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May-20-12 Minneapolis, MN A federal lawsuit into the marketing of the Medtronic Infuse bone graft has reportedly ended with no charges being filed against Medtronic. The investigation looked into allegations that Medtronic illegally marketed its bone graft device. Meanwhile, another Medtronic lawsuit, alleging Medtronic Inc. downplayed the risks associated with... - Goldman Sachs Reaches $56.5M Settlement in ISDAfix Antitrust Suit
Santa Clara, CA: A $56.5 million agreement has been reached potentially enabling Goldman Sachs to exit an antitrust class action in which it is accused of participating in price-fixing the ISDAfix benchmark rate, along with several other banks. The rate is used to set terms for interest rate derivative products. The total settlement amount agreed... - $32M Blue Buffalo Settlement Approved
Santa Clara, CA: A$32 million settlement has been approved in a consumer fraud class action lawsuit pending against Connecticut-based Blue Buffalo, a leading natural pet food maker. The class actions, brought by consumers in several suits across and country and which were consolidated into Multi District Litigation in 2014, alleged that certain B... - Costa Concordia Victims Seek $200M in Lawsuit vs Carnival Cruise Lines
May-11-12 New York, NY (Press Release) – Four Hungarian performers on the ill-fated Costa Concordia cruise ship are collectively seeking $200 million in damages in a Federal gross negligence complaint (12CV-3498, filed May 3, 2012) that has been filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against the ship’s owner and operator. The plain... - $1.9M Settlement Reached in Pharmavite California Donning and Doffing Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A $1.9 million settlement has received preliminary approval in a California donning and doffing class action lawsuit that alleges state and federal labor violations by supplement maker Pharmavite LLC. The putative class members number approximately 1,000 California workers. They allege they were required to wear full uniforms whi... - Drilling Mud Defeat or Mere Fork in the Road?
May-9-12 Jackson, MS What a difference a year can make. Last April, Thomas Brown was celebrating what was heralded as the largest asbestos award for a single plaintiff in US history. Brown was awarded, by a trial jury, the unprecedented sum of $322 million in combined damages for injuries allegedly stemming from his work with drilling mud . One year and two w... - Paxil Heart Defects: Will Mothers Ever Be Sure?
May-9-12 Washington, DC "Now they're going to think for the rest of their lives that it was her fault because she took Paxil." Adrienne Einarson, semiretired assistant director of Motherisk in Toronto, was commenting on the debate that continues to boil surrounding antidepressants and pregnancy. Some studies have linked Paxil side effects and birth defects in b... - $9M Settlement Reached in Wonder Bread Unpaid Overtime Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A $9 million settlement has been reached in an employment class action brought by distributors for Flowers Foods, Inc., the company behind Wonder Bread and Nature’s Own. Brought by named plaintiffs Scott Rehberg, Willard Allen Riley and Mario Ronchetti in 2012, the lawsuit alleged that the distributors were misclassified as indep... - 651 Yaz/Yasmin Lawsuits Settled for $142 Million
May-4-12 Berlin, Germany Bayer AG, the manufacturer of Yaz/Yasmin birth control pills, has announced that it has settled 651 US Yasmin blood clot lawsuits for a total, so far, of $142 million. This makes the average settlement about $218,000 a case. The lawsuits allege that Yasmin/Yas oral contraceptives cause blood clots in the women taking the pills, and i... - Inflated Emergency Room Charges Just a Way of Doing Business
May-4-12 Macon, GA Emergency room charges are now to the point where publications dedicated to helping Americans save money and maintain fiscal responsibility are including emergency room cost in their recommendations. For example, the "Saving Centsably" column carried April 11 in the Macon Telegraph advocated patients ask for a detailed accounting of all e... - Infant's Family Files Tylenol Lawsuit After Death
Apr-30-12 Washington, DC A subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson has been hit with a Tylenol death lawsuit , as the parents of a 2-month-old infant have accused the companies of being negligent in the manufacturing of the product, Reuters reported. According to the news outlet, the otherwise-healthy infant, Markus Cherry, died in April 2010, just three days af... - Concerns Raised about Toning Shoes
Apr-29-12 New York, NY When it comes to dangerous shoes, most people probably think of six-inch stilettos as being the most dangerous thing out there, but according to some reports, the number of toning shoes injury complaints indicates that toning shoes and shape-up shoes might give stilettos a run for their money. Toning shoes lawsuits have been filed, allegin... - Asbestosis: The Sadness Never Goes Away
Apr-27-12 Alexandria, VA Rosemary knows it is way too late to file an asbestosis claim—her father died from asbestosis back in 1961. "Maybe I can help someone who is sad about losing their father to asbestos, I want them to know they aren't alone," she says. "My father passed away on February 14, 1961, when I was 11 years old. And I should add that my d... - $9.25M Settlement Reached in Amex TCPA Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A $9.25 million settlement has received final approval ending a class action lawsuit against American Express that alleged the company made numerous unsolicited telemarketing calls, in violation of the Telephone Consumer protection Act (TCPA) According to the terms of the settlement, the funds will be distributed between two plain... - Philanthropic Generosity Cold Comfort to Bjork Shiley Heart Valve Patients
Apr-18-12 Alexandria, VA It may be cold comfort for anyone who possesses a medical device—of any design or any form—to learn that medical devices are far from perfect. While patients like to think they are, the manufacturers and the industry know better. For those in the know, therefore, actions such as a Bjork Shiley lawsuit are not surprising. T... - JA Solar Reaches Preliminary $4.5 Million Securities Settlement
New York, NY: JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. has announced that it reached an agreement in principle to settle the securities class action lawsuits, Lee R. Ellenburg III, et al. v. JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. et al, pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, initially filed on December 3, 2008, and later consolidated by... - $9M Settlement Proposed in Naked Juice Consumer Fraud Class Action Lawsuit
New York, NY: A consumer fraud class action pending against Naked Juice has reached a proposed settlement. The Pappas v. Naked Juice Co. of Glendora, Inc., lawsuit claims that Naked Juice violated state and federal laws regarding the marketing and sale of certain products. A settlement fund of $9 million has been set up to pay (i) money to eligibl... - Pulmonary Embolism Patient Files Yasmin Lawsuit
Apr-13-12 Brooklyn, NY Despite the fact that Caitlin is in her 30s, a long-distance swimmer and the epitome of health, she is lucky to be alive. Caitlin took Yasmin for several years, and last October, wound up with two blood clots in her lungs. No one told her that Yasmin and Yaz are associated with life-threatening side effects such as pulmonary embolism. T... - Home Warranty Companies Denying Claims on Dubious Grounds
Bad faith insurance lawsuits have been filed against American Home Shield and its subsidiary companies, alleging the companies improperly denied customer claims. Some American Home Shield lawsuits have been settled, including one that alleged the company paid illegal kickbacks to realtors. American Home Shield policyholders who feel their claims were im... - Discrimination - Verdict in favor of Plaintiff in the amount of US$725,000
Case Name : Laura Z. Bonas Benjamin v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corporation et al Case Number : 11 Civ. 5096(VSB) Verdict Date : 2014-10-28 Outcome Type : Settlement Court : U.S. District Court, Southern District, NeYorkw Incident Date : 2008-09-12 Plaintiff's Complaint : Plaintiff is an African America...