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Feb-19-10 Oklahoma City, OK If the Honda airbag recall has a face, it is that of 18-year-old Ashley Parham, who died in a car accident just four days after graduating from Carl Albert High School in Oklahoma City. On May 27, 2009, Ashley went to pick up her brother from football practice. Guiding her 2001 Honda Accord sedan along the length of the Carl Albert... - Four Employers Cited for Massachusetts Labor Law Violations
Feb-11-10 Boston, MA Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley—a Democrat who recently lost her bid to save the late Ted Kennedy's seat for her party—issued a statement on February 1 that outlined various Massachusetts employment law violations alleged against four Massachusetts meal delivery companies. The allegations centered on the misclassifi... - Conan Crew Screwed? Some Tonight Show Staffers Not Seeing NBC's "Millions"
Feb-6-10 Los Angeles, CA When NBC told Conan O'Brien that the "Tonight Show" would be moving to a later slot, O'Brien had no choice but to leave the show. It put a lot of people out of work, but NBC says they are paying "millions of dollars to compensate every one of them." Not so, according to one former NBC employee who worked 25 years for the network. A Califo... - $110M Citigroup Forced-Placed Insurance Class Action Settlement Reached
New York, NY: Citigroup will pay $110 million to settle a forced-place insurance class action lawsuit brought by a homeowner who alleged he was forced to pay expensive property insurance premiums. According to the terms of the settlement, class members who were charged for force-placed hazard insurance will receive 12.5 percent of the premium upon... - Popchips Consumer Fraud Class Action Lawsuit Settlement Reached
Kansas City, MO: A preliminary nationwide settlement has been reached in the consumer fraud class action lawsuit pending against Popchips Inc, (Tonya Kelly, et al. v Popchips Inc., Case No. 1316-CV11037, ). If approved, the settlement would resolve allegations that Popchips engaged in false and misleading labeling in the marketing of its "popchips"... - Severe Jaundice: A Red Flag for Parents, Doctors and Nurses
Jan-19-10 Durham, NC Back in 1998 when May and her mother brought Melody to our office, my administrative assistant and I had never heard of kernicterus. We had never seen the word bilirubin . We didn't know that kernicterus comes from too much bilirubin in a baby's blood or that the yellow staining of the skin we call jaundice is caused by bilirubin. We didn't kno... - $130M Settlement Reached in ComData Antitrust Class Action Lawsuit
San Francisco, CA: Co-Lead Counsel for a proposed class of over 4,000 independent truck stops and other retail fueling merchants announce settlements of an antitrust lawsuit against Comdata Inc., the leading trucker fleet payment card issuer, and three national truck stop chains for a combined amount of $130 million plus valuable prospective relief in... - DuPont Reaches Tentative Settlement in Imprelis Weed Killer Class Action Lawsuit
New York, NY: A proposed settlement has been reached in the DuPont Imprelis weed killer class action lawsuit. The settlement proposes to resolve claims resulting from Imprelis use by lawn care professionals on residential and commercial properties as well as by golf courses between August 31, 2010, and August 21, 2011 across the country, except Califor... - $450K Settlement Reached in Elite Model Agency Unpaid Intern Class Action Lawsuit
New York, NY: A $450,000 settlement has been approved in an unpaid intern class action lawsuit pending against Elite Model Management. The lawsuit was filed by plaintiff Dajia Davenport, who interned at the agency in the summer of 2010. It states that Elite "deliberately misclassifies its interns as exempt from wage requirements,"despite the fact th... - Upscale Restaurant in Alleged Violation of Federal and New York Labor Law
Jan-6-10 New York, NY A lawsuit recently filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against an upscale New York City restaurant alleges various violations of New York labor law . Sparks Steak House is accused of allowing employees to be harassed in the workplace. The EEOC alleges that male managers and other workers at the facility behaved in... - MLB, Fans Settle TV Antitrust Class Action
Philadelphia, PA: A proposed settlement agreement has been reached between major league baseball (MLB) fans and broadcasters, staving off an antitrust class action over how out-of-market game broadcasts are sold. Under the agreement, MLB will offer an unbundled MLB.TV Internet package for the next five years, allowing for the purchase of single-te... - SJS Dilantin: Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Jan-5-10 Vista, CA Jerra was 18 months old when she was diagnosed with epilepsy. "At first she was on Phenobarbital, but it turned her into a Jekyll and Hyde so we insisted she get another medication," says Randy, her father. "They came up with Dilantin, an anticonvulsant, which Jerra took for about 10 years." Jerra is fortunate that her only Dilantin side effect w... - Endo AMS Settles 10,000 Vaginal Mesh Lawsuits for $400M
Los Angeles, CA: Endo International plc has reached a settlement agreement that reportedly will resolve most outstanding American Medical Systems (AMS ) trans vaginal mesh lawsuits. The medical device manufacturer has agreed to pay more than $400 million to resolve the lawsuits, which claim the AMS vaginal-mesh implants eroded in some women and... - Truck Driver with Brain Injuries Earns Workers Comp
Jan-4-10 Richmond, VA A truck driver in Virginia who was injured on the job and denied workers compensation benefits finally saw the case settled in his favor following mediation. On December 21 Virginia Lawyers Weekly reported on an unidentified truck driver whose delivery truck broke down on US Route 50 in Loudoun County Virginia in September 2005. The dr... - James Woods Settles Negligence Suit over Brother's Death
Jan-4-10 Providence, RI After months of litigation, Actor James Woods has settled his negligence lawsuit with the Rhode Island hospital where his brother died of a heart attack in 2006. In July 2006, Michael Woods, who was only 49 years old at the time, was admitted to the emergency room at Kent Hospital in Warwick Rhode Island complaining of a sore throat a... - Important Court Dates for Securities Fraud Case Set for January
Jan-3-10 Westbury, NY A so-called "pump-and-dump" stock fraud scheme that allegedly helped furnish a luxurious lifestyle for the former chairman and chief executive of DHB Industries will have another day in court early in the new year. The securities fraud litigation alleges that David H. Brooks was involved in fraudulently draining millions from the business,... - Settlement Reached in Lenovo Ultrabook WiFi Class Action Lawsuit
Los Angeles, CA: A settlement has been reached in a consumer fraud class action lawsuit pending against Lenovo. The lawsuit alleged that Lenovo knowingly sold Ultrabook computers with a design defect that impacted WiFi reception and accessing speeds. Specifically, the lawsuit alleged that Lenovo marketed and sold defective Ideapad and "U Series"as... - Vehicle Seized to Pay Whistleblower's Back Wages
Jan-2-10 Washington, DC The Whistleblower Protection Act, which forbids retaliation against employees who come forward with a legitimate concern, has recently come to the aid of a New Jersey whistleblower who was fired by his employer. The former employee will finally be paid back wages via the seizure of his former employer's car. According to a December 3... - Unum Benefits from Statute of Limitations
Dec-29-09 Chattanooga, TN A bad faith insurance claim against Unum soured for a plaintiff after the statute of limitations rendered her long-term disability insurance litigation useless. While the plaintiff may have had a legitimate case against Unum Insurance (at one time known as Unum Provident but now known as Unum Group), the Unum disability insurance client... - Serious Complications Caused by Hospital Infection
Dec-21-09 San Antonio, TX David is one of over two million people who acquire hospital infections each year (according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). An investigation conducted by the hospital determined that David's MRSA infection originated from a staple used during his back surgery. The massive amount of antibiotics he took to treat th...