discrimination “Rampant” Says Attorney Lisa Maki
Nov-13-15 Los Angeles, CA: Attorney Lisa Maki is a bundle of energy and fortitude. She runs her own law firm, the Law Offices of Lisa Maki, in Los Angeles, California. And, frankly, there aren’t many women doing that in the high-stakes, predominantly male world of trial lawyers. “The top number of inquiries we get is age discrimination , after that disabil... - No More Sex after Essure Implant
Nov-11-15 Mesa, AZ: Carrie is gathering the past six years of medical records for her attorney so that she can file an Essure complaint against Bayer, the drug giant that currently owns and distributes the permanent birth control device. Six years ago, Carrie, age 38, had the Essure device implanted. She decided not to have another child and her gynecologist... - Medtronic Sprint Fidelis Should Pay for Surgery
Dec-1-07 Grand Blanc, MI Patients who have the now recalled Medtronic Sprint Fidelis Leads implanted face an important decision. Those who have not suffered from a malfunction must decide whether or not to have the leads capped to avoid having their defibrillator malfunction. Unfortunately, some people who have the leads implanted no longer have insurance cove... - Hollywood Presentation Seen as Key to Success with Jury
Nov-28-07 When Michael Kelly takes on a case, he immediately starts thinking of how he might turn the case into a successful screenplay. Not because he wants to sell the movie rights, but because he feels that it is the most effective way to present a case to a jury. "Jurors want to resolve the conflict, they want the drama" says Kelly, "Determines what your most pow... - Anthem Blue Cross to Pay $8.3 Million to Settle Lawsuits
Nov-4-15 Los Angeles, CA: Anthem Blue Cross has agreed to pay $8.3 million to settle insurance lawsuits that alleged the company breached its contracts and engaged in unfair business practices. The settlement affects up to 50,000 Anthem Blue Cross customers who live in California and were affected by the company changing costs associated with individual policie... - Overlooked, Underpaid California Workers Face Dire Coronavirus Risk
Mar-26-20 Sacramento, CA On March 19, Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered all Californians to stay home except for workers essential to health care, public safety, food, agriculture and media. Those who can work remotely may be juggling work and children. Laid off and furloughed workers are looking at reduced paychecks, even with the wage and benefit protections of federal... - North Carolina Labor Law Legal News and Lawsuit Information
North Carolina employment lawsuits allege employees in North Carolina have been improperly treated by their employees. North Carolina employment law requires employees be paid a minimum wage and overtime wage and prevents employees from being fired under certain circumstances. If employers in North Carolina violate North Carolina labor law , employees m... - Unum Group Reports Healthy Earnings, Despite Denied Claims Reassessments
Aug-6-07 Albany, NY It would be little consolation to current or former clients of Unum Group (formerly UnumProvident) who have ever had their claims denied, to know that the company has announced healthy earnings for the second quarter, fuelled by record revenue from their Colonial Life division. And in spite of taking a $53 million dollar charge against the... - $12M Settlement Reached in Lyft Driver Misclassification Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A $12.25 million employment class action settlement has been reached between Lyft drivers and the ride share app, which would provide additional job security to a proposed class of drivers, both current and former workers for Lyft in California. However, Lyft refuses to classify its drivers as employees. Currently, drivers for Lyft... - Unum: Better Benefits and Bigger Profits
Jul-9-07 Albany, NY: Listening to the Unum conference call posted on the Internet, you immediately want to jump on board as an investor. Unum Group (formerly UnumProvident) reported strong first quarter results for 2007, and is bullish about the remainder of the year, according to the contents of a recorded conference call from early May, posted online. Compan... - Delivery Drivers Win $2.8M Settlement in Employment Class Action Lawsuit
Chicago, IL: A $2.8 million settlement has been reached in an employment class action lawsuit pending against 3PD Inc. The lawsuit was filed by delivery drivers who alleged the company wrongfully classified them as contractors in order to place the cost of trucks and damage to goods on to the drivers. Specifically, the drivers claimed they worked... - Blue Cross Faces Hepatitis C Lawsuit
Aug-21-15 New York, NY Blue Cross faces another denied insurance lawsuit alleging the company has wrongfully denied insurance for an approved hepatitis C medication. The lawsuit is at least the second filed against Blue Cross related to its denial of treatment for hepatitis C. The lawsuit (case number 0:15-cv-61118) was filed by Janie Kondell, who has had hep... - Judge to Uber on AB5: That Means You, Too, and Now
Feb-14-20 Los Angeles, CA On February 10, the District Court for the Central District of California denied a motion for injunction that would halt enforcement of California’s Gig Worker Law against Uber and Postmates while both companies challenge the law’s constitutionality. The decision means that both companies must begin to treat workers as employees... - In Case of Car Accident: A Lawyer Can be Your Best Friend
May-23-07 Parsippany, NJ If you were ever in the market for a good lawyer, chances are it would be after a car accident. Not to soften the consequences of an accident for which you might have been at fault, but rather to represent your interests - and plain, old-fashioned fair play - in the face of the other guy, having caused the accident in the first place, gett... - Are Propecia Long-Term Side Effects Really Rare? Not according to Some...
Jun-19-15 San Diego, CA Anthony took the hair loss drug Propecia for two years and the generic finasteride for another few years - until he became aware of Propecia long-term side effects. “I’ve had sexual dysfunction problems for the past eight years and because of Propecia, I’m also battling depression,” he says. By the time the FDA... - Investigators Zero In on Pill Pushing Doctors
Mar-14-07 Washington, DC: The number one goal of drug makers in dispatching sales representatives to meet with doctors face-to-face is to increase sales by convincing doctors to prescribe drugs off-label for unapproved uses, by saying whatever it takes to achieve that goal. A May 2006, study titled, "Turning Medicine Into Snake Oil," analyzed FDA warning letters... - Second US Government Data Breach Could Affect 14 Million
Jun-14-15 Washington, DC Recent data breaches affecting Target and Home Depot were sufficient to unnerve even the most ardent and confident consumer of online information and commerce. However, when the federal government was hacked a few weeks ago, concern turned to fear for many. If the government isn’t safe, then who is? And now, according to The Gu...