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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... - ERISA Lawsuit Alleges that ESOP Fiduciaries Cheated Participants
May-31-22 Chicago, IL Participants in the West Monroe Partners Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) filed a class action ERISA lawsuit claiming that the ESOP’s fiduciaries and the Trustee shortchanged them of the value of the company’s stock when West Monroe sold half the company to an outside investor. At its most elemental, the scheme described i... - Telecom Companies Adept at Smoke and Mirrors
Jul-27-08 Seattle, WA You must forgive people for getting steamed at telecom companies and letting that steam go in the courts of law. But honestly, just how does a service provider who attempts to pull the wool over the eyes of well-meaning consumers, expect those consumers to react once they realize they've been had? Swindled, might be the better word. Th... - Lawyer Scott Summy and Landmark Water Contamination Case
Jul-22-08 Dallas, TX: One Saturday morning, back in the 1990s, attorney Scott Summy found himself standing in front of a crowd of hundreds of people at a trailer park in Wilmington, North Carolina. Their drinking water had been contaminated with a chemical called Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether, or MTBE. Their water smelled and tasted like turpentine, they told Summy, a... - California Overtime Pay Plaintiffs Seek Final Approval of $4.25 Million Settlement
Oct-11-15 Los Angeles, CA A supplier of services to the retail giant Costco could face a monetary settlement worth $4.25 million if a federal judge in California grants approval of the tentative settlement in the wake of a California overtime pay lawsuit. The class action could benefit some 8,000 individuals who demonstrate products at Costco Warehouses. Cost... - Transvaginal Mesh Financial Repercussions and Recent Settlement
Sep-13-15 Spokane, WA Not only does transvaginal mesh cause financial hardship for many women who had no choice but to take time off work due to severe mesh side effects; some women are collecting disability benefits, and rightly so. “I think that the mesh manufacturers should pay our disability benefits and not insurance companies,” says Jackie. &l... - Disney’s Overtime Deal
Nov-25-19 Santa Clara, CA Disneyland workers on November 4 got the green light to settle their California overtime class action lawsuit, but a federal judge needs “further convincing” before approving one-third of the $2 million settlement for attorney fees. Judge James Selna said that upwards of $660,000 in legal fees is higher than the Ninth Circu... - Attorney Maurice B. Graham on Equitable Recovery
Mar-29-08 St. Louis, MO: Attorney Maurice B. Graham is a partner in Gray, Ritter and Graham, PC, a personal injury and complex business and commercial litigation firm. A 1962 JD graduate of the University of Missouri, Graham is former president of the Missouri Bar Association (1988-1989) and has served as a member and chairman of the Supreme Court Advisory Committee... - Activision Blizzard To Settle for $18 million in Discrimination Lawsuit
Apr-30-22 Santa Monica, CA Activision Blizzard has agreed to pay $18 million to settle a workplace discrimination lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Workers employed by the video game giant after September 2016 and believe that they experienced harassment, discrimination or retaliation will be eligible to apply for a share of... - Medicare Fraud Whistleblower Lawsuit Settled for $17 Million
Jul-1-15 Miami, FL A healthcare fraud lawsuit has been settled for $17 million, reportedly the largest settlement of a case involving skilled nursing facility kickbacks in the US. The lawsuit initially began as a whistleblower claim, and the settlement will see the whistleblower receive $4.25 million. According to South Florida Business Journal (6/16/15),... - Two Monster Energy Lawsuits Reportedly Settled
Jun-12-15 San Francisco, CA As The Coca-Cola Company takes a stake in Monster Beverage Corp., reports have come out that two recent Monster Energy drink lawsuits resulted in confidential settlements. These are in addition to one settlement from 2014. Another two Monster Energy lawsuits are pending. Wrongful death and product liability lawsuits have been filed ag... - Actos Cancer Victims Get $2.4B Settlement
Apr-29-15 Santa Clara, CA A $2.4 billion settlement has been agreed between Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. and some 9,000 plaintiffs who filed personal injury lawsuits against the company, alleging it failed to warn of bladder cancer risks from taking its Type 2 diabetes drug Actos (pioglitazone hydrochloride). Actos (pioglitazone hydrochloride) is a membe... - Viacom Reaches A $7.2 Million Settlement in Unpaid Wages Suit
Apr-8-15 Former interns and Viacom Inc. reached a $7.2 million settlement to resolve a labor and wage class action suit involving more than 1,000 interns. Viacom failed to pay wages during their employment. The motion for preliminary approval of the settlement was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The suit was i... - Investors Balk at Bayer with Roundup and Monsanto Class Action Lawsuit
Mar-25-22 Santa Clara, CA A group of investors has balked at Bayer with a class action lawsuit claiming they were deceived about the link between Roundup and cancer and the Monsanto purchase that includes over 125,000 Roundup lawsuits. Investors are demanding about $2.5 billion from Bayer, reported Reuters in January. That amount covered lawsuits from ab... - Safeway’ $1.45 million deal Just One of Many PAGA California Labor Complaints
Sep-4-19 Oakland, CA: If finally approved, a lawsuit brought under PAGA will settle California labor law claims brought on behalf of 35,000 workers in California who allege that Safeway failed to provide accurate pay stubs. The giant supermarket chain’s $1.45 million deal would affect former and current workers. The Altamirano v. Safeway Inc. Settlement... - More Lawsuits Against Fen-Phen that Caused PPH
Aug-2-07 Philadelphia, PA Many PPH sufferers think the statute of limitations has come and gone regarding lawsuits against diet drugs Pondimin (fenfluramine) and Redux (dexfenfluramine). But you can still join a PPH class action lawsuit if PPH was linked to Fen Phen. More than likely PPH victims were prescribed Fen Phen more than a decade ago. This diet drug i... - Coca-Cola Bottler to Settle ERISA lawsuit for $3.5 Million
Mar-21-22 Charlotte, NC Large independent bottler, Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc., has agreed to pay $3.5 million to settle a class-action breach of fiduciary duty lawsuit that could have involved thousands of plan participants. The ERISA lawsuit was originally brought in 2020 by two participants in the Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. 401k Plan. Cheyenne Jones v. Coc... - Good on Judge Goodwin and AMS Transvaginal Mesh
Mar-6-15 Bakersfield, CA: While Judge Joseph Goodwin has praised American Medical Systems, the maker of AMS transvaginal mesh , for settling its transvaginal mesh lawsuits, other TVM manufacturers have infuriated him. But it appears that AMS and Judge Goodwin have finally paved the way for others to finally settle, just as transvaginal mesh lawyers predicted. ... - Force-Placed Insurance Lawsuits Forcing Industry to Rethink Practices
Feb-26-15 New York, NY As some force-placed insurance lawsuits move closer to resolution, more companies are announcing that they are stopping force-placed insurance practices. Meanwhile, federal regulators have also considered implementing new rulings to curb unethical practices used by some companies in the industry. Force-placed insurance, sometimes called... - AMS Transvaginal Mesh, What Is It Good For? Absolutely Nothing.
Feb-7-15 Pittsburgh, PA And women say it again: AMS transvaginal mesh is good for absolutely nothing. At one time it reaped a nice profit for Endo International Plc, owner of American Medical Systems (AMS). But the recent $1.3 billion settlement by Endo clearly has eaten into the drug company’s bottom line. Endo has agreed to pay nearly $1.3 billion to...