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Feb-16-09 St. Louis, MO In a classic example of bad faith insurance , Allstate has been handed a $1 million judgment by the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District for indiscretions originating from a bad faith insurance claim. The case has kept insurance bad faith attorneys working pretty steadily, up to and including the final judgment in the case. The cas... - Bus Rollover Causing Back and Neck Injury Settles for $6 Million
Mar-15-16 Dallas, TX: A back and neck injury lawsuit stemming from a serious bus crash in 2013 has resulted in a $6 million settlement required of Greyhound Bus Lines. While the defendant maintained the driver of the bus lost consciousness from a coughing fit while drinking coffee behind the wheel, plaintiffs maintained the driver suffered from an undiagnosed sl... - Taco Bell Shells Out California Overtime Settlement
Mar-12-16 Sacramento, CA: A California overtime lawsuit involving about 134,000 Taco Bell workers has been settled against the giant fast-food chain. The workers skipped meal breaks, which is a violation of the California labor laws . The plaintiffs also claimed that from 2003 to 2013, they were not provided with meal breaks during the fifth hour of work... - One Homeowner’s Forced-Placed Insurance Tale of Woe
Mar-7-16 Turners Falls, MA: The potential limitations of Force-Place Insurance and the added cost is reflected in the sad story of one homeowner from Turners Falls who experienced a fire in her home. Lender Insurance , as it has been widely reported, tends to be more expensive and offers less coverage than more traditional insurance products. According to Th... - Olympus Corp On the Hook for $646 Million, Endoscope Infections Still a Concern
Mar-6-16 Washington, DC: A damning report issued at the beginning of the year by Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Washington) paints a troubling picture reflective of the risks and realities inherent with endoscope infection , and specifically the increasing difficulties in keeping such complex medical... - Unpaid Overtime Hitting All Sectors
Jan-19-09 New York, NY Although Sprint is not compelled or required to admit any wrongdoing, the communications company is nonetheless required to pay $8.8 million as part of an unpaid overtime settlement relating to a trio of lawsuits brought against the company by call center workers. The employees allege that Sprint failed to pay overtime, and other compensati... - Zonolite Attic Insulation and Asbestos Mesothelioma
Jan-14-09 Washington, DC On December 1 2008, a tentative $140 million settlement was reached in a class action lawsuit against WR Grace & Co, the makers of Zonolite Attic Insulation, a product which contained the extremely carcinogenic tremolite asbestos. Zonolite insulation was sold extensively throughout the US and Canada from the 1920s to the late 1970s. In... - 1% of Physicians Account for One-third of Paid Medical Malpractice Claims
Feb-25-16 The New England Journal of Medicine has analyzed some appalling data that 1% of physicians account for approximately 32% of paid medical malpractice claims. The data - which was pulled from the National Practitioner Data Bank - shows that over a recent 10-year period, a small number of physicians with distinctive characteristics accounted for a dispr... - Veterans Can Still File 3M Earplug Lawsuits and Bellwether Trial Coming Up
Mar-11-20 Santa Clara, CA Many veterans wrongly believe they cannot file a lawsuit against 3M after the company reached a $9.1 million settlement with the Department of Justice in July 2018 to resolve claims that it defrauded the government by knowingly selling the defective earplugs. But that $9.1 million dollars 3M paid did not go to the service members affected... - Healthcare CEO Files Whistleblower Lawsuit
Feb-5-16 Roseburg, OR: As one healthcare fraud lawsuit is settled, another healthcare whistleblower lawsuit has been filed alleging a worker was fired for reporting improper payments. The lawsuit was filed by the former CEO of a healthcare provider, and alleges the plaintiff was fired for reporting fraudulent Medicare payments. The Oregonian (1/26/16) repo... - Fly Ash the Latest Win for the Billy Murphy Firm.
Nov-29-08 Baltimore, MD The Murphy Firm has a long and distinguished list of achievements in the history of the American legal system and the $45 million settlement it just negotiated on behalf the small community in Maryland represents yet another milestone. The settlement still needs to be certified, but the 250 people of Gambrills have every reason to believe the... - Tommie Copper Settlement Announced, Other Lawsuits Pending
Jan-7-16 New York, NY: People dealing with chronic pain from arthritis might be tempted to believe a specialty clothing could help prevent severe pain and inflammation. But as Tommie Copper lawsuits suggest, wanting to believe something doesn’t make it true. Further, companies can’t prey on consumers by making up claims about the health benefits of... - Bad Faith Insurance: The Art of Unfairness
Oct-2-08 New York, NY There's something fundamentally devious about the provider of a service that refuses to deliver what you've already paid for. Such is the basis for bad faith insurance , and a bad faith insurance claim brought against AXA Equitable Life Insurance Co. of New York by a former New York chiropractor. After being snubbed by his insurer, the man... - Attorney Eric Gibbs: Dex-cool Case an Example of our Philosophy
Sep-30-08 San Francisco, CA "We've focused on a fairly diverse type of case load that involves product liability , securities, consumer fraud , individual and institutional investors and antitrust cases ," says Co-Counsel Eric Gibbs, from the firm Girard Gibbs in San Francisco. And one case is a factory equipped engine coolant called Dex-Cool . Owners of ce... - Plane Crash: Wrongful Death Lawsuit Settled
Sep-29-08 Glandorf, OH The family of a man who was killed in a plane crash has settled their lawsuit with NASCAR for $2.4 million. The family filed the wrongful death lawsuit after an airplane crash took the lives of 2 people in the plane and 3 people on the ground, who died when the crash started a fire in 2 homes. The 2 men in the plane had been on a flight... - Maple Leaf Foods Class Action Lawsuit: Interview with Attorney Darren Williams
Sep-2-08 Victoria, BC On August 25, 2008 Merchant Law Group LLP filed the first class action lawsuits in Canada on behalf of listeriosis victims and recalled meat purchasers. "Since the action was filed we have had about 3,400 expressions of interest from people concerned," says attorney Darren Williams, "from Victoria, British Columbia to St. John's Newfoundland... - Unum Group's Real Reason for Allegedly Pushing Social Security
Aug-24-08 Chattanooga, TN In the wake of a $40 million rap over the knuckles for allegedly inflating its stock price, First Unum has been implicated along with other insurers in connection with the practice of requiring able-bodied clients to apply for Social Security Disability benefits. The alleged practice not only serves as a drag on an already over-burdened... - Deal or No Deal? Randall Kiser Can Help You Decide
Aug-16-08 Palo Alto, CA What Randall Kiser would actually say, is that he develops "statistical models" and "data bases" that measure key variables that can be used as a guide for attorneys, litigants and others. And, then using percentages and probabilities, individuals can make accurate assessments about whether it is better to sue the pants off their antagonis... - Attorney Steven Skalet: Checks Coming Soon for Ford Focus Owners
Aug-9-08 Washington, DC After six years of battering his way through meetings, documents and depositions in a class action suit against the Ford Motor Company, attorney Steven Skalet says his firm has a very good settlement for the 50,000 class members. Within a year or two of buying their cars, the owners of the 2000 and 2001 Ford Focus began to notice that the... - Employees May Work 6 Years Longer when Employer Skims Fees off the Top of 401k Plan
Jan-22-20 Collingswood, NJ On November 5, former employee, Young Cho, filed a class action ERISA lawsuit (ERISA) in the District Court for the District of New Jersey alleging that fiduciaries of the Prudential Insurance Company 401k plan breached their duty to plan participants by selecting and managing investment options to benefit Prudential, rather than retirem...