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Jul-18-08 Los Angeles, CA Attorney Glenn E. Solomon sees litigating for health care providers as currently one of the most interesting areas in the practice of law. "It is just a very exciting, growing area. It is changing all the time, and it is an important issue with all levels of government," says Solomon. A graduate of the Harvard School of Law, Solomon has... - “I Might Have to Start Stripping to Pay My ER Overcharges Bill”
Oct-17-15 Los Angeles, CA Dawn (not her real name) is 21 years old and trying to pursue an acting career. But she might have to put her dream on hold and start stripping to pay her outrageous emergency room overcharges . "I don't want to go down that road but there is no other way I can pay these ER bills," she says. Or she may be able to get her $10,000 bill... - W.R. Grace Facing 110,000 Asbestos Lawsuits
Jul-16-08 Libby, MN A company facing a reported 110,000 lawsuits for sickening thousands of people and contributing to the deaths of 225 by exposing them to deadly asbestos —allegedly with full knowledge—will now face a criminal trial brought by the US government. W.R. Grace & Co. filed for bankruptcy protection in 2001, and just this past spring agreed to... - Monster Energy Drinks Safety Designation Easily Obtained
Oct-14-15 Washington, DC There is little doubt that Monster Energy Corporation does not view its products in the same light as health critics and plaintiffs who claim Monster drink contents are harmful. And yet a trend appears to be emerging that sees Monster, at the eleventh hour, stepping in to settle a Monster drink lawsuit before it even starts. One could... - Shanin Specter: I Want to Win Because the Cause is Just
Jul-7-08 Thorough and relentless, Personal Injury lawyer Shanin Specter is a defendant's worst nightmare. Over his 24-year career, Specter has represented and won dozens of multi-million dollar verdicts for catastrophically injured people, many of them for record-breaking amounts, including nine settlements in the range of eight or nine figures. A serious and... - Preliminary $100M Settlement Approved in Chase Check Loan Class Action
New York, NY: Preliminary court approval has been granted in a credit card class action lawsuit brought against Chase Bank over allegations that its loan and APR rates were increased improperly. Specifically, the lawsuit, brought by Chase credit cardholders, claimed those customers accepted promotional loan offers whereby the loan was subject to... - $3.3 Million Awarded to Brain Injury Plaintiff Hit By Distracted Driver
Oct-8-15 A Texas man who suffered a concussion, a traumatic brain injury and herniated discs when a tractor-trailer rear-ended him agreed to a $3,350,000 settlement with the trucking company. The Oakley Trucking driver’s cell phone allegedly distracted him at the time of the collision. Distracted Driving Plaintiff Thomas East, a 37-year-old customer ser... - Hedge Fund Collapse
Jul-1-08 Memphis, TN More and more investors are losing money as their hedge fund investments collapse. Some have lost hundreds of thousands of dollars after they made investments based on misleading information from hedge fund managers and other financial advisors. Investors are now filing lawsuits, alleging they lost a lot of money because of unethical financia... - Truck Accidents: Families Left Devastated
Jun-22-08 Chicago, IL Several lawsuits have been filed recently, following a series of serious truck accidents. Some of the lawsuits involve high profile accidents, such as the one at the Chicago CTA station, while others involve smaller profile crashes. However, no matter how high the profile of the accident, when a semi truck is involved the accident is almost a... - Staples Hit with Putative Class Action, Alleging Misclassification
Sep-26-15 Los Angeles, CA Yet another overtime pay laws putative class action was filed earlier this month in California state court accusing Staples Inc. (Staples) of failing to provide overtime pay and required meal and rest periods through improper job classification. It should be noted that Staples has been down this road before, when the retailer agreed,... - Cell Phone Carrier Settles Lawsuit
Jun-10-08 Washington, DC About 70 million current AT&T mobility customers will soon receive notification that they may be eligible for a refund as part of a class action lawsuit settlement. According to Jay Edelson, lead counsel for the plaintiffs, AT&T customers will soon be able to claim refunds on charges to their cell phones between January 1, 2004 and May 30, 2... - Wrongful Death Lawsuits Filed
Jun-4-08 Denver, CO Wrongful death lawsuits can be filed as a result of another person's negligence, malpractice or failure to act. People who have had loved ones die as a result of another person's action, or inaction, often file wrongful death lawsuits to hold the guilty party responsible for the death. According to ABC NEWS , Wal-Mart faces a wrongful deat... - Microsoft Accused of Discrimination against Women
Sep-21-15 San Francisco, CA Microsoft has been hit with the latest California labor lawsuit alleging gender-based discrimination. This complaint comes on the heels of several discrimination lawsuits against other tech titans, including Google and Twitter. Discrimination class-action lawsuit Katie Moussouris, a former Internet-security technician, filed a... - PPH & Fen-Phen Lawsuit: "Can I Still Make a Claim?"
May-22-08 New Orleans, LA Gwen, a registered nurse, started taking Fen-Phen and Redux in 1993 to lose weight. Neither diet drug worked; instead she was diagnosed with mitral valve regurgitation and now she is concerned that it could lead to Primary Pulmonary Hypertension (PPH) . "I had about 40 lbs to lose so I first took Fen-Phen for about six months then I swi... - Loss of Dignity: Sum of $904,200 Awarded in Eldercare Lawsuit
May-20-08 Lake Oswego, OR A milestone settlement was awarded on Monday, May 12 in an eldercare endangerment and abuse case against eldercare giant Avamere. The lawsuit was for an incident that took place at their Lake Oswego facility, The Pearl. The jury in this case awarded a record sum of $904,200 in a verdict believed to be the highest award ruled by an Oregon... - AMS Transvaginal Mesh Good for Depends Makers
Sep-5-15 Pittsburgh, PA Cathy is among thousands of women implanted with an AMS transvaginal mesh who might find some financial relief from the latest American Medical Systems mesh settlement, but she says that no amount of money can compensate her for five years of pain. And it won’t help her non-existent sex life. “I had the transvaginal mesh s... - Demanda de Denunciante. Mande su Caso a un Abogado de Denunciantes.
Un denunciante puede ser cualquier persona que a sido testigo y luego informa de mala conducta por parte de un individuo, una organización, o de una entidad gubernamental. Normalmente, la falta de conducta implica una violación de cualquier ley o reglamento. Casos de denuncia de irregularidades pueden implicar fraude de acciones/valores... - Attorney Richard B. Specter on Insurance Bad Faith
Apr-25-08 Irvine, CA: Richard B. Specter of Irvine, California, had recently completed post-trial motion hearings in a successful insurance bad faith case against National Union Fire Insurance Company when LawyersandSettlements interviewed him, resulting in a $35.6 million award. LawyersandSettlements: What were the details of this case? Richard B. Specter (... - McCormick and Schmick's Faces Discrimination Lawsuit
Apr-24-08 Baltimore, MD On Monday April 21, 2008, McCormick and Schmick's Seafood Restaurants were accused by the federal government for approximately ten years of discrimination against African American applicants and employees in their Baltimore restaurants. This comes right after another case in which, on April 3, the company made the decision to settle a discrim... - $10M Settlement Proposed in Uber Gender And Race Discrimination Class Action
San Francisco, CA: A $10 million settlement has been agreed between Uber and plaintiffs in a discrimination class action lawsuit who alleged the ride share company did not pay its female software engineers and engineers of colour equitably compared with their male and white or Asian American peers. The lawsuit was filed by Ingrid Avendaño, Roxa...