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Sep-14-23 Los Angeles, CA A Los Angeles jury sided with a WestRock employee who claimed he was discriminated against and awarded him $9.5 million in a California labor lawsuit. Lowry McCray accused the cardboard packaging giant of terminating him because he has a mental disability that caused his unfair treatment in the workplace. Further, WestRock refused to inve... - Canadian Attorney Files DePuy Class Action
Jan-11-11 Toronto, Ontario In early December 2010, Colin Stevenson of Stevensons LLP, a Canadian law firm based in Toronto, filed a products liability class-action lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson and its DePuy Orthopaedics subsidiary. Mr. Stevenson discusses the Canadian Depuy lawsuit with LawyersandSettlements. Q: (LawyersandSettlements) This Canadi... - California Labor Lawsuit Settles for $1.8 Million
Feb-23-17 Los Angeles, CA: A California labor lawsuit that’s been waged for over three years appears to be on the brink of resolution following a settlement agreement between the defendant, Zales Delaware Inc. and plaintiffs in a class action alleging that employees were stiffed on wages. The lawsuit was originally filed and litigated in federal court in C... - Madoff Investor Returns $7.2 Billion to Ponzi Victims
Dec-17-10 New York, NY The estate of Jeffrey M. Picower, a philanthropist and investor from Palm Beach, has reached a settlement with the Trustee charged with recovering assets from the Madoff bankruptcy, Irving H. Picard, and the United States attorney for the Southern District, Preet Bharara that will see a total of $7.2 billion cash made available to compens... - Nine-Year California Labor Code Class Action is Settled
Jan-30-17 San Diego, CA: A California labor lawsuit that’s been litigated for nine years and was finally scheduled for trial on February 6, was suddenly settled through an agreement between plaintiffs in the class action and defendant Penske Logistics LLC. The deal is worth $750,000 at face value, but will be trimmed once approved costs and fees are deduct... - A Tale of Two Billion-Dollar Settlements
Jan-25-17 Houston, TX: The end of 2016 saw a flurry of activity on the litigation front just before the Christmas break, with the headlines of December 19 and 20 dealing with Hip Replacement Implant Failure and the billion-dollar settlements that emerged to close out the year. On December 19 Stryker Corp. and its subsidiary Howmedica Osteonics Corp. issued a... - Levaquin Patients Were "Denied Informed Consent"
Oct-24-10 Tacoma, WA Patients who took Levaquin and suffered Levaquin side effects might want to consider contacting an attorney, now that the time for the first lawsuit to go to court has almost arrived. Although they took the Levaquin medication to treat bacterial infections—mainly those associated with the sinuses and bronchial tubes—patients migh... - 2017 Expected to be a Landmark Year for Airbag Injury Litigation
Jan-6-17 Washington, DC: 2017 is shaping up to be a landmark year for Takata Corp. and lawsuits alleging airbag injuries. The sheer magnitude of the defective airbags recall, the unavailability of replacement parts and Takata’s financial health (reported to be tenuous), combines to create a portfolio of interest likely to wane little as the year unfolds... - SEC Filing Reveals Unum Bad Faith Insurance Class Action Settlement
Nov-26-16 Los Angeles, CA: Often couched in the financial fine print of regular filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are details pertaining to legal action brought against the submitting corporation. To that end, Unum Insurance (Unum Group) revealed in its 10-Q report filed back in late July that a settlement had been conclusively approved, b... - McDonald’s Settles California Labor Lawsuit For $3.75 Million
Nov-15-16 San Francisco, CA: McDonald’s has agreed to settle a California labor lawsuit filed against it by employees who alleged the company was liable for failure to properly pay overtime, despite them working at a franchise. McDonald’s had previously argued that it could not be held to California labor codes because it did not oversee or hire the employees,... - Good News for Homeowners with Chinese Drywall, says Attorney Gary Mason
Jun-19-10 Washington, DC Two Chinese drywall cases that were set for trial June 21 have just been settled. "This is great news for homeowners with Chinese drywall ," says attorney Gary Mason, who represents about 700 homeowners in Florida, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and North Carolina. His firm also represents hi-rise buildings in Florida and Alabam... - Tidy Little Payday for Qui Tam Whistleblower
Jun-15-10 Washington, DC A qui tam whistleblower recently collected $176,000 as her share of the settlement after filing a lawsuit against Cochlear Americas on behalf of the federal government. In 2004 Brenda March brought the lawsuit against the implant manufacturer for allegedly paying illegal remuneration to health care providers in an effort to induce purcha... - Monsanto Roundup Cancer Appeal, Bayer Blames Coronavirus
May-27-20 Santa Clara, CA A hearing by a California appeals court has been scheduled for June 2 in the case of Dewayne “Lee” Johnson v. Monsanto. J ohnson was the first cancer victim to take Monsanto (now owned by Bayer) to court. His case garnered attention worldwide and opened the floodgates for tens of thousands of Monsanto Roundup lawsuits . Joh... - Farmers Insurance Claims Adjusters Reach $4.9 Million Settlement
Sep-26-16 San Francisco, CA: Insurance adjusters for Farmers Insurance and their employer have reached a $4.9 million settlement in the California labor lawsuit filed against the insurance company. The California wage and hour lawsuit was filed by adjusters who alleged Farmers Insurance violated state and federal labor laws and owed workers for unpaid wages and... - Civil/Human Rights - Verdict in favor of Plaintiff in the amount of US$1,500,000
Case Name : Patrick Russell et al v. County of Orange et al Case Number : 8:2017cv00125 Verdict Date : Outcome Type : Settlement Court : US District Court for the Central District of California Plaintiff's Comp... - Matco Tools Settles California Misclassification Lawsuit for $15.8 Million
May-31-22 San Francisco, CA On April 29, the Northern District of California granted final approval to a $15.8 million settlement in a class action California labor lawsuit brought by 273 franchisees who claimed that Matco Tools classified them as independent contractors to avoid paying overtime, reimbursing expenses and providing accurate wage statements. Th... - Kickback Scheme Spawns Humira Whistleblower Lawsuit and Investor Backlash
May-30-22 Wilmington, DE On May 17, an investor sued AbbVie, alleging that the manufacturer of Humira defrauded investors by permitting the company to engage in an illegal “kickback scheme” that caused the value of the stock to plummet. The shareholder derivative lawsuit arises from a number of whistleblower lawsuits , including one filed in Calif... - The Machinations behind a Defective Airbag Settlement, Takata CEO Shielded
Aug-13-16 Jacksonville, FL: When the airbag injuries lawsuit originally brought by airbag injury victim Patricia Mincey suddenly settled last month, all eyes had been focused on the possibility that Takata CEO Shigehisa Takada might have been called to testify in the case. There had been no expectation of a negotiated settlement, due to the circumstances surr... - Wells Fargo Fake Account Scandal Grinds On
Apr-23-20 Oakland, CA The Northern District of California has approved attorneys’ fees in the settlement of the latest lawsuit arising from the massive Wells Fargo fake account fraud. The scandal came to light in 2016 after account holders raised questions about mysterious bank overdraft fees that they were charged. The bank’s misconduct, however, ma... - Unum Denied Disability Claims Legal Information and Lawsuit News
Unum (formerly known as Unum Provident and First Unum ) has systematically denied Unum disability insurance to thousands of policy holders in the past two decades. Unum and its subsidiaries, including Provident Life, The Paul Revere Life Insurance Company and Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company have been subject to numerous lawsuits for il...