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Lawsuits have been filed against various home warranty companies alleging the companies practice bad faith insurance . Specifically, customers allege in these home warranty lawsuits that home warranty providers—that is, third party administrators (TPA) that offer extended warranties —illegally deny claims, a situation similar to having an... - Can Herbal Supplements Lawsuits Support Lack of DNA Evidence?
Mar-15-15 New York, NY A number of herbal supplements lawsuits have recently been filed in the wake of investigations by the New York Attorney General’s office. But those claims may need to sit on the back burner while experts determine if DNA testing was the right kind for the supplements. A recently formed coalition of State Attorneys General may ne... - Lawsuits Filed Over Herbal Supplements
Mar-7-15 Minneapolis, MN In the wake of news that herbal supplements may not contain the ingredients their labels claim, comes news that lawsuits are now being filed against the makers of some herbal supplement products. The lawsuits follow an announcement by New York’s attorney general that at least four brands of herbal supplements carried at major reta... - Feed Your Body with Food, Not Herbal Supplements
Mar-1-15 New York, NY Most everyone over 40 remembers Jefferson Airplane’s famous song, “White Rabbit.” Grace Slick, the writer and singer, said the song was intended to be a wake-up call to parents who read their children novels such as Alice In Wonderland, and then wondered why their children would later use drugs, namely hallucinogens. Today... - Herbal Supplement Fraud News and Information
Four major retailers have been accused of committing herbal supplement fraud by selling supplements whose ingredients did not match the ingredients listed on the supplement label. Tests conducted by officials reportedly showed widespread supplement contamination , including ingredients found in the herbal supplements that were not listed on the label, e... - Herbal Supplements Under Attack from Regulators and Consumers
Feb-18-15 Washington, DC If you take any pill, you’re supposed to know what’s in that pill. That’s the basis for regulations concerning pharmaceuticals. But when it comes to herbal supplements , the rules are more relaxed, and it turns out that some herbal supplements may have been sold without the ingredients their labels claimed they contained... - Lawsuit Filed against Dollywood Theme Park
Jan-13-15 Pigeon Forge, TN A personal injury lawsuit has been filed against Dollywood theme park claiming a woman suffered a brain injury and back and neck injuries after falling from a ride at the amusement park. The plaintiff alleges she suffered permanent disabilities as a result of her fall, which occurred in December 2013. According to The Daily Mail (... - Three Courts Find for Plaintiffs, Wal-Mart May Again Appeal Unpaid Wages Claim
Jan-8-15 Philadelphia, PA It was about as big an Unpaid Wages lawsuit as one would find, brought against two of the biggest retail juggernauts of them all: Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club. Lower courts found for the plaintiffs. And while the defendants appealed their case through state appellate and supreme courts in Philadelphia, in the end the original findings... - Pharmacist Warns Patient about Januvia
Jan-4-15 La Crosse, WI Robert believes that he wouldn’t be alive today if not for his pharmacist and wife intervening when he was prescribed Januvia during a hospital stay. Robert, 78 years old, was admitted to the hospital two years ago with pneumonia and at that time, doctors determined he was diabetic. “One doctor prescribed Januvia; I remembe... - 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... - Target CEO Steps Down in Wake of Data Breach
May-11-14 Minneapolis, MN It’s fitting, in a way, that on Mother’s Day we’re highlighting one of the mothers of all data breaches, and the fallout that recently occurred with the resignation of Target Corporation’s Chief and CEO. A data breach is a serious compromise of security that can put sensitive data into the hands of criminals. ... - California Overtime Lawsuit Settled for $4.7 Million
Jan-18-14 Mira Loma, CA An overtime pay laws action against the operator of a warehouse that handled merchandise for Wal-Mart culminated in a settlement worth $4.7 million, the Los Angeles Times (12/11/13) reports. The lawsuit represented more than 500 workers who toiled at a warehouse operated by Schneider Logistics. While the amount each worker might expect... - Supreme Court Sides with Plan in ERISA Lawsuit
Jan-3-14 Washington, DC In a ruling on ERISA plan statutes of limitations as they relate to a company’s disability plan, the Supreme Court has sided with plan. The Supreme Court unanimously found that the limitations period does not violate the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. This means that plans are able to impose a statute of limitations even... - New California Overtime Laws Set to Take Effect in 2014
Dec-28-13 Anaheim, CA New California overtime laws are set to take effect as of January 1, 2014. Those laws will make a new category of worker eligible for overtime pay in California. Specifically, domestic workers in California will now be covered by overtime pay laws. Under the law (found online at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov), which was approved by the gove... - Denied Disability Insurance: The Devil in the Fine Print
Dec-27-13 Sacramento, CA A denied disability insurance case provides some insight into the legal rules of conduct when it comes to contractual language and content. To that end, a recent denied claim serves as an example of the significance of what’s spelled out in the contract. According to a press release issued through Mondaq (12/18/13), the plaint... - 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... - Miley Cyrus-Branded Jewelry Class Action Lawsuit Settlement Reached
Los Angeles, CA: A settlement has been reached in the consumer fraud class action lawsuit alleging that Miley Cyrus-branded jewelry manufactured by BCBG Max Azria Group Inc., and sold through Wal-Mart stores, contained cadmium. The lawsuit, entitled Canamore v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Case No. CV-2010-534, claims that had the plaintiffs known t... - Does ERISA Cover Your Health Insurance Complaint?
Nov-1-13 Washington, DC Employees might know that their employee stock plan is covered under ERISA regulations, but they might not know that those same ERISA laws cover their health insurance, if that health insurance is provided through their employment. In fact, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) covers not only employee stock plans and pensi... - Supreme Court Hears Case Involving Statute of Limitations in ERISA Denied Claim
Oct-17-13 Washington, DC The Supreme Court has heard the arguments involving an ERISA denied claim regarding the statute of limitations in such insurance claims. Unfairly denied insurance claims can result in a lawsuit being filed, but when those claims involve ERISA-covered insurance, when the statute of limitations begins is an important question. Insurance... - Employer Accused of Coercion in Overtime Pay Lawsuit
Apr-19-13 Mira Loma, CA An employer who faces an overtime pay lawsuit has also been accused of coercing employees. The employer, a contractor for Wal-Mart, is accused of using misleading tactics to interview employees about their unpaid overtime claims. A judge has found that the interviews regarding working conditions, including unpaid overtime, are not admissi...