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  • $2.1M Settlement Reached ExamSoft Consumer Fraud Class Action Lawsuit
    Tampa, FL: A $2.1 million settlement has been reached in a consumer fraud class action lawsuit pending against ExamSoft Worldwide Inc. If approved, the settlement will resolve allegations that the company failed to adequately respond to glitches reported in its exam software, which prevented state bar applicants from uploading their exam answers...
  • A Play on Words: Unum's Scam
    Dec-8-09 Seattle, WA Unum , also known as UnumProvident, is notorious for denying legitimate health insurance claims in a variety of deceptive ways. Valerie (not her real name) says Unum illegally denied her long-term benefits by changing one word in her policy without giving notice to her employer, HR or the union. After she suffered an injury at work, Valeri...
  • AstraZeneca Could Face 6,000 Lawsuits over Seroquel Side Effects
    Dec-6-09 Orlando, FL A recent ruling from a U.S. district judge could create approximately 6000 individual trials for British drug maker AstraZeneca, which faces litigation over Seroquel Side Effects . Anne Conway, the judge overseeing the preliminary proceedings in the federal Seroquel trial, has recommended returning all individual cases related to the anti...
  • Gas Explosion - Propane Explosion, Natural Gas Explosion, Gas Explosion Lawyer
    A Gas explosion can occur as a result of a defective product or human error—such as lack of proper safety training-- in the workplace, resulting in a gas line explosion and accidents in the home (e.g., propane explosion , natural gas explosion and barbeque propane explosions often cause severe burn injuries and sometimes death. People working i...
  • Condo Association Files Bad Faith Insurance Lawsuit in Miami
    Dec-3-09 Miami, FL A condo association in the Sunshine State is making a bad faith insurance claim against its insurance provider for two residential towers in danger of being demolished next year. The Buckley Towers Condominium Association alleges that its bad faith insurance company failed to react in a timely manner to the aftermath of Hurricane Wilma in 200...
  • $450K Settlement Reached in Elite Model Agency Unpaid Intern Class Action Lawsuit
    New York, NY: A $450,000 settlement has been approved in an unpaid intern class action lawsuit pending against Elite Model Management. The lawsuit was filed by plaintiff Dajia Davenport, who interned at the agency in the summer of 2010. It states that Elite "deliberately misclassifies its interns as exempt from wage requirements,"despite the fact th...
  • Wrongful Termination Lawyers, Wrongful Termination Legal Help - LawyersAndSettlements.com
    Wrongful termination means an employer has fired or laid off an employee in violation of their legal rights. If wrongful termination law is violated, a wrongfully terminated employee may file a wrongful employment termination complaint with government agencies and/or file a private lawsuit, usually with the help of wrongful termination lawyers . Un...
  • $82M Pension Settlement Reached
    Los Angeles, CA: An employment lawsuit filed in 2010 alleging Meriter Health Services improperly calculated employee pensions, has reached a $82 million settlement, which will see some 4,000 Meriter Health Services employees receive an average of $14,000 each in damages. A dozen people named as plaintiffs will each get an additional $5,000, and anothe...
  • EEOC Defends Workers' Compensation Leave in Court
    Nov-29-09 Kansas City, MO A workers compensation issue that has less to do with workers' safety and everything to do with workers' rights has recently been brought to the public conscience. The issue at hand is inflexible leave policies, whereby workers are being terminated at the conclusion of a set workers' compensation leave instead of being given...
  • Study Suggests That GPs Disagree With Unum's Claims Management System
    Nov-24-09 Chattanooga, TN In a move that could greatly impact the future of disability claims, a new study from Keele University claims that more than a quarter of general practitioners (GPs) and physiotherapists believe that disability and pain are the result of physical problems, directly contradictiing the biopsychosocial practices of groups like Unum disabil...
  • New Survey Revives Memories of LINA Disability Claims Debacle
    Nov-23-09 Belleville, IL A new survey of seniors enrolled in Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) claims that the majority of applicants find the process overly complicated and confusing, prompting fears that the federally funded organization is taking advantage of the elderly in a manner reminiscent of the LINA insurance controversy. SSDI claimants re...
  • Chinese Drywall Homeowner Applied for a Forbearance Agreement
    Nov-20-09 Middleburg, FL Sherolyn, a paralegal, had to move out of her new home because it was built with Chinese drywall , and now she is asking her mortgage company for a forbearance agreement. "State officials are encouraging mortgage companies to grant this agreement to homeowners with this toxic drywall," she says. If Sherolyn doesn't get this agreement,...
  • Landmark $1.25M Settlement for Oakland Raiderettes Unpaid Wages Class Action Lawsuit
    Los Angeles, CA: A $1.25 million settlement has been reached in the landmark unpaid wages class action pending against the Oakland Raiders football team. The employment lawsuit was filed by the Oakland Raiders' Cheerleaders alleging wage theft and other unfair employment practices. If approved, the settlement would cover 90 cheerleaders who wor...
  • DuPont Reaches Tentative Settlement in Imprelis Weed Killer Class Action Lawsuit
    New York, NY: A proposed settlement has been reached in the DuPont Imprelis weed killer class action lawsuit. The settlement proposes to resolve claims resulting from Imprelis use by lawn care professionals on residential and commercial properties as well as by golf courses between August 31, 2010, and August 21, 2011 across the country, except Califor...
  • $512M Settlement Reached in Cephalon Antitrust Class Action Lawsuit
    Pittsburgh, PA: A $512 million settlement agreement has been reached in an antitrust lawsuit pending against Cephalon Pharmaceuticals. The lawsuit alleged the defendant delayed the introduction of a generic version of the drug Provigil into the market. According to court documents, the agreement was reached between the class of direct purchase...
  • $9.5M Settlement Reached in Lowe's Managers' Unpaid Overtime Class Action Lawsuit
    Los Angeles, CA: A $9.5 million settlement has been reached in an unpaid overtime class action pending against Lowe' Home Centers Inc. The lawsuit was brought by the big box DYI store' human resources managers' who alleged they were misclassified as being exempt from overtime Filed in August 2012, the lawsuit alleged that Lowe' classified its human...
  • TD Bank Reaches $9.9M Unpaid Overtime Class Action Settlement
    Los Angeles, CA: A tentative $9.9 million settlement has been reached in an unpaid wages and overtime class action lawsuit pending against TD Bank NA. The class and collective action claims that the bank failed to pay assistant store managers overtime wages. The settlement fund includes service payments, attorneys' fees and costs and other exp...
  • Doctor files disability pay lawsuit against Unum insurance
    Oct-26-09 Jefferson County, TX A Texas doctor has filed a lawsuit against Unum Provident citing that he was denied disability insurance payments after he was unable to return to work. James King claims he purchased a disability policy that would have allegedly allowed him to earn his income if he was ever disabled, Southeast Texas Record reports. According...
  • Coppertone Consumer Fraud Class Action Receives Settlement Approval
    Los Angeles, CA: A settlement has received final approved in the consumer fraud class action lawsuit pending against Coppertone sunscreen and its manufacturer Merck & Co. District Judge Peter G. Sheridan granted final approval of the settlement effectively ending the allegations that Merck used deceptive marketing practices and made false claims r...
  • California Overtime: Domestic Workers Have Rights Too
    Oct-16-09 San Francisco, CA They are a group of people who are often exploited when it comes to California overtime pay. They work long days, often with little pay, and many do not understand their rights when it comes to California overtime laws. However, domestic workers are entitled to overtime pay in California—the problem is that many of them do not r...
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