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Jan-25-20 Santa Clara From Minnesota to Texas to California, about 2,000 defective earplug lawsuits made by the 3M company and Aero Technologies (bought by 3M) have been filed by U.S. veterans, many of whom suffer tinnitus and permanent hearing loss. These lawsuits have been pouring in since 3M agreed in the summer of 2018 to pay U.S. military branches $9.1... - Mark Zuckerberg and wife Granted Arbitration in Unpaid Wages and Discrimination Claims
Apr-20-22 San Francisco, CA Contracts signed by the former security operations assistant and household operations manager of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan contained clear arbitration clauses, according to San Francisco Superior Court Judge Richard Ulmer. The decision involves lawsuits filed by two former household workers who allege sexual... - Retired Judge Discusses Workers’ Compensation Claims
Apr-19-22 Woodland Hills, CA Did you know that hypertension can be aggravated or accelerated by a work injury such as a herniated disc, which could mean you are eligible for Worker’s Compensation? And do you know how important it is to be represented by a qualified attorney rather than a hearing representative? “My advice is to get a real lawyer who care... - Defective Product Personal Injury Lawsuits - Product Liability & Defective Product Lawyers
Defective product litigation and injury lawsuits involve defective and unreasonably dangerous products that cause personal injuries and even death. Manufacturers of defective products are liable for design defects, improper safety devices and manufacturing defects that cause injury. Product liability lawyers will evaluate cases involving defective consu... - $35M Walmart Wage Deal on the Shelf
Mar-30-22 Los Angeles, CA A class action lawsuit filed almost four years ago claiming Walmart failed to provide employees with accurate wage statements almost reached a $35 million settlement: A California federal judge said Walmart has other California labor law violations not even alleged in the suit. U.S. District Judge André Birotte Jr. said the rele... - Investors Balk at Bayer with Roundup and Monsanto Class Action Lawsuit
Mar-25-22 Santa Clara, CA A group of investors has balked at Bayer with a class action lawsuit claiming they were deceived about the link between Roundup and cancer and the Monsanto purchase that includes over 125,000 Roundup lawsuits. Investors are demanding about $2.5 billion from Bayer, reported Reuters in January. That amount covered lawsuits from ab... - Google Slammed with Another Discrimination Lawsuit
Mar-24-22 San Jose, CA Google has been slammed yet again with a lawsuit alleging a pattern of racial discrimination against Black and minority employees. Filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San Jose and seeking class-action status, the plaintiff accuses Google of systematic discrimination against Black workers by placing th... - Coca-Cola Bottler to Settle ERISA lawsuit for $3.5 Million
Mar-21-22 Charlotte, NC Large independent bottler, Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc., has agreed to pay $3.5 million to settle a class-action breach of fiduciary duty lawsuit that could have involved thousands of plan participants. The ERISA lawsuit was originally brought in 2020 by two participants in the Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. 401k Plan. Cheyenne Jones v. Coc... - Trasylol: Never Forget Joe Randone's Hellish Journey
Aug-23-08 New York, NY Two years ago this month Joe Randone died after receiving Trasylo l for a heart operation. We should never, ever forget him—because there are as many as 22,000 people just like him. Consider how many people that number really represents: an entire town, or the capacity of a large stadium. Imagine seeing that stadium filled with 22,000... - More Zantac Cancer Lawsuits and Recalls
Nov-19-19 Santa Clara, CA As more pharmaceutical companies are hit with Zantac cancer lawsuits , they are recalling the acid reflux medication in the U.S. and Canada over complaints of a link to a probable carcinogen called called N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), a chemical that has already been found in animals. What a difference one month can make. The FDA on Oc... - Two Lawsuits Filed Against Catholic Priests and Dioceses Under New Child Sex Abuse Law
Mar-16-22 Baton Rouge, LA New child sexual abuse lawsuits alleging two Catholic priests sexually abused teens decades ago, along with coverup lawsuits against the Diocese of Baton Rouge and the Diocese of Alexandria in Louisiana, have been filed under a new law that temporarily eliminated the statute of limitations in childhood sexual abuse cases. Jessica Arbou... - Stockert 3T Heater Cooler System and the FDA
Mar-8-22 Santa Clara, CA Since M. chimaera contamination was found during tests at Sorin’s manufacturing facility in 2014, and its 3T Heater-Cooler devices subsequently recalled, the FDA has kept close tabs on Sorin, now known as LivaNova. (Sorin Group, the original manufacturer of the heater-cooler devices, merged with Cyberonics, Inc. and the new compa... - UnitedHealthcare Cites Upcoding Fraud in Lawsuit against Emergency Room Staffing Company
Mar-9-22 Knoxville, TN On October 27, 2021, UnitedHealthcare filed a lawsuit against TeamHealth Holdings in the Eastern District of Tennessee. UnitedHealthcare Services v. TeamHealth Holdings , the ER fees lawsuit , charges that TeamHealth routinely overcharged emergency room patients for minor medical needs. UHC, as the administrator for many of those cla... - Intel Corp. Investment Policy Committee v. Sulyma to shape ERISA fiduciary lawsuits
Nov-7-19 Washington, DC On December 4, the US Supreme Court will hear arguments in an ERISA lawsuit that may have lasting implications for the ability of plan participants to sue over mismanagement of retirement funds. As Christopher Sulyma argues in his Supreme Court brief , ERISA plan participants should not be assumed to know about (and perhaps have consented... - Failure to Reimburse Remote Work Expenses Lawsuits
Mar-10-22 Santa Clara, CA Many employees have worked remotely since the beginning of the pandemic and they have incurred business-related costs that can be reimbursed, according to California labor law . Failure to reimburse such costs have already resulted in remote work expenses lawsuits. Tally business expenses incurred over three years (many employees have b... - California Brings Back COVID Paid Sick Leave
Mar-7-22 Santa Clara, CA Many California workers can apply once again for COVID-related paid sick leave . Legislation approved by lawmakers and signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in February states that people who work for public or private companies that have 26 or more employees are entitled to up to 80 hours of COVID-related paid sick leave retroactive to January... - California Slams Tesla with Race Discrimination Lawsuit
Mar-3-22 Fremont, CA California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) has slammed Tesla with a race discrimination lawsuit . DFEH alleges that black workers at Tesla’s Fremont plant have incurred widespread discrimination and harassment, including racist slurs and graffiti and they are given the most physically demanding work. ... - Surgical Company and its Physician Owner Settle for $3 million Whistleblower Lawsuit
Feb-27-22 Alpharetta, GA A federal whistleblower lawsuit claiming that Dr. Jeffrey Gallups, the owner of Milton Hall Surgical Associates in Georgia, directed his physicians—one of whom blew the whistle-- to order unnecessary tests for their patients to defraud government health programs has reached a $3 million settlement. Gallups ordered the wrong d... - Intragastric Balloon Surgery Lawsuits Legal News and Lawsuit Information
Intragastric balloon lawsuits are now taking shape after a dozen deaths were attributed to the recently-approved form of weight-loss surgery. As of June 2018, the Food and Drug Administration linked 12 deaths to the implantation of what appears to be a defective medical device. The most recent reports implicate the Orbera Intragastric Balloon, manufactur... - NEC Baby Formula Lawsuit News and Legal Information
Baby Formulas Similac and Enfamil have been linked to necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a life-threatening condition that mostly affects premature and low-weight infants. NEC lawsuits have been filed against Abbott Laboratories and Mead Johnson for failure to warn parents and medical professionals, and that the manufacturers knew or should have known that the...