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Nov-19-10 Sylmar, CA How many lawsuits will it take for Taco Bell to comply with the California labor code and shell out California Overtime ? The US Fair Labor Standards Act requires employers to pay non-managerial employees at a rate of one and one-half times the regular rate for each hour worked over 40 per week. Either the Act is news (!) to Taco Bell, the co... - Taco Bell Shells Out California Overtime Settlement
Mar-12-16 Sacramento, CA: A California overtime lawsuit involving about 134,000 Taco Bell workers has been settled against the giant fast-food chain. The workers skipped meal breaks, which is a violation of the California labor laws . The plaintiffs also claimed that from 2003 to 2013, they were not provided with meal breaks during the fifth hour of work... - California Real Estate Agents Entitled to Overtime
Sep-11-23 Santa Clara, CA A California wage and hour lawsuit filed by a real estate brokerage operator and almost 3,000 agents is close to settlement. The lawsuit, which was filed three years ago, alleges Redfin Corp. misclassified the real estate agents as independent contractors to avoid paying overtime wages, and other California labor law violations. The mo... - Starting a New Year with an Old Problem: Foodborne Illness
Feb-8-12 Atlanta, GA Two cases of potential Foodborne Illness serve as a reminder that one can't always assume the food one eats in a public establishment will not leave one clutching one's stomachs after the fact. There are so many issues at play—from the way in which food is handled and prepared at a restaurant, to the path that food may have taken from... - Management Resources Co. Taco Bell Manager Gender Discrimination Settlement
McMinnville, TN: (May-28-07) Katrina Hillis and Diana Pepper, former employees of a large Taco Bell franchisee, filed a discrimination lawsuit against Management Resources Co., which is based in the Nashville suburb of Brentwood and owns more than 80 Taco Bell franchises in the South. Hillis and Pepper, the store managers, claimed that Management Resources... - Pennsylvania Employment Lawsuits
Oct-22-09 Hanover, PA Pennsylvania employment law protects the rights of Pennsylvania employees. However, there are situations in which employees must turn to Pennsylvania lawyers to defend their rights. This can occur in situations where discrimination or harassment have occurred in the workplace or where employees' benefits programs are not being properly manag... - California Overtime for Restaurant Managers: Class Actions or Individual Lawsuits?
Apr-27-10 Los Angeles, CA It is not easy to determine whether or not restaurant managers can claim California overtime , mainly because they are often misclassified as exempt. In April 2010 a California Court of Appeal denied a motion to certify a class action lawsuit against El Torito Restaurants, concluding there wasn't enough proof of widespread misclassificat... - Truck Driver’s New Jersey Workers Compensation Lawsuit Revived on Appeal
Jun-25-17 Trenton, NJ: A former New Jersey truck driver whose workers compensation claim has been zig-zagging through the courts has seen his workers compensation lawsuit revived by the New Jersey Appellate Division. The plaintiff in the workers compensation law case is Brian Hejda. According to court documents, Hejda was a commercial truck driver with Bell C... - Food Poisoning Lawyer ”Besieged” with Blue Bell Creameries Victims
May-24-15 Houston, TX On April 20, 2015, Blue Bell Creameries voluntarily recalled all of the products made at its three plants in the US because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes , a potentially deadly foodborne pathogen the company detected in samples of its Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream produced between March 17, 2015 and March 2... - Unpaid Overtime Class Action Against Taco Bell Filed in Illinois
Detroit, MI A Taco Bell franchisee is facing an employment class action lawsuit representing some 520 past and present Taco Bell employees who work at various locations across Michigan. The defendant, Brighton-based Sundance, owns more than 150 Taco Bell restaurants in several states. According to the complaint, the company illegally doctored emplo... - Settlements and Verdicts: Taco Bell.
A $30 million dollar verdict has been awarded to Joseph Shields and Thomas Rinks in their lawsuit filed against Taco Bell. The two men charged the company with failing to pay them for coming up with the idea of using a talking Chihuahua in the Mexican fast-food chain's advertisements. The jury sided with the two marketers, who claimed Taco Bell had brea... - Preliminary $1M Settlement Reached in Bell Canada Late Fees Class Action
Ottawa, ON: An out-of-court settlement has been concluded in the class action filed on behalf of Bell Canada and Bell Mobility's Ontario clients who may have paid late payment charges on payments made before the payment deadline provided on their bill. This settlement affects Ontario Bell Canada clients who paid their bill through their financial ins... - Tenant Sues Prospective Landlord for Denial of Application
Dec-6-09 Yardville, NJ A prospective tenant who was denied housing in New Jersey due to a complex rental agreement has won some favor through an appellate court in New Jersey. The Times of Trenton reported Thursday that Denise Bell, a disabled and unemployed New Jersey resident, sought a unit at Sunnybrae Apartments of Yardville. Bell receives federal Soci... - Zimmer Durom Cup through the Words of a Young Man
Jan-22-11 Los Angeles, CA He is identified as William Long, MD, of the Dorr Arthritis Institute. In a past video posted on YouTube, Dr. Long appears as a calming influence in the unnerving debate over the Zimmer hip recall, amidst the pain, frustration and inconvenience encountered by patients looking for a mobility savior—and instead acquiring an enemy th... - Harman-Chiu Inc. Female Employees Gender Discrimination Settlement
Sunnyvale - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit against the Kentucky Fried Chicken/Taco Bell franchise owner on behalf of Latina immigrant workers for gender discrimination. The lawsuit claimed the manager at the Sunnyvale KFC/Taco Bell repeatedly approached three female employees with unwelcome sexual propositions that created a... - YUM! Brands Recruiter Files ERISA Lawsuit over Misclassification
Aug-16-21 Los Angeles, CA On July 9, Tim Alders, formerly an Executive Recruiter for YUM Brands Inc. and Taco Bell Corp. filed an ERISA lawsuit alleging that the fast-food conglomerates deprived him of pension and other benefits by deliberately misclassifying him as an independent contractor, rather than an employee. Tim Alders v. YUM, Inc. is neither a standard... - Too Hard to Eat Lunch? – That Cost Wal-Mart $6 Million
Jun-26-19 Los Angeles, CA Chelsea Hamilton and Alyssa Hernandez brought a class action California labor lawsuit against Wal-Mart, claiming that going through the mandatory security check took so much time and was so intrusive that they were left with less than their legally protected half-hour meal break. Taking feminine hygiene stuff out of their purses was... - New Zantac Lawsuit: Poison Pills Killed Carl Glasper
Aug-19-20 Wilmington, DE On July 21, Hiheshia Bell, the widow of Carl Glasper, filed a Zantac cancer lawsuit in Delaware Superior Court alleging that Zantac killed her husband. The lawsuit , which has since been removed to federal district court for the District of Delaware, delves deeply into the scientific evidence that Zantac was toxic. It is a bracing prev... - "Limo Drivers Eligible for California Overtime," Says Attorney
May-24-11 San Mateo, CA Limo drivers in California and other states, such as Nevada, are not getting paid overtime because their employers have classified them as exempt. However, attorney Mark Thierman filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of Las Vegas limousine drivers against Bell Trans, Nevada's largest limousine company, alleging failure to pay minimum wage an... - City of Chicago, IL Coerced Confession Settlement
Chicago - In July 2000, Corethian Bell, who suffers from a mental illness, found his murdered mother in her apartment and called police to report the crime. Bell was charged with murder and gave a videotaped confession. He spent 17 months in Cook County Jail before the Cook County State's Attorney's office dropped the charge after DNA evidence proved Be...