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Jan-8-16 An Illinois district court judge affirmed a $2 million verdict against a Texas-based mortgage servicer for its collection activities against an elderly homeowner. Alena W. Hammer filed suit in 2013 after Residential Credit Solutions filed two wrongful foreclosures, although Hammer had previously completed a loan modification with the Federal Deposit In... - Ortho Evra Patch Complaints Span Six Years
Oct-15-08 Washington, DC Although Johnson & Johnson has paid at least $68.7 million in out-of-court settlements for lawsuits filed after females used its Ortho Evra birth-control Patch , is that enough? The healthcare maker says more than 5 million women have used the Patch but it doesn't say how many (countless) women have suffered blood clots, heart attacks or st... - Preliminary Paxil Class Action Settlement Reached
Santa Monica, CA: A preliminary settlement has been reached in a Paxil® class action lawsuit, and if approved, will provide money to California residents who were 18 years old or older and who paid for any portion of the price of the prescription antidepressant while living in California from January 14, 1999 through January 1, 2003, and who quali... - The Fallout from a Data Breach
Jan-2-16 Los Angeles, CA: The fallout from a data breach can be massive in scope, as evidenced by the millions of people affected when their personal information is illegally accessed. Some cases involve stolen card numbers and consumers who allege their credit cards were used illegally. But other cases involve identity theft, where consumers don’t find o... - Helicopter Crash Survivor Get His Due
Oct-4-08 Torrance, CA Helicopter accident news has been in the media a lot lately, especially with the apparent increase of incidents relating to medical helicopters—the latest going down in severe weather just a week ago, killing four. But while there have been a lot of helicopter accidents involving TV news crews and medivac helicopters, helicopter crashes... - Car Accidents: "Dazed and Confused"
Sep-23-08 Sacramento, CA Just about anyone who has been involved in a car accident can tell you that dealing with insurance companies is a gigantic pain. Although the car crash itself is an ordeal, dealing with the paperwork and insurance adjusters to file a claim is a whole other nightmare. Karen S (not her real name) says that since her automobile accident o... - Risperdal Lawsuits: 3 for Plaintiffs, 1 for Johnson & Johnson
Dec-23-15 Philadelphia, PA: Out of the four Risperdal trials to date this year, plaintiffs have won three. Philadelphia juries have found that Janssen Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of J&J, failed to provide adequate warnings regarding Risperdal gynecomastia - a condition that involves abnormally enlarged male breast tissue. This outcome is good news for 1,60... - Settlement Proposed in Travelers Insurance Class Action
New Orleans, LA: A class action settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit pending against certain property casualty insurance affiliates of The Travelers Companies, Inc. ("Travelers") in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (styled Arthur v. Travelers, Case No. 09-7332) alleging, among other things, that Travel... - DUI is Not Always Cut-and-Dried
Sep-15-08 Feather River Beach, CA It doesn't take long to unearth a news story about drinking and driving . DUI offences happen daily, and some with tragic consequences. However, as cut-and-dried as drunk driving offences can be—and in the eyes of DUI law , if a driver's blood alcohol content is appreciably above 0.08 he is legally drunk—there is still the n... - Invokana’s Deadly Side Effects Create the Opportunity for Major Recovery
Dec-19-15 Invokana, made by Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals, is a “blockbuster” drug that has been prescribed to millions of Americans with type 2 diabetes in the two short years it’s been on the market. Johnson & Johnson promoted Invokana as a “much-needed” breakthrough in diabetes research. Invokana was designed to help control... - Stockbroker Arbitration: Large Sums Awarded
Sep-12-08 Tyler, TX A commonly-held belief is that if you are looking to recover a large amount of lost money, the best way to get it is through a lawsuit. However, stockbroker arbitration claims can also help investors recover lost money—and not just small amounts. Furthermore, stockbroker arbitration is often the only way to go about getting money back because... - $1.6M Settlement Reached in Vitamix Unpaid Wage And Hour Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Cruz, CA: A $1.6 million settlement has been reached in an unpaid wage and hour class action lawsuit brought by former sales representatives for Vitamix againt the blender manufacturer and employment agency Kelly Services Inc. Defendant Vita-Mix Corp, makes and markets high-end household and commercial blenders. The company employs sales pers... - Attorney Steven Sprenger: TV Writers' Lawsuits Get Momentum
Sep-4-08 Washington, DC: "Employers aren't that concerned that they are violating age discrimination laws," says attorney Steven Sprenger. "They think there is a relationship between employment and age, and as you get older people should just exit the workforce." Sprenger has a crisp understanding of age discrimination in the modern material world we live in. H... - Sports Injury Lawsuits in the News Again
Dec-11-15 Chicago, IL: The family of Steve Montador, who died earlier in 2015 and reportedly had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), has filed a lawsuit against the National Hockey League (NHL), putting athletes’ injury risks in the news again. The National Football League (NFL) and NHL have both faced lawsuits linked to various serious injuries , inclu... - Zimmer Durom Lawsuits Filed
Aug-27-08 Miami, FL A lawsuit has now been filed against Zimmer, Inc. alleging the Zimmer Durom Hip Replacement cup is defective. More lawsuits are expected as patients realize they may have had a defective cup used in their implant surgery. Zimmer has admitted that the Durom cup is failing at a higher than expected rate, but blames the problem on surgeon error... - California Caregivers File Wage Theft Lawsuit
Dec-9-15 Union City, CA: Although California’s Domestic Worker Bill of Rights is supposed to protect in-home workers from California overtime violations, some caregivers have been paid less than the federal minimum wage and they are filing overtime complaints. Last week, the owners of San Miguel Homes for the Elderly, LLC, who operate three residential... - Tommie Copper Settlement Announced, More Deceptive Advertising Lawsuits Forthcoming
Dec-5-15 Mount Kisco, NY: As valuable a commodity as copper appears to be, its value as a pain reliever through interweaving into clothing has been questioned in the absence of scientific evidence to back it up, or so it was alleged in a Tommie Copper lawsuit just settled for $1.35 million less than a week after a Tommie Copper Deceptive Advertising lawsuit was... - Whistleblower Roundup: Agreement Reached in Multi-Million Dollar Case
Aug-13-08 Chicago, IL It must have taken a tremendous amount of courage for Cleveland Tyson to do what he did—just as it takes any whistleblower courage and determination to damn the torpedoes, some of which are their own, to fly in the face of the status quo and call the company to the carpet. That's what happened at Amerigroup, which was contracted by the I... - Asbestos Mesothelioma: A Tale of Two Trials
Aug-10-08 Middlesex, MA It's been a three-year battle for Belinda Martin, who has been carrying the asbestos mesothelioma torch for her late father Charlie for three years now. And just before her case was about to go to trial, a settlement was reached. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed. It was in 2005 that Belinda Martin joined a massive, and ongo... - Study: Better to Take the Deal, Than Go to Trial
Aug-9-08 New York, NY In a classic case of the glass half-full vs. half-empty, a new report due for publication next month puts the trial on trial, as it were—and makes the case for cutting the deal and walking away with something, vs. the prospect of going the distance and coming away with nothing. The study, to be published in the September issue of Journa...