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Oct-4-08 Torrance, CA Helicopter accident news has been in the media a lot lately, especially with the apparent increase of incidents relating to medical helicopters—the latest going down in severe weather just a week ago, killing four. But while there have been a lot of helicopter accidents involving TV news crews and medivac helicopters, helicopter crashes... - Settlement Proposed in Nationwide Insurance Class Action
Washington, DC: A federal court has preliminarily approved a settlement with Nationwide Insurance that resolves allegations brought in a federal class action lawsuit, that the insurer improperly reduced or denied insurance benefits to residents in Delaware. If you submitted personal injury protection ("PIP") medical expense claims to Nationwid... - Capital One Robocall Lawsuit News and Legal Information
Lawsuits have been filed against Capital One Financial and Capital One Bank, alleging that Capital One violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by using an automated telephone dialing system to "robocall" consumers in an attempt to collect on a credit card debt. Robocalls and telemarketing calls are currently the number one source of consumer complaint... - Car Accidents: "Dazed and Confused"
Sep-23-08 Sacramento, CA Just about anyone who has been involved in a car accident can tell you that dealing with insurance companies is a gigantic pain. Although the car crash itself is an ordeal, dealing with the paperwork and insurance adjusters to file a claim is a whole other nightmare. Karen S (not her real name) says that since her automobile accident o... - DUI is Not Always Cut-and-Dried
Sep-15-08 Feather River Beach, CA It doesn't take long to unearth a news story about drinking and driving . DUI offences happen daily, and some with tragic consequences. However, as cut-and-dried as drunk driving offences can be—and in the eyes of DUI law , if a driver's blood alcohol content is appreciably above 0.08 he is legally drunk—there is still the n... - Passengers Injured aboard Cruise Ships Have Limited Time to Sue
Nov-19-15 Miami, FL: Hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world travel the globe aboard cruise ships. Every year, a handful of travelers suffer some kind of personal injury aboard those floating cities. Attorney Spencer Aronfeld, from Aronfeld Trial Lawyers in Miami, has been litigating against cruise ships on behalf of injured passengers for 25... - 1,077 Mass Tort Cases Filed Over Hypertension Drug Benicar
Nov-19-15 As of mid-October, there were 1,077 mass tort cases filed over hypertension drug Benicar within a Benicar MDL 2606 docket in New Jersey, where discovery has begun. The medication causes severe gastrointestinal symptoms among consumers. The litigation not only involves Benicar, but also Benicar HCT, Azor, and Tribenzor, which have severe side effects... - Stockbroker Arbitration: Large Sums Awarded
Sep-12-08 Tyler, TX A commonly-held belief is that if you are looking to recover a large amount of lost money, the best way to get it is through a lawsuit. However, stockbroker arbitration claims can also help investors recover lost money—and not just small amounts. Furthermore, stockbroker arbitration is often the only way to go about getting money back because... - Mediation Offers an Option to Court
Nov-17-15 Long Beach, CA: Going to court to get to the bottom of legal issues can be frustrating and expensive. Lawyer and mediator Paul Carter says that parties in legal dispute should always at least consider what Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), better known as mediation, can do for them. “There are two reasons to opt for mediation,” says Cart... - GSK Had Zofran “In the Bag”
Nov-16-15 Boston, MA: Damning evidence against defendant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is cited in the latest Zofran lawsuit, portraying the drug giant as nothing short of evil. The complaint includes a catchy phrase developed by GSK for its sales staff to pitch to doctors about its premixed Zofran bag: “Profit Maximization - It’s in the Bag.” The... - $1.6M Settlement Reached in Vita-Mix and Kelly Services Employment Class Action
Santa Clara, CA: A $1.6 million settlement agreement has been reached in an unpaid wages and overtime class action lawsuit pending against blender maker Vita-Mix Corp. and staffing agency Kelly Services Inc. The lawsuit was filed lead plaintiffs Rainoldo Gooding and Nadeen Good in June 2016 against Vita-Mix and Kelly Services. The plaintiffs allege... - The Home Depot Inc. Seeks to Have Data Breach Lawsuit Dismissed
Nov-13-15 Atlanta, GA: As data breaches prove a continuing threat in an increasingly fluid online world where everyone has a presence, previous data breaches having resulted in lawsuits are duking it out in the nation’s courts. To that end, a sizable putative class of banks currently embroiled in a lawsuit with Home Depot over a massive data breach from 2014 i... - Attorney Steven Sprenger: TV Writers' Lawsuits Get Momentum
Sep-4-08 Washington, DC: "Employers aren't that concerned that they are violating age discrimination laws," says attorney Steven Sprenger. "They think there is a relationship between employment and age, and as you get older people should just exit the workforce." Sprenger has a crisp understanding of age discrimination in the modern material world we live in. H... - Zimmer Durom Lawsuits Filed
Aug-27-08 Miami, FL A lawsuit has now been filed against Zimmer, Inc. alleging the Zimmer Durom Hip Replacement cup is defective. More lawsuits are expected as patients realize they may have had a defective cup used in their implant surgery. Zimmer has admitted that the Durom cup is failing at a higher than expected rate, but blames the problem on surgeon error... - $1.6M Settlement Reached in Vitamix Unpaid Wage And Hour Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Cruz, CA: A $1.6 million settlement has been reached in an unpaid wage and hour class action lawsuit brought by former sales representatives for Vitamix againt the blender manufacturer and employment agency Kelly Services Inc. Defendant Vita-Mix Corp, makes and markets high-end household and commercial blenders. The company employs sales pers... - Whistleblower Roundup: Agreement Reached in Multi-Million Dollar Case
Aug-13-08 Chicago, IL It must have taken a tremendous amount of courage for Cleveland Tyson to do what he did—just as it takes any whistleblower courage and determination to damn the torpedoes, some of which are their own, to fly in the face of the status quo and call the company to the carpet. That's what happened at Amerigroup, which was contracted by the I... - Asbestos Mesothelioma: A Tale of Two Trials
Aug-10-08 Middlesex, MA It's been a three-year battle for Belinda Martin, who has been carrying the asbestos mesothelioma torch for her late father Charlie for three years now. And just before her case was about to go to trial, a settlement was reached. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed. It was in 2005 that Belinda Martin joined a massive, and ongo... - FINRA Orders More Fines Linked to Puerto Rico Bonds
Oct-29-15 Washington, DC: The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has ordered more fines be paid out linked to the sale of Puerto Rico bonds. The fines were handed out after allegations were made that certain financial institutions failed to properly supervise employees trading bonds in Puerto Rico and allegedly downplayed the risks associated with the b... - Study: Better to Take the Deal, Than Go to Trial
Aug-9-08 New York, NY In a classic case of the glass half-full vs. half-empty, a new report due for publication next month puts the trial on trial, as it were—and makes the case for cutting the deal and walking away with something, vs. the prospect of going the distance and coming away with nothing. The study, to be published in the September issue of Journa... - Small Town Lawyer Whips Giant Railway and Giant Firm
Jul-31-08 Decatur, IL Darrell Woolums is a history buff with a streak of perseverance just about as long as the Illinois Central Railway. A self described small town attorney Woolums, won an epic battle when he forced the fabled Illinois Central to admit it took hundreds of thousands of dollars from farm families in exchange for property the company did not really o...