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has agreed to a $1.11 million dollar settlement in the harassment lawsuit filed against them by Pakistani-American employees. The workers claim that they faced discrimination, ridicule, and humiliation at the California plant, based on their national origin and Muslim religion. (Mar-19-03) [ PRESS RELEASE ] Legal Help If you have a similar pro... - Settlements and Verdicts: Bayer AG and GlaxoSmithKline
will pay a combined $345 million dollars to settle whistleblower claims that the companies were overcharging the federal Medicaid program. This is the largest Medicaid fraud settlement ever, and the funds will be distributed to the federal government, the District of Columbia and every state except Arizona. (Apr-17-03) Legal Help If you hav... - Settlements and Verdicts: Lead Paint.
A $2 million dollar verdict was awarded to a seven year old girl from Portsmouth, Virginia in regards to a lead-paint-poisoning case filed against the landlords of the building the girl lived in as an infant. Landlords Wallace and Florence Rich were found to have been negligent by not covering the toxic paint, as well as for not informing the family that... - Lariam anti-malaria drug possible
Lariam anti-malaria drug linked to serious health effects The drug Lariam has been linked to serious side effects, including suicide, hallucinations, paranoid delusions and severe depression. Malaria affects as many as 50 million people per year. Lariam (mefloquine) is taken by thousands of people traveling abroad, and by military personnel, a... - Johnson and Johnson Antitrust Settlement
A lawsuit in California against numerous contact lens manufacturers and the American Optometric Association was finally concluded after the final contact lens company, Johnson & Johnson, agreed to a $60 million settlement. The lawsuit, filed first in March of 2001 in Florida, was in response to allegations that retail contact lens prices were inflat...