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Jul-8-21 Pensacola, FL In the third 3M earplug bellwether trial a federal jury determined that the company failed to provide adequate safety warnings about their combat arms earplugs. The plaintiff, veteran Lloyd Baker, was awarded $1.7 million. The jury determined on June 18, 2021 that the Minnesota-based 3M company was only 62 percent liable and therefore re... - Syngenta Sues Insurers to Mount Defense, Pay Excess Claims
Jun-30-21 Wilmington, DE On May 17 Syngenta, the manufacturer and distributor of paraquat-based herbicides , filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of the State of Delaware seeking a declaratory judgment that would compel nearly 100 insurers to undertake Syngenta’s defense in the growing number of product-based personal injury lawsuits. The underlying lawsuits... - Nurses Overtime, Wage and Hour Lawsuit News and Legal Information
Although there is a professional exemption for California overtime wages, registered nurses are non-exempt employees--which means overtime rules apply to them–unless they meet requirements of the white-collar exemption. Wage and hour attorneys believe that nurses can be subject to a variety of labor law violations. With few exceptions, to b... - Birth Injury and Birth Defect Lawsuit News and Legal Information
Birth Defects can result from different factors, including environmental toxins, drug side effects and negligence. Tragically, birth defects can also result in wrongful death. Sadly, more than 150,000 children in the U.S. are born with birth defects. When a child is born with a birth defect or later diagnosed with a functional birth defect, paren... - Keeping Topamax Side Effects Top of Mind
Aug-6-13 Washington, DC There are so many issues with regard to Topamax side effects , it’s hard to know where to begin. But suffice to say that a medication designed to mitigate seizures and migraine headaches can prove a headache unto itself. The tragedy is when expectant mothers consume Topamax for whatever reason and in so doing introduce a very rea... - Air Force Veteran Files Kidney Cancer Lawsuit Citing Firefighting Foam
Jun-22-21 Charleston, SC On May 26, Jeffrey Clark filed a lawsuit against 3M and a host of other corporate defendants citing his exposure to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS/PFOA) firefighting foams as the likely cause of his kidney cancer. Clark v. 3M Company will be consolidated for pre-trial proceedings into the Multidistrict Litigation now cur... - Ninth Circuit Reverses $102 Million Wage Penalty against Walmart
Jun-24-21 San Francisco, CA On May 28, the Ninth Circuit reversed a decision by the Northern District of California that had required Walmart to pay $102 million in penalties for violations of the California Labor Code. The Ninth Circuit’s decision in Roderick Magadia v. Wal-Mart Associates was a blow to thousands of Walmart workers. It may also have sig... - Goodbye to Glyphosate?
Jun-18-21 San Francisco, CA In the wake of the Northern District of California’s rejection of a proposed settlement that would have limited Monsanto’s future liability for glyphosate lawsuits, Monsanto has announced that it will reconsider reformulating Roundup products marketed for residential use. Bayer AG has looked to limit its potential fina... - Pending Trial a Test for California Wrongful Termination Law
Jul-24-13 Fresno, CA A California wrongful termination case is poised to further test laws against discrimination, after the plaintiff in the case alleges she was fired from her job of 22 years over an alleged discrimination issue. As recounted by the Fresno Bee (6/29/13), plaintiff Karen Morris toiled as a lab technician for nearly 22 years with Mission Be... - J&J Talc Plaintiffs: It Pays to Persevere
Jun-25-21 Washington, DC Twenty women who sued Johnson and Johnson, claiming its baby powder was key in their ovarian cancers, stuck to their guns: the U.S. Supreme Court won’t overturn a $2.1 billion against J&J, which was cut from a 2018 Missouri Court verdict of $4.7 billion. These women persevered through an exhaustive and harrowing court battle incl... - Sen. McCaskill Probes Anthem Emergency Room Coverage Denials
Jul-28-18 Washington, DC On July 17, 2018 Sen. Claire McCaskill’s office released a report detailing the results of an investigation into Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield’s efforts to cut costs by denying emergency room coverage after the fact. Many of these insurance claim denials were eventually reversed. But Anthem may have succeeded in its overall goal... - Nike to Settle Bag Check Lawsuit for $8.25 Million
Jun-16-21 San Francisco, CA Sneaker giant Nike seems poised to settle a long-running California labor lawsuit for $8.25 million. Rodriguez v. Nike Retail Services Inc. has a history that reflects one of the more significant developments in California labor law since 2018. But settlements do little to predict the future for California workers who continue to h... - Participants Sue Bronson Healthcare Plan over Inclusion of Fidelity Freedom Fund
Jun-14-21 Kalamazoo, MI On May 6, Susan Gleason and Candi Gabrielse filed a class action ERISA lawsuit against Bronson Healthcare Group Inc. in the Western District of Michigan. Gleason v. Bronson Healthcare is an example of increasingly distinctive subtype of breach of fiduciary duty lawsuits that focus on the relative cost and performance of two Fidelit... - Nexium Side Effects Anything but a Fractured Fairy Tale
Jun-29-13 Washington, DC It’s a Catch 22 for doctors and their patients when it comes to treatment options for heartburn and those options that patients find most convenient and easiest to maintain. To wit, a PPI medication such as Nexium is fast and effective in relieving symptoms associated with heartburn. For many Americans, heartburn is a chronic problem... - Time For Banks To Pay Up: Excessive Overdraft Fees Lawsuits Settled
Jul-27-18 Washington, DC: You may have been charged excessive bank overdraft fees unknowingly. Or maybe you filed a bank overdraft fees lawsuit some time ago to fight back against the banks. If so, you may be able to make money from the banks, namely Bank of America, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase and TCF National Bank. Bank Overdraft Fees Under the law, a ban... - No Surprises Act to Eliminate ER Overcharges?
Jun-15-21 Santa Clara, CA Although the “No Surprises Act” will be in effect January 1, 2022, the first regulations are slated for July 2021. If all goes according to plan, patients to emergency rooms will no longer be hit with outrageous ER overcharges or receive surprise bills in the mail, mainly due to out of network treatment. According to Law36... - Ecolab to Settle Overtime Lawsuit for $2.55 Million
Jun-11-21 San Francisco, CA Parties have asked the Northern District of California to approve an agreement to settle unpaid wages claims against Ecolab. If approved as expected, the settlement would end a lawsuit in which employees claim that they were misclassified as salaried workers and consequently deprived of overtime, double time and unpaid rest perio... - California Supreme Court to Rule on Rest and Meal Premium Payments
Jun-8-21 Los Angeles, CA On May 18, the California Supreme Court heard arguments about what the phrase “regular rate of compensation” means for the purpose of calculating premium payments that must be paid when employers fail to offer meal and rest breaks as required by the California Labor Code . More specifically, the questions are: Does the phrase &... - Kaiser Permanente settles two race discrimination class-action lawsuits totaling $18.9 million
Jun-4-21 San Francisco, CA After more than two years of negotiations, Kaiser Permanente has settled two class action lawsuits claiming that it discriminated against employees on the basis of race and in violation of the California Labor law . In the first settlement, plaintiffs accused the health care giant of passing black workers over for promotion and b... - Retiro del mercado del calentador de agua sin tanque defectuoso
El 21 de febrero de 2007, el Comité Estadounidense de Seguridad de Productos de Consumo, en conjunto con CSA International, Rheem Manufacturing Company (Rheem) y Paloma Industries, Inc., anunció un retiro voluntario para reparar más de 42.000 calentadores de agua sin tanque y con ventilación. Los calentadores pueden presentar rie...