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Los Angeles, CA: A settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit against CitiMortgage, Inc. ("CitiMortgage" or "Citi" or "CTI" or "Defendant") in the Superior Court for the State of California, County of Los Angeles alleging, among other things, that CitiMortgage allowed the assessment of excessive premiums in its lender placed insurance ("LP... - Proposed Partial Settlement in Hurricane Flooding Class Action
A notification program about a proposed partial settlement began today to alert those affected by flooding due to any failures or overtopping of levees that occurred within the Parishes of Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines and St. Bernard, Louisiana resulting from Hurricane Katrina and/or Hurricane Rita. Under the settlement, a settlement fund worth appr... - Can Amazon.com Face Workers' Compensation Lawsuits?
Sep-29-11 Allentown, PA Just about everyone is familiar with Amazon.com, the world's biggest bookstore, and anyone who has read the news lately, including the LAS blog is also familiar with mistreated workers at its warehouse. "If the article [published in The Morning Call ] is even half correct factually I think that Amazon is so wrong personally," says atto... - Trial Over SeaWorld Amusement Park Accident Continues
Sep-24-11 Sanford, FL The trial involving an amusement park accident that reportedly resulted in the death of a SeaWorld trainer in Florida continued recently when government attorneys refrained from showing video of the incident. According to The Associated Press , SeaWorld is reportedly asking an administrative law judge to dismiss three federal citations... - California Labor Law Class Action or Individual Lawsuit? Attorney Explains
Sep-22-11 Beverly Hills, CA Say that your employer refuses to provide you with meal breaks and/or rest periods, or your employer misclassifies you as an independent contractor to avoid overtime payment—you know your employer is violating the California Labor Law , so should you file an individual lawsuit or a class-action suit? Employment attorney Shaun Set... - Banks Face Customers Angry About Overdraft Fees
Sep-20-11 Los Angeles, CA For customers who are angry about being charged excessive bank overdraft fees , filing a lawsuit may be the best way to recover lost money. Some banks have already faced bank overdraft fees lawsuits, although there are still banks that allegedly profited off bank overdraft fees by reordering transactions but have not been subject to laws... - "It's Great That Mr. Brown Got a $322 Million Asbestos Drilling Mud Settlement, but Some of Us Still Have Nothing"
Sep-19-11 Houma, LA "It's great that [Thomas C. Brown] got a $322 million settlement verdict in his asbestos lawsuit but it would also be great if companies like Union Carbide and Chevron Phillips Chemical could spread the money around," says Monty, who worked with asbestos drilling mud for years and is now suffering from respiratory problems. "They could at lea... - Popular Agrees to Settle Securities Class Action Lawsuits
San Juan, PR: Popular, Inc. (Nasdaq: BPOP) announced today that it and the other named defendants have entered into two memoranda of understanding in connection with the settlement of five putative securities class actions filed in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rico Court of First Instance, San Juan Part. T... - Bank of America Settles Bank Overdraft Fees Lawsuit
Sep-5-11 Tampa Bay, FL Customers who are concerned about excessive bank overdraft fees may be happy to hear that some bank overdraft fees lawsuits have been settled, with the defendants paying for their alleged excessive bank fees. Both Bank of America and Wells Fargo have or will pay customers for practices that critics and a judge argue are unethical. Meanwhi... - LINA - Cigna Life Insurance Company of North America Disability Claims
The California Department of Insurance has reached a settlement agreement with Life Insurance Company of North America ( LINA ) to settle allegations that LINA committed disability insurance claims violations. To settle the LINA disability claims allegations, the life insurance company will pay a fine, change its claims handling policies and procedures a... - Kardashian Waist Gang Class Action Lawsuit Reaches Settlement
Santa Clara, CA: A $5 million settlement has been reached in a consumer fraud class action lawsuit pending against Waist Gang Society LLC, the its Kardashian-endorsed “waist training” products company. The complaint, filed by plaintiff Sara Hawes, alleged Waist Gang Society sells a line of corsets that are marketed to women who want to burn... - Optical Disc Drive Antitrust Class Action Settlement
Santa Clara, CA: Settlements have been reached in an antitrust class action lawsuit alleging a group of electronics companies conspired to fix the prices of optical disk drives. These devices enable data to be read from and/or written to optical disks, such as DVDs, CDs and other computer software storage. The consolidated class action results f... - $26M Settlement Proposed in Nationwide Securities Lawsuit
New York, NY: Nationwide has agreed to pay $26 million to settle a securities class action lawsuit related to the merger with Harleysville Insurance. The consolidated class action and derivative lawsuit resulted from the merger of Nationwide Mutual and Harleysville Mutual and was brought on behalf of former Harleysville Mutual policyholders. The mer... - $1.5M Settlement Finalized in Stevia In The Raw Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: $1.5 million settlement has been reached in a consumer fraud class action lawsuit pending against Cumberland Packing Corp, the manufacturer of Stevia In The Raw. Specifically, the allegations centered around claims that the label prominently states that Stevia In The Raw is a "100% Natural Zero Calorie Sweetener"when in fact it... - $576.75M Cathode Ray Settlement Reached
Santa Clara, CA: A $576.75 million settlement has been reached in a price-fixing class action lawsuit pending against makers of Cathode Ray Tubes, (CRTs). These devices were sold separately or as the main component in TVs and computer monitors. The Settlement includes CRTs and CRT Products purchased for private use and not for resale. Purchases m... - Successful 9/11 First Responders Settlement Reached
New York, NY: Attorneys representing the plaintiffs who were injured while working in the rescue, recovery and debris removal activities at the site of the World Trade Center following the 9/11 terrorist attacks and subsequent collapse of the twin towers have confirmed today that they have surpassed the requisite ninety-five percent (95%) opt-in thresh... - $19M Settlement Reached in Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A $19 million settlement has been reached in a medical malpractice lawsuit brought by a pregnant woman against a Northeastern Pennsylvania hospital and obstetrician. Court documents reportedly show that in December 2012 Marissa Vaccaro was admitted to the labor and delivery unit at Scranton Quincy, which operates as Moses Taylor H... - Town Sues BP and Shell for Cancer, Cancer Risk and Collapsing Property Values
Jul-5-11 Chesterfield, MO Roxana, Illinois, population 1,547, is a tiny little klatch of wood frame homes resting along the Missouri border, some of them built not more than 500 feet from the site of the Shell Oil refinery that sprang up there at the beginning of the 1900s. Most of the families in Roxana have been there for decades and they once went to sleep at... - $2.1M Unpaid Overtime Class Action Settlement Approved
Santa Clara, CA: A $2.1 million settlement of an unpaid overtime class action lawsuit has received final court approval, ending allegations brought against a health care facility staffing agency by some 900 of its workers. According to the suit, the staffing agency, Workfit, illegally denied its workers overtime when they worked more than 40 hours... - New York Woman Secures Neck Injury Compensation
Jul-1-11 Staten Island, NY A Graniteville, New York woman who was injured in an Express bus accident recently obtained neck injury compensation from the New York City Transit Authority in what was her second settlement with the agency in five years. According to the Staten Island Advance , Lydia Batson was a passenger on a Manhattan-bound bus on July 27, 20...