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Washington, DC: A $16.8 million settlement has been reached in an unpaid overtime class action lawsuit pending against Kellogg's Co. If the preliminary settlement receives final approval it will end four years of litigation. According to the original lawsuit, filed by Patricia Thomas, Kellogg's deprived territory managers and retail store repres... - $19.1M Settlement Reached in TGI Friday's Wage and Hour Class Action Lawsuit
New York, NY: A $19.1 million settlement has been reached in an employment class action lawsuit pending against TGI Friday’s. The putative class consists of some 28,800 TGI Friday’s workers who alleged the restaurant chain violated multiple state land federal labor laws. According to the terms of the proposed agreement, the workers wo... - Wrongful Death Settled for $2 Million, but Questions Remain
Jun-4-09 Brooklyn, NY The family of a woman who died while lying on the floor of a hospital lobby in Brooklyn, New York and alleged the wrongful death of their loved one was vindicated late last month by way of a $2 million settlement. Wrongful death lawsuits, while unfortunate can also be necessary as this family discovered after contacting a wrongful death atto... - Kaiser Settled Malpractice Suit, but Not Nearly Enough
May-27-09 Pasadena, CA Several years ago Greg M. was told he had a small tumor and was given a few options; he decided upon surgery—a decision he now lives to regret, every day of his life. "I was told by Kaiser that I would be in hospital for 3 days but stayed for 8 days," says Greg. And the hospital's doctors would subject Greg to 4 more surgeries as they tried... - $20M Settlement San Diego Infant Permanently Injured by Negligent NICU Staff
May-12-16 A Southern California family settled a medical malpractice case for $20 million after their premature newborn daughter suffered brain damage from negligent operation of a feeding machine. Sophia, the plaintiff, was born five weeks premature in January 2013. Her mother Connie was told by doctors that Sophia was healthy and feisty. Sophia stayed in the... - Whistleblower and Attorney Appeal QTC and Veterans’ Agent Orange Cases
May-10-16 Norfolk, VA: After LawyersandSettlements wrote about QTC Medical Services and its lawsuit involving Vietnam veterans’ disability cases and QTC reviewers inadequately reviewing their Agent Orange claims, the whistleblower in the lawsuit contacted us. “Under this federal contract, veterans’ claims were recklessly processed and as a resu... - Whistleblower Legal News and Lawsuit Information
A whistleblower can be anyone who witnesses and reports misconduct to people or entities that can take corrective action through whistleblower policy. Whistleblower cases can involve a violation of any law or regulation. Under the whistleblower protection act , whistleblower laws protect and compensate the whistleblower, including the corporate whistle... - Group Arbitration Beneficial to Auction Rate Securities Investors
May-13-09 Kansas City, MO If you are still undecided about action to take concerning your auction rate securities, a new option has opened up to you. Although some people have chosen the class action lawsuit route, others have decided to file individual arbitrations, alleging they were told that the auction rate securities market was safe. However, it is possible... - Settlement Proposed in Nationwide Insurance Class Action
Washington, DC: A federal court has preliminarily approved a settlement with Nationwide Insurance that resolves allegations brought in a federal class action lawsuit, that the insurer improperly reduced or denied insurance benefits to residents in Delaware. If you submitted personal injury protection ("PIP") medical expense claims to Nationwid... - Misclassified to Avoid Overtime Compensation
Apr-29-09 Seattle, WA Even though Home Depot has settled overtime claims for assistant managers out of court and a class action lawsuit in 2001 alleged that it denied workers millions of dollars in overtime by misclassifying some employees as exempt, Mike S. says he was misclassified as exempt until recently: he was an assistant manager and paid a salary, yet he... - Tommie Copper Deceptive Advertising Lawsuit, Legal News and Lawsuit Information
A class action lawsuit has been filed against Tommie Copper, Inc. alleging the company's copper-infused compression clothing was falsely marketed to consumers. Tommie Copper has already agreed to pay more than $1 million to settle allegations of deceptive advertising linked to its copper-infused clothing. Tommie Copper Advertising... - Attorneys Investigating Check Re-presentment Lawsuits
Apr-17-16 New York, NY: If you have a checking account that doesn’t tend to carry a lot of money, you may have noticed some fees charged to the account that you did not authorize. Take a closer look and you may discover you’ve been charged for check re-presentment . Check re-presentment occurs when a declined check is sent to a third party and that pa... - Antitrust Allegations Hit Healthcare
Apr-6-09 Houston, TX In what is considered a first of its kind, a community hospital was accused of violating the Antitrust Act and antitrust laws when it allegedly tried to shut out a competing, physician-owned hospital—a violation, it has been reported, of antitrust policy. The defendants admitted to no wrongdoing even though it settled for a $700,000 judg... - Two Asbestos Mesothelioma Widows Win Big Victories
Apr-1-09 Port Orange, FL The widow of David Fortier, an ex-fireman on the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal who died from asbestos mesothelioma , was recently awarded a multimillion dollar settlement in an asbestos lawsuit that she and her husband filed before he died. Gail's husband was exposed to asbestos in the Navy, when he worked on the aircraft carrier betw... - Optical Drive Makers Agree $37M Settlement in Price-Fixing Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A proposed $37 million settlement has been filed in an antitrust class action alleging multiple electronics makers, colluded to fix prices of optical disc drives, which read or write data on CDs, DVDs and Blu-rays and are found in computers, video game consoles and other devices. The settlement, if approved, would end the claims o... - Unum’s Latest Bad Faith Practice
Apr-5-16 Chattanooga, TN: Unum, the nation’s largest disability insurer, appears to have a new scheme to deny short-term disability benefits and transfer liability to Workers’ Compensation claims. This is how an insurer can practice bad faith. “Unum is looking at short-term disability claims and the attending doctor statements, calling the... - Light Cigarettes Could Carry Heavy Price Tag for Philip Morris
Mar-21-09 Boston, MA A landmark decision brought down by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, has paved the way for smokers to sue cigarette manufacturers for misleading advertising . The ruling, announced in the media March 19, effectively green lights a 10-year-old lawsuit against cigarette giant Philip Morris. The suit alleges that the use of the terms 'lig... - Vytorin Liver Damage and Heart Attack Risk
Vytorin , a drug prescribed to treat high cholesterol, is a combination of the cholesterol-lowering Zetia and the statin Zocor. Since its FDA approval in 2004, serious Vytorin side effects have been reported, including Vytorin liver problems and statin cardiomyopathy , which can lead to Vytorin heart attack. Furthermore, the ENHANCE study in 2008 showed... - Kentucky Risperdal Lawsuit Settles for $15.5 Million
Mar-28-16 Frankfort, KY: Risperdal remains an effective drug for the treatment of various degrees of psychosis and schizophrenia, bipolar disorder as well as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). However, akin to every pharmaceutical on the market, there are Risperdal side effects , some of which can be particularly harmful to children and the elderly... - Racial Discrimination Evident When Trying to Buy a Home
Mar-4-09 Chicago, IL It was only one real estate agent and only one real estate office, but the racial discrimination apparent against Latinos shopping for a new home is a direct affront to discrimination law. Discrimination of all kinds, including age discrimination has no place at the table in modern society. But that didn't appear to be the case for one re...