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Nov-23-15 Houston, TX: In the first Avaulta transvaginal mesh to go to trial, the plaintiff has been awarded damages of $3.6 million rather than a settlement - another first. The jury’s first verdict against C.R. Bard, the manufacturer of Avaulta TVM, awarded the plaintiffs $5.5 million but later found the doctor who implanted the mesh to be 40 perc... - Interview with Attorney Alan Crone on Overtime
Jul-8-08 Memphis, TN Attorney Alan Crone is senior partner of the Memphis-based Crone & Mason PL. This is a law firm that prizes teamwork to tackle complex relationship cases, whether they surface in business to business, family and/or employment law. In this interview, Crone helps navigate the intricacies of overtime law. Crone has no trouble finding clients... - The Class-Action Ban-Wagon and What It Means to Consumer Protection Laws
Nov-8-15 Rohnert Park, CA: Consumers are becoming increasingly affected by a massive change in the options people have to fight unfair practices like consumer fraud undertaken by corporations and service providers, without even realizing it. What’s more, the legal pathway that provides corporations with what many pundits call a “get-out-of-jail-card” begi... - Exposure to Asbestos Growing Concern
Jun-13-08 Long Island, NY: Eddie B. has polyps and scarring on his lungs and so does his mother. Eddie's father was Captain of a New York fire department in the 70s: he received a small settlement years ago due to asbestos exposure . Another firefighter and friend of the family wasn't so fortunate: he died from mesothelioma before receiving a dime from the settle... - Healthcare Fraud Whistleblowers to Split $38 Million
Nov-2-15 Washington, DC: On the surface, the payday for two healthcare fraud whistleblowers may seem excessive at a combined $38 million. But when the depth and breadth of the alleged healthcare fraud is factored in, it soon becomes clear the contributions of the two lead plaintiffs were integral in what has been described as one of the largest examples of alle... - 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... - Discrimination Suit Settled by Conectiv and Others for $1.65M
May-11-08 Philadelphia, PA A racial discrimination lawsuit was filed by four black workers against Conectiv Energy and three subcontractors. The workers claimed in the lawsuit that the workers had to endure racial slurs, a life-size noose hanging for a week, and Ku Klux Klan graffiti targeted them. The four men alleged that between the years of 2002 and 2003 th... - Labor Lawsuit Settled for $625,000
May-8-08 Tonawanda, NY The town board of Tonawanda, New York decided on May 5, 2008 to settle a labor lawsuit for $625,000. The labor lawsuit had been filed by 120 of the town's former and current police officers, who alleged the city didn't pay them for overtime between the years of 2003 and 2005. The decision to settle the suit was unanimous with all four bo... - $100M Boston Scientific Pelvic Mesh Injury Settlement Reduced
Oct-12-15 Santa Clara, CA A $100 million dollar settlement awarded to a woman who sued Boston Scientific over injuries related to its pelvic mesh devices, has been reduced to $10 million by a judge in Delaware. Importantly, however, the judge did uphold the verdict, which found that Boston Scientific’s Pinnacle device and Advantage Fit sling caused De... - Workers Allege Overtime Pay Violations in Pennsylvania Employment Lawsuit
Oct-10-15 Pittsburgh, PA It may be based in Texas, but Express Energy Services LLC (Express Energy) is nonetheless facing a Pennsylvania employment class-action lawsuit after a wireline operator and a wireline hand claim they routinely work 84-hour weeks without receiving overtime pay. The plaintiffs allege the violations run afoul of the Fair Labor Standards Ac... - PPH Lawsuit: Ongoing
Apr-29-08 Makanda, IL Mary G. wasn't involved in the class action lawsuit against Fen-phen several years ago. Although she was diagnosed with a leaky valve, her condition wasn't serious enough to qualify. Now Mary is worried that she might soon develop Primary Pulmonary Hypertension (PPH/PAH) and wonders if she has any legal recourse. "It all began with the Fe... - Diagnosis: Primary Pulmonary Hypertension (PPH)
Apr-15-08 Sacramento, CA In 2006, Margaret was prescribed phentermine (the "phen" in Fen Phen) to lose weight and it worked—she lost about 90 lbs. But after taking the diet drug for about one year, she wound up in the hospital. "My whole body was swollen, I had severe chest pains and I had trouble breathing," she says. At first, doctors thought she was having... - PPH Class Action: Not Too Late
Apr-11-08 Kansas City, MO In the late 1990s, Agnes J. was tested for heart valve damage by Fen-Phen doctors—at that time she was involved in a lawsuit against the diet drug. Then she received a letter from a law firm representing the diet drug company stating that she possibly had primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH) due to the pressure of her echogram being... - Attorney Teresa Demchak on Employment Discrimination and Pre-Litigation
Apr-8-08 Oakland, CA: As managing partner in Goldstein, Demchak, Baller, Borgen and Dardarian (GDBBD), a California firm specializing in public interest class actions, Teresa Demchak oversees a busy firm with a large and varied practice. That practice is not strictly litigation, as we'll see. LawyersandSettlements (LAS): Your practice in the past has involved... - Monster Energy Drink Lawsuit Reportedly Settled
Sep-25-15 Lancaster, CA Multiple Monster Energy drink lawsuits have reportedly been settled, with another apparently recently settled for a significant amount, although the exact terms of the energy drink settlement are being kept confidential. Even the name of the family involved in the lawsuit is being kept under wraps, although one high-profile lawsuit was sc... - Donning and Doffing Lawsuit Nets $9.75 Million Settlement
Sep-16-15 Las Vegas, NV An unpaid overtime lawsuit filed against the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas has resulted in a settlement worth $9.75 million. The lawsuit, filed by Darlene Lewis, alleged workers at the Cosmopolitan were not properly paid for all work mandated by the resort casino, including work that amounted to overtime hours. Darlene Lewis filed the lawsui... - Class Action Upheld in Overdraft Fees Lawsuit
Sep-12-15 Miami, FL An overdraft fees lawsuit that had been given class-action status has had that class-action status confirmed by a Florida federal judge. The excessive overdraft fees lawsuit alleged that Wells Fargo Bank improperly reordered customer transactions to increase profits from overdraft fees. Wells Fargo is not the only financial institution accuse... - Airport Contractor Settles Discrimination Suit
Mar-13-08 Dallas, TX: On March 11, 2008, Allied Aviation Services, a contractor that fuels airplanes and airports, agreed to pay $1.9 million in a discrimination lawsuit filed by 15 Hispanic and Black employees who were working at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. The employees alleged that they had experienced harassment such as racial slurs and othe... - Orange County Pays Father of Slain Inmate $600,000
Feb-10-08 Orange County, CA: A settlement has been reached in the wrongful death lawsuit by the father of John Derek Chamberlain, who was beaten by other prisoners while officers were nearby watching television, will receive a $600,000 settlement. Jail inmates justified the beating by stating they thought he was a child molester. $60 million was the amount orig... - In Moving Forward, a Look Back at Xarelto
Aug-16-15 New Orleans, LA With the first Xarelto Death and Xarelto Bleeding Issue lawsuits expected to begin about a year from now, in August 2016, it’s instructive to take a look back and see from whence we came. Xarelto is one of the so-called “new age” blood thinners designed to knock warfarin (Coumadin) from its perch with a promise of r...