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San Francisco, CA: Hotwire has reached a settlement agreement which would end the consumer fraud class action lawsuit it currently faces. The lawsuit alleges the company misled its customers by providing an estimated price for international vehicle rentals that did not include insurance fees or taxes. According to the lawsuit, class members mad... - Verdict in favor of Plaintiff in the amount of US$4,900,000
Case Name : Kisich v. Exhibit Works Inc. Case Number : 2012-45003 Verdict Date : 2015-01-20 Outcome Type : Settlement Court : Mr. Kisich was seriously injured at the Houston Auto Show when a display wall, designed and constructed by the defendants, collapsed and fell on him. He sustained multiple fractured ribs, permanent ulnar ner... - Employment - Verdict in favor of Plaintiff in the amount of US$1,475,000
Case Name : Brooks v. Cal Dive International Inc. Case Number : 2012-35015 Outcome Type : Settlement Court : Mr. Brooks was hired by the defendant as an able-bodied seaman with a pre-existing lower back herniated disc compressing the nerve roots. Brooks was tasked with removing tile and grout from a restroom on-board the ship, which cau... - $3M Settlement Reached in FNB Overdraft Fees Class Action Lawsuit
Pittsburgh, PA: First National Bank of Pennsylvania will pay $3 million in settlement of a consumer banking class action lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed by customers of the Hermitage, Mercer County-based FNB, which is the third biggest retail bank in the Pittsburgh region. The lawsuit charged that FNB re-sequenced customers' debit card purchases fro... - Automotive Lawsuits, Automotive Lawyers, Attorneys, & Class Action Lawsuits
Automotive class action lawsuits can involve defective design complaints, predatory lending, financial fraud, automobile leasing, deceptive marketing, false advertising, and products that hurt your vehicle. Thousands of people are injured each year due to defectively designed automobiles. Car dealers can trick you out of your low APR. Unscrupulous dealers ca... - Five Guys Gift Card Class Action Preliminary Settlement Reached
Mendham, NJ: A preliminary settlement has been approved in a consumer fraud class action lawsuit against the popular Five Guys Burgers & Fries restaurant chain for the sale of gift cards in the state of New Jersey which contain dormancy fee provisions and expiration provisions in alleged contravention of New Jersey' Gift Card Act. The lawsuit,... - Employers Employ Various Tactics to Deny Workers Compensation
Aug-22-09 Atlanta, GA Employees who want to protect their rights with regard to workers' compensation need to stay informed, lest they find themselves led down the garden path. While workers' compensation law is pretty straightforward with regard to workers' compensation claims, not all employers are… Case in point is an issue that arose with regard t... - Holiday Settles Unpaid Wages and Overtime Class Action for $7.5M
San Francisco, CA: Final approval of a $7.5 million settlement for an unpaid wages class action lawsuit has been granted by a federal judge in California. The lawsuit, filed against Holiday Retirement and its owner investment management firm Fortress Investment Group LLC , the largest independent living provider in the country, alleged violations of t... - $30M Preliminary Settlement Approved in Sylvania Silverstar Headlamp Consumer Fraud Class Action Lawsuit
San Francisco, CA: A preliminary $30 million settlement has been approved in the consumer fraud class action lawsuit pending against Sylvania. The lawsuit alleges the company made false and misleading claims regarding the effectiveness of its headlights in an effort to boost the sales price and subsequent profits. Under the settlement terms, milli... - Malpractice - Verdict in Favor of Plaintiff in the amount of US$2,300,000
Case Name : Weisshar v Realty World Selzer Property Management Case Number : SCUKCVOP1463416 Verdict Date : 2015-03-18 Outcome Type : Settlement Court : Plaintiff alleged that his rental house was negligently managed, resulting in the creation of an unreasonably dangerous condition - ice on a walking surface caused by automatic... - "Smell Ya Later" Does Not Apply to Zicam Smell Loss Plaintiffs
Aug-19-09 Boston, MA The incidence of Zicam smell loss may have been a surprise to users not expecting such Zicam side effects. However, Zicam loss of smell is not news to manufacturer Matrixx, which has received adverse reaction reports with regard to Zicam smell issues since 1999. A number of lawsuits have been filed. One such lawsuit, states the August 10... - WellCare Settles Securities Class Action
Tampa, FL: WellCare Health Plans, Inc announced today that it has reached an agreement on the material terms of a settlement which will resolve the claims asserted against the Company in the previously disclosed putative securities class action consolidated complaint filed against the Company. The securities class action settlement provides, amo... - Recent Developments in Chinese Drywall Lawsuits
Aug-18-09 New Orleans, LA Attorney Gary Mason, one of about 50 lawyers nationwide assigned to work on the Chinese drywall case, discusses with LawyersandSettlements recent developments in the ongoing contaminated drywall litigation… In July, Judge Fallon of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana appointed the lawyers who will se... - Fen-phen User's Cause of Death: PPH
Aug-16-09 Chicago, IL Chris (name withheld) says his mother, a Fen-phen user, passed away in Sept 2007 of PPH. She was part of the American Home Products (now Wyeth) class action settlement and received $1 per day for however long she used it—a total of $132. "She spent most of her last years in pain and discomfort," says Chris. "Nobody knew what she ha... - $1.6M Settlement Awarded in DuPont Tephlon Cancer Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A jury has awarded a $1.6 million settlement in the case of a woman who developed cancer from exposure to tephlon. Clara Bartlett filed a suit against DuPont alleging that tephlon leaks at a DuPont plant before 2004 entered the local waterways which resulted in her developing kidney cancer. Bartlett' case is just one of some 3,5... - Asbestos Mesothelioma, A Plumber's Story
Aug-11-09 Dahlonega, GA After returning home from World War II, Margi's father began a career as a plumber, a career that would last many years, and in the end be responsible for his death. Mr. Hall was lethally exposed to asbestos during his work. He died of asbestos mesothelioma in 2004. "My father was diagnosed by accident," Margi said. "He had a routin... - $7.9M Settlement Reached in Dreamfields Pasta Consumer Fraud Class Action Lawsuit
Los Angeles, CA: A consumer fraud class action lawsuit against Dakota Growers, the makers of Dreamfields Pasta has reached a settlement of up to $7,920,000 in cash and significant injunctive relief including the requirement that Dakota delete the alleged misleading information. Consumers who are members of the class are entitled to receive $1.99... - Bear Naked Consumer Fraud Class Action Lawsuit Settlement
Los Angeles, CA: A settlement has been reached in a consumer fraud class action lawsuit pending against Bear Naked. According to the terms of the settlement, a fund of $325,000 will be established by Bear Naked, which will resolve claims of false advertising, the grounds for both class actions. Specifically, the Bear Naked consumer fraud lawsuit,... - Payless Shoes Reaches $2.9M Employment Class Action Settlement
Los Angeles, CA: A $2.9 million settlement has been reached in an employment class action lawsuit pending against Payless Shoesource Inc, ending allegations that the retailer violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) by misclassifying its store managers as a means of avoiding overtime pay. According to the terms of the settlement agreement, tw... - Lawsuit Threatened Against Financial Firm
Jul-23-09 Albany, NY New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has threatened to file a lawsuit against Charles Schwab Corp. in an attempt to force the financial firm to pay off clients who were stuck with auction rate securities (ARS) after the ARS market failed, according to an article at latimes.com (July 20, 2009). For people who have filed stockbroker arbitratio...