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Dec-23-21 Miami, FL On November 23, the University of Miami and participants in five of its retirement plans agreed to settle proposed class action ERISA lawsuit . The agreement provides for $1.85 million and structural safeguards to protect participants’ retirement savings in the future. The university and the plans' fiduciaries have agreed not t... - Sensitive Hospital Records Left on Train a Breach of Civil Human Rights
Jun-7-09 Boston, MA A major tenet of basic civil human rights is the right for privacy. So one can imagine the affront to civil and human rights after a sheath of confidential medical records was removed by an employee of a hospital in order to work at home over the weekend, only to leave the documents on a commuter train the following Monday. Judging from the mu... - Real Estate - Verdict in favor of Plaintiff in the amount of US$30,023
Case Name : Dina Garcia VS HomeSavers Foundation Repair Case Number : CV-2015-02373 Verdict Date : 2015-11-18 Outcome Type : Judgement Court : Denton County Court At Law Number 2 Incident Date : 2015-05-01 ... - Mutual Fund Losses Can Result in Fee Hikes
Apr-16-09 Baltimore, MD The good news is that you still have some money in mutual funds, otherwise there would be no way for your fees to go up. The bad news is that not only have you suffered mutual fund losses, you may wind up paying even more in fees than you have already, according to some mutual fund experts. While there is little you can do about mutual fund... - Oklahoma Medical Malpractice Lawsuit News & Legal Information
Oklahoma medical malpractice lawsuits are made against doctors or other healthcare professionals and/or organizations whose standard of care fails to meet an acceptable level. When the standard of care falls and a patient suffers harm as a result, an Oklahoma medical malpractice lawsuit may be filed against the doctor, health care provider, or institution w... - Cleaning Processes Blamed for Defective CPAP Devices – Scapegoat SoClean Files Lawsuit Against Philips
Nov-26-21 Peterborough, NH Being Philips’ Scapegoat has resulted in SoClean filing a lawsuit against the CPAP sleep machine manufacturer alleging unfair and deceptive practices and “causing it to suffer at least $200 million in damages”. Philips suggested that SoClean was to blame for its 15 million faulty CPAP and BiPAP machines. The Philips... - Xarelto: Did Drugmakers Hide Information?
Mar-30-16 Boston, MA: The makers of Xarelto face accusations from plaintiffs’ attorneys that they hid information from editors at The New England Journal of Medicine. The New York Times (3/1/16) published an article reporting that a letter, which was written by researchers at Duke University and published by The New England Journal of Medicine, left out... - Behind the Scenes Snake Oil Salesmen
Mar-7-07 Washington, DC: While the pharmaceutical industry's corrupt practice of peddling ineffective drugs and concealing dangerous side effects has come under scrutiny in recent years, critics say the contributions of the research scientists, academics, medical journals, and the FDA deserve far more credit for their part in the industry's overall marketing scheme... - ERISA Lawsuit Filed Against Fannie Mae
Nov-14-08 Minneapolis, MN In addition to a variety of financial problems, Fannie Mae (the Federal National Mortgage Association) now faces a lawsuit alleging the company violated ERISA laws. The lawsuit, which seeks class action status, was filed on behalf of all those who were participants in or beneficiaries of the company's Employee Stock Ownership Plan between... - Aon Hewitt Named (again) in Double-Dealing Retirement Plan Lawsuit
Jul-9-18 Charlotte, NC In April 2018, Benjamin Reetz filed a class action ERISA lawsuit on behalf of himself and other participants in the Lowe’s 401(k) Plan. The lawsuit claims that Aon Hewitt, the plan’s investment advisor, lined its pockets by recommending one of its own poorly performing investment funds. Lowe’s then fell down on the job by failing to c... - ERISA Lawsuits: Los Angeles Times Makes the News
Sep-19-08 Los Angeles, CA The Los Angeles Times is used to reporting on the news, not being in it—but some of its writers are making headlines with a lawsuit claiming ERISA law violations on the part of the paper's owner. Current and former employees of Tribune Company, which owns a variety of newspapers, say their employer has violated the Employee Retirement I... - Plavix Sales to Soar due to Faulty Heart Stents
Sep-22-06 Natick, MA Recent studies have shown the new generation of drug-eluting heart stents to be associated with an increased risk of late stent thrombosis, cardiac mortality, myocardial infarction, and all cause mortality. And at the same time, they have proven to be little more effective, if any, than the older bare-metal stents that sell for a fraction... - Drug Companies Still Peddling Risperdal and Zyprexa For Off-Label Use
Jun-17-06 According to Kelly O'Meara, author of the newly released book, Psyched Out, America has a drug problem. "It's not as covert as those illicit and illegal "Just Say No" drugs," she says, "but, rather, Americans have become drug users by way of being diagnosed as suffering from one or a number of alleged mental disorders." "Sharing one's feelings with a doc... - Congressmen on War Path over FDA approval of Ketek
Jun-12-06 French drug giant Sanofi-Aventis has stopped enrolling pediatric patients in clinical trials for Ketek. On June 9, 2006, the drug maker said it halted tests on its own to ensure that trials of the drug complied with FDA requirements. The company denied that the studies were suspended because of safety concerns. However, the move jives with the recently in... - CPAP Sleep Machine Nightmare – for both Consumers and Philips
Sep-13-21 St Louis, MO Philips CPAP sleep machine recall has caused a rude awakening for thousands of users who rely on the sleep machine to get them through the night – alive. Meanwhile, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation will discuss next month the future of sleep machine lawsuits throughout the federal court system. JPML Hearing As... - Bank of America: Income Down 95%, 401k Plans Down?
Feb-2-08 Charlotte, NC: Bank of America is yet another victim of the slowing US economy and the damaging sub-prime mortgage crisis, prompting the company to undertake a multi-billion-dollar debt write down. Worse, the less-then-stellar performance may have put Bank of America retirement fund investors at risk for reduced Bank of America 401k portfolios, alleging... - Participants Sue $1.52 Billion Baptist Health South Plan for Wasting Retirement Savings
Sep-6-21 Miami, FL On August17, three former participants in the Baptist Health South Florida, Inc. 403(b) Employee Retirement Plan (BHSF Plan) sued plan fiduciaries for breaching their duty of loyalty and prudence to participants and beneficiaries by paying “astronomical” management fees. The named plaintiffs in the ERISA lawsuit seek... - Preemption - Bush Administration Backs Medtronic in Supreme Court - Part I
Jan-1-08 Washington, DC: Under the arguments made before the US Supreme Court on December 4, 2007, by Deputy Solicitor General Edwin Kneedler, on behalf of the Bush Administration, in support of the medical device maker Medtronic, American citizens injured by a defective device would not be allowed to sue the manufacturer of a product, ever. In a nutshell, the g... - Monsanto Facing Lawsuits over Alleged Roundup Cancer Connection
Santa Clara, CA: Legal investigations have been initiated into a growing number of claims against Monsanto, a multinational agrochemical manufacturer, alleging one of the components in its herbicide product Roundup causes cancer. Reports indicate that several consumers have developed cancer as a result of coming into contact with Roundup, and tw... - Bad Faith Insurance: Looking Out for Number One - And it isn't You
Jun-9-07 Beaumont, TX Freddie and Zohreh Shahrodi know all about what their insurance policy SAYS. It's what their insurer didn't deliver that has the Jefferson County couple up in arms, and battling in court—yet another lawsuit against bad faith insurance. According to an article in the Southeast Texas Record the couple's insurer, Fire Insurance Exchan...