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Sort by relevance 16,394 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Multistate Forced-Placed Insurance Class Action to Go Ahead
Aug-15-14 San Francisco, CA A broad Lender insurance class action that spans 40 different states was given the go-ahead earlier this summer by a US Magistrate. The now-certified class-action lawsuit alleges US Bank benefited from kickbacks by placing lenders insurance through American Security Insurance Co. (ASIC). Plaintiffs claim the insurance was also expensi... - $2M Verdict Awarded in Unpaid Salary and Commissions Lawsuit
Los Angeles, CA: A jury award of $2,192,000.00 has been granted to a man who filed an employment lawsuit against NLP International Corporation, Bernhard Keppler. Plaintiff Kyle Silvestro worked at NLP as its Vice President of Business Development beginning October 26, 2009. During the course of his employment, Silvestro generated contracts with a... - To Take or Not to Take Depakote: A Mother’s Agonizing Decision
Aug-14-14 Philadelphia, MS Joanie had a tough decision: stay on Depakote and risk Depakote birth defects or stop the antiepileptic drug and risk seizures. She took her doctor’s advice and has lived with guilt for more than a decade. When Joanie found out she was pregnant in August 2003, the first thing she did was ask her doctor about Depakote risks. &l... - Pre-Settlement Lawsuit Funding Prevents Eviction
Aug-14-14 Personal injury lawsuits can take years to settle, leaving injured victims financially devastated. Don’t let financial issues force you into a quick settlement. Get the cash you need now in as little as 24 hours with pre-settlement lawsuit funding . A North Carolina single mother of two was seriously injured in an auto accident. As a result of her in... - Allstate Fights Bad Faith Insurance Lawsuit Assignment
Aug-13-14 Pittsburgh, PA Allstate has filed a brief asking the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to stop a practice that allows policyholders to assign claims in a bad faith insurance lawsuit . The company argues that allowing bad faith claims to be assigned will create “potential windfalls” for plaintiffs. The issue arises from a 2007 car accident. Accor... - GM Recall: “I Drove a Rolling Death Trap”
Aug-12-14 Vancouver, BC “When I heard that my car was part of the GM recall, I felt like I was driving a rolling death trap,” says Joanne. Although she didn’t suffer an injury due to the General Motors faulty ignition switch , Joanne spent five stressful months worried that the ignition would turn off every time her car hit a bump in the road. ... - Where Is the Federal Oversight to Prevent Theme Park Accidents?
Aug-12-14 Arlington, TX It was three years ago that an army veteran who had previously lost both legs while serving his country in Iraq was strapped into a roller coaster in Upstate New York. The man was not wearing his prosthetic legs, but attraction supervisors permitted him to ride anyway. Tragically, the absence of his legs meant he was unable to remain in his s... - Testosterone Widows File AndroGel Claims
Aug-12-14 Toronto, ON Marilyn’s husband died from a stroke at the age of 58. Connie’s husband died last year - he was only 56. Neither man had any history of heart problems, but they had both been taking AndroGel, a testosterone replacement therapy, for several years. “Just prior to my husband’s passing we were told that he had a hear... - The California Labor Law File: Two Wins for the Plaintiffs
Aug-11-14 San Francisco, CA Two recent events involving California labor law and other state and federal statutes translate to good news for employees having been stiffed by their employer for overtime pay, or employees suffering from the weight and unfairness of misclassification. With the latter, a California Supreme Court decision upholding the ruling of a... - With Xarelto Bleeding Events, There’s No Turning Back
Aug-11-14 Burlington, VT A member of the New Oral Anticoagulant (NOAC) class of drugs heralded as the natural successor to the decades-old warfarin as a blood thinner for stroke and blood clot prevention appears to be gaining a reputation as a high-risk drug. Like Pradaxa, Xarelto has been embraced by the medical community due to the need for less frequent monitorin... - Januvia Dropped by British Columbia, Added to Litigation
Aug-10-14 Vancouver, BC This summer hasn’t been sunny for Merck, the Januvia manufacturer. One more Januvia side effects lawsuit joined the multidistrict litigation and the province of British Columbia is de-listing the diabetes drug. The British Columbia Medical Beneficiary and Pharmaceutical Services Division advised Merck last month that all sitaglip... - LinkedIn to Pay Nearly $6 Million in Overtime Lawsuit
Aug-10-14 Mountainview, CA LinkedIn will reportedly pay nearly $6 million to settle an overtime pay lawsuit filed by the Labor Department. The Labor Department alleged in its lawsuit that LinkedIn violated overtime laws in the Fair Labor Standards Act by allowing workers to work unpaid overtime. According to the US Department of Labor, LinkedIn will pay $3.3... - Attorney Wins Verdicts (and Loses One) for Kugel Mesh Plaintiffs
Aug-9-14 Houston, TX Attorney Derek Potts, who was on the Plaintiffs Steering Committee for the Kugel Mesh litigation, says cases are still being accepted while others have been settled out of court. “The court is trying to resolve as many Kugel Mesh lawsuits as they can nationwide and as they are resolved they are being dismissed off the docket every... - Actos Lawsuit Documents Claim Takeda “Put Countless Lives at Risk”
Aug-9-14 Alexandria, LA More documents have been filed in the Actos lawsuit that saw the plaintiffs awarded $9 billion in punitive damages. Takeda Pharmaceuticals has filed a motion for a new trial, alleging the punitive damages in the Actos side effects lawsuit were too high given the compensatory damages awarded. Now, the plaintiffs have filed their oppositi... - Proud Veteran Fights a New Battle with Stevens Johnson Syndrome
Aug-8-14 Pontiac, MI Ed Lasseigne does not deserve his fate. The one-time police officer for the City of Pontiac went on to serve with distinction with the Michigan Army National Guard’s 1775th Military Police Company, and did a tour of duty in Afghanistan for a year ending in February 2012, before coming home and hooking up with the Oakland County Sheriff&rs... - Accutane Appeals in Favor of Roche
Aug-8-14 Trenton, NJ The 2011 victory for an Accutane victim claiming the acne drug caused her inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) was short-lived when a New Jersey appeals court reversed a $2.1 million verdict. And the court’s ruling sealed other cases, including actor James Marshall, known for his role in the TV show Twin Peaks. On August 4, 2014, Gi... - Was Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuit Win for Boston Scientific a One-Off?
Aug-8-14 Boston, MA The attorney representing a transvaginal mesh plaintiff following a jury verdict favoring the defendant, Boston Scientific, is not concerned over other TVT sling lawsuits pending, given her view that pretrial orders prevented jury members from seeing key evidence related to allegations of product defect and inadequate warnings. The plaint... - Oregon Long-Term Disability Denials
Aug-7-14 Salem, OR Regardless of whether you live in Oregon, California or New York, there is a chance you could have your long-term disability claim denied. Insurance companies such as Unum, CIGNA and others have faced lawsuits alleging they improperly denied legitimate insurance claims. When an Oregon long-term insurance claim is denied, residents may be able t... - Zimmer Recalls Products Manufactured in Puerto Rico
Aug-7-14 Chicago, IL Another member of the Zimmer NexGen Knee Replacement family of medical devices has reportedly fallen on hard times with the apparent recall of the NexGen MIS Tibial Component, due to reported incidents of loosening or failure of the joint. The allegation surrounds less-than-stellar manufacturing. Zimmer issued a communiqué to medi... - Unum Disregards Doctors, Time for Legal Help
Aug-7-14 Victorville, CA Despite two medical reports claiming that Isaac cannot yet return to work, Unum, or Unum Provident denied his disability benefits. “Unum didn’t even send me to one of their independent medical examiners and I don’t see how they could have even read my doctors’ reports,” says Isaac. Isaac tore his meniscu...