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Sort by date 7,464 pages found matching priest settlement- Two Big Settlements In California Overtime Lawsuits
Mar-26-07 Newport Beach, CA: Although overtime lawsuits filed by California police officers have received a lot of attention lately, they are not the only people who have not been properly paid for working overtime hours. Some recently settled lawsuits against a grocery chain and a restaurant company show that many people are at risk for not being properly compens... - The Case against Monster Beverage Powers Up
Jan-10-15 Lancaster, CA Attorney Jacob Karczewski is gearing up for trial in April 2015. That’s when his clients, the family of Alex Morris , will get their day in Alameda County Court, California, and the American public may learn more about the safety of those very popular energy drinks . Alex Morris was an otherwise healthy, young 19-year-old when... - California Overtime: Is There a Grinch in UPS Upper Management?
Jan-9-15 Sacramento, CA United Parcel Service (UPS) is back to its usual tricks: Not paying its employees California overtime . Is there a Grinch or several in upper management? Back in 2002, part-time supervisors at UPS in California won an $18 million settlement over back pay, and five years ago, the delivery giant got slapped with a class-action overtime s... - Fen Phen: Heart Problems Surface
Mar-19-07 Bakersfield, CA Alicia A. took fen phen back in the 90s when "thin was in." She joined a class action lawsuit against the drug company and received a settlement. "Back then, I didn't have a heart problem," says Alicia. Now she is hopeful that she can join another lawsuit that will compensate her for more than the cost of fen phen. "I started taking f... - Google Gmail Privacy Lawsuit News and Legal Information
A lawsuit has been filed against Google seeking damages under privacy statutes for people who never used Gmail but emailed people who did. If you’ve never had a Google account and didn’t know that Google was intercepting your emails to Gmail users and processing them for advertising purposes, you may have strong claims under the California Invasion of Pr... - West Publishing and Kaplan Reach Proposed Antitrust Class Action Settlement
Los Angeles, CA: A proposed $9.5 million settlement has been reached in the antitrust class action lawsuit pending against West Publishing Corporation and Kaplan, Inc. (Stetson, et al. v. West Publishing Corporation, et al., Central District of California Case No. CV-08-00810 R). If you paid for a BAR/BRI full-service bar review course from August... - Stockbroker Arbitration: When Class Action Lawsuits are Best
Mar-9-07 New York, NY: For cases in which individual investors have grievances with their stockbrokers, investors usually find that stockbroker arbitration is the best course of action. In fact, if an investor has signed an agreement to submit to arbitration he has no choice and must take his claim to arbitration. However, when there are large groups of inves... - California Labor Lawsuits
Mar-5-07 Santa Ana, CA: In California, labor lawsuits are being used to help employees receive fair pay when it comes to overtime and off the clock work related activities. Three cases that highlight the issues are the deputies in Santa Ana, the IBM overtime class action suit and the Siebel Systems overtime suit. A federal judge in Santa Ana has given the gr... - PPH: More Lawsuits in Store
Feb-22-07 Everett, WA "When I found out that Redux was recalled I was extremely disappointed - I had lost 30 lbs on the drug," says Dawn Dubois. "When it was recalled I heard that it caused heart problems and other side effects but I was one of the lucky ones - I didn't have any symptoms and felt fine. But PPH creeps up on you. Now I am 59 and an invalid." Alt... - Xarelto Lawsuits Consolidated
Dec-17-14 Charleston, SC Xarelto lawsuits will be consolidated for multidistrict litigation, the US Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has decided. The panel ruled that almost two dozen lawsuits filed against Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc and Bayer Corp. concerning Xarelto will be consolidated in Louisiana federal court. At least one lawsuit has also been f... - Preliminary Settlement Approved in Cardell Cabinetry Wrongful Termination Class Action Lawsuit
Los Angeles, CA: Preliminary approval has been granted to a settlement in a wrongful termination class action brought by former employees of Cardell Cabinetry, LLC related to the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (also known as the "WARN Act"). The Plaintiff Class consists of the following: all persons: (1) who were employed at Ca... - Ohio Company to Pay More than $2 Million in Back Pay
Dec-16-14 Campbell, OH A painting company from Ohio will pay more than $2 million to settle claims it failed to pay proper overtime and wages to workers involved in a painting job in Massachusetts. Although the painting company is from Ohio, the work was done in Massachusetts and the overtime lawsuit was filed by officials in Massachusetts. According to a new... - $35 Million Awarded to Smoker in Engle Tobacco Case
Dec-11-14 A Florida jury has found Philip Morris USA, Inc., the makers of Marlboro brand cigarettes, liable for $35 million in damages to a smoker who endured two lung transplants as a result of his emphysema and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases caused by cigarette smoking. Richard Boatright, a 61-year-old man who began smoking at the age of 12, is one of... - No End in Sight for Fen-Phen Lawsuits
Jan-29-07 Rutherford, NJ: On December 5, 2006, five women with ages ranging from 53 to 71, who took the appetite suppressants drugs known as fen-phen in 1996 and 1997, filed lawsuits against Wyeth Pharmaceuticals after being diagnosed with a life-threatening lung disorder. These lawsuits demonstrate that the harm caused by fen-phen can surface many years after a... - Settlement Proposed in Krossland Calling Cards Class Action
San Diego, CA: This is a summary notice, issued in accordance with the Court order dated May 21, 2012 preliminarily approving the settlement of a consumer fraud class action entitled Carol Galvan, et al. v. Krossland Communications, Inc., United States District Court, Central District of California, Case No. 8:08-CV-00999-JVS (ANx). Lolis Tackwo... - Donning and Doffing Lawsuit Reaches Proposed Settlement
Dec-5-14 Wichita, KS An unpaid wages lawsuit alleging employees were not paid for time spent in required duties has reached a proposed settlement and now awaits approval from the courts. The unpaid wages claim, filed against National Beef, represents approximately 480 employees who could receive money for what they allege was off-the-clock work. According to... - PPH and Fen-Phen: Some Lawsuits Settled
Jan-20-07 Savannah, GA Primary Pulmonary Hypertension (PPH) is a serious lung disorder that can lead to heart failure and potentially death. There is no specific known cause of PPH; all that is known is that it causes increased pressure in the pulmonary artery and a decrease in the amount of blood entering the lungs. Although some lawsuits regarding fen-phen an... - Price Chopper Employees Get $6.5M Settlement Approved
Boston, MA: A $6.5 million settlement has received court approval ending an unpaid overtime class action lawsuit pending against Price Chopper and Market 32 supermarkets. The lawsuit was filed in 2014 by a woman in Massachusetts who alleged the company unlawfully classified her and other department managers as team leaders exempt from federal overti... - Preliminary Settlement Reached in Hardee’s Hepatitis A Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A proposed settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit brought by consumers who ate at certain Hardee’s restaurants located in South Carolina and who allege they were exposed to Hepatitis A by infected employees at those restaurants. The settlement affects all persons who consumed food or drink between September... - Medtronic Meddling Leads to Class-Action Lawsuit
Dec-1-14 Kingston, GA Allen, a Medtronic Infuse bone graft victim, is reading with great interest a Medtronic class-action lawsuit filed by its investors, claiming that Medtronic intentionally misled them and charging the CEO in a cover-up. The outcome of this lawsuit may be good news for Allen and thousands of other Medtronic claimants. If a jury decides th...