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Sort by date 16,385 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Half of All US Workers Are Women: All Eyes on Supreme Court Interpretation
Dec-9-14 Washington, DC Along with Washington Wrongly Denied Disability Claims , is the issue that some women are still having with their employers in terms of reasonable accommodations when they become pregnant. Were a pregnancy to become complicated, requiring additional time off work with short-term and even long-term disability benefits, it behooves an emplo... - AMS Transvaginal Mesh Victim Gives Husband Permission to Pay for Sex
Dec-3-14 Newark, NJ Diane had been complaining to her doctor about AMS transvaginal mesh problems ever since she had the AMS surgery five years ago. He told her that nothing was wrong, that it was all in her head. Diane was almost convinced, until she saw the PBS Need to Know episode on transvaginal mesh last year. In that PBS episode , Linda Gross is int... - $9.5M Settlement Reached for Former Owens-Illinois Employees
Los Angeles, CA: A $9.5 million employment class action settlement has been approved by US District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani, ending a decade-long dispute between former Owens-Illinois (O-I) employees and the company. The lawsuit represents 100 long-service terminated employees who were denied subsidized retirement benefits when the business the... - Back and Neck Injury Plaintiff Scores Record $7.5 Million Jones Act Settlement
Dec-8-14 Edwardsville, IL A native of Puerto Rico was recently awarded a record $7.5 million settlement in a back and neck injury lawsuit following the sudden explosion of an air tank aboard a marine vessel that was docked for repairs. Plaintiff Edward Perez-Mossetty was seriously injured in the explosion. According to an account in The Telegraph (11/19/14... - Donning and Doffing Lawsuit Reaches Proposed Settlement
Dec-5-14 Wichita, KS An unpaid wages lawsuit alleging employees were not paid for time spent in required duties has reached a proposed settlement and now awaits approval from the courts. The unpaid wages claim, filed against National Beef, represents approximately 480 employees who could receive money for what they allege was off-the-clock work. According to... - Yasmin Victim’s Concerns, from Day Care to Funeral Costs
Dec-5-14 Charlotte, NC When the emergency room doctor told Janice that the drug she needed to break up Yasmin blood clots could be life-threatening, so many thoughts raced through her head: was her life insurance policy enough to cover the kids’ day care, her funeral expenses? How would her family manage? “I only took Yasmin for a few months,&rdq... - Labor Department Wins $4.7 Million in ERISA Lawsuit
Dec-5-14 Trenton, NJ An ERISA lawsuit filed in 2005 by the Department of Labor has resulted in a $4.7 million judgment against the fiduciaries of the Professional Industrial Trade Workers Union (PITWU) Health & Welfare Fund. The ERISA plan complaint alleged that the fiduciaries violated their duties by compensating themselves for their services through empl... - Attorneys from Capes Sokol Challenge Missouri’s Defense of Marriage Laws
Dec-7-14 Jefferson City, Missouri (December 3, 2014) (Press Release) Attorney Drey Cooley of St. Louis-based law firm Capes, Sokol, Goodman & Sarachan, P.C., presented arguments to the Missouri Supreme Court in In re the Marriage of: M.S. v. D.S., in which a man sought a divorce from his same-sex spouse, and the St. Louis County Circuit Court dismissed his petition... - Approval Given for Two More Force-Placed Insurance Class-Action Settlements
Dec-6-14 Miami, FL Two more forced-place insurance lawsuits have been given final approval by the courts, putting an end to claims that mortgage lenders force-placed insurance with excessive costs on homeowners. Meanwhile, other financial institutions have announced that they’re getting out of force-placed insurance (also known as lender insurance). In... - GranuFlo Lawsuits Continue to Mount, 11 New in Kentucky
Dec-6-14 Glasgow, KY As the number of lawsuits against the manufacturer of GranuFlo and NaturaLyte continue to grow, one of the latest rounds of lawsuits has surfaced in Kentucky with no fewer than 11 plaintiffs alleging grievous health issues and death. The plaintiffs in fact are the estates of individuals who are alleged to have died from GranuFlo Heart Attack... - A No-Risk Funding Solution to Withstand a Lawsuit
Dec-6-14 In automobile accident lawsuits, the legal process can be very complex. The victim may be out of work due to injuries and need help paying ongoing medical expenses, everyday living expenses or paying down debt. Until a settlement is reached, which could take months or years, pre-settlement funding may be a solution. Samuel was driving home from work w... - Stevens Johnson Syndrome Lawsuit Filed
Dec-3-14 Scranton, PA The parents of a boy who died after developing Stevens Johnson Syndrome are reportedly filing a lawsuit against a medical center, a hospital and multiple doctors who treated the boy. The parents allege the defendants were negligent in their treatment of the boy and their failure to properly diagnose him, resulting in his death. At the time... - Firefighter Granted Benefits After Denied Disability Claim
Dec-3-14 Trenton, NJ In the world of wrongly denied disability claims , there are those that are understandable and those that seem to violate core foundations of right and wrong. The case of a firefighter who had a denied disability claim linked to an event in which he saved people’s lives would seem to fall under the latter category. The good news for th... - Januvia Cancer and Complaints on the Rise
Dec-2-14 San Diego, CA As of November 2014, more than 540 incretin mimetics lawsuits, concerning a class of drugs that includes Januvia , have been filed in the Southern District of California. Claims have been on the rise since the FDA, in March 2013, warned the public that a study had found precancerous changes in the pancreatic cells of Januvia, Byetta and Vi... - $18M Asbestos Settlement to Stand
Los Angeles, CA: An $18 million dollar asbestos settlement will stand, as ordered by the judges involved in the Izell case in California. The lawsuit was filed by plaintiffs Bobbie and Helen Izell alleging Bobbie developed mesothelioma from asbestos exposure to defendant Union Carbide' products, resulting in his death. Until 1985, Union Carbide... - Healthcare Network Liable for $1.6M for Overdosing Patient
Dec-4-14 A jury in the Second District Court of Utah returned a verdict for $1.6 million in a wrongful death and medical malpractice action against Intermountain Healthcare for fatally overdosing a patient with a cocktail of medications. The original complaint alleged Intermountain negligently and carelessly acted below the standard of care by prescribing a c... - Takeda Fined by Trial Jury for Destruction of Actos Documents
Dec-4-14 Martinsburg, WV Of the eight Actos bladder cancer lawsuits that have gone to trial, more than a few have alleged that documents related to the Type 2 diabetes drug had been destroyed by Actos manufacturer Takeda Pharmaceuticals. Presiding judges in previous trials have criticized Takeda for doing so. Now, the jury in a recent Actos lawsuit has actually... - LCD Makers Agree $37M Settlement in Canadian Price Fixing Class Action Lawsuit
Los Angeles, CA: A $37 million settlement has been reached in a Canadian price-fixing class action lawsuit filed against a group of major electronics companies and their affiliates. Under the agreements, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Samsung Electronics Canada Inc. will pay $21.25 million, and Innolux Corp. (successor to Chi Mei Optoelectronics Cor... - Unum Terminates Depression Claim, Just in Time for Christmas
Dec-1-14 Slaughter, LA Even though Unum, or First Unum had its knuckles wrapped by the government regarding its denial of depression claims, Unum is back at it. Janice was cut off long-term disability this month, just in time for Christmas. Janice was diagnosed with depression and anxiety after her mother died. Because she is covered under her employer&rsqu... - Medtronic Meddling Leads to Class-Action Lawsuit
Dec-1-14 Kingston, GA Allen, a Medtronic Infuse bone graft victim, is reading with great interest a Medtronic class-action lawsuit filed by its investors, claiming that Medtronic intentionally misled them and charging the CEO in a cover-up. The outcome of this lawsuit may be good news for Allen and thousands of other Medtronic claimants. If a jury decides th...