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New York, NY: The New York Knicks fired coach Larry Brown after the basketball team went 23-59 in his first and only season in New York. The 66-year-old had $41 million and four years left on his contract and therefore filed a breach of contract lawsuit against the owners of the team. Brown was paid $10 million for his first year and Cablevision Systems... - Western Michigan University Former President Wrongful Termination Settlement
Kalamazoo, MI: On August 15, 2006 the university's board terminated Judith Bailey's contract as president of the university, citing unsatisfactory performance based on continued enrollment drops and budgetary issues. Bailey filed a wrongful termination and breach of contract lawsuit against the school. Western Michigan University's Board of Trustees una... - Countless Veterans Still Waiting for Mustard Gas Benefits: NPR
Aug-25-15 Washington, DC A damning exposé by National Public Radio (NPR) back in June casts Veterans Affairs (VA) in the worst possible light with regard to denied VA disability benefits . The issue relates to the thousands of soldiers who served as test subjects for mustard gas, but were never compensated. Mustard gas proved toxic, with long-term healt... - Shoulder Pain Pump Lawsuits Continue
Nov-18-09 Houston, TX Victims of debilitating shoulder injuries resulting from use of shoulder pain pumps are launching lawsuits against the manufacturer of the pump—a product that was supposed to help, not hinder, recovery. According to the texts of a series of lawsuits currently active and under litigation, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) a... - Uber Faces Another Wrench in California Labor Law
Aug-24-15 Los Angeles, CA Uber has already violated a few California labor laws , most recently misclassification. Last month another wrench was thrown into Uber and potentially other “shared economy” start-ups. The latest lawsuit filed in federal court claims that the Silicon Valley-based company owes its drivers California overtime pay. Greg Fish... - Non-Compliant California Car Wash Facilities the Focus of Labor Code Crackdown
Nov-16-09 San Francisco, CA The California labor code has a fierce ally in Angela Bradstreet, the State Labor Commissioner. Bradstreet oversees California state labor laws and leaves no stone unturned in her quest to protect the rights of California workers. The California car wash industry is back in the headlines after Bradstreet and her team completed a tw... - Denture Cream Users Sticking It to Denture Adhesive Makers
Nov-13-09 Marshall, TX More lawsuits have been filed by consumers suffering from denture cream poisoning after using products such as Fixodent denture adhesive and Super Poligrip. The lawsuits allege that consumers were not properly warned of the risk of denture cream zinc poisoning if they overused their denture adhesive. Lawsuits filed in Texas on October 9... - $4.25M Settlement Reached in TCPA Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A $4.25 million settlement been reached in a Telephone Consumer protection Act (TCPA) class action lawsuit brought against Florida-based Insurer A&B Insurance and Financial LLC. Filed by plaintiffs Jim Youngman and Robert Allen, the suit alleged the defendants made unauthorized sales calls to consumers, including people on the fe... - Drywall Litigation Lawyers Turn Focus to Possible Compensation Scenarios
Oct-30-09 Jupiter, FL More homeowners in Florida have joined the apparently non-stop train of Americans plagued by toxic Chinese drywall . Attorney Alan Linkhorst has recently filed a class action on behalf of about 25 unit owners at the Renaissance Commons in Boynton Beach. "Our goal obviously is to get a good resolution for our clients," says Linkhorst. "We... - Infection Scare in Fort Lauderdale, More Than 1800 at Risk
Oct-9-09 Fort Lauderdale, FL Just weeks before the Thanksgiving weekend upwards of 1800 patients of a hospital in Fort Lauderdale will be contemplating just what they have to be thankful for after potential exposure to HIV and hepatitis at the hands of a former nurse employed there. CNN reported yesterday that a nurse identified by police as Qui Lan of Fort L... - Tyson Foods Chicken Whistleblower
Oct-3-09 Harrison, AR In March 2009 Dale Adams, a former employee of Tyson Foods, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court against Tyson Foods Inc. Adams blew the whistle on the world's largest meat processor and the second largest chicken producer in the US when he revealed that one of its plants was washing off chickens that had fallen to the floor and were sup... - Texas Employee Files Lawsuit for Unpaid Wages
Jul-26-15 Texarkana, TX A Texas employment lawsuit has been filed in Texas, alleging Harte-Hanks failed to properly pay employees for all hours worked. The Texas labor lawsuit was filed by an employee who worked at the company’s call center in Texarkana, Texas, and alleges that she and other employees were not paid for all time spent logging in to call sys... - More Lawsuits Over Levaquin Tendon Rupture
Sep-28-09 Madison County, IL The propensity for Levaquin to foster Levaquin tendon problems continues to trigger lawsuits that allege not only issues with Levaquin side effects, but also the alleged suppressing of warnings over Levaquin tendon ruptures by the manufacturer. Earlier this month it was announced that four civil lawsuits have been filed against Jo... - Edison Chouest Offshore Breach of Contract Settlement
The Port of Galveston filed a $91 million breach of contract lawsuit in February 2005 against the company. In 2000, Edison Chouest Offshore had signed a lease agreement to build a terminal on Pelican Island to support offshore energy activities. The project, dubbed C-Port Galveston, never started. The Port accused Edison Chouest of reneging on a multi... - Force Placed Insurance Defendant Attempts to Toss Lawsuit, Plaintiffs Have None of It
Jul-15-15 Minneapolis, MN As lawsuits go, most defendants will attempt to dismiss a case whether or not a dismissal is even meritorious to begin with. Such is the case with a Lender insurance lawsuit brought by various homeowners against US Bank and American Security Insurance Company (ASIC), a subsidiary of Assurant Inc. The plaintiffs, respectfully, hold that... - CEO Lynch Out, Fortunes Continue to Fall for Lumber Liquidators
Jul-9-15 Toano, VA The optics were never good from the beginning. They never are, when the venerable CBS investigative unit 60 Minutes comes knocking at your door. That said, the optics keep going from bad to worse with the recent and abrupt resignation of Lumber Liquidators’ CEO in late spring. The resignation came just two weeks after announcing that the... - e-Plus Inc. fraud Settlement
In January 2005 GMAC Commercial sued e-Plus Inc. for about $10.65 million seeking payment of promissory notes from an alleged breach of warranties regarding an assignment of debt from ePlus, as leaser, for leases with Cyberco Holdings. The original claim totaled $13. 4 million with a trial set for July 2006. In June, Cyberco principal pled guilty to fra... - Applera Corp. and Beckman Coulter Inc. patent Settlement
A legal dispute between Applera Corp. and Beckman Coulter Inc. involving Beckman Coulter patents and a breach-of-contract claim by Applera has been settled. Beckman Coulter claimed infringement to its DNA sequencer and thermal cycler products and Applera sued Beckman Coulter for rights in the diagnostics market to the Applera technology. To settle, Beck... - Herbert and Evelyn Axelrod fraud Settlement
In 1997, Herbert and Evelyn Axelrod signed a promissory note during Central Garden & Pet Co.'s acquisition of pet-care publisher THF Publications, owned by the Axelrods. As well, Central claimed breach of warranty and fraud against the Axelrods. Central Garden & Pet Company is marketer and producer of branded products for the pet and lawn and garden sup... - Stanley Cup Fever Spurs Back and Neck Injury Lawsuit
Jun-20-15 Los Angeles, CA With the Stanley Cup Playoffs still fresh in our minds and the win by the Chicago Blackhawks of their third championship in six years, here’s a story about a back and neck injury that is alleged to have been caused during a previous playoff series between Chicago and the soon-to-be Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings. Accord...