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Sort by relevance 1,812 pages found matching bank of america- More Talcum Powder Lawsuits Filed as Woman Awarded $70 Million
Nov-26-16 Seattle, WA: As one plaintiff in a talcum powder lawsuit celebrates her $70 million award, more lawsuits have been filed against Johnson & Johnson, alleging the company knew about a potential link between talcum powder and ovarian cancer but did not warn consumers about that risk. According to Fox News (11/17/16), four lawsuits have been filed... - SEC Filing Reveals Unum Bad Faith Insurance Class Action Settlement
Nov-26-16 Los Angeles, CA: Often couched in the financial fine print of regular filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are details pertaining to legal action brought against the submitting corporation. To that end, Unum Insurance (Unum Group) revealed in its 10-Q report filed back in late July that a settlement had been conclusively approved, b... - California Overtime –Too Much or None at All
Nov-18-16 San Francisco, CA: In a perfect world—including the state of California—all non-exempt hourly employees would get overtime pay for hours worked beyond 40 hours in any given work week. But some Southern California garment contractors have been found guilty of overtime violations and a San Francisco janitor earned $162,000 in overtime pay la... - Two hour Emergency Room Charge more than 7-star Hotel
Nov-7-16 Atlanta, GA: A few days after Tomer’s son spent about two hours in ER with a broken arm he received a bill in the mail that included a charge for the emergency room alone. “How can the hospital charge $2,200 for this room—that’s the price of a 7-star hotel,” says Tomer. And being uninsured, that’s not all he was cha... - Mortgage Lawsuit News and Legal Information
Buying a home is stressful enough, but some financial institutions and other organizations linked to home buying fees are accused of predatory lending practices. Among the alleged practices are charging excessive mortgage fees and closing fees , violating the Truth in Lending Act, abusing force placed insurance, illegally foreclosing on homes, and di... - Woman Awarded $70 Million in Talcum Powder Lawsuit
Oct-28-16 Modesto, CA: A woman who filed a talcum powder lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson has reportedly been awarded $70 million by a jury. The woman alleged her ovarian cancer was the result of having used Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder for decades, although the defendants argued that claim is not based on science. Currently, research on the link b... - Comenity Bank TCPA Violations Lawsuit News & Legal Information
The Comenity Bank settled a class action lawsuit in 2014 over allegations it violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The Comenity Bank's TCPA class action lawsuit involved more than 4 million people who received automated calls from the bank to their cellphones. The Comenity Bank Settlement was approved for about $8.5 million. Co... - Olympus Duodenoscopes: Failure to Warn “Disturbing”
Oct-23-16 Seattle, WA: Mere days after the Los Angeles Times detailed allegations that endoscope manufacturer Olympus Corp. instructed its US executives to keep mum about endoscope-related infections, Representative Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) was renewing his push for the US Congress to get tough with medical device warnings. Plaintiffs, in the meantime, remain embroiled... - Canadian Study: Surgical Warming Blankets and Link to Infection
Oct-21-16 Kingston, ON: It’s been a little over a year since a landmark study in Canada revealed the striking number of door openings and closings that occur in an operating theatre during surgery. This potential for entry, migration and movement of pathogens and various bacteria may be exacerbated by the common practice of using warming blankets fed with warm... - Force Placed Insurance is a Forced Relationship of the Worst Kind
Oct-11-16 Los Angeles, CA: Anyone having trouble believing that their insurance company, or bank could collude in such woeful, self-interested activity as Lender insurance need only look to the alleged activities of State Farm, and Wells Fargo as an indication of behavior unbecoming to their clients, customers and American values. Last month, State Farm polic... - Wells Fargo Faces California Labor Lawsuit Alleging Failure to Pay Overtime, Wrongful Termination
Oct-3-16 Los Angeles, CA: Wells Fargo, currently under scrutiny for reportedly using unethical and illegal tactics to open unauthorized debit and credit card accounts, now faces a California labor lawsuit from two former employees who allege they were fired for refusing to open unauthorized accounts and/or for failing to meet unrealistic sales quotes. The lawsu... - Stryker Continues to Sail a Restless Sea, Rejuvenate Lawsuits Continue
Oct-1-16 St. Paul, MN: As the greying of America continues with the move into retirement by the largest wave of Baby Boomers, medical device manufacturers continue to push new products onto the market in an attempt to catch that wave. Howmedica Osteonics Corporation, which does business as Stryker Orthopaedics, rode that wave briefly with the Stryker Rejuvenate mod... - Farmers Insurance Claims Adjusters Reach $4.9 Million Settlement
Sep-26-16 San Francisco, CA: Insurance adjusters for Farmers Insurance and their employer have reached a $4.9 million settlement in the California labor lawsuit filed against the insurance company. The California wage and hour lawsuit was filed by adjusters who alleged Farmers Insurance violated state and federal labor laws and owed workers for unpaid wages and... - Consumers Hit with Massive Universal Life Premiums Join Class Action
Sep-25-16 Los Angeles, CA: Rip off is a harsh term, although one plaintiffs embroiled in Life Insurance Rip Off lawsuits use with complete comfort. At the very least, consumers holding universal life insurance policies currently facing massive rate increases are stuck with a classic catch 22 situation, in that policyholders annoyed with rising premiums, or unabl... - A Tale of Two Bad Faith Insurance Lawsuits
Sep-16-16 Philadelphia, PA: In somewhat of a ‘David and Goliath’ tale, two bad faith insurance lawsuits aptly demonstrate the mindset and motivations of insurance companies, regardless of whether they are dealing with individuals, corporations, or state governance. The individual here is Martha Holland, who has a bone to pick with Unum Life Insura... - Universal Life Insurance Lawsuit News & Legal Information
Some insurance companies are under scrutiny for their universal life insurance policies and practices that may violate US regulations. These companies are alleged to have made substantial changes to their universal life insurance policies , increasing premiums by drastic amounts and making it difficult for policyholders to continue with the policy or find... - Wells Fargo Under Fire for Excessive Fees Again
Sep-14-16 Washington, DC : It's bad enough when consumers have to pay excessive bank fees for transactions that have been reordered, or when they haven't authorized overdraft on their account. But now allegations have been raised that Wells Fargo not only created millions of unauthorized accounts, it also charged customers for those secret accounts. The Consumer... - Wells Fargo Fake Bank and Credit Card Account Fraud Revealed
Sep-8-16 Santa Clara, CA: Wells Fargo is facing $185 million in fines, after authorities uncovered millions of fraudulent bank and credit card accounts set up by bank employees in order to boost or hit sales targets. Further, the employees also made up PIN numbers and email accounts in connection with the false accounts, to get people to sign up for online... - $30 Million Proposed Settlement Reached in Wells Fargo TCPA Lawsuit
Sep-4-16 Atlanta, GA: Wells Fargo has reached a preliminary settlement worth around $30 million in the TCPA lawsuit filed against it. The settlement addresses allegations the financial institution violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) by using autodialers and systems that helped the system predict when consumers were likely to answer their phone... - UMB Overdraft Fees Lawsuit Help and Legal Information
Santa Clara, CA: Allegations have been made regarding excessive overdraft fees against a number of banks, including UMB Bank. Specifically, customers allege the bank misrepresents account balances and re-order credit and debit charges to customers’ accounts, in such a way as to deliberately take them into overdraft. When customers are...