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May-10-21 Dallas, TX On April 15, two participants in the Kimberly-Clark Corporation 401(k) & Profit Sharing Plan filed a class action ERISA lawsuit in the federal District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Seidner v. Kimberly-Clark Corp. alleges that plan fiduciaries violated ERISA by failing to monitor plan administrative expenses, thus wastin... - Litigation Expenses: Interest Charged to Lawyer Passed on to Clients
Jul-18-12 New York, NY In Opinion #754 dated 2/25/2002, the New York State Bar Association’s Committee on Professional Ethics pronounced that attorneys financing a lawsuit with borrowed money may pass the interest costs onto their clients. At the time of the opinion, the U.S. litigation finance industry was virtually nonexistent, and the question of whether... - Depakote Birth Defect Lawsuits Keep Coming
Jul-10-12 Port Huron, MI Not many weeks after being hit with a $1.6 billion settlement bill over accusations of illegal off-label marketing of Depakote for unapproved uses, manufacturer Abbott Laboratories has been hit with more litigation alleging Depakote birth defects . The Madison County Record (6/28/12) reports that plaintiff Nicolas Battle has filed a... - Plaintiff Settles with Bank of America Corp. NA at the Eleventh Hour
Feb-16-18 Los Angeles, CA: A California labor lawsuit alleging wrongful dismissal and defamation was quietly settled earlier this week at the 11th hour after a jury had awarded damages to the plaintiff, but had yet to settle on punitive damages. While having awarded punitive damages in the case on Tuesday February 13, 2018, the jury recessed for the day with... - Tentative Settlement Reached in Zimmer NexGen Knee-Implant MDL
Feb-15-18 Los Angeles, CA: Zimmer, the maker of NexGen knee replacements and the defendant in a defective products multi-district litigation (MDL) has reached a preliminary settlement with the plaintiffs in the longstanding MDL. If approved, the settlement will end seven years of litigation, during which some 300 plaintiffs alleged the engineering changes tha... - Motorcycle Accidents: Lawsuit Funding May Enhance Recovery
Jun-27-12 No matter how cautious a motorcycle rider may be, sometimes an accident still happens. The more serious the injury, the more likely a lawsuit will be necessary to receive fair compensation. In serious injury or deadly cases, the complexity of the litigation process can delay a verdict or settlement for years. Injured victims and their families may struggl... - Risperdal Patient "Never asked for Gynecomastia or Weight Gain"
Feb-9-18 Albuquerque NM: When Daniel was 17 years old, life was good. He was the star of his high school baseball team, he was in top form. But within a few years his life went sideways and Daniel wound up in the psych ward, "forced" to take Risperdal . Daniel, age 32, says he started partying and getting into fights. He dropped out of school, hit the streets... - Medical Device Manufacturer Admits to Wrongdoing, Faces $14 Million Penalty
Feb-2-18 Washington, DC: It was a little over a year ago that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an official press release announcing that a Texas-based medical device company, Orthofix International (Orthofix), had agreed to pay $14 million to settle charges brought by the regulator with the help of two SEC fraud whistleblowers. Orthofix, w... - Brain Injury Lawsuit Settlement Helps Injured Boy
Jun-3-12 Dallas, TX A tragic brain injury that left a young boy with permanent disabilities has resulted in a settlement, although the parties involved are bound by nondisclosure agreements. Nonetheless, the settlement of one brain injury lawsuit serves somewhat as closure for the family of Abdallah Khader. As reported by PR Newswire (5/30/12), the Khader... - Kmart settles healthcare fraud lawsuit for $32.3 million
Jan-20-18 Washington, DC The Department of Justice announced that Kmart Corporation has agreed to pay $32.3 million ($59 million including state law issues) to settle a lawsuit that claims in-store pharmacies overbilled Medicare Part D, Medicaid, and TRICARE. The healthcare fraud scheme, which a Kmart pharmacist stumbled upon only when he had his own presc... - Despite Recent Settlements, Banks Still Bilking Consumers Out of Billions
Jan-19-18 Washington, DC: When one looks back to 2017 and considers examples when banks have been called to account for excessive bank overdraft fees – including last November’s $66.6 million settlement to end a bank overdraft fees lawsuit against Bank of America – one would naturally assume progress is finally being made on an issue that... - Home Warranty Lawsuits Allege Bad Faith by Companies
Apr-20-12 San Diego, CA When people make significant purchases, such as appliances, for their homes, they often buy home warranty insurance to ensure their purchases are protected. But home warranty lawsuits allege that some of the companies offering this "protection" are not at all interested in providing peace of mind to their customers. The lawsuits allege th... - $26 Million Georgia Medical Malpractice Award One of the Largest in the State
Dec-26-17 Muscogee County, GA: In what is believed to be one of the largest awards to a patient for a Georgia medical malpractice lawsuit in the State, a brain-damaged plaintiff goes home with a total of $26 million after a Superior Court jury found St. Francis Hospital Inc. (St. Francis) 100 percent liable for the post-surgery injuries sustained by patient Sand... - City of LaCrosse sues 3M Company over PFAS Water Contamination
Mar-30-21 LaCrosse, WI On March 4, the City of La Crosse filed a lawsuit in the Wisconsin Circuit Court alleging that 3M Company and 22 other defendants produced and marketed products containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS/PFOA) with knowledge that these substances were likely to contaminate public and private wells throughout the city. The PFAS/PFO... - Not Too Late for Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuit
Dec-14-17 Dallas, TX: The US Federal Drug Administration (FDA) first raised serious questions about the safety and effectiveness of transvaginal mesh implants in 2008. Much has happened since then -- studies and recalls and thousands of lawsuits. But women still suffer serious and painful pelvic mesh complications, which may take years to manifest. Accordi... - Madoff Securities Fraud Lawsuit Affects Investors Across US
Mar-6-12 San Diego, CA California might seem far removed from the Bernard Madoff securities fraud that was centered in New York, but investors across the country were affected by the securities investment fraud. Now, even the owners of the New York Mets may have to pay, following the investigation into Bernard Madoff's fraud and subsequent securities fraud liti... - City of Philadelphia Moves to Settle Hundreds of Police Misconduct Lawsuits
Dec-9-17 Philadelphia, PA: The Associated Press (AP 11/27/17) is reporting that the City of Philadelphia could be out millions of dollars as it moves to settle more than 300 police abuse lawsuits and other cases alleging misconduct on the part of police officers in the city and, specifically, members of a narcotics squad that resulted in at least two wrongful... - Yasmin Settlements on Horizon?
Feb-16-12 Dallas, TX "In late December 2011, Bayer blinked and asked the court to move all of the Yasmin and Yaz cases to settlement," says Dr. Shezad Malik, a cardiologist and attorney. He adds that Bayer, the manufacturer of the birth control pills, has indicated they will settle Yasmin/Yaz lawsuits with plaintiff law firms on an individual rolling basis. E... - "Good News for Yasmin and Yaz Lawsuits," Says Attorney
Jan-6-12 Dallas, TX Cardiologist and attorney Dr. Shezad Malik says the recent Yasmin and Yaz litigation, including other oral contraceptives with drospirenone, is good news for thousands of women who have suffered side effects, which range from gallbladder problems to DVTS to stroke. And even death. The first bellwether trials were set to take place this Ja... - Make Sure an Experienced Attorney Settles Your Back and Neck Injury Lawsuit
Jan-3-12 Newbury, OH Karen was involved in a car accident back in August of 2010, and since that time she has suffered constant pain from a back and neck injury . To compound her problems, Karen's attorney advises her to settle for an amount that will barely cover her medical bills. Now she is reaching out to an experienced personal injury attorney, one who...