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Sep-25-12 Bradford County, PA Depending upon how you look at it, fracking may be good news--if it doesn’t affect you personally. It helps with the global climate because burning gas emits less carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than burning coal. And by supplying 30 percent of America’s natural gas, it’s arguably better for national security. B... - Cigna Long-term Disability Lawsuit Information & Legal News
Cigna faces allegations from policyholders that it unreasonably delays or denies payment of long-term disability insurance claims. Policyholders allege they pay into their long-term disability policy in good faith but have their claims denied for illegitimate reasons, putting them in a financially vulnerable situation. When insurance companies such as... - Famous Musician Weighs In On Hydraulic Fracking
Sep-6-12 New York, NY While the merits and risks of hydraulic fracturing water contamination have been debated for years by proponents from both sides of the contentious issue, a new voice has entered the fray: Sean Lennon, the musician son of Yoko Ono and the late John Lennon. Writing in an op-ed (opinion / editorial) piece in the New York Times last month, L... - Unwanted Text Messages Results in $3.5 Million Settlement
Mar-6-18 Minneapolis, MN: It was just over a year ago that convenience retail giant SuperAmerica settled a TCPA lawsuit brought by a plaintiff representing a proposed class of similarly-affected litigants 175,000 strong. At issue were unwanted solicitations in the form of text messages that plaintiffs claimed were illegal under the Telephone Consumer Protection... - A New Way for Unum Lawsuit Plaintiffs to Fight Biased Medical Review
Mar-5-18 Washington, DC: Unum lawsuits frequently claim the insurance behemoth relies on unfair, inadequate or biased medical review to deny long term disability benefits. If and when the case goes to trial, courts tend to defer to whatever the plan administrator decided. A plaintiff could get depressed. New DOL rules may change that, however, because th... - Bayer Admits to Shareholders It Could Cost $1.2 Billion to Settle Lawsuits
Aug-29-12 Washington, DC One aspect of the need for investor's meetings and the filing of quarterly reports, is the virtual impossibility for a corporation to hide events, data and statistics it might otherwise prefer to keep under wraps. Such is the case with Bayer Pharmaceuticals, the manufacturer of Yasmin birth control . During the process of reporting its... - Hydraulic Fracking Plaintiffs Reportedly Agree to Settle
Aug-22-12 Dimock, PA Residents of Dimock, a tiny community in northeastern Pennsylvania whose residents sued Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation over alleged hydraulic fracturing water contamination , have reportedly agreed to a settlement. Names on the proposed settlement document were redacted and the terms, and amounts of the proposed payouts have not been disclos... - Accutane Sufferer Hopeful with Generic Isotretinoin Lawsuit
Aug-7-12 Walnut Creek, CA Like countless teens, Brad was prescribed Accutane to treat acne. And like a small percentage of Accutane consumers, he is now suffering from Accutane Ulcerative Colitis , to the point where he was hospitalized on three occasions. “Just a few months after I stopped the Accutane four-month treatment back in 2005, I slowly develo... - California Woman Slams J&J, Ethicon with 7-Count Physiomesh Lawsuit
Feb-15-18 Los Angeles, CA: The Johnson & Johnson Ethicon surgical mesh lawsuits just keep on coming. On January 19, 2018, Sharon Smith filed a new Hernia Mesh lawsuit in the US District Court for the Central District of California. In 2012, her surgeon repaired her hernia with an Ethicon Physiomesh Flexible Composite Mesh implant; it didn't heal well... - Childhood Asthma Risk Linked to Mother’s PPI Use during Pregnancy
Feb-5-18 Washington, DC: As many as 80 percent of expectant mothers suffer from heartburn or acid indigestion during pregnancy. Until recently proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), such as Nexium, Prilosec and Prevacid, were thought to be both effective for mom and safe for baby. New studies , suggest otherwise, however: a mother’s use of PPIs during pregn... - Driving On California Overtime
Jul-12-12 Los Angeles, CA From limousine chauffeurs to tow-trucks operators, drivers have been misclassified as exempt and denied California overtime pay. Bill says that driving for Steve’s Towing was like modern day slavery. “We worked around the clock without breaks and often had to use the side of the road for a restroom or even had to go in my tr... - Securing Lawsuit Funding for Boat Accident Victims
Jul-4-12 Were you injured from a boating accident due to reckless driving or negligence of another person? Do you need financial assistance because you can’t wait for your suit to settle? Applying for boating accident lawsuit funding may be the solution. Over the years the popularity of personal boating - water skiing, jet skiing, speed boats, cabin cruise... - GSK to Pay $3 Billion to Settle Criminal Charges on Avandia, Paxil and Wellbutrin
Jul-2-12 Washington, DC In what is being touted as the largest case of healthcare fraud in US history, GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK) is pleading guilty to misdemeanor criminal charges and will pay $3 billion in settlement of those charges relating to its drugs Paxil, Wellbutrin, and Avandia. According to allegations by the US Justice Department, GSK markete... - Benzene and Butadiene Lawsuit Help and Legal Information
Benzene and butadiene are classed by various organizations as being human carcinogens, meaning they cause cancer or help cancer grow. Benzene side effects include benzene cancer, myelodysplastic syndrome and benzene leukemia, including acute myelogenous leukemia. Benzene lawsuits have been filed by experienced benzene lawyers against the manufacturers... - LawyersandSettlements.com Issues Report on Prostate Health Claim Lawsuits and Propecia Side Effect Litigation
Jun-22-12 In observance of Men's Health Month, LawyersandSettlements.com reports on consumer fraud lawsuits filed as a result of alleged false advertising directed at health-conscious men. While Propecia lawsuits alleging high-grade prostate cancer in addition to Propecia sexual dysfunction, are ongoing, the FTC has ruled that POM Wonderful Pomegranate Juice health cl... - Lanzo Talcum Powder Mesothelioma Toxic Tort Trial Opens in New Jersey
Jan-22-18 New Brunswick, NJ Next week the New Jersey Superior Court will hear opening arguments in Lanzo v. Cyprus Amex Minerals Co , the second Johnson & Johnson talcum powder mesothelioma case to go to trial. The first toxic tort lawsuit to allege a link between J&J’s talcum powder products and mesothelioma ended in a win for J&J. Another ca... - TD Bank Faces Overdraft Fees Class Action Lawsuit
New York, NY: A consumer banking class action lawsuit has been filed against TD Bank NA alleging the financial institution continues to manipulate the order of debit card transactions so that it can profit through the maximization of overdraft fees. The lawsuit comes less than a year after the bank paid $62 million to settle a multidistrict litigatio... - Bounced Check Recovery Lawsuit Legal News & Lawsuit Information
Electronic check re-presentment, or check recovery, is a method by which merchants process bad checks or NSF items. One option available for merchants to recover bounced checks is by hiring a re-presentment agency . Some banks contract with re-presentment firms and automatically enroll their commercial checking customers (i.e., businesses that accept chec... - Distracted Driving Accidents can Leave Victims in Financial Ruin
May-26-12 Driver distractions are so much a part of our day, we don‘t give them a second thought. They occur when a driver's attention is diverted away from the principal task of driving by some other, far less important, activity--like texting. Unfortunately, distracted driving accidents can be deadly for their victims--and costly--and many victims find ou... - Xarelto Bellwether Score is 3-1 for the Defendants: MDL to Map out Strategy
Jan-7-18 New Orleans, LA: With three federal bellwether cases having gone to the defendant and a fourth in state court favoring the plaintiff, the judge heading up the 18,500 consolidated cases in federal court has signaled he is looking for guidance from the various parties involved, with oral arguments on the docket for the end of the month following a status repo...