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Sort by date 16,386 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- New York Insurance Bill Addresses Bad Faith Insurance Practices
May-26-21 Albany, NY On May 18, New York Senate Bill 6813 (S6813) was referred to the Senate Insurance Committee. If enacted into law, it would add a new Section 2601-a to the New York Insurance law. Proponents of the legislation see an opportunity to address the problem of insurance companies’ bad faith insurance claim practices. Detractors predict th... - Bank of America Settles California Labor Lawsuits
May-28-21 Santa Clara, CA The Bank of America (BofA) California reached an agreement whereby $11.5 million will be paid to approximately 25,000 tellers, personal bankers and operations managers. The settlements stem from three proposed class actions alleging California labor law violations , including overtime and off-the-clock work. On behalf of himself and oth... - Zantac Breast Cancer Lawsuit
May-20-21 Los Angeles, CA On April 19, Marina Golden filed a Zantac cancer lawsuit in California state court, alleging that her years’ long use of Zantac caused her 2014 diagnosis of breast cancer. Her lawsuit seeks punitive and exemplary damages to punish the defendant manufacturers and retailers for their wrongful acts as well as compensatory... - Emergency Room Opportunity to Overcharge
May-21-21 Houston, TX Nick was working at his home office when he suddenly felt the left side of his body go numb and a searing pain in his lower back. “Thank God my wife was home. She drove me to the nearest urgent care center but a sign on the door said it was “running at capacity” and couldn’t see any patients that day,” says Nick. &... - ERISA Lawsuit against the University of Miami Cites Excessive Fees
May-17-21 Miami, FL On April 5, the four named plaintiffs in Santiago v. University of Miami asked the Southern District of Florida to certify a class of roughly 16,000 beneficiaries of and participants in the University of Miami Savings Plan. Their ERISA lawsuit alleges that the University breached its duties of loyalty and prudence by permitting the Plan... - Cannabis Unpaid Wages Lawsuit Pushes Policy
May-13-21 Denver, CO On April 27, the federal District Court for the District of Colorado granted conditional certification to a class of plaintiffs who brought unpaid wage claims against Helix TCS, a cannabis security company. The defendant employer began almost immediately to try to mitigate the financial impact that a successful collective action lawsuit... - California Donning & Doffing Lawsuit News & Legal Information
California employees have filed lawsuits alleging they are not properly paid for time spent donning and doffing personal protective equipment (PPE ) and other safety gear, special uniforms or other clothing required for their jobs. In addition to putting on and taking off work gear, such wage and hour lawsuits may also encompass allegations involvi... - Aegis Nursing Homes Offers $16M Elder Care Abuse Deal
May-12-21 Redmond, WA Residents of the nursing home chain “Aegis Senior Communities” have asked a California federal judge to approve a 16.25 million settlement that would resolve care center lawsuits alleging nursing home abuse . Nursing home residents and their family members in both California and Washington claim that Aegis misled vulnerable adul... - Drillers’ Unpaid Wage Claim Gets Conditional Class Certification
May-6-21 Houston, TX On April 20, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas adopted the Magistrate Judge’s recommendation to grant conditional certification to a class of oil drilling workers who sought to pursue a collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Young v. Energy Drilling Company advances u... - KImberly-Clark 401k ERISA lawsuit Alleges Excessive Costs
May-10-21 Dallas, TX On April 15, two participants in the Kimberly-Clark Corporation 401(k) & Profit Sharing Plan filed a class action ERISA lawsuit in the federal District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Seidner v. Kimberly-Clark Corp. alleges that plan fiduciaries violated ERISA by failing to monitor plan administrative expenses, thus wastin... - Auditor Whistleblower vs. PricewaterhouseCoopers
May-7-21 San Francisco, CA Former senior manager of PricewaterhouseCoopers claims he was fired in retaliation for a whistleblower claim he made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Mauro Botta was an auditor at the behemoth auditing company for almost two decades until he was fired in 2017. Whistleblower Allegations Botta filed the whistleb... - California QA Engineer Overtime - LawyersAndSettlements.com
Quality Assurance (QA) Engineers are among the most misclassified types of software engineers, mainly because the job description of “software engineer” has changed drastically over the past few decades. Many tech engineers work long hours and weekends and are incorrectly paid a salary without premium overtime pay. If you are a QA engineer a... - National Black Farmers Association Joins Monsanto MDL
Apr-27-21 San Francisco, CA On April 1, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation denied Monsanto Company’s request that it reconsider its decision to include National Black Farmers Association v. Monsanto Co. in the Multidistrict Litigation (MDL), consolidated in the Northern District of California. National Black Farmers Association, a Monsan... - Production Worker Sues Sporting Goods Retailer for Overtime, COVID-19 Testing
Apr-26-21 Riverside, CA On March 15, Jose Hernandez Solis filed a California labor lawsuit against The Merchant of Tennis, where he was a non-exempt hourly employee. Hernandez Solis v. The Merchant of Tennis claims that the sporting goods retailer incorrectly calculated Mr. Solis’s overtime and failed to compensate him for time spent undergoing tempe... - Boston Scientific Vaginal Mesh Settlement and More Abdominal Mesh Lawsuits Filed
Apr-23-21 Washington, DC Boston Scientific will pay $188.6 million to resolve transvaginal mesh lawsuits in 47 states and the District of Columbia. This means that tens of thousands of women who have been injured by vaginal mesh implants will qualify for some restitution. The multi-state lawsuit accused the medical device manufacturer of failing to disclose the... - Ninth Circuit Asked to Require Hotel to Rehire Workers with Back Pay and Damages
Apr-20-21 Los Angeles, CA On March 17, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) asked the Ninth Circuit to enforce its Order that the Hotel Bel-Air rehire workers laid off in September 2009 who reapplied for their jobs in 2011 with back pay and damages. The Order further requires the hotel to recognize Unite Here Local 11 as the workers’ bargaining represen... - Amusement Park Accident, Theme Park Accidents, Amusement Park Deaths, Amusement Park Lawsuit
Although amusement parks can be fun places to visit or work, amusement park accidents can be serious events, resulting in permanent injury and even death to victims. Wrongful death lawsuits have been filed against some amusement parks, alleging amusement park accidents resulted in amusement park deaths . Other serious amusement park injuries include whip... - Amusement Park Accident FAQ
General Amusement Park Injury Questions What is considered an amusement park when discussing amusement park accidents ? For the purposes of this Amusement Park Injury FAQ, we use the term "amusement park" to cover everything from street fairs to large-scale theme parks, water parks and animal or zoo parks. This FAQ covers water park injuries,... - Walgreens Poised to Settle Pharmacy Tech Wage Lawsuit for $3.3 Million
Apr-15-21 Los Angeles, CA On April 15, a federal court in the Central District of California is expected to approve a $3.3 million settlement in Christina Epstein v. Walgreens Pharmacy Services Midwest LLC. The settlement will end a California labor lawsuit brought on behalf of a class of 6,745 pharmacy technicians who allege that Walgreens failed to compens... - PPI Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Apr-16-21 Newark, NJ A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against AstraZeneca, Merck & Co., Procter & Gamble and other manufacturers of proton pump inhibitor (PPI) drugs. Plaintiff Daisy Perez claims her husband, a New Mexico man, died of metastatic gastric cancer after taking Nexium and Prilosec. Daisy Perez filed the lawsuit April 1, 2021 in the U...