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| Chinese Drywall Homeowner Applied for a Forbearance Agreement |
November 20, 2009. By Jane Mundy.
Middleburg, FL: Sherolyn, a paralegal, had to move out of her new home because it was built with Chinese drywall, and now she is asking her mortgage company for a forbearance agreement. "State officials are encouraging mortgage companies to grant this agreement to homeowners with this toxic drywall," she says.
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| Firm Takes Another Turn at Bat |
November 20, 2009. By Brenda Craig.
Helena, MT: A jury in Montana recently ordered the makers of the legendary Louis Slugger baseball bats to pay the Patch family $850,000 in a wrongful death and product liability suit the family never expected win. “When we were talking to them after they had no idea how much they had won,” says attorney Michael Kauffman from Drake Law Firm. “I think hope the money will go towards what they want to achieve. They don’t want another family to go through what they went through.”
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| Class Action Attorney Wants to Know "What’s in Their Wallets" |
November 13, 2009. By Brenda Craig.
Atlanta, GA: Capitol One, marketed as the “hassle free credit card,” is being sued for consumer fraud by some disgruntled customers who are fed up with the company asking them for more and more of “what’s in their wallets.” Over the last 10 months, the company has tripled borrowing costs for cardholders. Attorney Adam Webb, who represents some of those very annoyed customers in a consumer class action lawsuit, says Capitol One clearly abused its discretionary powers.
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| Asbestos Mesothelioma – The Legal Down and Dirty |
November 6, 2009. By Lucy Campbell.
Beverly Hills, CA: Asbestos mesothelioma is a devastating and fatal form of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos fibers. Research by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) shows that the number of deaths from asbestos mesothelioma has increased during the last 10 years.
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| CT Scan Overdose Victims Have Rights |
November 5, 2009. By Brenda Craig.
Los Angeles, CA: It seems that somebody at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center made a serious error when the hospital’s CT Scanner was recalibrated in February 2008. Dozens of patients booked for diagnostic brains scans were blasted with megadoses of radiation – doses usually reserved for treating brain tumors.
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| Cash4Gold Played Fast and Lost with Customers |
November 5, 2009. By Brenda Craig.
New York, NY: With the price of gold skyrocketing to $1000 an ounce and more and millions of people struggling through difficult times, companies offering cash in exchange for old jewelry and other precious metals items are drawing a lot of attention. Unfortunately, many Cash4Gold customers are crying consumer fraud and the company is now the target of a class action suit.
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| Class Action against DuPont’s Teflon Plant Sticks |
October 24, 2009. By Brenda Craig.
Princeton, NJ A well-known environmental law attorney is leading a class action aimed at forcing DuPont to pay for the cleanup of the local water supply for the residents of Penns Grove, NJ. “We are seeking to have safe drinking water for these people,” says attorney Stuart Lieberman of Lieberman & Blecher. “The primary relief being sought is remediation of the drinking water.”
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| Attorney Says Prepaid Debit Cards Can Carry High Fees |
October 20, 2009. By Heidi Turner.
Albany, NY For consumers with a poor credit rating or who are unable to conduct business with a bank, prepaid debit cards may seem like a dream come true. They provide customers with the ability to use a debit card without having to go through the application process with banks. However, many customers have found out the hard way that some of these prepaid debit cards carried high fees. Those customers complain they were not made aware of those debit card fees, which often drain the cards of value.
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| Tenants Intentionally Exposed to Asbestos—Builders Profit |
October 18, 2009. By Jane Mundy.
Denver, CO: It's unfathomable that anyone in America would knowingly endanger the lives of others for sheer profit. But attorney Charles Torres says that Bascom Group, a company that purchases and renovates depressed apartment complexes, needlessly exposed the residents of Highline Terrace to asbestos. "Their intentional actions were outrageous," said Torres, whose firm represents the Plaintiffs--105 residents.
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