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MetLife (Metropolitan Life Insurance Company) faces long term disability lawsuits alleging the company unjustly or improperly denied, delayed, or canceled long term disability benefits . Insurance lawsuits filed against MetLife allege the company has breached its contract with policyholders by cancelling insurance benefits or by unreasonably denying... - Lincoln Financial Long-term Disability Lawsuit Information & Legal News
Lincoln Financial Group offers short and long term disability insurance policies to protect policyholders in the event that they are injured or fall ill and are unable to work. Some policyholders, however, have filed insurance lawsuits alleging they have been unfairly or unreasonably denied their claims. For example, they allege they have been denied b... - Guardian Life Insurance Denied Disability Lawsuit News
Lawsuits filed against Guardian Life Insurance Company of America by its policyholders claim the insurer has wrongfully denied disability benefits by practicing bad faith insurance. If you had an insurance claim denied and think Guardian Life Insurance and their affiliated company, Berkshire Life Insurance Company of America, has conducted health insurance f... - California Lawsuit: Paraquat Caused Parkinson’s disease
May-25-21 San Francisco, CA On April 2, Russell Denes filed a personal injury Paraquat lawsuit in the Northern District of California, alleging that his Parkinson’s disease was caused by his decades’ long, low-dose exposure to Paraquat. Denes, a certified pesticide applicator, allegedly used the herbicide according to safety regulations, and was awa... - Veteran Medical Malpractice at VA Hospitals
If you are a veteran and you or family members have been injured due to veteran medical malpractice, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PSTD), a VA medical malpractice lawyer can help you determine whether you have a medical negligence lawsuit. Veterans Medical Malpractice The VA employees about 19,000 doctors and has 152... - Veterans Malpractice FAQ
What is Veterans medical malpractice? Veteran medical malpractice occurs when a doctor or other medical professional fails to meet a minimum standard of care for a patient or patients and that failure results in harm to the patient (or patients). The failure to meet a minimum standard of care can include a misdiagnosis, failure to diagnose in a timely m... - Court Ruling Increases Disney Employees’ Minimum Wage
Aug-10-23 Anaheim, CA More than 25,000 Disney employees will see a pay increase following a California appellate court ruling in July that said Walt Disney Parks must follow Anaheim city law and pay its Disneyland Resort employees a living wage. California Minimum Wage As of 2023, the minimum wage rate for all employers in California is $15.50. The last five y... - Walt Disney’s Female Employees File Sex Discrimination Lawsuit
Aug-7-23 Los Angeles, CA A group of current and former female employees at Walt Disney Co. claim they were paid at least $150 million less than men in similar middle-management positions, which violates the Fair Employment & Housing Act and California's Equal Pay Act. In their California labor lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, the wom... - Actos Side Effects FAQ
What is Actos? Actos , known generically as pioglitazone hydrochloride, is in a class of drugs known as thiazolidinediones. It is used to treat type 2 diabetes and was initially approved by the FDA in 1999. What are Actos side effects? Actos has been linked to side effects including rhabdomyolysis, heart failure, weight gain, fractures, edema a... - Actos - Actos Bladder Cancer, Actos Lawsuit - LawyersAndSettlements.com
Actos (pioglitazone hydrochloride) is a member of a class of drugs known as thiazolidinediones, which have been linked to bladder cancer, liver disease and cardiovascular issues. Actos side effects include increased risk of congestive heart failure (CHF), increased risk of rare but serious liver problems, an increased risk of fractures, and an increased... - DePuy Hip Replacement Phased Out After FDA Letter
Apr-12-12 New York, NY Following reports that DePuy allegedly knew about problems with its DePuy hip prior to the DePuy hip replacement recall come reports that Johnson & Johnson—parent company to DePuy—received a request for information from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just prior to the company's decision to phase out its hip repla... - 7-Eleven Franchisees Glorified Managers or Business Owners?
Apr-8-21 Los Angeles, CA Who is minding the store? 7-Eleven franchisees say they aren’t; they claim that Seven-Eleven, Inc. is in complete control and treats them like “glorified managers” rather than business owners. The franchise owners say they have been misclassified as independent contractors rather than employees. At the heart of this matt... - Insurer May Renew Defense in Tangled ESOP Lawsuit
Apr-2-21 Detroit, MI On March 4, The District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan held that Great American Fidelity Insurance Co. (Great American) could renew its argument that it should not be required to defend Stout Risius Ross (Stout) against a claim by Appvion Retirement Savings and Employee Stock Ownership Plan (Appvion ESOP). Great American Fidelity... - Paragard IUD Lawsuit News and Legal Information
Paragard IUD lawsuits are now in the early stages of multidistrict litigation (MDL) consolidation in Philadelphia and more lawsuits are under investigation. Melissa Arias’s story about her experience with her Paragard T 380A is sadly commonplace. A young woman, she wanted a reversible form of contraception so that she could have children later... - Insufficient Funds Charges Threaten Small-Balance Accountholders
Mar-31-21 Albany, NY Excessive bank fees that are based on insufficient funds (NSF) charges may pose a greater threat to checking accountholders than overdraft fees. Recent lawsuits recognize that, without protections based largely in state contract law, consumers have little protection from NSF fees that result when checks or electronic payments that are presente... - Google Mail California Claims Expire end of September: File Now, Attorney Urges
Sep-14-18 Santa Clara, CA: Attorney Ray Gallo has filed a lawsuit against Google on behalf of individuals seeking compensation for invasion of privacy. Gallo says that if you do not use Gmail but sent an email to a Gmail user, Google intercepted it and processed it for advertising purposes, and you may be owed $5,000 under the California Invasion of Privacy Act. ... - PG&E Executives Sued Personally for California Wildfire Damage
Mar-22-21 San Francisco, CA On February 24, victims of deadly 2017 and 2018 California wildfires filed a lawsuit in San Francisco Superior Court seeking to hold former officers and directors of PG&E liable for failing to protect them from the harm that followed from the 2018 Camp Fire and the 2017 North Bay Fires. In addition to devastating personal and p... - Federal Court Okays Class Action Status for 401k Mismanagement Lawsuit
Mar-15-21 Philadelphia, PA On March 8, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granted class action status to plaintiffs in Boley v. Universal Health Services . The ERISA lawsuit claims that fiduciaries of the Universal Health Services Inc. Retirement Savings Plan mismanaged the 401k plan in violation of ERISA. The latest decisi... - Stem Cell Therapy Legal News and Lawsuit Information
Stem cell treatments have been defined as both miracle treatments and snake oil. The public has heard from researchers and licensed doctors, unlicensed frauds and for-profit companies that stem cell therapy can regenerate hair and organs, cure cancer and emphysema, and eradicate deadly infectious diseases. It is commonly used in plastic surgery and eye surge... - Bayer Withheld YAZ/Yasmin Blot Clot Data from FDA
Dec-7-11 Chicago, IL Court documents unsealed earlier this week reveal that Bayer, the maker of the oral contraceptives YAZ/Yasmin, allegedly failed to submit all safety data, specifically data regarding blood clots, to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) prior to agency approval of the drugs. The former head of the FDA, David Kessler, noted in the report th...