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Jun-20-06 More people continue to suffer pain and vision loss from ReNu: even after the product was recalled, it was alleged to have been sold in Wal-Mart! Here are two testamonials... I had used ReNu solution for more than a year and during that time I noticed my eyes were getting really dry when I was wearing my contact lenses. This would have been around Februar... - Wal-Mart Stores, Inc WMT Securities Fraud
Company: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc Ticker Symbol: WMT Class Period: Dec-8-11 to Apr-20-12 Date Filed: May-8-12 Lead Plaintiff Deadline: Jul-7-12 Court: Middle District of Tennessee Allegations: San Diego, CA: A securities class action has been commenced on behalf of an institutional investo... - Wal Mart to pay $300,000 settlement in employment lawsuit.
St Louis, MO: (Apr-17-08) The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) brought a lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc., alleging that the store discriminated against people with disabilities, and refused to hire a job applicant because he has cerebral palsy. The suit was filed on behalf of Steven J. Bradley Jr. of Hardin in northwest MO, who cla... - California Lawsuit Results in $21 Million Settlement
May-28-14 Mira Loma, CA California wage and overtime laws require workers to be paid for any hours they work, but more and more wage and unpaid overtime lawsuits allege that companies routinely violate these laws and fail to give employees either regular or overtime pay. As a result, employees are turning to the courts, to fight against employers they say treat... - Wal-Mart to Pay $25M in Blitz Exploding Gas Can Settlement
Dec-12-13 New York, NY Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest retailer, will pay $25 million as a settlement contribution to resolve a raft of personal injury lawsuits filed by people who were injured or had someone they knew killed by exploding portable plastic gas cans, NBC News reports. Wal-Mart is the largest US retailer of plastic gas cans, and sold... - Wal-Mart Faces Pension Plan Lawsuit
May-21-12 Los Angeles, CA In addition to allegations of bribery, Wal-Mart now faces a lawsuit filed by a pension plan , which alleges the company breached its fiduciary duty. The latest retirement plan lawsuit was filed in relation to the Mexico bribery scandal and alleges the giant retailer failed in its duties to the pension plan. The lawsuit was not filed unde... - Workers Win $40 Million from Wal-Mart over Violations of Massachusetts Labor Law
Dec-22-09 Boston, MA A group of employees who challenged big-box retailer Wal-Mart over violations of Massachusetts Labor Law have won a $40 million settlement, representing the largest wage-and-hour class-action settlement in the Bay State's history. Filed in 2001, the case accused Wal-Mart of patternized breaches of employee protocol, including altering tim... - Settlements Announced in ERISA Lawsuits
Aug-25-09 Seattle, WA People who participate in employee stock options plans, employee savings plans or other employee benefit plans might not think twice about trusting that their company will do right by them. Unfortunately, that is not always the case. There are situations where companies violate ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act) leaving it up t... - Tomato-Pepper Salmonella: Why the Grubbs are Suing Wal-Mart
Sep-11-08 Dolores, CO "Truckloads of contaminated jalapenos were turned back at the border before we bought them at Wal-Mart," says Cheryl Grubbs, "so why did Wal-Mart still have them in their store?" Her husband, Brian Grubbs, almost died from the tomato/pepper salmonella outbreak, and Cheryl is furious because his illness could have been avoided. Cheryl is a... - Interview with California Labor Lawyer Kim Anglin
Nov-19-07 San Diego, CA California labor lawyer Kim Anglin discusses the creative ways that employers pass on their cost of doing business—to the detriment of their employees. First, Anglin explains that there are two sets of overtime laws--federal and state laws. Each state can enact their own law and some, like California labor laws , have even higher... - Workers Denied Overtime Take it to the Courts -- and Win
Aug-29-07 Chicago, IL: In their rush to increase profits, CEOs often agree to "downsizing," "smartcizing" and other measures designed to squeeze as much labor out of their workforce as humanly possible, at the lowest cost. Too often, this involves denying workers overtime pay. If you're a cynic, this may just sound like business as usual. But if you believe that... - Unpaid Overtime: Questions answered by a lawyer
Jan-20-06 From a phone interview with Robin Workman, Trial Attorney, Qualls & Workman, LLP Q: Why would some companies rather pay fines than pay overtime? A: It is simply a cost benefit analysis. From a fiscal standpoint it is more cost effective for some companies not to pay overtime. Companies can roll the dice and they may never get sued. A large corporati... - Walmart Howls at California Labor Law Fines
Dec-3-20 San Jose, CA “This case is about Walmart’s practice of routinely violating the California Labor Code .” The first sentence of plaintiff’s’ brief to the Ninth Circuit in Magadia v. Wal-Mart Associates, Inc. neatly sums up the workers’ argument. Walmart, on the other hand, argues that this is all very unfair,... - Walmart Settles Class Action Suit
A $35 million dollar settlement has been agreed between Wal-Mart and its workers in Washington state, bringing to an end 8 years of litigation over alleged missed meal and rest breaks and additional, unpaid hours of work. The suit also alleged that Wal-Mart would lock its employees in the store at the end of the day after they had clocked off, and hav... - Wal-Mart Recalls Defective Women's Shoes
About 200,000 pairs of women's shoes imported by Wal-Mart are being recalled because the heels on the shoes can easily detach, posing a fall hazard to consumers. This recall involves women's sling-back, pointed-toe shoes sold under the George brand. The shoes were sold in 3 colors; black, grey and purple, and in sizes 5 ½ to 11. The shoes were sol... - Wal-Mart Bakery Brand Peanut Butter Cookies Recalled
Cookies may be Contaminated with Salmonella Frozen Bakery Products, Inc, is recalling all Wal-Mart Bakery brands of PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES, PEANUT BUTTER NO-BAKE COOKIES and PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE NO-BAKE COOKIES because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The cookies contain peanut butter supplied by Peanut Corporation of Ame... - Risk of Death from Overdose Prompts Nationwide Recall of ReliOn Insulin Syringes
Disposable Syringes Mislabled Tyco Healthcare Group LP (Covidien) is recalling 1 lot of ReliOn sterile, single-use, disposable, hypodermic syringes with permanently affixed hypodermic needles due to possible mislabeling. The use of these syringes may lead to patients receiving an overdose of as much as 2.5 times the intended dose, which may lead to hyp... - Land Preparation, Thompson's Station Board awarded $122,000 from Wal-Mart after the retailer decided not to move into the town
Nashville, TN: (Jan-09-08) The Thompson's Station Board brought charges against Wal-Mart, over expenses the city incurred in preparing for the retailer to come to town before the plans were scrapped in August 2007. Records show that the town sent Wal-Mart a $93,000 claim in the fall, seeking reimbursement for the town's expenses in preparing the 40-acre lo... - Wal-Mart Scales, Wal-Mart pays state of Wisconsin $90,000 fine for overcharging for weighed products
Madison, WI: (Nov-07-07) The state of Wisconsin brought a lawsuit against Wal-Mart Supercenters, after inspectors from the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection discovered computerized scales at check-out counters were malfunctioning at nine Wal-Mart Supercenters around the state. The suit claimed that the scales were not deducting the w... - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Employee Overtime and Back Wages Settlement
Los Angeles, CA: Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will pay more than $33 million in back wages to thousands of employees after turning itself in to the Labor Department for paying too little in overtime over the past five years, according to an agreement announced by the US Labor Department. The company said it would not seek to recover any overpayments, which were...