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New York, NY: Teva Pharmaceuticals, the maker of Propofol, will settle 120 personal injury lawsuits arising from a hepatitis C outbreak in Southern Nevada, for a reported $285 million. The Israeli-based generic drug maker was facing lawsuits brought by some 150 former patients of The Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada and its sister clinics, who con... - Premera Blue Cross Reaches $1.45M Settlement in Overtime Class Action
Seattle, WA: Preliminary approval has been granted for a $1.45 million settlement in a class action against Premera Blue Cross. The suit alleged that the company failed to pay overtime to tech workers. The class-action lawsuit was filed in 2010 and alleged that the Mountlake Terrace-based health insurance company and its subsidiaries had misclass... - Overtime Class Action Against Stahlbush Island Farms Reaches Settlement
Portland, OR: Workers who filed an overtime class action against Stahlbush Island Farms have agreed to a settlement. The deal covers more than 100 current and former employees of the Corvallis-area company who work or worked in its food precessing operation. The suit was filed in March 2010 in U.S. District Court in Eugene. The final agreement... - $600M Countrywide Securities Settlement Approved
Los Angeles, CA: A federal judge has approved a $601.5 million settlement of a class-action suit against Countrywide Financial Corp. The settlement is reportedly one of the largest class-action settlements stemming from the subprime mortgage crisis. Filed in 2007, the suit alleged that Countrywide, now part of Bank of America Corp., misled investor... - Satyam To Pay $125M in US Securities Class Action
New York, NY: Satyam Computer Services has agreed a $125 million settlement of a shareholder class actions. Satyam had argued that the US shareholder litigation should be dismissed because the US is not the home country of the company, and therefore the improper venue for the litigation. In a filing to the exchanges, the company said it has ent... - Google Slide Disco Text Messaging Class Action Lawsuit Reaches Preliminary Settlement
San Francisco, CA: A $6 million settlement has been reached in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) class action lawsuit filed against Slide Inc, a subsidiary of Google Inc. The lawsuit alleged that Slide sent text messages to consumers regarding the "Disco"messaging service without receiving prior express consent to do so. Eligible class... - WellCare Health Plans Agrees Preliminary $200M Settlement in Securities Fraud Case
Tampa, FL: Preliminary approval has been granted by a federal judge in Tampa for a $200 million settlement between WellCare Health Plans Inc. and plaintiffs who filed a securities class action alleging health care fraud. The settlement calls for WellCare to pay $87.5 million in cash and issue $112.5 million in bonds. A stipulation of the settlemen... - JetDirect Reaches Preliminary Settlement in Benefit and Retirement Class Action
Boston, MA: A tentative $400,000 settlement has been reached between the former owners of JetDirect and a group of ex-employees who claimed some of their benefit and retirement account money was diverted improperly. The plaintiffs filed a class-action lawsuit in 2010 alleging the Weymouth-based company used employee benefit money to pay for compa... - Staples Agrees $42 Million Preliminary Settlement of Wage and Hour Class Actions
Framingham, MA: Staples, Inc, announced today that it has reached a global settlement in several retail wage and hour class action lawsuits related to the alleged misclassification of its assistant store managers concerning overtime pay. Under the terms of the global settlement, which is subject to court approval, the Company has agreed to pay $42 mi... - $8M Asbestos Mesothelioma Lawsuit Settlement Awarded to Handyman
Los Angeles, CA: A 68-year old man who worked as a painter and handyman from the early 1960s until his diagnosis of asbestos mesothelioma has been awarded $8,465,738 in settlement of his asbestos lawsuit. In the lawsuit, the plaintiff alleged his exposure to asbestos resulted from working with asbestos-containing products manufactured and supplied by... - $35M Settlement Approved in Babys R Us Class Action
New York, NY: Final approval has been given to a $35.5 million settlement in an antitrust class action lawsuit brought against Babies "R" Us and several baby product manufacturers. The lawsuit alleged Babies "R" Us conspired with the manufacturers to restrict competition by requiring all retailers to sell their goods at or above a minimum resale... - Auto Mechanic Awarded $6M in Asbestos Mesothelioma Lawsuit
Los Angeles, CA: A retired auto mechanic who developed asbestos mesothelioma as a result of his exposure to asbestos from Ford vehicle parts such as brakes, clutches and gaskets, has been awarded $6,825,000 as settlement of his asbestos mesothelioma lawsuit. Sixty-nine year old Patrick Scott had to give up his auto repair business when he was diag... - Homeopathic Remedies - False Advertising - Fraud - LawyersandSettlements.com
If you have purchased Natural Homeopathic medicines you may have been involved in a homeopathy scam , or homeopathy fraud . Certain homeopathic remedies are alleged to make unsubstantiated or false claims about improving health or 'curing' various ailments. Many homeopathic fraud lawsuits are being filed—and some have settled—by consumers who belie... - Zicam loss of smell leads to Zicam Cold Remedy lawsuits
The US Food and Drug Administration has warned consumers to stop using three Zicam Cold Remedy products because those products have been linked to potentially serious Zicam side effects , including, reportedly, the loss of the sense of smell (known as anosmia). The reported Zicam smell loss apparently can occur within a few uses of the Zicam Cold Remedy p... - Medifast Weight Loss Programs and Products False Advertising Settlement
New York, NY: A $3.7 million settlement has been agreed between Jason Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Medifast Inc, and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), resolving charges that the company made unsupported claims about its weight loss programs and products. Medifast-brand low-calories meal substitutes, including its most popular plan called the... - Samsung, Sharp, Agree to $538M Price-Fixing Settlement
Irvine, CA: A $538.6 million settlement has been agreed between Sharp Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) and five other makers of liquid crystal display panels which, if approved, would close claims that the company fixed prices on the panels used in computers and televisions. The attorney generals of eight states, including California, Florida... - Iraq Veterans Awarded $85M in Personal Injury Lawsuit Against KBR, Halliburton
Portland, OR: 12 soldiers who became ill after serving in the Iraq war have been awarded an $85 million settlement in their personal injury lawsuit against American military contractor Kellogg Brown and Root (KBR). In their lawsuit, the first concerning soldiers' exposure to a toxin at a water plant in southern Iraq, the servicemen allege that KBR... - Judge Approves $70 Million for Medical Monitoring in DuPont Smelter Lawsuit
Charleston, WV: Harrison County circuit judge Thomas A. Bedell, has approved a $150 million lawsuit settlement that requires DuPont Co. to clean up contamination of the community of Spelter and fund a program to test residents for any illnesses the pollution might have caused. DuPont is alleged to have released cadmium, arsenic and lead from one of its... - $1.3 Million Wages and Hours Class Action Settlement with Madison Square Garden Security Officers
New York, NY: More than 300 employees will receive $1.3 million from Madison Square Garden in a settlement agreement filed today in federal court. The settlement will bring to an end a class action lawsuit brought in federal court in Manhattan in 2009 by four security officers claiming that since 2003 Madison Square Garden willfully failed to pay its secu... - Cintas Settles Laundry Workers' Class Action for $6.5 Million
Los Angeles, CA: Workers United/SEIU announced today that industrial launderer Cintas has agreed to pay $6.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging that it violated the City of Los Angeles Living Wage Ordinance. The union, which represents 70 percent of laundry workers in California, believes the settlement is the largest monetary amount ever pa...