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News articles include info about lawsuits filed, settlements reached and verdicts rendered in legal cases dealing with personal injury news, defective product news, bad drugs news and other news issues. Also listed are news interviews from people who have had their lives forever changed by bad drugs, investment fraud, personal injury, defective products and negligent employers - their only hope the lawyers willing to fight to protect their rights and bring them justice.

Attorney Discusses Camp Lejeune Contaminated Water Lawsuits

August 12, 2022. By Jane Mundy.

Garden City, NY “Attorneys have been lobbying many years for the Camp Lejeune Justice Act and now we see an opportunity for justice, an opportunity for victims to file a Camp Lejeune lawsuit,” says attorney Gary Falkowitz.

MLB To Pay $185 million “Starvation Deal”

August 11, 2022. By Jane Mundy.

San Francisco, CA Minor league ballplayers asked a California federal judge last month to approve a $185 million settlement they reached with Major League Baseball over alleged "starvation" wages in a case that languished through the courts for eight years. The California labor minimum wage and overtime lawsuit was settled a month before it was slated for trial.

August 9, 2022. By Jane Mundy.

Los Angeles, CA Weighing in on a California labor lawsuit filed by truckers against trucking companies, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said that competing employers’ no-poach agreements are inherently illegal.

United Airlines Appears to Stiff Early Retirees

August 8, 2022. By Anne Wallace.

Chicago, IL Cast your mind back to 2020. We were staying at home, fully masked, wearing blue gloves, bleaching our kitchen counters and very worried about people living in congregate settings, like nursing homes. Needless to say, we weren’t flying anywhere. United Airlines, like all other airlines, had a powerful incentive to reduce overhead, including employee costs. Such is the background for this ERISA lawsuit.

Marine at Camp LeJeune with Cancer Concerned about Children

August 4, 2022. By Jane Mundy.

Raleigh, NC Patrick and his wife spent three years at Camp LeJeune – long enough to develop health problems from contaminated water. “When I first heard about the contamination I was extremely concerned,” says Patrick. “None of us had heard about the toxic water until a few years ago, and now I am extremely mad.”

Supreme Court Deals Blow to California PAGA Claims

July 31, 2022. By Anne Wallace.

Washington, DC On June 15, in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) preempts California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA). The decision reverses standing precedent under California labor law, which had permitted class action labor lawsuits against employers even when workers had agreed to resolve employment disputes through individual arbitration.

Nurse Files Same California Labor Class Action – Twice

July 31, 2022. By Jane Mundy.

Riverside, CA The California Supreme Court has given the green light to a nurse who brought a second class action lawsuit, alleging the same California wage and hour violations, but against two entities not directly connected.

Lawsuit: Philips Knew CPAP Sleep Machines Link to Cancer

July 28, 2022. By Jane Mundy.

Santa Clara, CA Philips has been slammed with another Dreamstation lawsuit, alleging the company knew its sleep machines could cause cancers and other injuries years before the world-wide recall.

U.S. v. Academy Mortgage Corp., the Whistleblower Lawsuit that Will not Die

July 27, 2022. By Anne Wallace.

San Francisco, CA Academy Mortgage Corp. has asked the Northern District of California to dismiss a whistleblower lawsuit brought by a former underwriter, Gwen Thrower. The lawsuit, which was initially filed in 2016, accuses Academy Mortgage of writing shaky FHA-backed mortgage loans to boost the company’s profits. In 2020, the federal government unsuccessfully sought to the lawsuit dismissed in the Ninth Circuit. In 2018, the Northern District had denied a similar motion.

Supreme Court Declines to Hear Airlines Meal & Rest Break Appeal

July 26, 2022. By Jane Mundy.

Santa Clara, CA The U.S. Supreme Court at the end of June declined to take up Alaska Airlines appeal of a ruling that Virgin America – now part of Alaska Airlines-- had to give California-based flight attendants meal and rest breaks required by California labor law. The justices found that California's break requirements are not preempted by federal law on the deregulation of airlines' prices, routes and services.

Abbott Formula and ‘Absurd’ Loophole By Jane Mundy (Jul-25-22)
Laid-Off Tesla Employees File Failure to Warn Lawsuit By Jane Mundy (Jul-22-22)
Former Head of Third-Party Billing Company on trial for Health Care Fraud By Anne Wallace (Jul-21-22)
California Rest Break Law – Then and Now By Jane Mundy (Jul-19-22)
Mental Health Patient Advocates Fight Wit Reversal By Anne Wallace (Jul-18-22)
Toxic Herbicide Paraquat Lawsuit Claims and Risk of Parkinson’s Disease By LAS Staff Writer (Jul-15-22)
Google Resolves Gender Discrimination Lawsuit By Jane Mundy (Jul-12-22)
Former Tesla Employee Rejects $15 million Settlement By Jane Mundy (Jul-8-22)
The Big Story of UBS Whistleblower Lawsuit By Anne Wallace (Jul-7-22)
Can my Employer Cut my Health Benefits after I Retire? By Anne Wallace (Jul-6-22)
Increased Emergency Room Charges Loom for Patients at Critical Access Hospitals By Anne Wallace (Jul-5-22)
Amazon Faces Class Action for Not Covering COVID Work-From-Home Expenses By Jane Mundy (Jun-30-22)
California Attorney General Supports Washington State’s Ruling that GEO owes Detainees Minimum Wages By Jane Mundy (Jun-28-22)
Covid Long-Haulers and Denied Disability By Jane Mundy (Jun-24-22)
Does Workers Compensation Cover Heart Attack? By Jane Mundy (Jun-23-22)
Dell found Liable for Transgender Discrimination By Jane Mundy (Jun-22-22)
Whistleblower Outed Abbott Labs Two Years Before FDA Closed Sturgis Plant By Anne Wallace (Jun-20-22)
Two men retaliated against for reporting sexual and racial harassment awarded $460 million By Jane Mundy (Jun-14-22)
Equinox Employees Go Ahead with Three Class Actions By Jane Mundy (Jun-13-22)
Abbott Laboratories Investigated by FDA who is Investigated by Lawmakers By Jane Mundy (Jun-9-22)
Biden Administration and U.S. Solicitor General side with Airline Employee Rest and Meal breaks By Jane Mundy (Jun-6-22)
Minor League Baseball players and MLB Settle “Starvation” Wages Lawsuit By Jane Mundy (Jun-1-22)
ERISA Lawsuit Alleges that ESOP Fiduciaries Cheated Participants By Anne Wallace (May-31-22)
Matco Tools Settles California Misclassification Lawsuit for $15.8 Million By Anne Wallace (May-31-22)
Bacteria one main reason for Baby Formula Shortage By Jane Mundy (May-30-22)
Kickback Scheme Spawns Humira Whistleblower Lawsuit and Investor Backlash By Anne Wallace (May-30-22)
Philips CPAP Machines – More Wrongful Death Lawsuits? By Jane Mundy (May-27-22)
The Whistleblower and H&M Unused Gift Cards - $36 Million Settlement By Jane Mundy (May-23-22)
Oman v. Delta Airlines is Done. Virgin America v. Bernstein Looms on the Horizon By Anne Wallace (May-20-22)
Flowers Foods and its Drivers Settle for a Lotta Dough By Jane Mundy (May-19-22)
Longshore Act and Truckers Workers’ Comp Coverage By Jane Mundy (May-18-22)
Bard v. Milanesi Good News for Hernia Mesh Victims By Jane Mundy (May-17-22)
Plaintiffs Seek Recusal of Latest Judge in Home Depot ERISA Lawsuit By Anne Wallace (May-16-22)
Family of Las Vegas man denied cancer treatment awarded $200M verdict in insurance bad faith lawsuit By LAS Staff Writer (May-11-22)
Minor League Players “Chasing a Dream” Under Harsh Living Conditions By Jane Mundy (May-11-22)
Alcoa Fights Retirees’ ERISA Lawsuit over Health Benefits Plan By Anne Wallace (May-10-22)
Uber’s Petition to Arbitrate Driver’s Misclassification Complaint Denied By Jane Mundy (May-9-22)
MLB Farm Team Players to Get Their Day in Court By Anne Wallace (May-6-22)
Debtor-in-Possession Bankruptcy for MD Helicopters? By Anne Wallace (May-3-22)
Activision Blizzard To Settle for $18 million in Discrimination Lawsuit By Jane Mundy (Apr-30-22)

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