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Jun-13-24 Santa Clara, CA Legal abuse is an unfortunate reality for some people living in a nursing home. Residents often don’t have the same freedoms that other adults do, placing them at the mercy of their caregivers physically, medically, and mentally. What can make things worse is that it’s sometimes not easy to see if nursing home abuse i... - Lawyers Predict Unprecedented Amount of PFAS Lawsuits
Jun-10-24 Santa Clara, CA Chemical companies making PFAS, also known as ‘forever chemicals” are advised to “do what you can, while you can, before you get sued”, but the battle has already begun for some manufacturers. For instance, 3M agreed to pay water utilities nationwide at least $10 billion for cleanup costs and at least thirty state att... - Second Hernia Mesh Bellwether Trial Underway
Oct-19-21 Dayton, OH While the first Bard hernia mesh bellwether trial is described by legal experts as a “crushing blow” to plaintiffs, others opine that it will likely have minimal impact on the overall outcome of the hernia mesh litigation. Round two is now underway. Over 13,000 hernia mesh lawsuits against C.R. Bard claiming the mesh is def... - Delta Airlines Settles with Flight Attendants for $16M
Jun-7-24 Los Angeles, CA After almost a decade, Delta Airlines has reached an agreement with its flight attendants. The workers told a California federal judge that a nearly $16 million settlement, which will end their California Labor Code and Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) claims, should be approved because that amount will give California-based Delta fli... - Athletes File Injury Claims, Including Back and Neck Injuries
Sep-26-13 Los Angeles, CA On the list of most dangerous careers, professional athlete does not tend to register. After all, lives are rarely in danger for a baseball player the way they are for a miner. But that does not mean that athletes are not at risk of back and neck injuries and other serious injuries. A report by the Los Angeles Times (9/25/13) shows ju... - Massive NFL Brain Injury Lawsuit Settlement in Play, Families Continue to Sue
Sep-9-13 Germantown, MD As the National Football League (NFL) sorts through a potential multimillion-dollar settlement with players and their families over brain injury , the family of a Frostburg State University football player who died after a grueling practice at the Maryland campus has filed a brain injury lawsuit alleging wrongful death. It is further a... - Overtime Lawsuit Results in $2.2 Million to Plaintiffs
Aug-31-13 San Jose, CA An overtime lawsuit filed by workers at Emeritus Senior Living has resulted in a settlement that will see the company pay $2.2 million to employees. The class-action lawsuit alleged unpaid overtime, violations of meal and rest breaks and improper pay for training sessions. ProPublica (8/22/13) reports that the settlement must still be... - Paramount Not Properly Paying Workers, Alleges California Labor Lawsuit
Jun-3-24 Los Angeles, CA A class action lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court in California claims that Paramount Pictures Corp and its president Brian Levine failed to pay its movie crew members their wages on time, among other California labor law violations. Plaintiff Timothy O’Cain alleges that Paramount failed to properly pay crew membe... - Don’t Let Someone Else’s Negligence Stop You from Paying Your Bills
Jul-18-13 Are you waiting for your lawsuit to settle? Are you struggling financially to make ends meet? Don’t let someone else’s negligence stop you from paying your bills. A legal funding company may be able to provide the cash you need, and within 24 to 48 hours. “Plaintiffs are feeling the financial crunch during these difficult economic times. Many no... - $20,000 a Month? Thanks, Forced-Placed Insurance…
Jun-30-13 Dade County, FL Imagine the pain, and the impossibility of a monthly cost to stay in your home, of $20,000. Per month . Such was the financial bleed reportedly felt by one plaintiff in the now-infamous Wells Fargo Force-placed insurance lawsuit , after forced-placed insurance fees drove monthly costs into the stratosphere. In reality, forced-placed i... - Are Tutors Independent Contractors or Employees Under the California Labor Code?
Sep-6-18 San Francisco, CA: The education company General Assembly agreed to pay $1million to settle an overtime lawsuit brought by two former full-time tutors ( education instructors) who taught at the company’s San Francisco campus. This California labor law settlement may have implications for similar companies that hire independent contractors to work in th... - CFPB Moves to Protect Students from Overdraft Fees
Aug-28-18 Washington, DC On July 20, 2018, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB) offered to settle its claim that TCF National Bank engaged in deceptive practices to market its overdraft protection services. In its bank overdraft fees lawsuit the CFPB alleged that these practices affected students at the University of Minnesota, with which TCF has... - McDonald’s Employees “Treated Like Dogs” Reach Settlement
Sep-3-21 Oakland, CA Workers at Oaklands McDonald’s who claimed they had to wear dog diapers and coffee filters instead of face masks settled a California safety lawsuit August 12. McDonald’s Safety Settlement Part of the settlement requires the franchise to maintain numerous safety measures, provide paid breaks to ensure that workers can saniti... - Retail giant Target Settles California Labor Lawsuits over Cashier Seating for $9 million.
Aug-16-18 Oakland, CA: A California judge has given the green light to settle several California labor lawsuits alleging the retail giant violated California’s Private Attorneys General Act by failing to provide seating for more than 90,000 cashiers. State and Federal Seating Lawsuits This settlement includes a California labor lawsuit filed March 2017 in... - Philips CPAP Recall and Test Results Update
May-24-23 Santa Clara, CA Phillips Respironics, manufacturer of CPAP/ BiPAP sleep machines, on May 16 announced test results of its recalled devices. About two weeks previously the company announced it has set aside another $630 million to settle CPAP lawsuits , adding to $1 billion already earmarked to cover the cost of recalling, replacing or repairing millions o... - Wage and Hour Lawsuits, Including Overtime Lawsuits, Up in 2012
Mar-28-13 Los Angeles, CA A recent report suggests that wage and hour settlements are up in 2012 over 2011, with overtime lawsuits making up most of the claims involved in the settled lawsuits. California wage and hour settlements, along with those filed in New York, accounted for most of the settlements. According to the National Economic Research Associates... - Why Distracted Driving Cases Can Be Tough To Prove Without A Lawyer
May-15-23 Santa Clara, CA Distracted driving is when a motorist engages in behavior or activity that takes their attention away from the act of driving, possibly resulting in traffic collisions . A significant percentage of drivers admit to making mistakes while on their cell phones. California is among the states that have banned text messaging for all drivers. Th... - Asbestos Lawsuits: Continuing Fall from Grace
Feb-22-13 Libby, MT A group of lawyers who represented asbestos victims in Libby - many of those victims now have asbestosis and other lung diseases - are seeking about $4 million in fees and expenses for working more than 16,000 hours over 11 years on their clients’ cases that settled for almost $20 million. The attorneys describe their fee request, approx... - No Shell Game Settlements for Attorney Patrick Perotti
Feb-4-13 Cleveland, OH Attorney Patrick Perotti has guided more than $25 million in unclaimed class-action settlement money to Ohio charities. His determination to make sure the leftover cash goes to the right place has earned him praise from non-profit groups and scorn from fellow class-action lawyers. “My Irish Catholic mother always said to me, &lsq... - Settlement Reached that Doctors Over-treated and Over-billed
Jan-6-13 Thanks to a whistleblower complaint back in 2006, a settlement of almost $4 million was reached with the Justice Department over accusations that a community hospital in Ohio billed Medicare for unnecessary angioplasty procedures, a practice that also put patients’ lives at risk. The settlement has covered accusations by the Department of Justi...