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Dec-23-16 Providence, RI: A Rhode Island man who received recalled abdominal mesh just prior to a product recall in 2005, will see his surgical mesh lawsuit go forward after a Rhode Island judge refused to dismiss the case. According to court documents Wayne Smith received the Composix Kugel Hernia patch abdominal mesh for repair of a ventral hernia. Not long... - Unumprovident Takes but it doesn't Give
Aug-28-08 Columbus, OH: In 1997 Linda (not her real name) was involved in a serious car accident which left her disabled. Unumprovident did their due diligence and decided Linda had a legitimate claim. But in 2002, they had a change of mind—no reason, no explanation. "Unumprovident talked to my doctors, they did a lot of research before they started to pay my... - Auction Rate Securities: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You
Aug-8-08 New York, NY It is one thing to knowingly take a risk in the stock market, being fully aware of the possibility that you could lose all your money. It is another thing to only find out that you have invested in Auction Rate Securities after the market has collapsed and you can no longer access your money. Robert R. says that is exactly what happened to h... - SEC Filing Reveals Unum Bad Faith Insurance Class Action Settlement
Nov-26-16 Los Angeles, CA: Often couched in the financial fine print of regular filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are details pertaining to legal action brought against the submitting corporation. To that end, Unum Insurance (Unum Group) revealed in its 10-Q report filed back in late July that a settlement had been conclusively approved, b... - "Losing Weight wasn't worth taking Fen-Phen: PPH was the Outcome"
Jul-22-08 Atlanta, GA Margaret was given a script for Fen-phen and took it every day for two years, right up until it was pulled from the market. "It worked, I lost 100lbs," she says, "but in retrospect, this drug is so dangerous that I wouldn't have taken it had I known that PPH (Primary Pulmonary Hypertension) would ultimately be the outcome." "This drug ma... - Lehman Brothers ERISA Lawsuit
Jul-22-08 Hartford, CT If you were counting on investments in the Lehman Brothers Savings Plan to help pay for your retirement, you are probably among the many people currently rethinking that plan. Lawsuits filed against Lehman Brothers allege that the company violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) in its managing of the Savings Plan... - Criminal Law: Restoring Dignity to a Proud Woman Left to Die
Jul-19-08 Brooklyn, NY Anyone guilty of giving criminal lawyers a bad rap as being ambulance-chasers and opportunists always on the hunt for the next big case need only examine the last tragic hours of Esmin Green. The Jamaican immigrant and mother of six died June 18th under what has been described as horrid and cruel circumstances—and a lawyer skilled in crim... - Auction-Rate Securities: Investors Led Down the Garden Path
Jul-16-08 New York, NY If the auction-rate securities debacle taught us anything, it is that Grandma was right all along: the safest place for your money is in your mattress. Sure, you don't earn anything from it. But you don't lose it, either—as scores of investors found out the hard way after the sudden and spectacular collapse of the auction-rate securities m... - Unum: If at first you don't Succeed…Keep Trying
Jul-11-08 Long Island, NY "Our family has lost everything as a result of not receiving disability benefits from Unum, " says Denise. "My husband got sick in 2002 and it took five years of fighting, including two appeals and two reassessments, to finally get his long term disability benefits." "When Eric got sick nobody could make a diagnosis," says Denise. "The... - Unum: Veteran caught in a Catch-22
Jun-30-08 Orlando, FL Joe had a back injury at work and was transferred to another department to decrease his workload: the last thing Joe wanted was to go on disability or worse, lose his job. But his injury got worse and because he tried to stick it out, Joe was denied disability benefits by Unum (formerly UnumProvident) . Joe (not his real name pending a law... - California Workplace Discrimination Dinosaurs
Nov-6-16 San Francisco, CA: In this day and age, discrimination should be the dinosaur in the workplace. But in the last few months alone, California seems to have stepped back in time. California labor lawsuits , from disability to pregnancy employment discrimination, have been recently filed. When will these dinosaur employers wise up and realize discrimina... - Unum: a Tale of Two Extremes
Jun-19-08 Chattanooga, TN If only disgruntled Unum policyholders could have been flies on the wall this past week when Unum president and CEO Thomas R. Watjen rattled on about 'sustainable momentum' and robust performance during the company's annual general meeting (AGM) in mid-June. "Over the past several years, we have made solid progress in just about every... - Bravelle Lawsuit Survives Motion to Dismiss
Oct-26-16 Chicago, IL: A Bravelle lawsuit has survived a motion from the defendants to dismiss, with a judge finding plaintiffs can revise their claims and file a second amended complaint. The lawsuit involves allegations that some women were given a batch of infertility drug—Bravelle—that had diminished potency and therefore decreased their chances... - Unum's World Trumps Policy Holders' Doctors
May-23-08 Nashville, TN: First Unum (formerly UnumProvident ) will likely cause Greg to sell his house, and possible take his daughter out of college: even though Greg's doctors have deemed him unable to work, Unum's doctors say otherwise—Greg just received his last long term disability check from the insurer and social security is a long way off. Greg w... - Avandia Heart Attack
May-14-08 New Orleans, LA After being on Avandia for two years, Gail suffered a heart attack. When she was admitted to hospital, immediately following her heart attack, the doctors did an angiogram and found that all the arteries were blocked. Gail had to have five stents put in, which required two separate operations. Today, nearly a year later, her life is to... - California Uber Drivers Survive Motion to Dismiss, Lose Preliminary Injunction
Jan-2-20 San Francisco, CA On December 16, Judge Edward Chen of the Northern District of California denied Uber’s Motion to Dismiss a class action California labor lawsuit that claims Uber drivers were misclassified as independent contractors under standards set out in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court . However, in Colopy v. Uber Techs... - Investors Use Stockbroker Arbitration to Recover Lost Funds
May-3-08 Austin, TX More and more investors are learning that, if their stockbroker acts inappropriately in giving investment advice, they can turn to stockbroker arbitration to regain their lost money. In fact, many investors have a clause in their paperwork that requires them to use stockbroker arbitration to settle investment claims. One claim was recently... - Hospital Overcharges: Attorney Can Help Uninsured
Sep-29-16 Los Angeles, CA: Many people facing outrageous hospital overcharges either throw out their bill or argue with the hospital, refusing to pay any part of unfair and excessive emergency room fees. But these actions can negatively impact their credit and disturb their sleep. An attorney, working on contingency basis, can help-- and particularly to people wh... - Gay Teacher Fails “Good Fit Test” at New York Private School
Sep-23-16 New York, NY Alan Cohen was stunned when he was told his contract at an exclusive New City private school would not be renewed. He had an exemplary 20-year-career as a teacher with the New York City Department of Education and 7 more years as an administrator in the private school system. However, 13 months after taking up his new position at the Speyer Le... - Tough Talk from US District Judge for WEN Hair Loss Defendant
Sep-19-16 Los Angeles, CA: We’re just a bit beyond the first anniversary of the first real test of a Wen Hair Loss lawsuit when, in July of last year, a California federal judge tore into a defendant he described as “insolent” for attempting to have the proposed class action dismissed. The lawsuit is Caryn Collazo et al vs. Wen By Chaz Dean,...