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San Bernardino, CA: A $36.1 million personal injury settlement has been awarded to the family of a now 11-year old girl who was hit by a car while attempting to catch her school bus. The accident left her with severe injuries including fractures to her neck, arm, leg and pelvis, and a permanent traumatic brain injury that requires she is cared for by... - Avis Settles TCPA Class Action Lawsuit
New York, NY: Avis has agreed to settle a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) class action lawsuit accusing the car rental company of sending automated text messages to customers without their permission. The TCPA class action lawsuit was filed by a customer in New York who claimed that himself and other customers who rent a car through the... - $19.5M Buccaneers Junk Fax Settlement Preliminarily Approved
Santa Clara, CA: A $19.5 million settlement has received preliminary approval potentially ending a Telephone Consumer protection Act (TCPA) class action brought against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The suit claims the Buccaneers, a member of the National Football League, violated the TCPA when it sent Technology Training Associates and Back to Basic... - $2.5M Settlement Reached in REI Unpaid Overtime Class Action
Los Angeles, CA: Preliminary approval of a $2.5 million settlement in an unpaid overtime class action lawsuit pending against Recreational Equipment Inc. has been granted. The lawsuit, brought by former employees in California, alleged the sporting goods retailer did not pay overtime or minimum wage. Named plaintiffs Alison Macias and Justin Quan... - JA Solar Reaches Preliminary $4.5 Million Securities Settlement
New York, NY: JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. has announced that it reached an agreement in principle to settle the securities class action lawsuits, Lee R. Ellenburg III, et al. v. JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. et al, pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, initially filed on December 3, 2008, and later consolidated by... - Sticks and Stones (and Fosamax) May Break Your Bones…
Oct-12-12 Washington, DC A recurring theme in the Fosamax story is how a medication aimed at stemming the bone degradation that comes with osteoporosis can actually foster fractures, and specifically to the femur. Such Fosamax side effects go beyond a simple reflection of irony when three studies point to the problem as being very real, and devastating for Fosam... - $900,000 Settlement Reached In Hollywood Reporter Unpaid Overtime Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A $900,000 settlement has received approval from a California judge potentially ending a unpaid overtime lawsuit brought freelancer content producers of the Hollywood Reporter, who claimed they were misclassified as contractors instead of employees. Specifically, the 35 class members allege that Prometheus misclassified them as co... - $1.5M Settlement Reached in Mountain West Research Center TCPA Class Action Lawsuit
Los Angeles, CA: A settlement has been reached in a Telephone Consumer protection Act (TCPA class action lawsuit that alleges the polling and public opinion research company Mountain West Research Center LC violated the Act by contacting consumers by phone without their permission. The preliminary $1.5 million settlement will resolve the class... - Injury on the job: Workers Compensation Legislation
Sep-26-12 Sacramento, CA Workers Compensation is designed to compensate workers for injury on the job regardless of whether the injury is the fault of the employer or the employee. It's a mandated system which, in the state of California, has recently been buttressed through the passage of new legislation signed into law by California Governor Jerry Brown that s... - Who Actually Pulled Bjork Shiley BSCC Heart Valve Off the Market?
Sep-24-12 Washington, DC Deep in the bowels of an archive maintained by the New York Times is a compelling investigative piece that aims to shed light on the Bjork Shiley Heart Valve , a mechanical device removed from the market in 1986 after too many patients experienced problems with the device. Many, numbering in the hundreds, died. The problem is what to... - Citigroup Securities Lawsuit Settled
Sep-22-12 New York, NY Citigroup has reportedly settled a securities lawsuit filed on behalf of shareholders who accused the financial firm of misleading shareholders about the firm's financial status, specifically as it related to subprime mortgage debt. Meanwhile, the Securities and Exchange Commission faces a lawsuit alleging it knew about securities fraud on... - Yasmin Lawyer says you can still file Yasmin Lawsuit
Sep-21-12 Belleville, IL Attorney Jeff Lowe says that you can still file a claim against Yasmin and Yaz . He also explains that the only bar to prosecuting a lawsuit against Bayer for injuries caused by drospinerone birth control pills is the statute of limitations. Whether the statute of limitations would bar a claim is dependent on the laws of the state... - PPH And Fen-Phen Leave Bitter Aftertaste Years Down the Road
Sep-20-12 Philadelphia, PA Fen-Phen hasn't been on the market for some 15 years, but it remains at play in both the courts of the land and in the lives of those who embraced the combination of drugs to facilitate weight loss. Amongst the health problems associated with Fen-Phen is primary pulmonary hypertension , or PPH. The two appetite suppressants that were... - Boles Fosamax Lawsuit Reportedly Settled
Sep-20-12 New York, NY One of the most contentious Fosamax lawsuits was reportedly set to go to court mid-September 2012, but reports indicate the Fosamax side effects lawsuit has now been resolved for a confidential amount. Had the lawsuit, which alleged the plaintiff suffered Fosamax osteonecrosis of the jaw after using the bone density drug, gone to court it... - Home Warranty Companies Denying Claims on Dubious Grounds
Bad faith insurance lawsuits have been filed against American Home Shield and its subsidiary companies, alleging the companies improperly denied customer claims. Some American Home Shield lawsuits have been settled, including one that alleged the company paid illegal kickbacks to realtors. American Home Shield policyholders who feel their claims were im... - Johnson & Johnson Reportedly Settles DePuy Hip Lawsuits
Sep-13-12 New Brunswick, NJ Johnson & Johnson has reportedly agreed to settle the first DePuy hip replacement lawsuits for an estimated $600,000. The DePuy lawsuits were filed after the DePuy hip replacement recall was announced in 2010 because of problems with the hip replacement devices. According to Bloomberg Businessweek (8/21/12), Johnson & Jo... - Yasmin / Yaz: 50 Deaths in 50 Months
Sep-12-12 Washington, DC With reports of more than 50 deaths in the approximately four years from 2004 to 2008, little wonder the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ordered the manufacturer of Yasmin and Yaz , together with the makers of other third-generation oral contraceptives containing the synthetic hormone drospirenone, to strengthen warnings with re... - $25M Settlement Reached in Home Depot Data Breach Class Action
Santa Clara, CA: A $25 million settlement has been reached between Home Depot and financial institutions who brought a class action against the home hardware retailer alleging it was negligent in preventing a massive data breach in 2014. The putative class action alleged that the data breach compromised 56 million credit and debit card numbers of... - NuvaRing Attorney: Dates Set for Bellwether Trials
Sep-11-12 Dallas, TX A trial date has now been set for federal NuvaRing lawsuits , which are working their way through the court system. This means plaintiffs will soon see if they have made a strong enough case that NuvaRing side effects, including NuvaRing blood clots, caused serious injury. According to Dr. Shezad Malik, founder of the Dr. Shezad Malik Law Fir... - $12.5M Settlement Approved in Caldera Trans Vaginal Mesh Injury Litigation
Santa Clara, CA: A proposed $12.5 million settlement has been approved by a California federal judge, resolving litigation involving Caldera Medical’s transvaginal mesh (TVM) implant. Thousands of insurance claims were filed against Caldera alleging the TVM caused injuries to some 2,700 women. According to the terms of the settlement, in whi...