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Apr-1-21 Los Angeles, CA Attorney Barry Kramer may be able to get your emergency room services reduced, but his goal is to change the hospital system and stop ER overcharges for everyone. If you think your hospital has overcharged you for their services and you’re willing to go the distance, and if you want to make a difference and help others, read on. ... - New Jersey Nursing Homes Operator Counting on Protocol to Dismiss Lawsuit
Mar-28-21 Lafayette, NJ The Andover nursing homes operator is facing a proposed class action lawsuit claiming poor treatment of residents before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. He argued in federal court to dismiss the nursing home abuse complaint based on state and federal law virus protocol. Andover Nursing Home Operators The Andover Subacute Rehabilita... - Charité Spinal Disc - Charité Disc Complications
Many patients who have received the Charité artificial disc replacement are experiencing Charité disc complications , including more back pain than before their Charité spinal disc implant. Still, there has not yet been a Charité disc recall . Charité ™ Spinal Disc Lawsuit... - 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... - California Wildfire Bad Faith Insurance Denial Lawsuits Get New Life
Mar-1-21 San Francisco, CA In May 2020, the California Court of Appeal for the First Appellate District reversed the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to State Farm Insurance Co. Leonard and Patricia Fadeeff challenged the insurer’s denial of their claim for damage to their home in the 2015 Valley Fire. Fadeeff v. State Farm continues to be a... - Two Former Cardiologists Awarded $10.6 million for Reporting Patient Care Problems and Overcharging
Feb-28-21 Detroit, MI Tenet Healthcare was accused of acting with malice when a Michigan hospital demoted two cardiologists after the complained about cost-cutting measures, overcharging and substandard patient care. The doctors filed a False Claims lawsuit and retaliation is costly—to the tune of $10.6M. Dr. Amir Kaki and Dr. Mahir Elder were two of thre... - San Diego to Pay $3.4 Million to Settle Firefighters’ Overtime Claims
Feb-26-21 San Diego, CA On February 8, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California approved a proposed settlement of Kelley v. City of San Diego . The settlement ends a class action California labor lawsuit brought by San Diego firefighters who claim that their overtime payments were miscalculated under the provisions of the Fair Labor Stand... - Denied Insurance Coverage for Proton Beam Therapy
Feb-24-21 Santa Clara, CA Proton beam radiation therapy (PBRT) is purportedly a safer and more effective cancer treatment than x-ray or photon-based treatments and less invasive than surgery, but some insurance companies deny coverage, which has led to bad faith insurance lawsuits . Despite doctors recommending proton therapy treatment to treat cancer, some insu... - Bayer’s $2billion deal to finalize future Monsanto Claims
Feb-22-21 San Francisco, CA To resolve future claims that Monsanto’s Roundup causes cancer, Bayer is coughing up a $2 billion settlement that includes benefits for people—mainly farmers and gardeners-- who were exposed to Roundup and develop the cancer in the future. The $2 billion settlement will be provided by Bayer over four years as compens... - Texas Power Grid Failure
Below-freezing temperatures in Texas that caused widespread property damage, business closures, injuries and deaths have led to lawsuits against Electric Reliability Council of Texas Inc. (ERCOT) and Houston-based utility CenterPoint Energy Inc. Texas residents and businesses have filed gross negligence and willful misconduct claims and potential class actio... - COVID Long-Haulers Prepare for Wrongly Denied Disability Claims
Feb-17-21 Washington, DC COVID long-haulers, who suffer from debilitating COVID symptoms long after an initial infection, have had their complaints dismissed as “malingering.” The cruelest cut of all, though, may be the financial blow that lands when long term disability benefit claims are denied. As yet, there are few reported COVID related long term de... - Insurance companies accused of denying legitimate insurance claims.
Bad Faith Insurance covers a wide range of practices undertaken by companies in the insurance industry to prevent you from obtaining money for valid insurance claims. A bad faith insurance claim , for example, may involve complaints that the insurance company repeatedly lost paperwork, sent you for unnecessary doctor's appointments or ignored informat... - California Supreme Court Says Proposition 22 is a Done Deal
Feb-11-21 San Francisco, CA A lawsuit filed by rideshare drivers and the Service Employees International Union seeking to overturn Prop 22, which exempts gig workers from key California labor law AB5, will not be heard by the Supreme Court. But it’s not over yet: the court suggested that plaintiffs could still file their case in a lower court. The lawsuit... - Erik Abrahamson: Personal Injury Lawyer Spotlight
Jan-29-21 Tampa, FL With over 100 years of combined experience, Abrahamson & Uiterwyk handles virtually every type of personal injury claim—no case is too big or too small. Mr. Abrahamson prides himself on offering professional and compassionate representation to all clients, regardless of their potential case value. As a prior accident vict... - INSURANCE DENIALS – MENTAL HEALTH EATING DISORDERS
The California Mental Health Parity Act, enacted in 1999, required coverage of medically necessary treatment for nine enumerated severe mental illnesses as well as serious emotional disturbances of a child. The list was criticized as incomplete, out-of-date and failing to encompass the full range of mental health and substance use disorders. It required, amo... - Is Dynamex Ruling Retroactive?
Nov-18-20 Santa Clara, CA Just as the polls closed on Proposition 22—a ruling that allows companies to hire app-based drivers as independent contractors instead of employees—the California Supreme Court heard arguments in Vazquez v. Jan-Pro Franchising Int’l, Inc . At issue is the Dynamex ruling and whether it should be retroactive to work... - Navy Federal to Settle Overdraft Fees Lawsuit for $16 Million
Nov-17-20 Alexandria, VA The Eastern District of Virginia appears poised to approve a proposed settlement in a class action bank overdraft fees lawsuit originally filed against Navy Federal Credit Union in 2019. Under the terms of the proposed settlement, checking account customers at Navy Federal who were overcharged will have a common fund of $16 mill... - California Voters Weighed In: Gig Workers are Independent Contractors
Nov-12-20 Santa Clara, CA Proposition 22, approved by California voters in November, has classified drivers for app-based companies as independent contractors . Ten million votes were counted and the resolution led by nearly 2 million votes. The ballot measure was considered a last-ditch effort by gig companies to get around California’s AB5 law, whic... - Aetna Long-term Disability Lawsuit Information & Legal News
Long-term disability insurance companies such as Aetna, have a duty to pay out their policies to policyholders who suffer injury or illness and can no longer carry out their job duties. Some long-term disability companies such as Aetna have faced insurance lawsuits alleging they failed to pay their policies as set out in their contracts. ... - 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...