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Santa Clara, CA: Complaints of unpaid wages and unpaid overtime made against call centers by employees in the US are an ongoing problem and a frequent cause of class action lawsuits. In fact, the practices that result in unpaid wages and unpaid overtime among call center employees is so pervasive the US Department of Labor (DOL) has developed a fac... - Shoulder Pain Pump Patient Diagnosed with Destroyed Cartilage
Jul-28-12 Panama City, FL Back in 2008, John had shoulder pain surgery and went home with a shoulder pain pump . John says it felt OK for a few months but got progressively worse. Two years later, he had a reverse shoulder surgery. “My second surgeon told me I had no cartilage left because of this pain pump,” says John. “He also told me reverse... - An Ongoing Lawsuit and A Financially Strapped Plaintiff
Jul-27-12 Thousands of innocent victims are injured or die due to the negligence of someone else. These unfortunate events can result from an auto accident, medical malpractice, nursing home negligence, slip and fall, or product liability. Often times, the more serious the injury, the harder it will be for a plaintiff to withstand the litigation process, especially on... - After $7.9 Million Jury Verdict, Chipotle Settles California Labor Lawsuit To Avoid Punitive Damages
Jun-5-18 Fresno, CA: Long-time valued Chipotle General Manager Jeanette Ortiz was accused of stealing $626 dollars from her employer, but when she asked to see the surveillance footage of the alleged incident, her supervisors refused and destroyed the footage. Subsequently, she went out on medical leave for a work-related injury, and was terminated while out on le... - Lawsuit Funding Helps Auto Accident Victims Avoid Debt
Jul-21-12 Every day, thousands of Americans are involved in automobile accidents which are the number one cause of personal injuries in the U.S. Insurance companies know that an auto accident can cause both physical and financial strain to the victim and their family and will use deny, delay, and defend tactics in hopes that the plaintiff will accept a low settlement... - Eleven Thousand Bucks for Eleven Minutes: Hospital Overcharging
Jul-14-12 Washington, DC Jean Poole describes the nation's current health care environment as "a broken system." The medical billing advocate, in comments published last month in an exhaustive report in The New York Times (6/23/12), spends much of her day helping patient clients unravel emergency room charges and other hospital bills that seem to defy logic. ... - Obtain Full Case Value in Your Wrongful Death Lawsuit with the Help of Lawsuit Funding
Jul-13-12 Few events in anyone’s life are as catastrophic as finding out that a loved one has been killed due to the negligence and carelessness of another person or entity (company). If someone else's careless or reckless behavior caused your loved one's death, you have an obligation to protect the legal rights of the deceased. It is important to take time an... - AMS Transvaginal Mesh Sling Means No More Sex
Jul-11-12 Madison, WI For more than five years, Donna suffered transvaginal mesh injury in silence after she had AMS Transvaginal Mesh surgery. Until her husband couldn’t take it anymore. “What really got me scared was when he said, ‘If I can’t have sex with you I will have to get it from somewhere else,’ then I went online and foun... - “I’m Fighting This ER Bill All the Way” Says ER Overcharges Victim
Jul-2-12 Corsicana, TX Acting on the advice of a doctor at her local clinic, Robin went to the Dallas hospital emergency room with symptoms of food poisoning—nausea and diarrhea. Turns out, she simply had a urinary tract infection and was sent home after a few hours with two prescriptions. Then she received an ER bill for more than $3,000. “These Emer... - Lawsuit Funding: Can it Make a Difference in YOUR Litigation?
Jun-7-12 You were seriously injured in an auto accident, a fall at the store or at a construction site, maybe the victim of a medical mistake. You hired a lawyer and he/she filed your lawsuit. But, your case may take months, years, to settle. You are unable to work, with no other sources of income and no savings. You are physically, emotionally, and financially deva... - How Lawsuit Funding Can Help Victims Avoid Settling for Too Little
Jun-1-12 Accidents are never planned; often, they're unavoidable whether on the roadways, in the workplace, or on personal property. Thousands of people suffer from personal injuries each year--and while you might think a serious injury could never happen to you or someone you love, it can. An injury caused by the negligence of another can have devastating, life c... - Fibromyalgia sufferer wins denied disability claim lawsuit against Hartford
May-4-18 Seattle, WA: Long term denied disability lawsuits have a way of careening into highly technical territory about the appropriate standard of legal review or the precise process for deciding appeals. Not so with Reetz v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co. . This was an evidence case. Hartford cut Kristen Reetz ‘s benefits off as her chr... - Inflated Emergency Room Charges Just a Way of Doing Business
May-4-12 Macon, GA Emergency room charges are now to the point where publications dedicated to helping Americans save money and maintain fiscal responsibility are including emergency room cost in their recommendations. For example, the "Saving Centsably" column carried April 11 in the Macon Telegraph advocated patients ask for a detailed accounting of all e... - More Type 2 Diabetics add Complaints to Ongoing Onglyza Litigation
Apr-4-18 Atlanta, GA: In the past month, two more Onglyza and Kombiglyze lawsuits were filed on behalf of diabetes patients who claim the manufacturer concealed information linking the diabetes drug to an increased risk of heart failure and failed to warn about its alleged potential to cause serious heart problems. On the same day that a Pennsylvania woman... - New York Involved in Home Warranty Lawsuit
Feb-21-12 New York, NY Consumers upset with home warranty companies are not the only ones involved in home warranty lawsuits. Although consumers have filed lawsuits against home warranty companies alleging bad faith insurance, at least one state has also been involved in—and settled—such a lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed by New York Attorney Genera... - Bad Faith Insurance Lawsuits Filed against Home Warranty Companies
Feb-1-12 San Diego, CA Consumers who are upset about their treatment by home warranty companies have filed home warranty lawsuits, alleging that those companies practice bad faith insurance. Among the companies that have reportedly faced such lawsuits are American Home Shield and Fidelity National Home Warranty. One such lawsuit was reportedly filed against... - Affiliated Computer Services Reaches $4.5M Employment Class Action Settlement
Portland, OR: Workers employed at an Oregon call center by Affiliated Computer Services Inc, have won a $4.5 million settlement in a wage and hour class action lawsuit. The lawsuit alleged the employees were not properly paid all minimum and overtime wages for all the hours they worked. Filed in 2009, the lawsuit, entitled Bell, et al. v. Affi... - AMS Transvaginal Mesh Lead Council Discusses Consortium Claim and More…
Jan-16-12 Minneapolis, MN Attorney Stacy Hauer was recently appointed as interim co-lead council in the Minnesota State Court American Medical Systems (AMS) litigation. AMS is a major manufacturer of transvaginal mesh . "There is a legal claim called loss of consortium which relates to the marital relationship," says Hauer, "and this is one of the few cases in my... - Senator Brings Calls for Review of Oklahoma Disability Claims
Jan-12-12 Oklahoma City, OK Senator Tom Coburn called on the head of the Social Security Administration (SSA) to review the health status of people who were represented by a legal firm that is facing scrutiny for its handling of Oklahoma disability claims, The Wall Street Journal reported. According to the news source, the request of SSA Commissioner Michae... - Hernia Mesh a Helluva Mess
Feb-19-18 Raleigh, NC: Daniel complained to his surgeon time and again about pain and swelling from his abdominal surgical mesh used to repair a hernia back in 2015, but he was told it was simply the "healing process" and that "time would heal". But how long does the healing take? In Daniel's case, time was not on his side. "Immediately after the abdominal...