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Sort by relevance 16,386 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Johnson & Johnson Asks For New Trial in $151 Million Hip Lawsuit Judgment
Jun-14-17 Dallas, TX: Johnson & Johnson and its DePuy Orthopaedics unit have filed a brief asking an appeals court to reconsider denial of their motion for a new trial that resulted in a $151 million judgment against those manufacturers on a Pinnacle hip implant bellwether trial. Johnson & Johnson (J & J) and DePuy on April 18, 2017, filed the app... - $8.5M Settlement Reached in Cariboo Coffee TCPA Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: An $8.5 million settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit alleging violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), by Cariboo Coffee. According to the terms of the deal, Cariboo Coffee will terminate it’s message marketing program in addition to monetary compensation to class members. Filed by lead pl... - Illinois Plaintiff Launches TCPA Robocall Lawsuit against Fifth Third Bank
Jun-13-17 Chicago, IL: The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and the Federal Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) were enacted to protect consumers from needless harassment over the phone. Common purveyors of such harassment have historically been telemarketers, or debt collectors that often wind up harassing the wrong people over a debt no longer owed, due... - Invokana Adverse Events Subject to Much Scrutiny
Jun-13-17 Boston, MA: A new study recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine (06/08/17) with regard to the potential for diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) shows that type 2 diabetes patients on sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor drugs appear to have double the risk for DKA when compared with patients using dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) in... - Hawaii Sues Three Automakers Over Defective Takata Airbags
Jun-13-17 Honolulu, HI: The State of Hawaii is suing Ford, Nissan and Toyota for marketing and selling vehicles with Takata airbags that could potentially explode and cause injuries or death. On May 24, 2017, The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Office of Consumer Protection (CCA) on behalf of the State of Hawaii filed a lawsuit , State of Haw... - Fifth Third Bank Telemarketing Lawsuit Information & Legal News
Lawsuits have been filed against Fifth Third Bank, alleging that the bank violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) by using an automated telephone dialing system to "robocall" consumers in an attempt to perform telemarketing or collect on a credit card debt. Robocalls and telemarketing calls are currently the number one source of consumer compla... - $750,000 in Fines for McDonald's in Unpaid Overtime Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: McDonalds is facing fines of $750,000 for violations of California overtime and labor laws, specifically its handling of staff overtime. According to claims made by McDonald’s workers, the restaurant chain assessed all hours assigned in an overnight shift to the day in which the shift began. However, workers who had a d... - Forecasting the Xarelto Bellwether Trials
Jun-12-17 New Orleans, LA: There is speculation that a bellwether Xarelto lawsuit , currently underway in the state of Louisiana, may end as the first bellwether concluded; with a verdict for the defense. However, legal commentator Tighe Wilhelmy of Velawcity notes that Louisiana’s ‘Learned Intermediary Doctrine Defense’ may not necessarily appl... - Fast Food Workers Deserve California Overtime
Jun-12-17 San Francisco, CA: “Every nickel, every dime," shouted a crowd of McDonald’s fast food workers back in 2014, "We deserve our overtime !” That’s the same refrain now but the crowd has expanded to include food giant Chipotle Mexican Grill, Ministry of Taste LLC, and Red Dog Restaurant—all accused of violating California... - Victoria's Secret Reaches $12M Deal In California Unpaid Wages Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A $12 million settlement has been reached in a California overtime and labor laws class action lawsuit pending against Victoria’s Secret. If approved, the deal will end allegations brought by sales clerks in Victoria’s Secret’s California stores that the company failed to properly compensate workers scheduled for "... - Plaintiff Files Proposed Class Action Lawsuit over Nuisance Bank Robocalls
Jun-11-17 Orlando, FL: The availability of autodialing technology is not lost on the banking industry, competitive as it is. And while disgruntled plaintiffs line up over Comenity Bank TCPA violations , as an example, Comenity is not the only bank accused of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). To that end, Capital One NA is facing a pro... - Unum’s Suspension of Benefits and Outsourcing
Jun-11-17 Chattanooga, TN: If you receive disability benefits from the health insurance provider Unum , you might want to seek legal advice if and when they send you a “Suspension of Benefits” letter: it is likely another bad faith tactic to deny your benefits altogether. Technically, there are two things a disability policy can do—pay or de... - Proton Pump Inhibitor Lawsuit Plaintiffs Try Again For Multidistrict Litigation
Jun-10-17 Washington, DC: Plaintiffs who have filed lawsuits alleging that proton pump inhibitor (PPI) medications such as Nexium , Prilosec and Prevacid caused their kidney injuries have filed a motion to consolidate 172 pending federal lawsuits to a multidistrict litigation under one New Jersey judge. The 172 pending PPI lawsuits are currentl... - Ohio Says Opioid Epidemic Generated by Drug Companies
Jun-10-17 Columbus, OH Fed up with a deadly and costly drug addiction epidemic Ohio has become the second state after Mississippi to launch a lawsuit against five major pharmaceutical companies that manufacture and market prescription opioids such as OxyContin, Percocet and Vicodin. The Defendants named in the lawsuit are Johnson & Johnson (Janssen Pharm... - $6.2M Settlement Reached in Permanente Call Center Nurses Unpaid Wages Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: Preliminary approval of a $6.23million settlement will be granted potentially ending an California unpaid wages class action lawsuit against Permanente Medical Group Inc. The lawsuit was brought by call center-based nurses who alleged they weren’t compensated for time they spent booting up and shutting down their computers. So... - Baldness Treatment Drugs May Raise Risk of Depression But Not Risk of Suicide in Older Men
Jun-8-17 Atlanta, GA: Drugs such as Propecia and Proscar, which are used to treat male pattern baldness and enlarged prostate, may raise the risk of depression and self-harm in older men but not increase their risk of suicide, a new study found. Both US and Canadian consumers have filed lawsuits against Merck & Co., the maker of Propecia (finasteride), c... - Plaintiffs in Monsanto Roundup Litigation Seek Studies on Mice
Jun-7-17 San Francisco, CA: Plaintiffs in Monsanto Roundup lawsuits consolidated in Northern California are looking to get their hands on tissue specimens from the 1980s in an effort to further support their claim that the primary ingredient in the popular herbicide used the world over, is capable of causing cancer in humans. The Monsanto lawsuits exist agai... - The Best Strategy for Dealing with Proof of Disability Letters
Jun-7-17 Minneapolis, MN Individuals dealing with social security, workers compensation benefits , or short or long term disability claims are often faced with a flurry of forms. Answering an insurance company’s request for information in what is usually referred to as a Proof of Disability letter can be terrifying. There is every reason in the wo... - Aetna Life Faces Lawsuit Over Denied Long Term Disability Claim
Jun-7-17 Santa Clara, CA: Aetna Life Insurance Co., is facing a long-term disability denial lawsuit brought by policy holder who had her long-term disability benefits denied, despite being qualified. Holly Kmita, a former sales manager for Shadow Ridge Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp., alleges in her complaint, that after becoming disabled in 2016 she ap... - Capital One Robocall Lawsuit News and Legal Information
Lawsuits have been filed against Capital One Financial and Capital One Bank, alleging that Capital One violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by using an automated telephone dialing system to "robocall" consumers in an attempt to collect on a credit card debt. Robocalls and telemarketing calls are currently the number one source of consumer complaint...