LAWSUITS NEWS & LEGAL INFORMATION
Search Results for
Sort by date 1,812 pages found matching bank of america- Overtime Pay Losses Add Up to Huge Amounts
Mar-20-09 New York, NY It may not seem like a lot when looked at individually, but overtime pay losses can actually add up to a lot of money over the course of a few weeks, months or even years. That is why some employees are fighting back, trying to make their employers honor overtime laws—because violations of overtime rules mean that hard-working, honest empl... - Madoff Securities Swindle Leaves Clients Ashamed and Penniless
Mar-12-09 Garden City, NJ: "What's remarkable about this," says New Jersey attorney Jerome Reisman, "is that each of these people considered Bernie Madoff to be their friend." Some friend! Even for a seasoned bankruptcy, creditor's rights and litigation lawyer like Reisman, the magnitude and gall of the Madoff securities swindle is astounding. Although he and ot... - Shoulder Pain Pump Allegedly Cost Man a Promising Football Career
Jun-27-11 Salt Lake City, UT A former college football star who now coaches for a living has launched a shoulder pain pump lawsuit, alleging the manufacturer knew that the device could cause grievous damage to his shoulder, but failed to warn both he and his doctor. In fact, according to the June 11 edition of the Deseret Morning News of Salt Lake City, it... - UBS Allegedly Involved in Illegal Activity
Feb-14-09 New York, NY UBS AG faces a lawsuit filed by investors who allege their stock market losses are linked to the company's alleged scheme to help clients hide assets from authorities. The plaintiffs allege that their stock losses were caused by UBS AG's illegal activities—activities that the investors were never told about. They are now trying to recover... - "My Job Was to Terminate and Deny Claims," says Former Unum Claims Handler
Jun-7-11 West Newfield, ME "When I was transitioned to the Unum claims department, I thought my job was about giving policy holders quality service and paying their claims on time," says Linda Nee, a former UnumProvident, now known as Unum , employee. "But after two months in this position, my boss told me that I'd have to deny $270,000 in financial reserves and... - When Financial Advisors Commit Elder Abuse
Jan-30-09 San Diego, CA With so many stories about financial elder abuse committed by family members, it can be easy to forget that there are other people out there who are guilty of such financial abuse. However, there are people in a variety of industries who violate financial elder abuse laws for their personal gain. Lisette M. says that her parents were ta... - Class Action Contends Author's Story Untrue
May-31-11 Great Falls, MT Millions of people around the world were inspired and swept up by the story of American Greg Mortenson and his selfless efforts to build schools for children in remote regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan. But, a class-action suit for fraud filed in Montana, where Mortenson lives, alleges the adventures documented in Mortenson's best-sel... - Seniors Duped in Financial Elder Abuse Scams
Jan-17-09 San Diego, CA Next to child abuse, elder abuse is right up there with behaviors that turn the stomach—whether that abuse is physical, emotional of financial elder abuse . Financial abuse, especially against seniors who are in the twilight of their lives and long beyond their capacity to earn a living, leaves a bitter taste. Thankfully, financial elder a... - Couple Nearly Bankrupted Following Mutual Fund Losses
Jan-16-09 Bethlehem, GA Elizabeth W and her husband are upset about how they were treated when they suffered enormous mutual fund losses. Elizabeth says that it took too long for their mutual fund provider to get them their money after they requested it be pulled from the mutual funds. Although they now have their money back, Elizabeth says they should never have... - The Blood-and-Guts of Mutual Fund Losses: A Lost Nest egg
Jan-12-09 White Plains, NY If one were to devise a poster boy—or better yet a "Wanted…" poster that relates to the failing mutual fund industry and mutual fund losses , it would be none another then Bernard L. Madoff, the financial guru accused of defrauding thousands of investors out of billions by promoting what is alleged to be a glorified Ponzi scheme, and... - Burn Injury Victim with New Face Soon to Be Home
May-14-11 Boston, MA Dallas Wiens suffered a horrific burn injury in 2008 when he came into contact with a high-voltage power line while helping to paint the exterior of his church. The young father, literally, lost his face. Various images on the Internet and video posted on YouTube show a faceless Wiens without eyes, nose, lips or eyebrows—just a swath o... - Charges Laid in 2008 New York Crane Collapse
Jan-5-09 New York, NY When a construction crane toppled in New York City last March, 7 people died and dozens were injured. Hundreds, if not thousands were traumatized emotionally and may now live in fear at the thought of a construction crane—a familiar part of the city horizon—toppling onto them. Today a rigger is expected to be saddled with a number... - Fracturing Contamination Found in Landmark Study
May-12-11 Durham, NC Critics of the mining process for natural gas known as "fracking" (fracturing) received a boost with the publication of a landmark study that suggests a definitive link between the process of fracking and contamination found in area groundwater. Even with the study, the debate over hydraulic fracturing water contamination is expected to cont... - Christmas Car Crash Drunk Driver Alleged to Have 3 Times the Legal Limit
Dec-29-08 Oxford, MA It's enough to make you shake your head. People just don't get it. It's one thing to have a glass of wine with dinner and, after several hours and a few cups of coffee, drive home. It's quite another to have so much Christmas cheer that you're a Christmas car crash away from endangering someone's life in a winter car accident. And the holiday... - The Grinch Lives in San Mateo, and Commits Financial Elder Abuse
Dec-23-08 San Mateo, CA In what has to be one of the strangest financial elder abuse cases in recent memory a San Mateo, California psychic has been charged with attempting to defraud an elderly woman out of thousands of dollars in a case that is nothing less than fear-mongering. Financial elder abuse law will hopefully see to it that Janet Adams never again commi... - Client Wishes for Stockbroker Arbitration
Dec-20-08 Westville, IN Karen P. (not her real name) hopes she has the opportunity to file a stockbroker arbitration claim against her financial advisor. Although she may not have been a victim of outright stockbroker fraud, she does feel she was misled into putting her money into mutual funds when she really wanted a money market investment. "My husband and I... - Unum Provident Goes Against ERISA Rights
Dec-18-08 Elizabethtown, PA: Jay had an Unum Provident policy with his employer and received short term disability for five months (in July 2006) before he qualified for Unum's long term disability benefits. After six months receiving health insurance benefits from Unum, he was told to apply for social security—the insurance company expected him to return to wo... - Woman Found Guilty of Financial Elder Abuse
Dec-16-08 Lakeport, CA In a move that shows how horrified the public is about financial elder abuse, a jury convicted a woman of one count of felony financial abuse and one count of felony elder abuse and neglect. The victim's story shows how far some people are willing to go to make money off those who cannot care for themselves. The senior was the victim of fina... - Bernard Madoff: Investors Entrusted Billions to This Con Artist
Dec-16-08 New York, NY His website, once a proud stop on the virtual financial services highway, today features just one paragraph: "Honorable Louis L. Stanton, Federal Judge in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, has appointed Lee S. Richards of the law firm Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP receiver over the assets and accounts of Be... - White House Looks to Eliminate Darvocet Overdose
Apr-25-11 Washington, DC The Obama administration is looking to limit prescription drug abuse such as Darvocet overdose , which has become one of the fastest-growing drug problems in the US, reports CNN . According to the news provider, the problem has become so serious that the administration is releasing a plan to combat the issue. "The toll our nation's...