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Apr-15-09 Phoenix, AZ Long after the auction rate securities market dried up practically overnight, the fallout over the products and how they were sold continues. Auction rate securities were sold 'as good as cash,' but many an investor who went the auction rate route soon found out that things were not as they seemed. This week Citigroup Global Markets Inc. w... - Unum Arbitrarily says "You're Done"
Nov-14-08 Syracuse, NY Leigh was involved in a horrific accident and collected disability payments from Unum Provident (now called Unum or First Unum). Two years later, Unum's independent medical examiner determined that Leigh was no longer disabled and cut her off long term disability benefits on Christmas Eve, just to add insult to injury. "Months later I had a... - "UnumProvident isn't Fair," says Denied Policy Holder
Sep-9-08 Chattanooga, TN Carolyn was diagnosed with a lung infection in 1991; fortunately her employer enabled her to work part-time from home. In 1999 she become too sick to work and applied for disability benefits from Unumprovident . Unfortunately Unum denied her claim and during that time she was too sick to appeal. "I first decided to apply for social sec... - Unum Impossible to Appeal
May-15-08 Middletown, OH Jane R. has appealed her case to Unum twice. She has asked them what rules they abide by? "In Unum's policy book it states they follow all the federal, state and ERISA rules where applicable and they have the ability to change pretty much anything with my policy," she says. Unum has yet to come up with a legitimate reason as to why she wa... - Delta Slammed with Lawsuit over Personal Cellphone Use
Feb-5-24 Los Angeles, CA Delta Air Lines employees required to use their personal cell phones and computers for work-related tasks without being reimbursed is a California labor law violation, according to a PAGA complaint filed by an aggrieved employee. In November 2023, a former Delta employee filed a seven-page PAGA lawsuit in the Superior Court of the Stat... - Honeywell Recalls Vista Security System Control Panels
Failure of Panic Feature Prompts Recall About 7,000 Vista Residential" Security System Control Panels distributed by Honeywell International Inc., are being recalled because the systems programmed with a wireless silent panic feature can fail to operate properly the first time the panic button is pressed on the remote transmitter. If the panic button is... - Amazon Unpaid Wages During COVID Screenings Settled
Sep-29-23 Santa Clara, CA An unpaid wages lawsuit filed by former Amazon warehouse employees in a California federal court has reached a settlement. The lawsuit, filed in February 2021, accused Amazon of violating the Fair Labor Standards Act and the California Labor Code when they were forced to undergo unpaid COVID-19 screenings before clocking in. They spent at... - Monsanto RoundUp Lawsuit Update
Sep-18-23 Santa Clara, CA The last few months have been busy for Bayer and Monsanto’s legal team and Roundup lawsuits . The U.S. Supreme Court refused to review a $39 million Roundup settlement regarding cancer warnings on Roundup; the latest Roundup cancer trial is underway in Missouri and south of the border; and a U.S. dispute settlement panel challenges M... - Ralphs Grocery Workers to Receive Compensation
Jan-23-07 Los Angeles, CA If you were an employee of Ralphs during the lockout of 2003-2004 you may be eligible for back wages as awarded by a federal judge during sentencing last year. The sentence, which was handed down November 14, 2006, will see Ralphs Grocery Company pay $70 million in criminal fines and compensation. Money for compensation will be given t... - Risperdal Plaintiff Green Lighted to Pursue Risperdal Lawsuit in New York
Sep-11-17 New York, NY: The plaintiff in a Risperdal lawsuit who faced a petition for summary judgement on the part of the manufacturer, won the right to pursue the majority of his claims following a ruling by a New York judge that testimony by an expert witness is admissible, and may stand. According to Court documents plaintiff Jamal Adeghe was ten years of... - Company Secrets: Apple v. Rivos
Oct-25-23 San Jose, CA How much can former employees be ordered to keep secret? That is the issue with Apple and chip startup Rivos. In August 2022 the tech giant slammed Rivos and two employees with a California labor lawsuit alleging breach of contract and violation of the Defend Trade Secrets Act. In a countersuit, Rivos claims that Apple forces employees to si... - $28M Settlement Reached in Monitronics TCPA Multidistrict Litigation
Charleston, WV: Monitronics has agreed to pay $28 million to settle multidistrict litigation alleging it violated the Telephone Consumer protection Act (TCPA) by autodialing consumers regarding their home security systems. Class members alleged Monitronics, which sells security alarm monitoring equipment, and several alarm manufacturers, of violati... - Sandia National Laboratories Security Analyst Wrongful Termination Settlement
San Francisco, CA: (Apr-17-07) Shawn Carpenter, a former security analyst at Sandia National Laboratories, filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the organization after being fired in January 2005 for sharing information related to an internal network compromise with the FBI and the US Army. Sandia stated that Carpenter had violated company rules by... - Judge Stands Firm on Decision to Proceed with Wrongful Termination Suit Against ORU
Apr-6-08 Tulsa, OK: The judge who is presiding over a wrongful termination suit against Oral Roberts University (ORU) by two former professors for the university, has ruled that the lawsuit will continue. The professors Tim and Paulita Brooker allege discovering wrongdoing on the part of the university's prior president. They believe they were forced from their p... - H&M Plaintiffs Rely on Starbucks Workers’ Win To Bolster Case
Aug-19-18 San Francisco, CA When an employee brings a lawsuit alleging that they were not paid for all the time that they were lawfully owed under federal law, employers will frequently raise something called the de minimis doctrine in defense. This doctrine holds that working time that is trivially small, for instance a few seconds or minutes beyond working hours... - Ninth Circuit Champions Wrongly Denied Disability Claimant
Jun-8-18 Los Angeles, CA In Bowlin v. The Prudential Life Insurance Company of America , the United States District Court for the Central District of California overruled Prudential’s decision to deny long term disability benefits to a worker who gave evidence of many physical and psychological ailments. Bowlin is something of a rarity in long term deni... - Bank of America 401(k) Plan Investigation
In January, 2008, Bank of America Corporation ("Bank of America" or the "Company") (NYSE: BAC) has announced that it had writedowns of $5.28 billion to reflect collateralized debt obligations ("CDO's"). As a result, the value of Bank of America stock owned through the Bank of America 401(k) Plans (the "Plans"), has fallen dramatically. Bank of America... - Pfizer 401k Plan Hit with ERISA Lawsuit
Aug-18-23 Kalamazoo, MI On June 8, Matthew Miller, a participant in the Pfizer Savings Plan, brought a class action ERISA lawsuit against fiduciaries of the plan. The lawsuit alleges that the fiduciaries breached their duties under ERISA by permitting the $22 billion plan to pay Fidelity, the plan’s recordkeeper, excessive administrative and rec... - Porter Ranch Gas Leak Compared to BP Oil Spill
Dec-12-15 Porter Ranch, CA: Lost in the headlines over the Porter Ranch SoCal Gas Leak disaster is the impact to the Porter Ranch business community. As residents enter the high point of the yuletide shopping season, buying gifts and holiday supplies for Christmas is the last thing on the minds of residents, many of whom have already been relocated to temporary... - Dimensions Health Faces Class Action Over Hospital Privileges for Fake OB-GYN
Annapolis, MD: medical malpractice class action lawsuit has been filed against Dimensions Health Corp., alleging it allowed a former OB-GYN, who obtained his medical license fraudulently using a false Social Security number, to perform hundreds of deliveries and emergency cesarean sections. The lawsuit was filed by named plaintiffs Monique Russe...