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Nov-7-21 Birmingham, AL On September 21, the District Court for the Northern District of Alabama denied AT&T’s motion to dismiss Roy Robinson’s ERISA lawsuit . Robinson v. AT&T Services, Inc alleged that the company fired Robinson to avoid paying him severance benefits. AT&T claimed that he had failed to exhaust internal company remedie... - Qui Tam FAQ
Qui Tam FAQ... - Qui Tam Whistleblower - Government Fraud - Qui Tam Lawsuit
Qui tam is a law passed by Congress that allows a private individual with knowledge of fraud committed against the federal government to act as a government whistleblower and bring about a qui tam lawsuit on behalf of the US. Any situation where a company or individual has defrauded the government comes under the False Claims Act, including Medicare... - Settlements Reached in Force-Placed Insurance Lawsuits
Feb-20-14 Miami, FL Settlements have reportedly been reached in a variety of force-placed insurance lawsuits , filed against financial firms such as HSBC and Bank of America Corp. Force-placed insurance lawsuits alleged that the firms had deals with insurance companies that resulted in overcharging the borrower for insurance. According to Bloomberg (2/14/14)... - Cannabis Workers Retaliated Against?
Oct-29-21 San Jose, CA Three sisters—former cannabis farm workers—alleged they were fired for complaining about California labor and employment law violations. Retaliation is a serious labor law violation. However, litigation ended October 18th when a federal judge signed off on a dismissal motion filed by the Montelongo sisters after reachin... - Trustmark National Bank Latest Defendant in Excessive Overdraft Fees Lawsuit
Dec-21-18 Jackson, MS In the waning days of December 2018, Cryesha McDonald and Chantal Lewis filed an excessive overdraft fees lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. The lawsuit alleges that Trustmark National Bank assessed overdraft fees in violation of its contractual agreements with customers. Like similar lawsuits brought... - Hospital Overcharging Comes in Many Forms
Jan-14-14 Dallas, TX Ingrained in doctors and others in the health care field is a mantra that suggests no patient in need of important, indeed life-saving medical care should ever be turned away due to an inability to pay. Most hospitals would also agree with such a humane position, in spite of the fact that hospitals are businesses and succeed or fail based on the... - Wal-Mart to Pay $25M in Blitz Exploding Gas Can Settlement
Dec-12-13 New York, NY Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest retailer, will pay $25 million as a settlement contribution to resolve a raft of personal injury lawsuits filed by people who were injured or had someone they knew killed by exploding portable plastic gas cans, NBC News reports. Wal-Mart is the largest US retailer of plastic gas cans, and sold... - Monsanto has appealed a $78 million award to DeWayne Johnson, More Lawsuits Coming
Nov-23-18 San Francisco CA : School groundskeeper DeWayne Johnson was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2014 at the age of 42. He is the first cancer victim to take Monsanto (now owned by drug giant Bayer) to court. In August, Johnson was awarded $289 million but damages were later to reduced to $78 million. And the first out of more than 620 Monsanto cancer... - California Harassment Laws and Mandatory Arbitration Agreements stem from #MeToo movement
Nov-14-18 Sacramento, CA: On the heels of the #MeToo movement, California is providing more protection for sexual harassment victims by amending the California labor law , specifically Civil Code Section 47. The goal of the new bill is to encourage more victims of sexual harassment to come forward. And more corporations are eliminating mandatory arbitration agreeme... - Lawsuit Funding Quickly Helps Victims of Auto Accidents
Nov-7-13 Every year thousands of people are seriously injured or die in auto accidents - often as a result of the driver’s excessive speed. During this time, the last thing families need are to be faced with legal and financial issues; but it is important to contact an experienced auto accident attorney to protect their rights. If a personal injury or wrongful deat... - Arsenic Poisoning at Montana Super Fund Site
Sep-20-21 Butte, MT U.S. Minerals, Inc. has agreed to plead guilty to a federal misdemeanor charge under the Clean Air Act (CAA) and to pay a criminal penalty of $393,200. The mining company has also agreed to a medical monitoring program for current and former employees who have been exposed to elevated levels of arsenic. Employees who take advantage of the medic... - Whistleblower Case Settles for $2.7M
Oct-2-13 Eerie, PA A whistleblower case brought by four doctors against Bradford Regional Medical Center (BRMC) and V & S Medical Associates has reached a settlement, with a federal judge awarding $2.7 million to the government and $600,000 in attorney fees and costs. The judge had issued an opinion on summary judgment in 2010 against the medical center. ... - When It Comes to Force-Placed Insurance, “Borrowers Don’t Have Many Answers”
Sep-20-13 Washington, DC Force-placed insurance lawsuits have resulted in at least one large settlement for homeowners, but Tracey Carragher, CEO of Breckenridge Insurance Services (pictured), says homeowners still do not have options when it comes to issues with force-placed insurance. Carragher says the industry needs to change, so that homeowners and taxpayers... - Myths Versus Facts of Lawsuit Funding
Sep-12-13 Many people confuse the term “lawsuit loan” with “lawsuit funding” or “litigation funding .” “Lawsuit loan” suggests that the borrowed funds must be repaid no matter what happens - regardless of one’s ability to repay the debt. A “loan” typically requires credit checks, employment history and monthly payments. On the other hand, laws... - ERISA Lawsuit Results in $3 Million Settlement
Sep-8-13 Detroit, MI An ERISA lawsuit alleging breach of fiduciary duty regarding the overseeing of an ERISA plan has resulted in a $3 million settlement. The lawsuit alleged violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) based on how a bank managed its employee 401(k) plan. According to grbj ( Grand Rapids Business Journal ; 9/4/13), th... - Digital Federal Credit Union Snared in Excessive Overdraft Fees Lawsuit
Oct-3-18 Boston, MA The allegations in the latest excessive overdraft fees lawsuit against Digital Federal Credit Union (DFCU) may seem familiar by now. It is about two different ways of calculating an account balance – one which the consumer saw, and the other, lower number, which DFCU kept much closer to the vest. Similar lawsuits have been filed against L... - Former Deputy Fights California Wrongful Termination
Aug-29-13 San Bernardino, CA A former sheriff’s deputy who claims he was unjustly fired by San Bernardino County for taking too much time off work to care for his ailing mother appears to be headed for a California wrongful termination settlement. Travis Bauer alleges he was unjustly targeted by his superiors and subsequently fired, whereas his former empl... - Litigation Financing for Product Liability
Aug-22-13 “I was recently involved in my first product liability lawsuit. In fact, it was my first time involved in any lawsuit. My claim seemed ‘cut and dry’ so I had no idea it would take two years to reach a settlement. As the case dragged on, my source of income dwindled. The bills for surgery, physical therapy and rehabilitation alone were more than savings... - Participants Sue $1.52 Billion Baptist Health South Plan for Wasting Retirement Savings
Sep-6-21 Miami, FL On August17, three former participants in the Baptist Health South Florida, Inc. 403(b) Employee Retirement Plan (BHSF Plan) sued plan fiduciaries for breaching their duty of loyalty and prudence to participants and beneficiaries by paying “astronomical” management fees. The named plaintiffs in the ERISA lawsuit seek...