LAWSUITS NEWS & LEGAL INFORMATION
Search Results for
Sort by date 7,426 pages found matching settlement- Small Town Lawyer Whips Giant Railway and Giant Firm
Jul-31-08 Decatur, IL Darrell Woolums is a history buff with a streak of perseverance just about as long as the Illinois Central Railway. A self described small town attorney Woolums, won an epic battle when he forced the fabled Illinois Central to admit it took hundreds of thousands of dollars from farm families in exchange for property the company did not really o... - Passengers Injured aboard Cruise Ships Have Limited Time to Sue
Nov-19-15 Miami, FL: Hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world travel the globe aboard cruise ships. Every year, a handful of travelers suffer some kind of personal injury aboard those floating cities. Attorney Spencer Aronfeld, from Aronfeld Trial Lawyers in Miami, has been litigating against cruise ships on behalf of injured passengers for 25... - 1,077 Mass Tort Cases Filed Over Hypertension Drug Benicar
Nov-19-15 As of mid-October, there were 1,077 mass tort cases filed over hypertension drug Benicar within a Benicar MDL 2606 docket in New Jersey, where discovery has begun. The medication causes severe gastrointestinal symptoms among consumers. The litigation not only involves Benicar, but also Benicar HCT, Azor, and Tribenzor, which have severe side effects... - Mediation Offers an Option to Court
Nov-17-15 Long Beach, CA: Going to court to get to the bottom of legal issues can be frustrating and expensive. Lawyer and mediator Paul Carter says that parties in legal dispute should always at least consider what Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), better known as mediation, can do for them. “There are two reasons to opt for mediation,” says Cart... - Glenn E. Solomon: Patients and Health Providers in it Together
Jul-18-08 Los Angeles, CA Attorney Glenn E. Solomon sees litigating for health care providers as currently one of the most interesting areas in the practice of law. "It is just a very exciting, growing area. It is changing all the time, and it is an important issue with all levels of government," says Solomon. A graduate of the Harvard School of Law, Solomon has... - GSK Had Zofran “In the Bag”
Nov-16-15 Boston, MA: Damning evidence against defendant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is cited in the latest Zofran lawsuit, portraying the drug giant as nothing short of evil. The complaint includes a catchy phrase developed by GSK for its sales staff to pitch to doctors about its premixed Zofran bag: “Profit Maximization - It’s in the Bag.” The... - W.R. Grace Facing 110,000 Asbestos Lawsuits
Jul-16-08 Libby, MN A company facing a reported 110,000 lawsuits for sickening thousands of people and contributing to the deaths of 225 by exposing them to deadly asbestos —allegedly with full knowledge—will now face a criminal trial brought by the US government. W.R. Grace & Co. filed for bankruptcy protection in 2001, and just this past spring agreed to... - The Home Depot Inc. Seeks to Have Data Breach Lawsuit Dismissed
Nov-13-15 Atlanta, GA: As data breaches prove a continuing threat in an increasingly fluid online world where everyone has a presence, previous data breaches having resulted in lawsuits are duking it out in the nation’s courts. To that end, a sizable putative class of banks currently embroiled in a lawsuit with Home Depot over a massive data breach from 2014 i... - Shanin Specter: I Want to Win Because the Cause is Just
Jul-7-08 Thorough and relentless, Personal Injury lawyer Shanin Specter is a defendant's worst nightmare. Over his 24-year career, Specter has represented and won dozens of multi-million dollar verdicts for catastrophically injured people, many of them for record-breaking amounts, including nine settlements in the range of eight or nine figures. A serious and... - Carrier IQ Preliminary $9M Spyware Class Action Settlement Reached
Santa Clara, CA: A preliminary settlement agreement has been reached in a wire tap class action lawsuit filed by owners of mobile phones with Carrier IQ Software on their devices and who alleged having experienced the interception and logging of SMS text messages content and Internet search terms, among other communications, by that software. ... - Hedge Fund Collapse
Jul-1-08 Memphis, TN More and more investors are losing money as their hedge fund investments collapse. Some have lost hundreds of thousands of dollars after they made investments based on misleading information from hedge fund managers and other financial advisors. Investors are now filing lawsuits, alleging they lost a lot of money because of unethical financia... - Truck Accidents: Families Left Devastated
Jun-22-08 Chicago, IL Several lawsuits have been filed recently, following a series of serious truck accidents. Some of the lawsuits involve high profile accidents, such as the one at the Chicago CTA station, while others involve smaller profile crashes. However, no matter how high the profile of the accident, when a semi truck is involved the accident is almost a... - FINRA Orders More Fines Linked to Puerto Rico Bonds
Oct-29-15 Washington, DC: The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has ordered more fines be paid out linked to the sale of Puerto Rico bonds. The fines were handed out after allegations were made that certain financial institutions failed to properly supervise employees trading bonds in Puerto Rico and allegedly downplayed the risks associated with the b... - Cell Phone Carrier Settles Lawsuit
Jun-10-08 Washington, DC About 70 million current AT&T mobility customers will soon receive notification that they may be eligible for a refund as part of a class action lawsuit settlement. According to Jay Edelson, lead counsel for the plaintiffs, AT&T customers will soon be able to claim refunds on charges to their cell phones between January 1, 2004 and May 30, 2... - Wrongful Death Lawsuits Filed
Jun-4-08 Denver, CO Wrongful death lawsuits can be filed as a result of another person's negligence, malpractice or failure to act. People who have had loved ones die as a result of another person's action, or inaction, often file wrongful death lawsuits to hold the guilty party responsible for the death. According to ABC NEWS , Wal-Mart faces a wrongful deat... - “I Might Have to Start Stripping to Pay My ER Overcharges Bill”
Oct-17-15 Los Angeles, CA Dawn (not her real name) is 21 years old and trying to pursue an acting career. But she might have to put her dream on hold and start stripping to pay her outrageous emergency room overcharges . "I don't want to go down that road but there is no other way I can pay these ER bills," she says. Or she may be able to get her $10,000 bill... - PPH & Fen-Phen Lawsuit: "Can I Still Make a Claim?"
May-22-08 New Orleans, LA Gwen, a registered nurse, started taking Fen-Phen and Redux in 1993 to lose weight. Neither diet drug worked; instead she was diagnosed with mitral valve regurgitation and now she is concerned that it could lead to Primary Pulmonary Hypertension (PPH) . "I had about 40 lbs to lose so I first took Fen-Phen for about six months then I swi... - Monster Energy Drinks Safety Designation Easily Obtained
Oct-14-15 Washington, DC There is little doubt that Monster Energy Corporation does not view its products in the same light as health critics and plaintiffs who claim Monster drink contents are harmful. And yet a trend appears to be emerging that sees Monster, at the eleventh hour, stepping in to settle a Monster drink lawsuit before it even starts. One could... - Loss of Dignity: Sum of $904,200 Awarded in Eldercare Lawsuit
May-20-08 Lake Oswego, OR A milestone settlement was awarded on Monday, May 12 in an eldercare endangerment and abuse case against eldercare giant Avamere. The lawsuit was for an incident that took place at their Lake Oswego facility, The Pearl. The jury in this case awarded a record sum of $904,200 in a verdict believed to be the highest award ruled by an Oregon... - $3.3 Million Awarded to Brain Injury Plaintiff Hit By Distracted Driver
Oct-8-15 A Texas man who suffered a concussion, a traumatic brain injury and herniated discs when a tractor-trailer rear-ended him agreed to a $3,350,000 settlement with the trucking company. The Oakley Trucking driver’s cell phone allegedly distracted him at the time of the collision. Distracted Driving Plaintiff Thomas East, a 37-year-old customer ser...