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May-30-22 Sturgis, MI The Abbott plant, which had produced one-fourth of the nation’s infant formula , was shut down in February after “egregiously unsanitary” conditions were discovered at its Michigan plant – conditions that included bacteria inhabiting key production equipment. Soon after the tragic deaths of one infant from a bacteria... - WA Workers' Compensation Lawsuit News & Legal Information
Workers' Compensation is insurance coverage purchased by the employer/business that provides workers' benefits for job-related employee injuries. Washington law requires all employers to purchase Washington workers' compensation coverage (with a few exceptions). Each state has a different workers compensation program laws, with benefits covering medic... - MetLife to Settle ERISA Lawsuit for $4.5 Million
Dec-15-23 New York, NY On November 20 MetLife Group and a group of participants in the MetLife 401(k) Plan agreed to settle an ERISA breach of fiduciary duty lawsuit for $4.5 million. In their amended class-action complaint , plan participants accused plan fiduciaries of failing to act solely in the interest of plan participants and beneficiaries by including pro... - DuPont, Corteva and Chemours to Pay State of Ohio $110 million
Dec-11-23 Washington County, OH The chemical manufacturers of “forever chemicals”, namely DuPont, Corteva and Chemours, have reached a $110 million settlement with the state of Ohio. The PFOA lawsuit was filed by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, claiming that PFOA, the manmade chemical perfluorooctanoic acid, was released in the air and water from DuPont’s... - Johnson & Johnson's McNeil Motrin Scheme Exposed
Jun-11-10 New Brunswick, NJ The FDA charges that in June 2009, Johnson & Johnson's McNeil Consumer Healthcare unit attempted to disguise its efforts to remove Motrin from store shelves without initiating a formal recall. The agency is looking into possible criminal penalties against J&J because of the Motrin recall . The FDA said it became aware of t... - Dell found Liable for Transgender Discrimination
Jun-22-22 New York, NY An arbitrator found that Dell Technologies discriminated against 61-year-old Cicilia Gilbert, a transgender employee by firing her during her gender transition, said Gilbert’s labor law attorney. According to Cicilia Gilbert’s lawsuit, the tech giant terminated her in the middle of her transition and a co-worker advised her not t... - Litigants Tell Donald Trump's University, "You're Fired!"
May-16-10 San Diego, CA : "The Donald" got rich buying and selling real estate, and according to him, you can build a New York skyscraper with your name on it, too! Drawn by the power of the Trump name thousands of people have signed up for Trump University real estate investing seminars online and in hotels across the country. But Amber Eck, a San Diego lawyer from... - Toyota Stops Selling Lexus SUV Pending Further Rollover Tests
Apr-14-10 Detroit, MI Just hours after a respected consumer magazine issued a damning report of a high-end Lexus SUV for rollover potential due to a faulty electronic stabilizer control system (ESC), Toyota announced it would voluntarily stop selling the 2010 Lexus GX 460 sport utility vehicle. Toyota plans to conduct its own tests on the GX 460, which was u... - Exploding Pressure Cooker Lawsuit Information and Legal News
Recent consumer complaints about exploding pressure cookers have prompted multiple people who were injured while cooking with the steam-fueled pots to file federal pressure cooker lawsuits after suffering severe burns when the devices blew up while they were cooking. Pressure cookers are sealed pots that turn liquid into steam when heated, allowing foods... - Cribs Recalled Due to Infant Deaths
Mar-1-10 Washington, DC In a recent defective product case, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced a recall of all Generation 2 Worldwide and "ChildESIGNS" drop side cribs due to a defect in the product hardware. The problem occurs when the crib's plastic hardware breaks, causing the drop side to detach from a corner of the crib and crea... - Conan Crew Screwed? Some Tonight Show Staffers Not Seeing NBC's "Millions"
Feb-6-10 Los Angeles, CA When NBC told Conan O'Brien that the "Tonight Show" would be moving to a later slot, O'Brien had no choice but to leave the show. It put a lot of people out of work, but NBC says they are paying "millions of dollars to compensate every one of them." Not so, according to one former NBC employee who worked 25 years for the network. A Califo... - Asbestos Drilling Mud Litigation: "I Want to Get the Ball Rolling"
Oct-24-11 Great Yarmouth, UK In 1975, Al joined the oil industry where he worked with asbestos drilling mud as a mud engineer—back in the day when no one was given safety equipment. "If I have contracted some kind of asbestos-related lung disease and there is compensation, I would like to take part in an asbestos lawsuit," Al says, "because maybe a few yea... - Auction Rate Securities Settlement as Anniversary of Market Failure Nears
Jan-30-10 Raleigh, NC Yet another bank has agreed to buy back auction rate securities from investors who say they were misled about the liquidity and safety of the securities. The move comes almost two years after the failure of the auction rate securities market in 2008. According to the 1/14/10 edition of the Wall Street Journal, Deutsche Bank AG has agree... - Settlement Reached in L'Oreal Hair-Relaxer Injury Class Action Lawsuit
New York, NY: A settlement has been reached in a defective products class action lawsuit pending against L’Oreal alleging the cosmetics giant misrepresented the safety of its hair relaxer, consequently causing injury to consumers. The lawsuit alleged that L'Oreal’s Amla Legend Rejuvenating Ritual Relaxer damages hair and causes burns and blist... - Playing the Trump Card in Commercial Contract Dispute
Jul-30-09 Camden, NV: A commercial contract dispute has erupted between a New York City developer and the current owners of the Trump Marina Casino Hotel in Atlantic City. The former is attempting to get back a $17 million deposit that Coastal Marina LLC/Coastal Development LLC had paid when it agreed last year to buy the property that carries the famous Trump na... - ESG Rules for ERISA Plan Investing Survive Conservative Challenge
Nov-14-23 Amarillo, TX On September 21, US District Court for the Northern District of Texas Judge Matthew J. Kasmaryk held that plan fiduciaries may consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in choosing pension plan investments. The ERISA lawsuit , Utah v. Walsh , was seen as the “anti-woke” coalition’s best shot at limiting... - Chinese Drywall Assessment Determined "High Risk"
Jul-8-09 North Port FL "My fiancé and I found a house to rent, lease or sell on craigslist," says Carolyn, "and the owner agreed on $700 per month with a $5,000 deposit so we could buy the house. But after only one month we found so many things wrong, because of Chinese drywall ". Professional Building Inspectors were brought in, determined that there was... - More Black Women Filing Hair Relaxer Lawsuits
Nov-12-23 Santa Clara, CA As attorneys ramp up advertising on television and social media, more Black women are becoming aware of the association between hair relaxers and uterine cancer, and that at least a dozen cosmetic companies sold their hair straighteners containing dangerous chemicals and failed to warn customers. Many women are just now learning that they h... - Honda Pays $605M To Exit Takata Air Bag Litigation
Miami, FL: Honda has agreed to pay $603 million to exit the defective Takata air bag multidistrict litigation. This will hasten the removal of the exploding airbags from about 16.5 million Honda vehicles. According to Honda, a $200 million fund will be established to expand the Takata air bag inflator recall in an effort to reach owners of affect... - Veterans PTSD - VA PTSD, Veterans Disability Benefits Lawsuit
About 20 percent of war veterans coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan experience some degree of veterans PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) as a result of having been witness to, or directly impacted by, attack, ambush, serious injury or death. PTSD is also referred to as "shell shock" or "combat fatigue". Many post traumatic stress disorder veterans...