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Jun-16-14 A day doesn’t go by where we don’t hear about a personal injury due mainly to the negligence of someone else. Sadly, many victims will never seek justice due to financial constraints; they are not familiar with the lawsuit funding industry or how to obtain a lawsuit cash advance. Lawsuit funding buys a plaintiff time by providing emergency cash when... - Following Suit: Overdraft Fees Lawsuit Update
Jun-3-14 Overdraft fees lawsuits allege that banks and financial institutions charge excessive overdraft fees to consumers and further that the banks reorder credits and debits to push customers into their overdraft, increasing the fees they can charge. In March 2014, Synovus Financial Corp. agreed to pay $24 million to settle lawsuits alleging the company charg... - California Lawsuit Results in $21 Million Settlement
May-28-14 Mira Loma, CA California wage and overtime laws require workers to be paid for any hours they work, but more and more wage and unpaid overtime lawsuits allege that companies routinely violate these laws and fail to give employees either regular or overtime pay. As a result, employees are turning to the courts, to fight against employers they say treat... - Credit Unions – A Case of Shutdown Shame?
Jan-24-19 Washington, DC This is a good news/bad news story. The good news is that many banks and credit unions are offering financial relief to workers affected by the US government shutdown. The bad news is that the relief is designed to be temporary and limited. It also fails to address the widespread problem of excessive checking account overdraft charges that h... - Off-Label Use Of Lilly's Evista Multiplies Risks
Feb-26-06 On October 24, 2002 the Cancer Prevention Coalition issued a press release that said women taking the osteoporosis drug Evista, marketed since 1997 by Eli Lilly, were at an increased risk of developing ovarian cancer. "There is ample scientific evidence that Evista poses risks of ovarian cancer," wrote Samuel Epstein, MD, Chairman of the Prevention Coalit... - Settlement in Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuits Announced While FDA Looks at Stricter Classifications
May-14-14 Washington, DC A proposed settlement has reportedly been reached in Endo International Plc’s transvaginal mesh lawsuits . The settlement will resolve around 20,000 claims against the company, alleging women suffered serious side effects from the use of transvaginal mesh. A day before the settlement was announced, the FDA announced that the risk of... - AMS Transvaginal Mesh Settlement “Never Enough,” Says Attorney
May-7-14 Dallas, TX At first glance, American Medical Systems’ $830 million agreement to settle about 22,000 AMS transvaginal mesh complaints seems generous. But that only averages about $40,000 per case, before legal fees. The lawsuits allege the AMS polypropylene mesh is defective and that doctors and consumers were not properly warned about transvagina... - Unpaid Overtime: Questions answered by a lawyer
Jan-20-06 From a phone interview with Robin Workman, Trial Attorney, Qualls & Workman, LLP Q: Why would some companies rather pay fines than pay overtime? A: It is simply a cost benefit analysis. From a fiscal standpoint it is more cost effective for some companies not to pay overtime. Companies can roll the dice and they may never get sued. A large corporati... - Lowe’s Class Action Alleges California Wage and Hour Violations
Mar-7-23 Santa Clara, CA Lowe’s has been hit yet again with a California wage and hour class action lawsuit claiming the retail giant failed to pay accurate wages and did not provide uninterrupted breaks. Lowe’s employees may be working hard to keep customers satisfied but many of its workers, including managers, are unsatisfied. The most recent wa... - Zantac Bellwether Trials Likely in 2023
Aug-25-21 West Palm Beach, FL On June 14, the Southern District of Florida, where Zantac cancer lawsuits have been consolidated for pretrial motions, issued an amended case management schedule. The Order anticipates that bellwether trials will begin in 2023. It also sets a rough timeline for preliminary steps that will shape the litigation and determine the lik... - $3.2 Million Settlement in California Overtime Lawsuit
Feb-28-14 Los Angeles, CA A California overtime lawsuit has resulted in a $3.2 million settlement with Sears Roebuck & Co. The lawsuit alleged Sears violated overtime laws by not including commissions when it calculated employees’ overtime pay. The settlement has received preliminary approval from the judge. Approximately 18,000 Sears employees are... - Police Officer Dropped His Cell Phone, Resulting in Back and Neck Injury
Feb-14-14 Sarasota, FL When a Sarasota police officer dropped his cell phone while driving and took his eyes off the road for a split second to retrieve it, that’s all it took for a 30-year-old woman to be left with back and neck injury after her car was rear-ended. When the injured woman filed a lawsuit, the city of Sarasota and the plaintiff are reported... - NFL Brain Injury Settlement Rejected
Jan-23-14 Washington, DC Brain injuries affect people of any age and can have unpredictable and dire consequences for victims. When people such as athletes, children or employees are put at risk of a traumatic brain injury without proper warning about the potential consequences, brain injury lawsuits might follow. In terms of brain injury lawsuits, there may be n... - California Overtime Lawsuit Settled for $4.7 Million
Jan-18-14 Mira Loma, CA An overtime pay laws action against the operator of a warehouse that handled merchandise for Wal-Mart culminated in a settlement worth $4.7 million, the Los Angeles Times (12/11/13) reports. The lawsuit represented more than 500 workers who toiled at a warehouse operated by Schneider Logistics. While the amount each worker might expect... - TVT Mesh Settlement Talks Continue, Lawsuits Could Top 50,000
Nov-15-13 Richmond, VA There are already in excess of 30,000 TVT sling lawsuits in the pipeline that a federal judge, before whom such lawsuits have been consolidated, is trying to move along. But as unwieldy as that number already seems, experts predict that number could swell to more than 50,000. “The liability seems pretty clear on these cases, so se... - J&J Reaches Record $4B Settlement of DePuy ASR Hip Replacement Lawsuits
Nov-13-13 New York, NY Reports indicate that Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has agreed to pay more than $2 billion to settle thousands of DePuy hip replacement lawsuits. DePuy Orthopaedics, a unit of J&J, withdrew its ASR XL Acetabular metal-on-metal hip replacement on August 24, 2010 following nearly 300 complaints from people undergoing hip replacement... - “A Long 10 Years for Risperdal Payout,” Says Whistleblower’s Attorney
Nov-13-13 New Brunswick, NJ While the payout to Johnson & Johnson Risperdal whistleblowers is one of the biggest awards ever, attorney Gary Farmer - whose client was one of the Risperdal whistleblowers - says it is not much more than a slap on the wrist for the giant drug company. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, a pharmaceutical company of J&J, will pay the fe... - Jander ERISA Lawsuit Settles, but Leaves Questions
Jul-9-21 New York, NY Jander v. Retirement Plans Committee of IBM , a long-running employee stock ownership lawsuit , settled on April 2, 2021 for $4.75 million. The attorneys who represented the retirement plan participants have now requested $1.4 million in fees for the latest Supreme Court phase of the case. In deciding whether to approve the fee, the Southern... - 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. ... - California Overtime Lawsuit Granted Class-Action Status
Sep-30-13 San Francisco, CA An unpaid overtime lawsuit filed against Valero Corner Stores has been granted class-action status. The lawsuit, alleging violations of overtime laws, was filed in 2009, but had been voluntarily moved to arbitration. Plaintiffs in the case allege they were forced to work off the clock for the company and not paid either regular or ove...