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Jun-19-08 Chattanooga, TN If only disgruntled Unum policyholders could have been flies on the wall this past week when Unum president and CEO Thomas R. Watjen rattled on about 'sustainable momentum' and robust performance during the company's annual general meeting (AGM) in mid-June. "Over the past several years, we have made solid progress in just about every... - Cell Phone Carrier Settles Lawsuit
Jun-10-08 Washington, DC About 70 million current AT&T mobility customers will soon receive notification that they may be eligible for a refund as part of a class action lawsuit settlement. According to Jay Edelson, lead counsel for the plaintiffs, AT&T customers will soon be able to claim refunds on charges to their cell phones between January 1, 2004 and May 30, 2... - Asbestosis - Asbestosis Lung Disease, Asbestosis Lawsuit
Asbestosis disease is a serious breathing disorder caused by inhaling asbestos fibers. To ensure asbestosis compensation , it is recommended that you get help from an experienced asbestosis lawyer , who will file your complaint against all your employers and the companies that may have caused asbestos exposure. Asbestosis Asbestosis is l... - Zimmer Persona Knee: They Don’t Make ’em Like They Used To
Jun-13-16 Warsaw, IN: It’s a common refrain in the modern age: things are not as they were. People don’t respect each other, or each other’s property like they used to. The politeness of old has vanished. “They don’t make ’em like they used to.” And for the most part, things aren’t built to last. One must forgive such... - Family of Man Killed in Highway Crash Awarded $4.2 Million
Sarasota County, FL: The family of a man killed in a motor vehicle accident has recovered a $4.2 million settlement. In 2007, James Brashear was stopped on Interstate 75 in Florida, due to construction traffic, when he was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer traveling at 70 miles per hour. Mr. Brashear bled to death in his son's lap, who also in the car... - MRI Side-effects: The Hard Facts on NSF/NFD
Apr-27-08 Denver, CO: Having a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan using the contrasting agent gadolinium during the procedure may induce the onset of a debilitating malady commonly known as NSF/NFD . Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF) is a painful condition that is characterized by the thickening and hardening of the skin�"mostly affecting the limbsï... - Consumers have had enough with DirecTV
Apr-17-08 Bend, OR: Many consumers are saying they have had it with DirecTV for a number of reasons. One of those reasons is the termination fees that they must pay for cancelling a service that is not working well for them. One consumer in Massachusetts complained to the Massachusetts Attorney General when he was forced to pay $162.50 in termination fees after he h... - Attorney Discusses IVC Blood Clot Filter Cases
May-27-16 Houston, TX: Veteran litigator Howard Nations and his Houston, Texas firm are at the forefront of the litigation against the makers of a medical device known as an Inferior Vena Cava filter, or IVC filter . Intended to prevent strokes or pulmonary edema in patients at risk of deep vein thrombosis, the retrievable style devices are known to fail and resu... - Attorney Linda M. Dardarian on Structured Negotiation
Apr-12-08 Oakland, CA: Traditional litigation is often an expensive, time-consuming, and adversarial route to resolution. Sometimes it's inevitable, but some areas of law lend themselves to a collaborative approach that yields benefits for both sides. It's called structured negotiation, and Linda M. Dardarian, partner in Goldstein, Demchak, Baller, Borgen and Dard... - Family Sues After Patient Receives Bad Lungs
Apr-7-08 Newark, NJ: All 43 year old Tony Grier of Newark wanted was a healthy set of lungs so that he could have a better quality of life. Instead, he was given lungs that were riddled with cancer and he died six months after the transplant. Now his family has filed a $100 million medical malpractice lawsuit against two hospitals, and three doctors for the 2005... - Celebrex Heart Attack: Risk Factors Remain, and so does The Drug
Apr-4-08 Chicago, IL First the good news—it appears that Celebrex taken at lower doses pose less of a risk for heart attack , than when Celebrex is taken at a higher dose. The bad news? There is a risk for heart attack either way. The COX-2 selective inhibitor manufactured by Pfizer Pharmacia has long been suspected of having links to cardiovascular eve... - Mortgage Broker Accused of Deceptive Lending
Mar-29-08 Chicago, IL: A couple who simply wanted to lower the cost of their mortgage payments has now been forced out of their home. As a result, the Illinois Attorney General has filed a lawsuit against Advantage Mortgage Consulting that alleges the lender used a number of schemes to convince customers that they would pay lower mortgage payments. Instead of mort... - Unum Taketh and Giveth Away
May-14-16 Chattanooga, TN: While Unum, or Unum Provident , gives with one hand, it takes away with the other. The giant insurer recently declared it contributed nearly $12.7 million and its employees volunteered more than 88,000 volunteer hours to charitable organizations in 2015. Perhaps Unum is so giving because it makes huge profits by denying it policyholders... - Two Lots of Ratio-Prednisolone Eye Drops Recalled
Ottawa, ON: Health Canada is advising consumers that Ratiopharm Inc., of Mirabel, Quebec, has voluntarily recalled all units from Lot HF26 and Lot HF27 of the prescription drug Ratio-Prednisolone Ophthalmic Solution (DIN 00700401) in 1.0% strength because some bottles may contain particles that could lead to increased eye irritation. Health Canada will con... - Chantix: A Jekyll and Hyde Personality
Mar-10-08 Marion, OH Daniel Arndt, a 44-year old father of twin boys, locked himself inside a room of the family home while everyone was away with a 12-pack of beer and two bottles of blood pressure pills. Arndt had been three weeks on Chantix , the smoking cessation drug from Pfizer that blocks nicotine from reaching key receptors in the brain. He neatly type... - Force Placed Insurance Terms More Fact Than Allegation
May-7-16 Toronto, ON: Many a Lender insurance lawsuit has been fought on the premise that not only is Force-Place Insurance sometimes foisted upon an unsuspecting homeowner unnecessarily, but the quality of the product is inferior to standard policies, at increased rates. This fact is even outlined by the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), in an online information... - Asbestos Exposure: "None of us had a Clue"
Feb-23-08 St. Petersburg, FL Steve S. had a job back in the 1980s removing asbestos from a huge General Electric plant. Now, his chronic cough is getting so bad that his doctor wants Steve to have lung tests next week. What really worries Steve is that his uncle has been diagnosed with mesothelioma —a form of cancer that is directly linked to asbestos exposure-... - Manufacturers of Fish Oil Supplements Face Lawsuit Over PCB Contamination
San Francisco, CA: Some fish oil capsules sold as health supplements for their Omega-3 fatty acids content have illegally undisclosed unnecessarily high levels of contamination with polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) compounds, according to a lawsuit filed this week in California court. The lawsuit names eight makers and sellers of fish oil, shark oil, f... - Honest Pay for an Honest Day's Work in California, including Overtime
Feb-19-08 Vallejo, CA "I have worked an average of 90 hours a week since May 21, 2007, and have been paid for a 40 hour a week schedule and to add insult to injury I was just fired," says executive chef Elbert Williams. Every week Williams received his earnings statement that totaled 86.67 hours for a two-week pay period. But his employer didn't take into account th... - California Drywaller Sued for Denying Breaks and Overtime Pay
Feb-6-08 Los Angeles, CA: Edmund G. Brown, the California Attorney General is suing one of the largest drywall contractors in Los Angeles, Interwell Development Systems, for "cheating" hundreds of their employees out of approximately $5 million in benefits and wages. Interwall employed what Brown calls, "a sophisticated and heartless scheme" that involved severa...