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New York, NY: A $23 million settlement has been reached in securities class action lawsuit alleging JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) breached its fiduciary duty by investing pension funds in Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. notes. The settlement has been reached between the lead plaintiff, the Board of Trustees of the Operating Engineers Pension Trust, and... - Merck ERISA Lawsuit Filed
Jun-24-08 Hartford, CT A lawsuit has been filed against Merck alleging the company violated Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) laws in its managing of employee investments in Merck Plans. The lawsuit was filed June 20, 2008, in New Jersey. According Nancy Kulesa, an associate with Schatz Nobel Izard PC, the complaint against Merck relates to its... - Railroad Injuries Take Steam out of Man's Life
Jun-18-08 Rocky Mount, NC Over his 32 year career as a brakeman with CSX Transportation, Bud has developed a litany of injuries. Now retired, his railroad-related injuries cause him constant pain and he is seeking compensation for his broken health. "My first accident happened in 1970," says Bud. "I was rolled between a train car and a fence. To free me they ha... - Carfax Consumer Fraud Class Action Settlement Reached
Los Angeles, CA: A settlement has been reached the consumer fraud class action lawsuit against Carfax that alleges the company violated consumer protection laws. The lawsuit, entitled Davis, et al. v. Carfax, Inc., alleges Carfax and a related company violated consumer protection laws by not properly disclosing terms and conditions for, and limita... - Asbestos Mesothelioma: A Death Sentence Has Its Price
Jun-2-08 Pittsburgh, PA The family of a pipe fitter who has since died from an asbestos-related disease is launching a second lawsuit against a collection of 35 companies. The lawsuit was filed in May, and states that the defendants should have warned workers and consumers about the dangers of asbestos, and asbestos mesothelioma . The late Ernest L. Edwards had... - Settlement in eBay and PayPal Inc lawsuit Preliminarily Approved
A settlement has been given preliminary approval in a class-action lawsuit against eBay Inc. and PayPal, Inc. (collectively, "Defendants"). The Settlement will resolve a lawsuit against Defendants involving claims arising out of representations in the PayPal User Agreement regarding PayPal's policies and practices for responding to refund requests from those... - Intellectual Property Law: Nintendo Loses $21 Million Lawsuit
May-22-08 Lufkin, TX Anascape Ltd. has been awarded $21 million in an intellectual property lawsuit against Nintendo. The well-known video game maker has lost the $21 million lawsuit filed by Anascape, Ltd., a small Texas-based company. The lawsuit alleged that Nintendo's designs for certain Wii, WaveBird and GameCube controllers infringed on copyrights held by... - AMD Files Antitrust Suit against Intel
May-15-08 Wilmington, DE Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) filed an antitrust lawsuit against Intel Corp., causing stock shares for AMD to soar after news that the company may be close to changing and improving its manufacturing practices. On May 5, 2008, AMD confirmed that they had filed an antitrust suit against Intel Corp. that alleges Intel of using unfair busines... - JP Morgan Chase Agreed $280M Mortgage Backed Securities Settlement
Los Angeles, CA: A $280 million preliminary settlement has been approved ending a mortgage-backed-securities consolidated class action which alleges JPMorgan Chase & Co. affiliates. misled investors into buying $36.8 billion worth of the investments. The preliminarily certified class could consist of more than 2,850 investors who purchased pass-t... - Native American Farmers, Ranchers and USDA Reach Historic Settlement
Washington, DC: Native American farmers and ranchers and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced an historic agreement to settle a nationwide class action lawsuit (Keepseagle v. Vilsack) that alleged discrimination in USDA's farm loan program dating back to 1981. The agreement brings to an end 11 years of litigation, and marks the be... - S.F. Landlord Couple Guilty or Victims of Lawsuit-Happy Tenant?
May-5-08 San Francisco, CA A landlord couple in San Francisco has been accused of reigning terror on tenants at their South of Market apartment building in an effort to drive out the renters. Their lawyers say that they have fallen victim to a lawsuit-happy tenant who had filed a suit against the previous owner of the building for wrongful eviction. The lawyer for... - Jury Selection Begins in Plane Crash Lawsuit
May-5-08 Marshfield, WI Before the jury selection had began in a lawsuit involving a September 2001 plane crash, settlements involving two of the defendants were made public. The first was between the defendants and Aero Aviation, which is a manufacturer of airplane parts. The settlement amount was for $100,000. The second was with Duffy's Aircraft Sales and Leasin... - Doctor Settles Hepatitis Case
May-4-08 Dix Hills, NY: A malpractice lawsuit that accused Dr. Harvey Finkelstein of reusing syringes has been settled by the doctor. The state Department of Health said that Finkelstein put thousands of patients at risk for hepatitis C. The man who filed the lawsuit, 66-year-old Peter Mattmuller, was found to have become infected in Finkelstein's office. An inv... - Discrimination - Verdict in favor of Plaintiff in the amount of US$680,000
Case Name : Wanda Sinclair et al v. City of New York et al Case Number : 13 Civ. 8304 (PKC) Verdict Date : 2014-12-28 Outcome Type : Settlement Court : U.S. District Court, Southern District, NeYorkw Incident Date : 2009-09-15 Plaintiff's Complaint : Wanda Sinclair, Diane Sherard, Elizabeth Mercado and Sharon Holde... - Discrimination - Verdict in favor of Plaintiff in the amount of US$550,000
Case Name : Alida Mattos v. City of New York, Peter Jenik, and James Sheehan Case Number : 13-cv-777 (MGC) Verdict Date : 2014-10-28 Outcome Type : Settlement Court : U.S. District Court, Southern District, NeYorkw Incident Date : 2012-10-25 Plaintiff's Complaint : Plaintiff Alida Mattos, a woman, who according to... - Zurich Insurance Agrees $455M Settlement in Farmers Class Action
London, UK: Zurich Financial Services Group and its subsidiary, Farmers Group Inc, have settled a nationwide class action lawsuit that is pending in Superior Court in Los Angeles. Under the terms of the settlement, $455 million will be made available to up to 13 million policyholders. The suit alleged that the class, consisting of policyholders who he... - Attorney Steve Estep On Sports, Entertainment, and Securities Litigation
Apr-23-08 Atlanta, GA: Steve Estep had just finished an unexpected filing when LawyersandSettlements contacted him in his Atlanta office. "Fortunately, we have electronic filing these days," he said. "I don't think I'd be able to keep up without it." From his description of his practice, it's hard to disagree! LawyersandSettlements (LAS): Your biography shows th... - Cadbury Settles Candy Price Fixing Class Action
Washington, DC: A class action settlement has been reached in an antitrust class action lawsuit against Cadbury Holdings Ltd., Cadbury plc, and Cadbury Adams Canada, Inc. ("Cadbury"or "Defendant") pending in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania (styled In Re: Chocolate Confectionary Antitrust Litigation, Class Act... - Class-action status awarded in 3M Age Discrimination Suit
Apr-19-08 Maplewood, MN On Tuesday April 15, 2008, a lawsuit against 3M for age discrimination was awarded class-action status in a case that could affect approximately 6,000 employees over the age of 45. The suit was filed by five plaintiffs 3 ½ years ago that alleged the 3M CEO, Jim McNerney, showed favoritism toward younger workers by implementing termination po... - Force Protection Reaches $24M Preliminary Settlement in Shareholder Class Action
Ladson, SC: Force Protection Inc has announced that it has reached an agreement to settle the consolidated shareholder securities class action entitled In re Force Protection, Inc. Securities Litigation, Consolidated Civil Action No. 2:08-cv-845-CWH, pending in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina against the Company and a number...