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Mar-4-09 You may not be familiar with the formal diagnostic term, Personality Disorders, but as a practicing attorney, you undoubtedly have encountered individuals with these conditions. It's a fair bet that most of those encounters ended unpleasantly. For the plaintiff attorney, these are the clients who come in with a convincing and impassioned recitation of all th... - Asbestos Disease--36 Years after Being Exposed
Mar-3-09 Syracuse, UT Jack went into the Navy in 1967 and worked as a boiler technician until he left in 1971. During that entire period he worked on a ship removing and installing lagging and asbestos containing-insulation for pumps and pipes in the boiler room. He was never once issued with any warning or information about asbestos, asbestosis or asbestos mesoth... - Jury Awards $9.1M in Zimmer Durom Cup Hip Implant Lawsuit
Los Angeles, CA: A jury in Los Angeles has awarded a $9.1 million settlement to man who received a Durum Cup hip implant made by Zimmer. The defective products lawsuit alleged that Zimmer was aware of the design defect in its hip implant and was therefore negligent in designing it. The Durom cup implant allegedly causes bone and tissue damage tha... - Baum, Hedlund files lawsuit for children of Susan Wehle, killed in the Continental Connection Flight 3407
Feb-26-09 Buffalo, NY The aviation disaster lawyers of Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman have filed a wrongful death lawsuit today on behalf of Jonah and Jacob Mink, whose mother, Susan Wehle, of Amherst, was killed in the February 12 Continental Connection Flight 3407 plane crash at Clarence Center, New York. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court, W... - Vallarta Foods Settles California Unpaid Overtime Class Action Lawsuit
Los Angeles, CA: Final approval of a $1.54 million California unpaid overtime class action settlement has been granted by a judge in California. The class action consolidated two class actions which alleged that Vallarta Food Enterprises forced 15,000 employees to do off-the-clock work at its dozens of Golden State supermarkets. Vallarta agreed i... - Whistleblowers Fight Corruption
Feb-22-09 San Francisco, CA It is the kind of stuff Hollywood movies are made of: Whistleblowers fighting against corrupt companies, doing everything they can to protect the public from the evils of large corporations. Many movies have been made about this very topic and the stories can seem larger than life. But the truth is that whistleblower lawsuits extend fur... - $1.75M Settlement Proposed in Medela Breastmilk Class Action Lawsuit
New York, NY: Medela Inc, the manufacturer of Medela Breastmilk Freezing & Storage Pack, the Medela Breastmilk Feeding Gift Set, the Medela Breastmilk Storage Solution, and other related products, has reached a preliminary settlement in a consumer fraud class action. The lawsuit, entitled Baghdasarian, et al. v. Medela Inc., et al. alleges Medela... - Psychiatric Drugging of Children Intolerable--Part 1
Feb-19-09 Washington, DC: Last September, the Law Project for Psychiatric Rights filed what is sure to become a landmark case against the State of Alaska aimed at stopping the over-prescribing of psychiatric drugs to children covered by public health care programs in that state. "The massive over-drugging of America's youth is an unfolding national horror," sa... - $24.4 Million Flag Telecom Settlement Proposed
New York, NY: All persons or entities who purchased the common stock of FLAG Telecom Holdings Limited ("FLAG") between March 6, 2000 and February 13, 2002, or purchased FLAG common stock pursuant to or traceable to FLAG's IPO between February 11, 2000 and May 10, 2000, inclusive, and who were damaged thereby, except for those who sold all their shares... - File Auction Rate Securities Claims Now, Attorney Says
Feb-18-09 Kansas City, MO If you had money in Auction Rate Securities and have not received a settlement, time is running out. Diane Nygaard, founder of the Nygaard Law Firm, says that now is the time to file a FINRA arbitration claim to recover money that was lost or frozen in the Auction Rate Securities market. According to Nygaard, there are still some firm... - $7.1M Settlement Final in Foot Locker Wage and Hour Class Action Lawsuit
Pittsburgh, PA: Final approval of a $7.1 million settlement has been granted, ending a wage and hour class action against Foot Locker Inc. The lawsuit, brought by Foot Locker workers, alleged the retail shoe chain violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Specifically, the plaintiffs alleged that Foot Locker workers were not compensat... - $9.5M Settlement Reached for Former Owens-Illinois Employees
Los Angeles, CA: A $9.5 million employment class action settlement has been approved by US District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani, ending a decade-long dispute between former Owens-Illinois (O-I) employees and the company. The lawsuit represents 100 long-service terminated employees who were denied subsidized retirement benefits when the business the... - Asbestos Mesothelioma – The Ultimate Price
Feb-3-09 Fort Monroe, VA In December, 2008 the family of James King was awarded a million dollar settlement in a wrongful death suit. James had died from asbestos mesothelioma on December 24, 2004 just a year after being diagnosed. He had contracted the fateful disease as a result of his work as a boiler operator. James had worked almost 30 years at the milit... - Unum Provident's 'Pre-existing Condition' Policy often Bad-Faith Practice
Feb-3-09 Washington, DC: One tactic that Unum Provident employs to deny countless Unum long term disability claims is to invoke the pre-existing conditions clause--usually defined as any health condition you already have --including an injury that happened prior to the effective date of the insurance--when you enroll in a health insurance plan or policy. Or Unum... - California Paper Carriers Reach $3.2M Employment Class Action Settlement
Los Angeles, CA: Paper carriers who worked for the now bankrupt North County News in San Diego, have reached a $3.2 settlement potentially ending claims against Lee Publications Inc, that they were misclassified and undercompensated as independent contractors, and unfairly dinged for missed or wet papers. The employment lawsuit was filed in 2008 by... - $3M Haier Freezer Class Action Settlement Proposed
San Francisco, CA: A $3 million settlement has been agreed by defendant Haier America Trading LLC, in the consumer fraud class action lawsuit alleging the company sold freezers that do not meet national energy consumption standards. Filed in 2011, the lawsuit, entitled Christopher Collins, et al. v. Haier America Trading LLC, et al, alleges Hai... - 40 Year Old Man Awarded $27M in Asbestos Mesothelioma Lawsuit
Cleveland, OH: Forty-year old John Panza, an English professor at Cuyahoga Community College and drummer with a popular Cleveland rock trio, Blaka Watra, has been awarded $27.5 million in settlement of his asbestos mesothelioma lawsuit. The settlement is reportedly the largest award of its kind ever in Ohio. Panza was diagnosed with mesothelioma i... - $100M Settlement Awarded in Boston Scientific Pinnacle Mesh Injury Lawsuit
Dover, DE: Boston Scientific has been ordered to pay a $100 million settlement by a jury hearing the case of a women who suffered injury from the company' Pinnacle and Advantage Fit vaginal mesh. Fifty-one year old Deborah Barba was awarded $25 million in compensatory damages with an additional $75 million in punitive damages. In her personal inju... - Boston Scientific Cardiac Stent Patent Infringement
Los Angeles, CA: A jury hearing a patent infringement and licencing lawsuit filed by the cardiologist who developed two cardiac stents for Boston Scientific has found in favor of the doctor. According to Dr. G. David Jang, that entitles him to $200 million settlement. The jury hearing the case found that the medical device company breached its contr... - Asbestos Mesothelioma – One Boilermaker's Story
Jan-19-09 New Port, RI: John worked as a boilermaker all his life, which involved working extensively with asbestos in the repair and fabrication of asbestos gaskets. When John became ill with the asbestos mesothelioma he had to have a lung removed. His case recently went to court and the jury awarded him a settlement of $4,390,000. A Terrible Price to Pay f...