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Sort by date 16,385 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Employer Must Pay Attorney for Secret Settlement
Mar-7-21 Los Angeles, CA Former motel employee William Hang filed a wage and hour lawsuit against his employer, but when Hang’s attorney sought the employer’s payment and obtained a default judgment of $255,000, he discovered that the employer had coerced Hang into a substantially less settlement: $20,000 cash. Litigation in this case is rather con... - Insurance companies accused of denying legitimate insurance claims.
Bad Faith Insurance covers a wide range of practices undertaken by companies in the insurance industry to prevent you from obtaining money for valid insurance claims. A bad faith insurance claim , for example, may involve complaints that the insurance company repeatedly lost paperwork, sent you for unnecessary doctor's appointments or ignored informat... - California Wildfire Bad Faith Insurance Denial Lawsuits Get New Life
Mar-1-21 San Francisco, CA In May 2020, the California Court of Appeal for the First Appellate District reversed the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to State Farm Insurance Co. Leonard and Patricia Fadeeff challenged the insurer’s denial of their claim for damage to their home in the 2015 Valley Fire. Fadeeff v. State Farm continues to be a... - Nursing Home Abuse And Personal Injury
You may have gone to great lengths and expense to find the right elder care facility or nursing home for a member of your family or someone you know. It is a traumatic and difficult decision to place someone in a nursing home and you can only hope that they will receive the best possible care. Unfortunately, nursing home abuse is more prevalent than... - NHTSA Orders Ford to Recall 3 Million Cars for Defective Airbags
Feb-25-21 Washington, DC The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has ordered Ford to recall three million cars that contain defective driver’s side airbags. The airbags contain potentially faulty Takata inflators that may cause the bags to rupture, resulting in catastrophic airbag injuries . This follows a similar 2020 order affecting Gener... - Two Former Cardiologists Awarded $10.6 million for Reporting Patient Care Problems and Overcharging
Feb-28-21 Detroit, MI Tenet Healthcare was accused of acting with malice when a Michigan hospital demoted two cardiologists after the complained about cost-cutting measures, overcharging and substandard patient care. The doctors filed a False Claims lawsuit and retaliation is costly—to the tune of $10.6M. Dr. Amir Kaki and Dr. Mahir Elder were two of thre... - Denied Insurance Coverage for Proton Beam Therapy
Feb-24-21 Santa Clara, CA Proton beam radiation therapy (PBRT) is purportedly a safer and more effective cancer treatment than x-ray or photon-based treatments and less invasive than surgery, but some insurance companies deny coverage, which has led to bad faith insurance lawsuits . Despite doctors recommending proton therapy treatment to treat cancer, some insu... - San Diego to Pay $3.4 Million to Settle Firefighters’ Overtime Claims
Feb-26-21 San Diego, CA On February 8, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California approved a proposed settlement of Kelley v. City of San Diego . The settlement ends a class action California labor lawsuit brought by San Diego firefighters who claim that their overtime payments were miscalculated under the provisions of the Fair Labor Stand... - Ninth Circuit Sends "High-Tech Debt Trap" Lawsuit to Arbitration
Feb-27-21 Los Angeles, CA On February 19, the Ninth Circuit held that a borrower, who found herself in what she described as a “high-tech debt trap,” must arbitrate her claims against the lender, having waived her right to sue. Marggieh DeCarlo was trying to build credit but instead found herself entangled instead in a ruinous web of loan charg... - Autism Lawsuit - Autism Medication, SSRI Autism, Autism Attorney
Research indicates the potential for a link between using an SSRI and autism . Families with autistic children are seeking autism lawyers to file an autism lawsuit , claiming that prenatal exposure to certain antidepressant drugs—SSRIs such as Zoloft, Prozac, Lexapro, Celexa, Effexor and Paxil—caused autism. Antidepressants and Au... - Defective Knee Implant Legal News and Lawsuit Information
Allegedly defective knee implants have been a cause of concern for medical professionals and patients alike, with some knee implant devices being the subject of recalls due to a high rate of complications, ranging from infection and trauma to loosening or poor implant positioning, along with a defective medical device. Among issues allegedly associated with... - Bayer’s $2billion deal to finalize future Monsanto Claims
Feb-22-21 San Francisco, CA To resolve future claims that Monsanto’s Roundup causes cancer, Bayer is coughing up a $2 billion settlement that includes benefits for people—mainly farmers and gardeners-- who were exposed to Roundup and develop the cancer in the future. The $2 billion settlement will be provided by Bayer over four years as compens... - Amazon to Pay $61.7 Million to Settle FTC Charges of Tip Theft
Feb-23-21 Washington, DC On February 2, the FTC announced that Amazon will pay $6.17 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the company pocketed tips promised to Amazon Flex drivers. The company allegedly changed its driver compensation structure in 2016 without informing drivers. Pending California labor lawsuits against Amazon, those, like... - Proton Pump Inhibitor Maker Facing Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Feb-18-21 Las Vegas, NV Proton Pump Inhibitor (PPI) manufacturers and distributors AstraZeneca and Merck are facing a wrongful death lawsuit alleging the side effects of Nexium caused stomach cancer, which lead to death. PPI Wrongful Death On February 1, 2021 Mario DeSouza filed a “Short-Form” complaint over his wife’s wrongful death in the... - Ethicon Litigation Dragging but Bellwether Trials Rescheduled
Feb-19-21 Atlanta, GA The Ethicon Physiomesh bellwether trial schedule, which was delayed due to COVID-19, has been confirmed by U.S. District Judge Richard Story in the Northern District of Georgia. The first hernia mesh complications case will go before a jury in March 2021. The Ethicon hernia mesh multidistrict litigation (MDL) is taking place in th... - Firefighting Foam $17.5M Settlement a “Huge Milestone”
Feb-16-21 Peshtigo, WI Peshtigo residents have reached a $17.5 M settlement in a firefighting foam lawsuit filed against Tyco Fire Products and two other companies over per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination. Plaintiffs claimed their drinking water from private wells was contaminated with “forever chemicals” from the use of firefighti... - COVID Long-Haulers Prepare for Wrongly Denied Disability Claims
Feb-17-21 Washington, DC COVID long-haulers, who suffer from debilitating COVID symptoms long after an initial infection, have had their complaints dismissed as “malingering.” The cruelest cut of all, though, may be the financial blow that lands when long term disability benefit claims are denied. As yet, there are few reported COVID related long term de... - California “New” Hero Pay for Grocery Workers Backfires
Feb-10-21 Los Angeles, CA Another Hero Pay wage hike, this time local government-mandated pay, requires that grocery companies with over 300 employees increase California hourly wages an extra $4 per hour. The salary boost is meant to compensate grocery store workers for the dangers they face during the coronavirus pandemic. However, it seems to have backfire... - Labor Commissioner files $1.3 million California unpaid wages lawsuit
Feb-12-21 San Diego, CA On January 25 the California Labor Commissioner issued citations and filed an unpaid wages lawsuit to collect nearly $1.3 million allegedly owed to 189 bakery workers. The Department of Industrial Relations action follows the 2019 closure of the Southern California bakery. Although the business closed prior to the pandemic, the pattern o... - Northern District of Illinois Nixes Mandatory Arbitration in ERISA Lawsuit
Feb-8-21 Chicago, IL On January 25, the Northern District of Illinois denied Triad Manufacturing’s attempt to force ESOP participants to individually arbitrate their claims of fiduciary self-dealing. The ERISA lawsuit , James Smith v. Board of Directors of Triad Manufacturing Inc. , alleged that the Board of Directors caused the plan to buy Triad stock at a...