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Feb-28-24 Trenton, NJ Until mid-2023, the Johnson & Johnson talcum powder cancer lawsuits consolidated in the District Court of New Jersey have been essentially frozen in place, while the Third Circuit Court of Appeals evaluated J&J’s bankruptcy petitions. The stay involved a complicated bankruptcy scheme, commonly known as the “Texas two-ste... - Misclassified Plaintiffs in Massachusetts Eyeing $2.9 Million Proposed Settlement
Apr-21-17 Boston, MA: Plaintiffs in a recent Massachusetts employment law collective action have asked a federal judge in Massachusetts to approve a settlement worth $2.9 million that would settle claims of improper classification allegedly costing employees overtime pay. Massachusetts labor law – together with the Fair Labor Standards Act, a federal st... - Before You Sell Your Structured Settlement Read This
Jan-3-11 Austin, TX After twenty some years in the structured settlement business, Terry Taylor knows his industry—the good, the bad and the ugly. A former president of the National Structured Settlement Trade Association, Taylor warns there are vultures that prey on people who are poor, uninformed or desperate. The vultures Taylor is talking about are not pa... - Maximizing Your Compensation in a Personal Injury Claim in Maryland
Oct-22-24 Baltimore, MD If you’ve suffered a personal injury from another person’s negligence, fair compensation covers your lost wages, medical expenses, and damages. However, filing a personal injury claim can be tricky if you're in Maryland, so you may be unsure how to maximize your settlement. To increase your chances of getting a positive o... - Lawyers Drop Their Opposition to Chinese Drywall Settlement
Nov-20-10 Columbus, GA Lawyers who initially opposed a settlement with Lowe's regarding Chinese drywall have dropped their opposition now that the terms of the agreement have been changed. Consumers who experienced Chinese drywall problems filed a lawsuit against Lowe's, alleging the home-improvement chain sold drywall with high levels of sulfur, strontium or ot... - California Court Okays Chipotle Wage Lawsuit Deal
Oct-29-20 San Francisco, CA On October 2, the Superior Court of California gave preliminary approval to an agreement to settle Turley v. Chipotle Services, LLC. , a long-running California labor lawsuit . The workers argued that Chipotle's practice of understaffing caused them to miss meal and rest periods in violation of the California Labor Code. In a... - IT Workers Settle New York Labor Lawsuit with Citigroup
Jan-15-17 New York, NY: A New York overtime lawsuit that did not succeed as a class action nonetheless will culminate in a settlement $325,000, making it a happy new year for 18 plaintiffs in the New York employer lawsuit against Citigroup Inc. According to court records the dispute began in April, 2015 when the plaintiffs, IT workers, initiated litigation th... - Understanding Legal Malpractice: Can You Sue Your Own Lawyer?
Sep-29-24 Santa Clara, CA Before we dive into the how-to, let's clear up what constitutes legal malpractice. It's not just about losing your case or being unhappy with the outcome. Legal malpractice occurs when an attorney fails to provide competent representation and that failure causes harm to the client. Common examples of legal malpractice include: ... - MLB To Pay $185 million “Starvation Deal”
Aug-11-22 San Francisco, CA Minor league ballplayers asked a California federal judge last month to approve a $185 million settlement they reached with Major League Baseball over alleged "starvation" wages in a case that languished through the courts for eight years. The California labor minimum wage and overtime lawsuit was settled a month before it was... - Lawsuit Links PFAS PFOA Water Contamination to Ulcerative Colitis
Nov-27-23 Charleston, SC On September 13, Marye Smith filed a perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina. Smith v. 3M Company alleges that Ms. Smith developed ulcerative colitis because of years of exposure to toxic PFAS in drinking water contaminated with aqueous firefighting foam. Furthe... - Google Resolves Gender Discrimination Lawsuit
Jul-12-22 San Francisco, CA A pay equity California labor class action lawsuit filed in 2017 accusingCalifornia Google of underpaying women has been resolved: the tech giant will settle for $118 million, which involves over 15,000 women employed in California. The Ellis v. Google LLC complaint was initially filed by three female and former employees (a fourth... - Fourth Bellwether Trial Scheduled in Exactech MDL
Aug-13-24 Brooklyn, NY As of May 2024, the trial dates for four bellwether trials in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York multidistrict Exactech litigation ( MDL ) have been set as follows: Exactech Knee Bellwether Trial #1 (June 2025): Gayle Tarloff; Exactech Knee Bellwether Trial #2 (August 2025): Geraldine Larson; Exactech Knee Bellweth... - $10 Million Target Data Breach Settlement Proposed
May-14-15 Minneapolis, MN Given the propensity to conduct banking, purchasing and other activities online that involves the sharing of sensitive personal data, any revelation of a data breach can evoke feelings of fear and violation akin to a robbery or personal assault. A data breach is, indeed, an assault on one’s privacy. The Target data breach of 2013... - Philips Cuts Deal with Owners of Recalled CPAP Machines and Lawsuit Claims FDA Fails CPAP Users
Oct-9-23 Santa Clara, CA Philips Respironics has cut a deal with CPAP machine consumers who are part of the class action lawsuits. The $479 million proposed settlement covers reimbursement costs to consumers who purchased, leased or rented the defective devices. Depending on the CPAP, BiPAP or mechanical ventilator model, claimants can expect from $55 to $1,552 p... - Uber's $8 Million Calif. Driver Misclassification Deal Gets Green Light
Apr-11-22 San Francisco, CA A California federal judge has approved a deal for Uber to pay $8.4 million to settle misclassification claims from more than 1,300 Golden State drivers that predates Proposition 22-- a new gig economy law enacted in 2020 that designated certain app-based drivers as independent contractors. Although the agreement does not go so... - Judge Approves Final Terms of Improved National Pediatric Paxil Class Action Settlement - Consumers Get a Better Deal
Apr-27-07 Madison County, IL Madison County Associate Judge Ralph Mendelsohn today approved and amended the national pediatric Paxil class settlement which will provide more payment to people who paid for Paxil for use by a minor. The case was based on documents showing that GSK had determined that Paxil failed to out-perform placebo for depressed minors yet GSK rec... - Surgical Company and its Physician Owner Settle for $3 million Whistleblower Lawsuit
Feb-27-22 Alpharetta, GA A federal whistleblower lawsuit claiming that Dr. Jeffrey Gallups, the owner of Milton Hall Surgical Associates in Georgia, directed his physicians—one of whom blew the whistle-- to order unnecessary tests for their patients to defraud government health programs has reached a $3 million settlement. Gallups ordered the wrong d... - California Judge Approves Old Dominion Freight Line and Dockworkers Settlement
Aug-27-23 Santa Clara, CA A California federal judge has given the green light to settle a California dockworkers lawsuit accusing Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. of failing to provide meal and rest breaks. And Old Dominion seems to have developed a habit of California labor overtime violations. In their lawsuit filed in state court, employees Robert Canale... - Medical Lien Funding: What It Is and How It Can Help
Sep-5-14 Farmington Hills, MI So now we are on the subject of medical lien funding, which is another type of lawsuit advance similar in nature to pre-settlement funding and other lawsuit loans . However, to understand the idea behind medical lien funding, you first have to understand what a medical lien is. A medical lien is not unlike other forms of liens th... - Beverly Enterprises - Poster Child Of Fraud And Neglect In Nursing Home Industry
Jun-1-06 Nowhere in the nursing home industry is the corruption, patient neglect and abuse and Medicare and Medicaid fraud more blatant than within the giant nursing home chain of Beverly Enterprises. Based in Fort Smith, it reportedly operates more than 400 nursing facilities, assisted living centers and hospices in 23 states and the District of Columbia. The cha...