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Following two deaths linked to inadequate care, the California Attorney General filed a lawsuit against the elder care facilities company. The suit claimed elder abuse and criminal negligence at Pleasant Care's 30 facilities in California. The nursing home chain must pay a $1.3 million settlement and are required to enhance staff training and increase t... - Medicare Fraud Whistleblower Lawsuit Settled for $17 Million
Jul-1-15 Miami, FL A healthcare fraud lawsuit has been settled for $17 million, reportedly the largest settlement of a case involving skilled nursing facility kickbacks in the US. The lawsuit initially began as a whistleblower claim, and the settlement will see the whistleblower receive $4.25 million. According to South Florida Business Journal (6/16/15),... - Tenative Farmers Insurance Verdict of $130 Million in Class Action Settlement
A class action suit brought by 76,000 people against Farmers Insurance Co, has received a tentative settlement verdict of $130 million. The suit had alleged that the insurer had failed to pay for general contractors, claimed breach of contract, bad faith and fraud. The average cost per person for unpaid bills and for fixing damaged homes was $575. ... - Did Dry Rot Cause Devastating Berkeley Balcony Collapse in Young Building?
Jun-19-15 Berkeley, CA The building from which the balcony collapsed in Berkeley, California, shortly after midnight Tuesday, killing six people and injuring seven others , was completed in 2007 and built to 1998 building codes. A structural engineer quoted in the Los Angeles Times (6/16/15) noted that the balcony would have been designed to safely support the... - Reports of Injury Prompt SlyDog Retractable Leash Recall
Defective Metal Clasp Poses Serious Risk of Injury About 223,000 SlyDog retractable dog leashes are being recalled following five reports of injuries, including facial cuts, a broken tooth, displaced eye lens, and a bruised collar bone. The risk of injury comes from the metal clasp connecting the leash to a dog's collar, which can bend or break wh... - Nevada Employment Plaintiff Wins Appeal, Lawsuit Can Continue
Jun-12-15 Henderson, NV A former employee of an Applebee’s restaurant in Nevada who had her Nevada employment sexual harassment lawsuit tossed due to problems with the timing involved with the filing of her complaint will have her day in court after all, following the decision of an appellate panel. Last week the Ninth Circuit ruled that Maria Escobedo had... - Another Asbestos Laundry Death: Children Continue Wrongful Death Asbestos Lawsuit
Jun-12-15 New Orleans, LA An asbestos mesothelioma lawsuit currently winding its way through a Louisiana federal court is minus one claim after a federal judge granted partial summary judgment to the defendant(s) and tossed a claim made by the plaintiffs for mental anguish. A host of remaining claims, however, are still at play. The asbestos lawsuit is founde... - Family of New York Times reporter awarded undisclosed settlement for medical malpractice
Washington, DC: (Jan-13-08) The children of New York Times reporter David Rosenbaum brought a lawsuit against Howard University Hospital, alleging that their father died due to negligence. The lawsuit claimed that the hospital and DC emergency workers were negligent in handling Rosembaum, and that his death was the result of medical malpractice. Rosenbaum,... - Wachovia, JP Morgan Chase, and Morgan Stanley to Pay $16 Billion in Auction-Rate Securities Buy Back
New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo has agreed settlements with JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, and Wachovia regarding their marketing and sale of auction-rate securities. The settlement will see the three banks buy back their auction-rate securities from charities, small to mid-size businesses, and retail customers, to the tune of $3 billion for... - Defendant Hit with Yet Another Force-Placed Insurance Lawsuit
Jun-4-15 Philadelphia, PA Less than a month after insurance giant Assurant Inc. and HSBC Bank settled a Lender insurance lawsuit for $1.8 million, a subsidiary of Assurant and PNC Bank were hit with another Force-placed insurance lawsuit alleging inflated premiums and kickbacks in violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. The plain... - “A Truck Crash Is Not a Car Crash,” Says Florida Litigation Lawyer
May-30-15 Jacksonville, FL Attorney Joseph Camerlengo rarely let’s a week go by without tapping into Transport Topics, a website Camerlengo describes as “The Wall Street Journal” of the transportation industry. He’s a fastidious reader of trending transport issues because the entire focus of his practice is on an increasing complex area of... - Circuit Court Rules No Warrant Needed For Police to Get Cell Records
May-29-15 The 11th circuit court of appeals has ruled that cell phone records showing a suspected armed robber’s general location near the time and location of several robberies were admissible in court against him and did not violate his Fourth Amendment rights. “The reach of the majority opinion is breathtaking,” said Davis’s attorney David Markus. ... - US Government pays $666 million to settle health care lawsuit.
New York, NY: (Mar-12-08) Hospitals nationwide have brought a lawsuit against the federal government, alleging that they were owed money, due to changes made to the Medicare reimbursement policy more than 20 years ago. Sources stated that in the mid-1980s, the Reagan administration reinterpreted Medicare reimbursement rules, which excluded certain types... - FDA Used to Shield Big Pharma From Lawsuits
May-12-06 In January 2006, the FDA announced the Bush administration's latest gift to Big Pharma in a statement that said people who believe they have been injured by drugs approved by the FDA should not be allowed to sue drug companies in state courts. "We think that if your company complies with the FDA processes, if you bring forward the benefits and risks of yo... - Potato Chip Manufacturers Settle Cancerous Lawsuit
Frito-Lay, Heinz, Kettle Foods, and Lance Inc, have reached a settlement in a three-year old lawsuit filed by California's Attorney General that alleged the potato chip manufacturers did not properly warn consumers about the cancer-causing chemical acrylamide present in their chips. The settlement involves Frito-Lay, Kettle Foods, and Lance Inc cutting... - Hall Financial Services Mortgage Foreclosures Settlement
Charlotte, NC: (Aug-02-07) The NC Commissioner of Banks and the Attorney General's Office brought charges against James Hall, a mortgage broker based in Matthews. The lawsuit alleged that Hall originated loans for borrowers without considering whether or not the borrower would be able to repay the loans, and with frequent misstatements in loan documents. T... - Whistleblower Mark Livingston Battles Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
May-10-06 Washington DC Attorney, Jason Zuckerman, says a positive result of the recent corporate scandals is the recognition of the value of whistleblowers in exposing fraud, corruption, and other wrongdoing within a company. As a result of a shift in the public's perception, he says, some whistleblowers are viewed as heroes for taking on powerful corporations lik... - Ex-Pfizer VP Peter Rost Takes On Goliath
May-9-06 Beginning in 1997, Pharmacia, currently a subsidiary of Pfizer, sought to boost its sales of the drug Genotropin. To that end, the company illegally marketed the drug to spur growth in short children and as an anti-aging drug for adults looking for the fountain of youth. In a nutshell, the off-label marketing scheme included: (1) direct payments to doct... - King Medical Malpractice Suits Sees $3 Million More in Settlements
The medical malpractice insurers for Dr. John A King, an obstetrician who worked at Putnam General Hospital, W VA, will pay $3 million to settle suits brought against the doctor by five former patients. Between November 2002 and June 2003 124 malpractice suits were brought against Dr. King, stemming from surgeries he performed while working at the hosp... - Kids Dying From Off-Label Use Of Antipsychotics
May-5-06 A recent USA Today sponsored review of the FDA database from 2000 to 2004 found at least 45 deaths in children under 18 with atypical antipsychotics listed as the "primary suspect," and 1,328 reports of other serious side effects, some life-threatening. Atypical antipsychotics are a relatively new class of drugs approved by the FDA for the treatment of a...