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Nov-7-17 New York, NY: A Sun Life disability claims lawsuit dating back to 2009 initially settled, but took on added longevity with a dispute over attorneys’ fees. On Halloween day of this year a Ninth Circuit panel reversed a lower court’s ruling that originally denied an employee benefit plan appellate attorneys’ fees. The case is John... - Capital One Excessive Overdraft Fees Lawsuit News & Legal Information
Capital One is among numerous financial institutions that have faced lawsuits concerning their overdraft fees . Capital One overdraft fees lawsuits alleged the financial institution used deceptive practices to increase profits from overdraft fees, including reordering transactions to push customers into overdraft more quickly. Capital One... - AZ Reaches $20M Settlement in Nexium Class Action Lawsuit
Boston,MA: A proposed settlement has been reached with AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP ("AstraZeneca"), the maker of Nexium®, in a consumer fraud class action lawsuit pending in Suffolk County Superior Court in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ("Lawsuit") : Commonwealth Care Alliance, et al. vs. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals L.P., et al., Case No. 0... - Onglyza Lawsuits Seek MDL Status in California
Nov-4-17 San Francisco, CA: On October 11, 2017, a group of Onglyza plaintiffs filed a Motion to Transfer with the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML). The motion seeks to consolidate the Onglyza lawsuits filed throughout the federal court system in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. At the time of... - Will 2012 Be a Year of Reckoning for Fosamax Lawsuits?
Feb-3-12 New York, NY There should be some movement on the Fosamax side effects front in 2012, according to a prolific legal blogger close to the various lawsuits involving Fosamax and femur fractures, and Fosamax osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ). According to Tom Lamb of Drug Injury Watch (01.12.12), three trials have been set for Fosamax ONJ matters this y... - $417 Jury Verdict Tossed in California J&J Ovarian Cancer Lawsuit
Oct-23-17 Los Angeles, CA: Another multi-million dollar jury verdict awarded to a woman who alleged she developed ovarian cancer from using Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder has been tossed by a California Judge. The ruling, by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Maren Nelson, reverses the $417 million verdict against J&J which was awarded to California resident... - Zimmer Natural - Zimmer Natural Knee, Zimmer Natural Hip
Hip and Knee Attorneys are currently reviewing Zimmer Natural Knee and Zimmer Natural Hip complaints. A number of patients implanted with the Zimmer Natural knee or hip or the Zimmer Natural Knee II have experienced complications and some patients may be facing revision surgery. Zimmer Natural Knee and Hip... - Morgan Keegan Faces Mutual Fund Lawsuits
Dec-30-11 Memphis, TN Morgan Keegan reportedly faces mutual fund lawsuits worth more than $1 billion, which could be a factor in the financial firm not being sold. According to The Commercial Appeal (12/01/11), Morgan Keegan mutual fund lawsuits involve mutual fund losses in eight failed funds. Although the firm is for sale, buyers could reportedly be put off... - Cook Celect IVC Filter Lawsuit Goes to Trial
Oct-9-17 Indianapolis, IN: On October 23, 2017, Hill v. Cook Medical, Inc., et al , 1:14-cv-6016 will go to trial in the US District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. This will be the first of three IVC filter lawsuits to be heard in the brewing multidistrict litigation (MDL) against Cook Medical, Inc. That MDL now includes approximate... - Major Banks Hit by New Round of Foreclosure Lawsuits
Dec-14-11 Boston, MA State officials from Massachusetts have targeted the nation's five largest mortgage servicers with foreclosure lawsuits for allegedly pursuing illegal practices and misleading troubled borrowers, according to the Los Angeles Times . The newspaper reported that in suing, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley increases the pressure... - Whistleblower Nets $2.9 Million in Healthcare Fraud Lawsuit
Oct-4-17 Columbus, OH: The Department of Justice has announced that Olympia Therapy, Inc. (Olympia), an Ohio nursing home, and its management service provider, Provider Services, Inc. (Provider) have agreed to settle a healthcare fraud lawsuit brought by Vladimir Trakhter, a former Olympia employee. The case puts a uniquely human face on the damage done... - Opioid Epidemic Lawsuits Filed Nationwide while Big Pharma Makes Big Profits
Sep-28-17 Miami, FL: In the wake of the Opioid Epidemic now declared a national emergency, big Pharma faces a tsunami of litigation. Miami has just announced it may file a prescription opioid lawsuit against the manufacturers, adding to the long list of cities and municipalities that have declared an opioid crisis. This June, the New York Times wrote that... - California Overtime: Panera 'Breadwinners' Await Settlement Approval
Nov-30-11 San Bernardino, CA Bakery-cafe employees may be the breadwinners in California Overtime class-action lawsuits filed against Panera Bread Co. Class-action lawsuits filed in 2009 and 2011 claimed the franchise failed to pay overtime and provide breaks at some company or franchised stores in California, which are violations of the California Labor Law. ... - Takata Airbag Recalls in China, Dorado Airbag Injury Lawsuit Filed in Nevada
Sep-26-17 Las Vegas, NV: The angst over potential airbag failure and the airbag recall involving primary, and some side airbags manufactured by Takata has transferred to China now, with the recent announcement that General Motors and its Chinese joint venture Shanghai GM will recall more than 2.5 million vehicles in China known to have faulty Takata airbags. Ea... - Late CFL Player, 27, Exhibited CTE Symptoms of Someone Three Times His Age
Sep-25-17 Springfield, MA: The estate of late NFL player Aaron Hernandez on Thursday filed a federal lawsuit against the National Football League (NFL) and the New England Patriots, alleging that defendants failed to protect Hernandez from traumatic brain injury within the context of active play in football games, all the while knowing that repeated blows to... - Risperdal Lawsuits a Complicated Lot
Nov-26-11 Bridgewater, NJ Events surrounding a host of Risperdal lawsuits percolate with alleged conflict, wrongdoing and opportunism that is thought to have cost various states millions of dollars in unnecessary expenditures toward the acquisition of an expensive drug alleged to be no more effective than older and less-expensive products. And it's not over yet... - Santander TCPA Violations Lawsuit News & Legal Information
Santander Consumer USA recently faced a TCPA class action lawsuit over alleged Telephone Consumer Protection Act violations as well as violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). The lawsuit also alleges Santander breached its own contracts by charging improper fees. Santander Consumer USA and TCPA Violations Santander Consumer U... - Insurers Seek Compensation from St. Jude’s Medical in Class Action Lawsuit
Sep-22-17 Seattle, WA A Health Benefit Trust that covers Alaskan State Employees is the lead plaintiff in a class action lawsuit against St. Jude’s Medical and Abbott Laboratories seeking compensation for costs related to defective lithium battery powered implantable cardiac defibrillators. “They are not happy about having to pay for a device th... - Talcum Powder Trials: Sympathy versus Science?
Sep-19-17 Los Angeles, CA: Despite lack of consensus in the scientific community directly associating talcum powder with the risk of ovarian cancer, jurors have sided with plaintiffs rather than Johnson & Johnson in four out of six talcum powder lawsuits that have gone to trial. While the plaintiffs have presented studies dating back to the 1970s th... - Olympus Tagged with Partial Liability in Endoscope Lawsuit
Sep-19-17 Seattle, WA: One of the world’s leading manufacturers of endoscopes, and a target of a wrongful death trial in an endoscope lawsuit , escaped liability for a patient’s fatal infection but was nonetheless compelled to pay almost $6.6 million to the hospital involved for failing to adequately instruct hospital staff. Olympus Corp. (Olympus)...