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Sort by date 16,594 pages found matching %3Ca href%3D%22%22%3E%3C%2Fa%3E- $4.4M Settlement Final in Brickman Group Unpaid Overtime Class Action Lawsuit
Scranton, PA: Final approval of a $4.4 million settlement has been granted ending an employment class action lawsuit involving hundreds of employees of The Brickman Group Ltd. LLC (now Brightview Landscapes LLC). The plaintiffs claims filed in their October 2013 lawsuit that Brickman Group underpaid overtime to its salary-paid Supervisors by u... - Healthcare Whistle Blower Awarded $351,000
Dec-8-17 Tampa, FL: It did not take long for Kathleen Siwicki to notice something was very wrong in the Florida cardiologist’s office where she was working. Siwicki, an experienced Certified Cardiovascular Technologist, immediately began to see the services the doctor was providing did not match the billing statements he was submitting for payment. In Novemb... - People Sickened by Salmonella Dog Food
May-6-12 Gaston, SC Yet another food poisoning outbreak was reported this weekend, but this one isn’t the run-of-the-mill food recall or contaminated food outbreak news. At least fourteen people spanning nine states have been sickened by salmonella after being “in contact” with dry dog food made by Diamond Pet Foods. Not one dog has been reported sick. ... - Handy Guidance for Colorado Workers’ Compensation
Dec-1-17 Denver, CO: Anyone in need of, or thinking about filing a Colorado Denied Workers Comp Claim would be wise to remain conversant with applicable laws, requirements and updates to statutes in concert with an attorney to ensure you haven’t inadvertently hamstrung your claim by missing a deadline, or dropping the ball on various requirements. Provid... - ¿Los Franquiciadores como McDonald's son responsables del robo de salarios?
Dec-11-17 San Francisco, CA: - Esto va en nombre del hombre o la 'mujer' en la freidora que se siente agobiada cuando las horas de trabajo en el cheque se quedan cortas según la ley laboral de California . Un litigio por parte de Guadalupe Salazar, y otros demandantes en contra de McDonald’s, y otros, Demandados, una demanda colectiva presentada en n... - Can a Cabbie Collect Overtime?
Dec-4-17 San Francisco, CA Many people assume, without much thinking, that cabbies rent the cab from a cab company and then work pretty independently. The California Court of Appeals decision in Linton v. DeSoto Cab Company breathes life into a driver’s contention that he was an employee, entitled to unpaid wages, unpaid overtime and waiting ti... - Family Awarded $7M in Prison Suicide Lawsuit
Santa Cruz, CA: A $7 million settlement has been awarded to the family of a mentally ill woman who killed herself while incarcerated in a privately-owned prison in Delaware County. The first responder negligence lawsuit was made by the mother of the deceased. According to claims made by Janene Wallace’s mother, her daughter, aged 35, was all... - $28M Xarelto Verdict Against J&J and Bayer
Dec-5-17 Philadelphia, PA: A jury has found against units of Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and Bayer AG in the fourth bellwether Xarelto (Rivaroxaban) case being heard as part of a Xarelto mass tort. The award, nearly $28 million, is the first favoring a plaintiff, in this case Lynn Hartman, who alleged she suffered a serious gastrointestinal bleed while us... - City of Philadelphia Moves to Settle Hundreds of Police Misconduct Lawsuits
Dec-9-17 Philadelphia, PA: The Associated Press (AP 11/27/17) is reporting that the City of Philadelphia could be out millions of dollars as it moves to settle more than 300 police abuse lawsuits and other cases alleging misconduct on the part of police officers in the city and, specifically, members of a narcotics squad that resulted in at least two wrongful... - Are Continuous Overdraft Fees Like Illegal Payday Loans?
Nov-25-17 Honolulu, HI: Many consumer lawsuits over excessive overdraft fees focus on banks’ practice of reordering withdrawals to maximize what they can charge. The argument advanced by Linda Robinson in Robinson v. First Hawaiian Bank is different and relies on state usury laws. This opens new possibilities in the battle between consumers and banks... - How Unum LTD Denials Forced Statute Of Limitations Ruling Against Victim
Dec-1-17 New York, NY: In 1999, Susan Arkun, then a tax lawyer with a well-known Manhattan law firm began to suffer from “mal de debarquement,” a chronic condition characterized by nausea, dizziness and visual instability –essentially a permanent form of seasickness. Shortly thereafter, she applied for long-term disability benefits under a policy... - “Physicians tell us they are working on how best to remove Essure,” says member of Essure Support Group
Dec-5-17 Moline, IL: To give some idea of the damage Essure has done, Amanda’s support group—Essure Problems-- has grown from 250 women when she joined to over 35,000 members. “We have physicians visit our Facebook page, telling us they once implanted the device and are now trying to perfect their removal technique,” she says. “... - Uber Hit with Proposed Class Action in California
Dec-7-17 Los Angeles, CA: A California labor lawsuit brought by a Uber driver likens a pricing model observed by Uber to stiffing drivers of proper wages as required under California labor law. For its part, co-defendant Uber Technologies Inc. disagrees with plaintiff Sophano Van’s allegations and is trying to have the lawsuit tossed. As outlined in L... - Wright Medical to pay $340M to end Hip Implant Failure Lawsuits
Los Angeles, CA: Wright Medical Technologies has announced it will pay $340 million to end about 2000 claims resulting from alleged failure of its hip implant devices. This settlement will augment the Wright defective hip implant settlement reached in 2016 by $90 million, according to the defendant’s legal counsel. The lawsuits are consolida... - The Hidden Dangers of Fentanyl Patches: FDA
May-1-12 Washington, DC Duragesic Fentanyl isn't often in the news—but it was last month by way of an advisory from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and a warning to parents regarding the risks that fentanyl can pose to children. The Duragesic patch contains fentanyl, an opioid (and classed as a narcotic) several times more potent than morphine... - When Deceased Donations to Alleged Medical Science Become Trafficking in Body Parts
Chicago, IL: Illegal trafficking of body parts may be closer to home than many people want to believe. A mother in Chicago, who lost her 23-year old son to spindle cell sarcoma and subsequently donated his body to science, as he had instructed her, found out that several medical businesses had harvested and mishandled her son’s remains, possibly fo... - Concerns Raised about Pradaxa Side Effects
Apr-25-12 Boston, MA Although concerns about Pradaxa side effects , including a risk of Pradaxa bleeding, are not new, some experts warn that the risks associated with Pradaxa are not fully appreciated. In fact, a letter written to the New England Journal of Medicine (3/1/12) by researchers in New Zealand, shows just how far concern about Pradaxa bleeding and P... - $60M Deal Reached in Victoza Fraud Cases
Washington, DC: A $60 million deal has been agreed between Novo Nordisk Inc., and federal agencies who alleged the pharmaceutical company engaged in misleading marketing practices concerning its best selling Type 2 diabetes drug Victoza. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) charged that the company misled physicians and insurers about the associated... - Asbestos Mesothelioma Victim Was a Sitting Judge in Texas
Nov-29-17 Houston, TX: An asbestos mesothelioma lawsuit that hits close to home for those in the legal profession appeared, earlier this month to be in limbo and caught between a workers’ compensation claim, and whether or not the subject of the asbestos lawsuit was indeed, an employee and thus qualified for worker’s compensation . The asbestos... - More Stockert 3T Heater-Cooler Lawsuits after Slow-Developing Infections
Nov-26-17 St. Paul, MN: Seventeen months after open-heart surgery where a Stockert 3T heater-cooler system device was used, a man died from M. chimaera and doctors associated the deadly infection with the heater-cooler unit. His wife is one of several people who, in the past few months is seeking legal action against the manufacturer. Plaintiff Danna Brack...