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Sort by date 16,393 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- $19.5M Buccaneers Junk Fax Settlement Preliminarily Approved
Santa Clara, CA: A $19.5 million settlement has received preliminary approval potentially ending a Telephone Consumer protection Act (TCPA) class action brought against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The suit claims the Buccaneers, a member of the National Football League, violated the TCPA when it sent Technology Training Associates and Back to Basic... - Hilton Hotel Accused of Swiping Staff Tips
Apr-30-17 San Francisco, CA Next time the restaurant tacks on a “service charge” you might want to ask whose getting that money. If you think it’s a big tip for your waiter you could be very wrong – especially if you’ve just had dinner at the Hilton Hotel in San Francisco’s Union Square. Attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan repres... - INRatio Proposed Class Action Settled Before Alere Lawsuit Could Proceed
May-1-17 Waltham, MA: An Alere lawsuit that had been proposed as a class action on behalf of litigants alleging injury from inaccurate readings from the INRatio blood monitoring device escaped trial when the parties involved agreed to a settlement at the eleventh hour. Briefings related to J.E. et al. v. Alere Inc. et al (Case No. 1:16-cv-11515, in... - McDonald's Employee Overtime Trial Scheduled for May
May-1-17 Los Angeles, CA: McDonald's Restaurants will head to trial in May to defend itself against allegations of California overtime violations on a lawsuit filed by a class of thousands of overnight shift workers. Judge Ann Jones on April 20 ruled in a summary adjudication on an overtime lawsuit Maria Sanchez v. McDonald's Restaurants of California Inc... - Zimmer Biomet Shoulder—Shocking Surprises
Apr-22-17 Washington, DC: The fact that Zimmer Biomet had its Comprehensive Reverse Shoulder approved without any human testing likely comes as a shocking surprise to many recipients of the device. And another surprise: the device was pulled from the market in 2010 after Biomet received complaints of fracturing. But it returned just one year later… In... - Yet Another Risperdal Lawsuit Tossed in Philadelphia
Apr-30-17 Philadelphia, PA: A Risperdal lawsuit that had to be stopped and restarted after a juror suffered a health emergency, has been tossed by a Philadelphia judge after appearing to agree with defendant Janssen Pharmaceuticals that the plaintiff failed to provide sufficient evidence to fully support his claim of Risperdal gynecomastia, a condition character... - Canadians File Ethicon Physiomesh Class Action Lawsuit
Ottawa, ONT: Canadian patients who have suffered harm resulting from Ethicon’s Inc.’s Physiomesh Flexible Composite Mesh products have filed a class action against the medical device manufacturer. Like their American counterparts who are pursing Ethicon through the American courts in a multi-district litigation, Canadians patients al... - $8M Kombucha Consumer Fraud Settlement Reached with Wholefoods and Millennium
Santa Clara, CA: A proposed settlement has been reached in a consumer fraud class action lawsuit pending against Millennium Products Inc., and Wholefoods over allegations that the defendants misrepresented the alcohol, sugar, and antioxidant content of certain GT’s Kombucha products. Under the terms of the proposed deal, a fund of up to $8,250,000... - $5M JC Penney Illinois Employment Class Action Settlement Gets Preliminary Approval
Santa Clara, CA: A $5 million settlement in an Illinois employment class action lawsuit brought by part time workers at JC Penney Corp in Illinois, has received preliminary approval, potentially ending years of litigation between the two parties. The lawsuit asserts that the part time works were not paid vacation benefits when the left JC Penney. ... - Why Your Cell Phone Matters: 5 Lessons from the United Airlines PR Disaster
Apr-25-17 North Charleston, SC: You’d have to be under a rock the last week to have missed the story of David Dao, a Chinese-American passenger who was forcibly removed from an overbooked United Airlines flight after resisting his removal. The media has been all over this blatant example of excessive force; and so they should. It’s violent, visceral, and... - Complicated TVM Mesh Lawsuit Settles
Apr-27-17 Los Angeles, CA: A transvaginal mesh lawsuit that has gone through a plethora of twists and turns akin to a country road appears to be in the final stages of resolution after a federal judge in California gave the thumbs-up to a proposed $12.25 million settlement. Upwards of 2,710 class members will share in $10.58 million, with the remainder going to... - Demanda de acción de clase por parte de jugadores de béisbol de las ligas menores está de vuelta en el juego
Apr-26-17 San Francisco, CA: Un juez federal de California revivió el estatus de acción de clase de una demanda de horas extras en California presentada por jugadores de béisbol de las ligas menores contra la Mayor League Baseball (MLB). El caso Aaron Senne y otros contra Kansas City Royals Baseball Corp., Caso No. 14-cv-00608, Tribunal d... - Lead Poisoning Still Happens
Apr-19-17 Dallas, TX It was an alert physician who first noticed signs and symptoms of lead poisoning in some of her patients in Flint, Michigan. It was soon discovered water from the Flint River had corroded aging pipes causing lead to leach into the city’s water supply. Dangerous amounts of lead were slowing building up in the blood streams of Flint r... - Lack of State Oversight Prompting Texas City to Act
Apr-24-17 Abilene, TX: Texas is one of two US states (the other being New Mexico) that as yet does not observe any kind of blanket arbitration protocol for the resolution of disputes involving the car title loan . The latter is a form of financing akin to a payday loan that extends quick cash to consumers, often with no questions asked and exorbitant annual rates... - Wells Fargo’s Pursuit of Arbitration a Waste of Resources: Plaintiffs
Apr-24-17 Atlanta, GA: A long-running class action lawsuit alleging banking giant Wells Fargo charged their clients and consumers excessive overdraft fees is attempting to move forward amidst a petition by the plaintiffs that Wells Fargo is not in any position to seek arbitration, as the defendant has tarried too long for arbitration to be appropriate. Wells... - Key Energy Agrees to Settle California Workers Class Action for $3 Million
Apr-23-17 New York, NY: Key Energy Services California has agreed to a $3 million settlement on a class action for California labor law violations. The class action consolidated two lawsuits originally filed nearly four years ago by former Key Energy employees. Paul Grillo, a non-exempt "floor hand" on a Key Energy onshore oil rig, filed a lawsuit in Santa... - Odd Ruling in Hip Implant Failure Lawsuit?
Apr-23-17 Atlanta, GA: Many an artificial hip manufacturer is embroiled in lawsuits alleging hip replacement implant failure . Accolade, Smith and Nephew, DePuy, and Stryker are but a few examples of the manufacturers commonly referenced in litigation involving failed implants, including the now vilified metal-on-metal implants. However, there are other manufa... - Power Morcellators Fast-Tracked Through FDA 510(k) Clearance
Apr-16-17 Washington, DC: As we pass the one-year anniversary of the point when medical device manufacturer Johnson & Johnson (J&J) began settling power morcellation lawsuits, women having undergone treatments for fibroids involving laparoscopic power morcellation are left wondering when, and if the other shoe might drop. This, in the wake of the death,... - Power Morcellation Suits Wrap Up but Doctors Still Like Procedure
Apr-18-17 San Diego, CA The majority of the lawsuits brought by women who developed cancer after a power morcellator procedure to extract uterine fibroids are wrapping up usually via a settlement agreement with Johnson and Johnson. Charles (Andy) Childers from the firm of Childers, Schlueter & Smith in Atlanta, Georgia says, “We have one wrongful... - Recent Study Suggests Endoscope Infection Escapes Even Rigorous Cleaning
Apr-20-17 Minneapolis, MN: A peek into the archives of the Nursing Times (09/21/00) provides some perspective into endoscope infection , and just how long the issue of cleaning and sterilizing endoscopes sufficiently to avoid passing infections between patients, has been a concern. The venerable publication, which serves the nursing industry, noted that tran...