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Sort by date 16,386 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Denied California Unemployment Insurance? Call in the Experts…
Mar-25-16 Los Angeles, CA: It was back in December of last year that an Antioch woman was sentenced to jail time and ordered to pay restitution for, amongst other things, applying for unemployment insurance in the name of six individuals. The woman worked as a human resources administrator for a private airline and had access to employee records. She presumably thou... - Asbestosis Class-Action Lawsuit Promises Many Twists and Turns
Mar-27-16 Hartford, CT: A most interesting asbestosis lawsuit is percolating in Hartford, Connecticut, that carries various storylines and potential outcomes: alleged asbestos exposure at the workplace when the employer had emphatically stated there was no asbestos present, followed by testing that confirmed there was; an asbestosis compensation lawsuit recently... - Canadian Invokana Diabetes Patient Sues Janssen Pharmaceuticals
Mar-26-16 Saskatoon, SK: Veteran attorney Anthony Merchant from the Merchant Law Group in Canada is leading the charge against Janssen Pharmaceuticals’s type 2 diabetes drug, Invokana . His firm is now handling at least 36 cases involving death or injury allegedly related to Invokana. Among them is the case of Buffie Tarr. Tarr was diagnosed with type... - Knee Replacement Patient Almost Loses Leg, Blames Bair Hugger Blanket
Mar-23-16 Oklahoma City, OK: After undergoing four surgeries in an attempt to treat a deep infection after knee replacement surgery, Robert’s orthopedic surgeon referred him to an infectious diseases specialist. “The specialist said that something had to attach itself to the prosthesis or area during surgery,” says Robert, “and I think the... - EEOC Grants Employees Access to Employer Position Statements
Mar-25-16 The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has implemented a new policy that will give pause to employers defending discrimination claims in the agency’s forum. • The procedure requires the release of employer position statements, including all non-confidential documents and exhibits, to the charging employee. • Emplo... - Chronic Diarrhea, Dehydration and Weight Loss: Thanks, Benicar
Mar-25-16 Washington, DC: As we look toward the emergence of bellwether Benicar lawsuits later this year, patients prescribed the popular medication indicated for hypertension (high blood pressure) continue to be surprised to find themselves shackled by the nasty and chronic diarrhea that often is a byproduct of sprue-like enteropathy. The latter is a gastroi... - Subscription Auto-Renewal Lawsuit News & Legal Information
Consumers who have unwittingly entered into automatic renewal agreements may be eligible to file a lawsuit against companies that mislead their customers into such agreements. Various states have consumer protection laws prohibiting companies from automatically renewing subscriptions without obtaining the customer's express consent or by not adequately... - Check Re-presentment Attorney: Consumers May Be Unknowingly Paying Re-presentment Fees
Mar-24-16 Washington, DC: Consumers who frequently write checks know there are NSF fees charged when there are insufficient funds in their account to cover a transaction. What they may not know is that instead of their check simply being declined, it can be sent to a check re-presentment (also known as check recovery) company for processing, and the company migh... - Invokana Goes to Court in Canada
Mar-24-16 Scarborough, ON: Rosalba Joudry had been prescribed a drug called Invokana to help deal with the high glucose levels related to her type 2 diabetes. She had been using the drug for several months when she saw an American TV commercial about a class-action suit filed against Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Janssen’s new, preeminent diabetes drug had... - Canadian IVC Filter Class-Action Lawsuits Filed
Mar-24-16 Toronto, ON: In addition to the American IVC filter lawsuits filed against the makers of inferior vena cava filters, class-action lawsuits have now been filed in Canada, alleging the devices were unreasonably dangerous and put patients at risk of potentially deadly IVC side effects. The makers of inferior vena cava (IVC) filters face allegations tha... - Plaintiffs Allege IVC Filters Are Dangerous, Cannot Be Retrieved as Designed
Mar-21-16 Sioux Falls, SD: For many, 2016 began not with a resolution, but with resolute determination to seek justice and compensation from manufacturers of inferior vena cava (IVC) filters following failures of the implantable device. Some of those IVC filter failures have been catastrophic in nature, leaving many patients not only having to deal with pain... - Appealing Denied VA Benefits Successfully Takes Knowledge of How System Works
Mar-23-16 Tulare County, CA: Retired service personnel have experience with giving their all in the line of duty, and sometimes experiencing horrific physical or emotional trauma after the fact. However, rather than easing a veteran’s effort when it comes to filing a claim for VA benefits , the Department of Veteran’s Affairs (the VA) appears to requi... - California Overtime Pay Lawsuit against Zillow Granted Class-Action Status
Mar-22-16 Irvine, CA: It’s been a long time coming, but after 15 months of litigation, an overtime pay laws class action has been given the green light by a federal judge in Santa Ana. The overtime pay lawsuit seeks damages from Zillow, the online real estate entity founded a decade ago, for alleged violations with regard to working hours, missed meal brea... - 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... - Porter Ranch Family “Prisoners in Their Own Home”
Mar-19-16 Porter Ranch, CA: Even though SoCalGas has notified Porter Ranch gas leak victims who were relocated that they have to move back home by the March 17 deadline, Judy Ly and her family don’t believe it’s safe. “I think it’s just a matter of time until another well leaks, and we have risked enough of our health,” says Judy... - Unum Group Agrees to Settle Unum Lawsuit for $46 Million
Mar-21-16 Los Angeles, CA: The insurance provider known in recent years as Unum Group has struggled beneath a black cloud of controversy amidst accusations of wrongdoing and bad faith insurance. While the insurer has undertaken various efforts to distance itself from a reputation that has dogged Unum insurance for some time, continuing Unum lawsuits appear to su... - Defective Hip Implant Plaintiffs Awarded $502 Million on St. Patrick’s Day
Mar-20-16 Dallas, TX: There was a different kind of “green” celebrated this past St. Patrick’s Day, when a federal jury in Dallas, Texas, awarded five plaintiffs embroiled in a consolidated defective hip implant trial a total of $502 million in damages. It is not known if defendants DePuy Orthopaedics and Johnson & Johnson (J&J) will ap... - MoneyGram Settles Fraud Class Action for $13M
New York, NY: A $13 million settlement has been reached in a consumer fraud class action lawsuit pending against MoneyGram Payment Systems Inc. Brought by New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, the lawsuit claimed that consumers who used MoneyGram' wire transfer service to send money to third parties were subject to fraud schemes. Forty... - Sushi Samba Workers Reach $2.4M Employment Class Action Settlement
Santa Clara, CA: A preliminary $2.4 million settlement has been reached in an unpaid wage and overtime class action lawsuit pending against Sushi Samba restaurants. The lawsuit was brought by workers in who claim the restaurant chain failed to pay them minimum wage, tips and overtime in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act and New York... - Stronger Warnings for Essure Not Enough
Mar-6-16 The FDA has slapped a black box warning on Essure , but many critics and Essure victims say this strictest warning is not enough - they want the permanent birth control device permanently removed from the market. Along with Essure’s heightened risk warning, the FDA is ordering Bayer to conduct a clinical study, or postmarket surveillance study ,...