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Los Angeles, CA: An employment lawsuit filed in 2010 alleging Meriter Health Services improperly calculated employee pensions, has reached a $82 million settlement, which will see some 4,000 Meriter Health Services employees receive an average of $14,000 each in damages. A dozen people named as plaintiffs will each get an additional $5,000, and anothe... - Shareholders Demand Disclosure of UnumProvident Executive Pay
Dec-15-09 New York, NY A faith-based group of institutional shareholders are demanding that 21 major corporations, including UnumProvident , disclose the total compensation packages of their top executives and their lowest paid employees in a bid to expose pay disparities in healthcare companies. The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) selected... - GlaxoSmithKline Reportedly Paid $1 Billion for Paxil Lawsuits
Dec-14-09 Philadelphia, PA : According to reports, Paxil-maker GlaxoSmithKline may have paid almost $1 billion to settle Paxil lawsuits alleging serious side effects, including birth defects, addiction and suicides or attempted suicides. Bloomberg reported today that since 1993, GlaxoSmithKline has paid close to $1 billion to settle lawsuits concerning the a... - Coppertone Consumer Fraud Class Action Receives Settlement Approval
Los Angeles, CA: A settlement has received final approved in the consumer fraud class action lawsuit pending against Coppertone sunscreen and its manufacturer Merck & Co. District Judge Peter G. Sheridan granted final approval of the settlement effectively ending the allegations that Merck used deceptive marketing practices and made false claims r... - $5M Settlement Reached in Qualitest Vitamin Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: The federal government and some 48 states have reached an agreement with with Qualitest Pharmaceuticals Inc, potentially ending a whistleblower lawsuit alleging unlawful labeling practices on the part of Qualitest. Qualitest, a subsidiary of Endo Health Solutions, makes generic pharmaceuticals including multivitamins. The lawsuit al... - A Play on Words: Unum's Scam
Dec-8-09 Seattle, WA Unum , also known as UnumProvident, is notorious for denying legitimate health insurance claims in a variety of deceptive ways. Valerie (not her real name) says Unum illegally denied her long-term benefits by changing one word in her policy without giving notice to her employer, HR or the union. After she suffered an injury at work, Valeri... - AstraZeneca Could Face 6,000 Lawsuits over Seroquel Side Effects
Dec-6-09 Orlando, FL A recent ruling from a U.S. district judge could create approximately 6000 individual trials for British drug maker AstraZeneca, which faces litigation over Seroquel Side Effects . Anne Conway, the judge overseeing the preliminary proceedings in the federal Seroquel trial, has recommended returning all individual cases related to the anti... - Landmark $1.25M Settlement for Oakland Raiderettes Unpaid Wages Class Action Lawsuit
Los Angeles, CA: A $1.25 million settlement has been reached in the landmark unpaid wages class action pending against the Oakland Raiders football team. The employment lawsuit was filed by the Oakland Raiders' Cheerleaders alleging wage theft and other unfair employment practices. If approved, the settlement would cover 90 cheerleaders who wor... - $10.2M Settlement Reached in JPMorgan Chase TCPA Class Action Lawsuit
Los Angeles, CA: A $10.2 million settlement has been agreed between the plaintiffs in a robocall class action lawsuit and JPMorgan Chase Bank NA. The bank allegedly made unsolicitied robocalls to more than 2 million customers' cellphones, in violation of the Telephone Consumer protection Act (TCPA). According to the agreement, if approved, Chase w... - Condo Association Files Bad Faith Insurance Lawsuit in Miami
Dec-3-09 Miami, FL A condo association in the Sunshine State is making a bad faith insurance claim against its insurance provider for two residential towers in danger of being demolished next year. The Buckley Towers Condominium Association alleges that its bad faith insurance company failed to react in a timely manner to the aftermath of Hurricane Wilma in 200... - WellCare Settles Securities Class Action
Tampa, FL: WellCare Health Plans, Inc announced today that it has reached an agreement on the material terms of a settlement which will resolve the claims asserted against the Company in the previously disclosed putative securities class action consolidated complaint filed against the Company. The securities class action settlement provides, amo... - AllianceOne Class Action Settlement Announced
San Diego, CA: An agreement to resolve a consumer fraud class action pending against AllianceOne has been made in federal court in California. The court recently gave preliminary approval to the settlement. The lawsuit alleges that the company violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by calling cell phones using an automated dialer or with a pre... - $2.1M Settlement Reached ExamSoft Consumer Fraud Class Action Lawsuit
Tampa, FL: A $2.1 million settlement has been reached in a consumer fraud class action lawsuit pending against ExamSoft Worldwide Inc. If approved, the settlement will resolve allegations that the company failed to adequately respond to glitches reported in its exam software, which prevented state bar applicants from uploading their exam answers... - EEOC Defends Workers' Compensation Leave in Court
Nov-29-09 Kansas City, MO A workers compensation issue that has less to do with workers' safety and everything to do with workers' rights has recently been brought to the public conscience. The issue at hand is inflexible leave policies, whereby workers are being terminated at the conclusion of a set workers' compensation leave instead of being given... - Gas Explosion - Propane Explosion, Natural Gas Explosion, Gas Explosion Lawyer
A Gas explosion can occur as a result of a defective product or human error—such as lack of proper safety training-- in the workplace, resulting in a gas line explosion and accidents in the home (e.g., propane explosion , natural gas explosion and barbeque propane explosions often cause severe burn injuries and sometimes death. People working i... - $1.3M Proposed Neutrogena Naturals Consumer Fraud Class Action Settlement
Los Angeles, CA: A proposed $1.3 million settlement has been reached in a consumer fraud class action lawsuit over packaging and advertising of Neutrogena Naturals products. The lawsuit, entitled Stephenson, et al. v. Neutrogena Corporation, alleges the Neutrogena Naturals products packaging and advertising falsely indicated they were natura... - Wrongful Termination Lawyers, Wrongful Termination Legal Help - LawyersAndSettlements.com
Wrongful termination means an employer has fired or laid off an employee in violation of their legal rights. If wrongful termination law is violated, a wrongfully terminated employee may file a wrongful employment termination complaint with government agencies and/or file a private lawsuit, usually with the help of wrongful termination lawyers . Un... - Study Suggests That GPs Disagree With Unum's Claims Management System
Nov-24-09 Chattanooga, TN In a move that could greatly impact the future of disability claims, a new study from Keele University claims that more than a quarter of general practitioners (GPs) and physiotherapists believe that disability and pain are the result of physical problems, directly contradictiing the biopsychosocial practices of groups like Unum disabil... - New Survey Revives Memories of LINA Disability Claims Debacle
Nov-23-09 Belleville, IL A new survey of seniors enrolled in Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) claims that the majority of applicants find the process overly complicated and confusing, prompting fears that the federally funded organization is taking advantage of the elderly in a manner reminiscent of the LINA insurance controversy. SSDI claimants re... - Chinese Drywall Homeowner Applied for a Forbearance Agreement
Nov-20-09 Middleburg, FL Sherolyn, a paralegal, had to move out of her new home because it was built with Chinese drywall , and now she is asking her mortgage company for a forbearance agreement. "State officials are encouraging mortgage companies to grant this agreement to homeowners with this toxic drywall," she says. If Sherolyn doesn't get this agreement,...