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Dec-4-23 Santa Clara, CA Bayada Home Health Care agreed to settle for $700,000 a minimum wage and overtime lawsuit brought by a group of client service managers. The home health care provider told a New Jersey federal court that the settlement finally puts an end to six years of litigation and the workers concurred, saying that the 63 workers could lose out on an... - Bayer’s $2billion deal to finalize future Monsanto Claims
Feb-22-21 San Francisco, CA To resolve future claims that Monsanto’s Roundup causes cancer, Bayer is coughing up a $2 billion settlement that includes benefits for people—mainly farmers and gardeners-- who were exposed to Roundup and develop the cancer in the future. The $2 billion settlement will be provided by Bayer over four years as compens... - Left Behind in Benicar Lawsuit Settlement
Nov-1-17 Camden, NJ: Daiichi Sankyo’s recent $300 million Benicar lawsuit settlement will end the story for some who were hurt by the blood pressure drug. But it will leave others out in the cold. What will happen to them, the people who still suffer from Benicar side-effects -- the vomiting, weight-loss and diarrhea of sprue-like enteropathy? ... - American Home Shield Lawsuit Alleges Improper Denials
Jan-15-12 Montgomery, AL Customers of home warranty companies, such as American Home Shield can take heart that some previous home warranty lawsuits have resulted in settlements. One American Home Shield lawsuit resulted in a settlement, although the company did not admit any wrongdoing or liability in the settlement. The settlement was the result of a class-... - 3M Combat Arms Defective Earplugs Lawsuit News & Legal Information
In July 2018, the American multinational corporation 3M settled a whistleblower lawsuit brought by the federal government alleging that the company knowingly supplied defective Combat Arms Earplugs to the US military. 3M was accused of violating the False Claims Act by selling the defective earplugs, falsifying test results and not disclosing the design defe... - Parties to Settle 401k Fiduciary Breach Lawsuit in Reichert v. Juniper Networks, Inc.
Oct-31-22 San Jose, CA On November 11, the District Court for the Northern District of California is expected to approve a settlement in Reichert v. Juniper Networks Inc . The class action ERISA lawsuit , like many before it, alleges that the fiduciaries of the Juniper Networks, Inc. 401(k) Plan breached their legal duty to plan participants because of the way t... - $300M Benicar Settlement Reached
Aug-3-17 Santa Clara, CA: The makers of the controversial blood pressure medication, Benicar, have agreed a $300 million settlement potentially ending multi-district litigation (MDL) that claims the drug caused gastrointestinal injuries. Forest Laboratories Inc., and Daiichi Sankyo Inc., and about 2,300 plaintiffs in the MDL reached the agreement earlier this... - $553M in Settlements Reached with Toyota, Subaru, Mazda and BMW in Takata Airbag MDL
May-18-17 Santa Clara, CA $553.6 million in settlements has been agreed in multi-district litigation (MDL) involving Toyota, Subaru, Mazda and BMW, which will see the automakers pay the sum to end claims brought by plaintiffs over alleged defective Takata airbags. To date, the airbags, which can explode, have been linked with 11 deaths in the US. According t... - Kaiser and Xanitos Settle Hospital Housekeepers' Overtime Class action for $500,000
May-7-17 San Francisco: CA A federal judge has approved a settlement for $500,000 on a California overtime class action filed by housekeeping employees of Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and hospital services company Xanitos. US District Judge William Orrick III called the settlement a "fair and reasonable resolution of a bona fide dispute" in his April 27, 2017... - Equinox $36 million settlement for California Wage and Hour Lawsuits
Oct-16-23 Alameda, CA Equinox has agreed to pay $36 million to resolve two California labor lawsuits alleging the fitness company required more than 15,000 employees to perform pre-shift work without pay and to skip meal breaks. The settlement, which resolves California state and federal actions, covers those who worked for Equinox in California between April 3, 2... - $30.5 Million Apple Settlement Approved
Sep-1-22 San Francisco, CA An Apple Inc. class action lawsuit filed almost a decade ago has finally been approved. Back in 2013, the technology giant’s retail workers claimed they were shortchanged for time spent in mandatory security checks after their shifts, which is a violation of the California labor law . The $30.5 million settlement includes compensat... - Penske Admits No Wrongdoing in California Labor Code Class Action Settlement
Feb-2-17 After nearly nine years of litigation, Penske Logistics agreed in January to pay $750,000 to settle a long-running class action lawsuit for allegedly violating the California Labor Code and Unfair Competition Law by not paying wages to its California truck drivers for meal and rest breaks. According to Trucks.com (1/30/17), Penske released a statem... - After a Decade of Litigation, FedEx Drivers Settle for $15.45 Million
Jan-26-17 Portland, OR: An ongoing dispute on the books for some ten years was resolved late last year in federal court in Oregon by way of a $15.45 Million settlement laying to rest claims by defendant FedEx their drivers were working as independent contractors when, in the view of the plaintiffs, they were bone fide employees of the company. The class action Ore... - Recent Chinese Drywall Settlement Smells like Rotten Eggs
Aug-25-10 New Orleans, LA Homeowners with Chinese drywall are likely on tenterhooks awaiting the mediation outcome today by US District Judge Eldon Fallon, who is presiding over about 10,000 federal and state Chinese drywall cases consolidated in multidistrict litigation (MDL) in New Orleans. Some of those in attendance are Knauf Plasterboard Tianjin Co. Ltd... - Florida Attorney's Solutions to the Consumer Debt Trap
Jul-10-10 Miami, FL Attorney Stephen Nagin is a big picture guy. A well-known Florida attorney and an expert in debt settlement for consumers, Nagin sees even more cash flow trouble for people in the southern states that are directly or indirectly affected by the BP catastrophe . The damage to the tourism industry means more job losses, foreclosures and b... - Experienced Birth Injury Attorneys Discuss Lawsuits and Settlements
Sep-23-23 Los Angeles, CA The day your child is born should be one of the happiest days of your life. Sadly, medical complications may arise during childbirth that put your baby’s health at risk. When a doctor or a medical professional or medical facility fails to handle the situation properly, your infant may suffer injuries or illnesses resulting in permanen... - Navy Offers Elective Option to Hasten Camp Lejeune Settlements
Sep-20-23 Santa Clara, CA The Department of the Navy has come up with its “Elective Option”, which it describes as an expedited resolution process. It is an attempt to speed up compensation for more than 1,100 federal lawsuits and 93,000 administrative claims filed by Camp Lejeune veterans and their families. To date, not one Camp Lejeune claim has bee... - Settlement Announced for Ailing 9/11 Ground Zero Workers
Mar-12-10 New York, NY A settlement that was announced last night, if approved, may award between several thousand and $2 million to rescue workers and others whose health suffered from the effects of working in close proximity to Ground Zero after the twin towers collapsed on September 11, 2001. After some six years of legal wrangling, a $657 million settlem... - The Environmental Protection Agency no longer Protecting Monsanto?
Jun-17-20 Santa Clara, CA A federal court last week slammed the EPA for approving dicamba-based weed-killing products sold by agricultural giants Bayer AG, BASF and Corteva Agriscience, now making it illegal for farmers to use dicamba herbicides. The EPA also sided with Monsanto and its Roundup weedkiller, which has tragically resulted in more than 125,000 Monsanto... - Camp LeJeune Lawsuits at a Crawl as More Wrongful Death Lawsuits Filed
Aug-24-23 Santa Clara, CA Covering up contaminated water at Camp LeJeune has been called a “crime against humanity” but with the passing of the PACT Act, the Marine Corps had a chance to make things right, to compensate its veterans and civilians who were exposed to the toxic water. But to make matters worse than they already are, countless victims are...