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Sort by date 7,426 pages found matching settlement- $13M Wells Fargo Unpaid Breaks and Wages Class Action Lawsuit Settlement Reached
Los Angeles, CA: A $13 million settlement has been reached between Wells Fargo and around 44,000 employees in California who filed an unpaid wages class action lawsuit. Specifically, the lawsuit alleges the bank failed to pay for hours worked off-the-clock, including both overtime and straight-time pay, and failed to provide meal and rest breaks. If... - More to Monster Drink Contents Than Just Caffeine
May-21-15 Alameda County, CA A 19-year-old male is supposed to be, statistically and in the absence of any known cardiovascular issues, as strong as the proverbial ox. Thus the act of sexual intercourse should not, statistically, have any negative bearing on the health and well-being of a healthy 19-year-old without any history of medical concerns. And yet, or so it... - Omnicare Agrees $28.125M Settlement In Depakote Kickback Class Action
Santa Clara, CA: A $28.125 million settlement has been reached in a class action settlement pending against Omnicare Inc. The suit alleged the country’s largest nursing home promoted Abbott’s prescription anti-epileptic drug depakote to its patients, in exchange for kickbacks disguised as “grants” and “educational funding... - Florida Whistleblower Healthcare Fraud Lawsuit Settles for $7.5 Million
May-17-15 Jacksonville, FL The Feds may have dropped their healthcare fraud lawsuit , but the decision does not minimize allegations of fraudulent billing and other practices against nine hospitals in the state of Florida together with an ambulance service provider. The defendants in the False Claims Act case will pay a combined $7.5 million to settle allegations... - 10 Years After Mayo Clinic Study, New PPH Findings Among Fen-Phen Users
Aug-27-07 Madison, NJ: Ten years after the Mayo Clinic study that lead to the recall of the diet drug fen phen, more and more cases of primary pulmonary hypertension are emerging in former fen phen users, and lawsuits are on the rise. Primary Pulmonary Hypertension (PPH) is a rare and potentially life threatening lung disorder in which the blood pressure in the... - Unscrupulous Debt Collectors Generate 88,300 Complaints a Year
May-13-15 Bad debt collectors have become a worsening problem in the lives of consumers. According to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s annual report: • 35 percent or 88,300 of consumer complaints in 2014 were about debt collection • 20 percent or 51,200 complaints were about mortgage collection the same year. Nebraska attorney Jeffrey Lapin has d... - West Publishing and Kaplan Reach Proposed Antitrust Class Action Settlement
Los Angeles, CA: A proposed $9.5 million settlement has been reached in the antitrust class action lawsuit pending against West Publishing Corporation and Kaplan, Inc. (Stetson, et al. v. West Publishing Corporation, et al., Central District of California Case No. CV-08-00810 R). If you paid for a BAR/BRI full-service bar review course from August... - Million-dollar settlement in Unpaid IT Overtime Lawsuit
Aug-9-07 Denver, CO Ball Aerospace and Technologies Inc., a Broomfield, CO-based aerospace defense contractor, reached agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor last month to pay $976,327 in back pay it owes to 904 employees for IT overtime wages and other benefits. The company had wrongly classified many workers, including computer and information technolog... - The Shelhigh Story: Lawsuits, Infections and Spin-Doctoring Part I
Aug-7-07 Union, NJ If you listen to the makers of Shelhigh Medical Devices , the company which was virtually shut down by the Food and Drug Administration in April of this year, you would think the company is a poor innocent victim of a vendetta by the FDA—that the potential for infection from its products and lawsuits by the injured has all been manufacture... - How Soon Could Pradaxa Have an Antidote?
Apr-30-15 Washington, DC One of the biggest concerns about Pradaxa side effects , and the side effects of other new generation anticoagulants, is that there is no approved antidote for certain adverse events. Pradaxa lawsuits have alleged that the maker of the drug did not warn patients about the lack of an antidote, putting them at risk of Pradaxa bleeding event... - Walmart Accused of Overtime Wage Theft
Apr-30-15 Alameda County, CA Walmart faces a California overtime lawsuit alleging the company purposely gave assistant store managers the duties of lower-level employees to get around overtime pay laws. The lawsuit alleges the workers were classified as managers to avoid paying overtime, but they did not have any managerial duties or authority. According to... - Settlement Proposed in Krossland Calling Cards Class Action
San Diego, CA: This is a summary notice, issued in accordance with the Court order dated May 21, 2012 preliminarily approving the settlement of a consumer fraud class action entitled Carol Galvan, et al. v. Krossland Communications, Inc., United States District Court, Central District of California, Case No. 8:08-CV-00999-JVS (ANx). Lolis Tackwo... - Dating Discrimination
Jul-23-07 Have you been discriminated against by a dating service? It's happened in Canada and the US. In the US, a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court against eharmony.com alleges gays and lesbians were refused service and thereby discriminated against. On July 12, 2007 the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal accepted a complaint filed by Frances Moorc... - Portland Truck Plant Subject of Oregon Employment Lawsuits Over Harassment
Apr-24-15 Portland, OR An Egyptian-born engineer unhappy with alleged harassment, discrimination and other affronts to Oregon Employment law is the latest to launch an Oregon labor lawsuit against a prominent truck manufacturer based in Portland. Previous Oregon lawsuits against Daimler Trucks of North America LLC (Daimler) have alleged similar complaints. Th... - $94M Settlement Reached in Celebrex Antitrust Class Action Lawsuit
Richmond, VA: A $94 million settlement has been reached in an antitrust lawsuit between a class of direct purchases and Pfizer, potentially ending allegations that the pharmaceutical company used fraudulent patents to delay generic competition for its anti-inflammatory drug Celebrex. In August, a US district judge certified a class of 32 direct... - $2M Settlement Pending in Thornburg Mortgage Inc Securities Class Action
Albuquerque, NM: A proposed settlement of securities class action litigation involving Thornburg Mortgage, Inc. (pink:THMRQ), is pending. To all persons and entities who purchased or otherwise acquired Thornburg Mortgage Inc, common stock and/or preferred stock in the open market and/or in or traceable to the offerings during the period between... - Divorce Another Transvaginal Mesh Side Effect
Apr-18-15 North Battleford, SK Joan’s doctor sold her on having an AMS transvaginal mesh implanted at the same time she had a hysterectomy. She didn’t even need the mesh - it was just a precautionary measure so that she wouldn’t have problems with pelvic organ prolapse. “I didn’t even need this mesh and now I am separated because m... - Yasmin Complaints Still Coming In
Apr-16-15 Bend, OR It’s surprising that not everyone has heard about Yasmin and Yaz side effects, and even more surprising that even with 100 deaths linked to the birth control pill, it is still on the market. Darla found out that Yasmin is dangerous just last month - when she suffered a life-threatening pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis (DVT). F... - Risperdal Lawsuits: One for Plaintiff, One (Partial) for Defendant
Apr-14-15 Atlanta, GA Alison is helping her 73-year-old grandfather with a Risperdal lawsuit. She recently discovered that he developed breasts after taking the drug for bipolar disorder. And Tina filed a claim when she learned that her teenage son developed breasts after taking Risperdal for autism two years ago. In February, a jury awarded Austin Pledger $... - Healthcare Fraud Whistleblowers Allege Medicaid and Medicare Out Millions
Apr-12-15 Fort Lauderdale, FL A battle is continuing between a Los Angeles-based nonprofit healthcare foundation that provides services to AIDS patients in 36 countries, and three former employees who accuse AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) of medical billing fraud that has needlessly cost Medicare and Medicaid $20 million, or so it is alleged in a healthcare frau...