LAWSUITS NEWS & LEGAL INFORMATION
Search Results for
Sort by date 7,408 pages found matching priest settlement- $227M Settlement Final in FedEx Drivers Employment Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A $227 million settlement agreement has received final approval ending an unpaid overtime class action lawsuit between FedEx Corp and its drivers in 19 states. The plaintiffs alleged they were misclassified as independent contractors by FedEx, rather than full time workers, and were therefore undercompensated. According to settle... - Arsenic Poisoning at Montana Super Fund Site
Sep-20-21 Butte, MT U.S. Minerals, Inc. has agreed to plead guilty to a federal misdemeanor charge under the Clean Air Act (CAA) and to pay a criminal penalty of $393,200. The mining company has also agreed to a medical monitoring program for current and former employees who have been exposed to elevated levels of arsenic. Employees who take advantage of the medic... - New Yorkers Fired without Just Cause
Jan-24-06 "It is common for new Yorkers to be fired and so far, there is not much recourse." - Mary Jeffords, Injured Workers of New York, Inc. According to Brian Colella, age 43, and former electrician at the New York City Fire Department Buildings Maintenance Division, he was fired after winning five different grievances for unpaid overtim... - Employee 401(k) Lawsuit Claims GE Inflated Stock Value
Jan-15-19 Albany, NY On December 14, 2018, Adele Vargas filed a class action ERISA lawsuit against General Electric Company (“GE”) and Jeffrey Immelt, its former CEO. She alleges that GE improperly manipulated its earnings and inflated its stock price. As a retirement plan sponsor, it failed in its fiduciary duty to GE employees who invested in the comp... - Endo Reaches $830m Transvaginal Mesh Injury Settlement
May-1-14 Washington, DC A potential $830 million settlement has been reached between thousands of women who have filed transvaginal mesh (TVM) injury lawsuits and TVM manufacturer Endo International PLC. If approved, the agreement would resolve “a substantial majority” of the claims which allege the TVM devices, made by Endo subsidiary America... - Judge Finds Insurer Guilty of Bad Faith
Apr-20-14 Los Angeles, CA News of bad faith insurance does not surprise a lot of people any more, but news of a company acting egregiously and hiding evidence might come as a bit of a shock. A lawsuit in Massachusetts against an insurer shows that insurance companies, even national companies, can allegedly act in bad faith when denying a disability claim or avoi... - DOL Forces Advisor to Pay for ERISA Violations
Apr-15-14 Johnston, IA The US Department of Labor announced that its investigation into ERISA violations on the part of a financial advisor has resulted in the advisor restoring more than $300,000 to various ERISA plans. The investigation reportedly found that the advisor breached his duty to the ERISA benefits plans. According to a news release from the Depa... - Litigation Funding Eliminates Financial Stress
Apr-3-14 It is common for personal injury suits to drag on for months, even years. This can put families in financial ruin, especially those already struggling to make ends meet. Often times, the financial stress pushes plaintiffs to settle for less than they deserve in order to pay outstanding medical bills or other necessary expenses. Few know there is a way to fin... - Participants Sue $1.52 Billion Baptist Health South Plan for Wasting Retirement Savings
Sep-6-21 Miami, FL On August17, three former participants in the Baptist Health South Florida, Inc. 403(b) Employee Retirement Plan (BHSF Plan) sued plan fiduciaries for breaching their duty of loyalty and prudence to participants and beneficiaries by paying “astronomical” management fees. The named plaintiffs in the ERISA lawsuit seek... - J&J Wins Reversal of $1.2B Risperdal Settlement
Mar-21-14 Washington, DC Johnson & Johnson has won a reversal of a $1.2 billion settlement of a consumer fraud action concerning the marketing of Risperdal. On Thursday, an Arkansas Supreme Court reversed the earlier ruling which concluded that J&J had improperly marketed its anti-psychotic drug and concealed the its health risks. The settlement, imp... - Trustmark National Bank Latest Defendant in Excessive Overdraft Fees Lawsuit
Dec-21-18 Jackson, MS In the waning days of December 2018, Cryesha McDonald and Chantal Lewis filed an excessive overdraft fees lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. The lawsuit alleges that Trustmark National Bank assessed overdraft fees in violation of its contractual agreements with customers. Like similar lawsuits brought... - Settlements Reached in Force-Placed Insurance Lawsuits
Feb-20-14 Miami, FL Settlements have reportedly been reached in a variety of force-placed insurance lawsuits , filed against financial firms such as HSBC and Bank of America Corp. Force-placed insurance lawsuits alleged that the firms had deals with insurance companies that resulted in overcharging the borrower for insurance. According to Bloomberg (2/14/14)... - Wildfire & Forest Fire Lawsuit Information and Legal News
Although many wildfires are caused by natural occurrences such as lightning strikes, some fires may also be set intentionally in acts of arson or vandalism. In other cases, controlled burns can quickly get out of control, threatening the property and safety of people who live nearby. Carelessness, such as leaving a campfire burning or tossing a lit... - Monsanto has appealed a $78 million award to DeWayne Johnson, More Lawsuits Coming
Nov-23-18 San Francisco CA : School groundskeeper DeWayne Johnson was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2014 at the age of 42. He is the first cancer victim to take Monsanto (now owned by drug giant Bayer) to court. In August, Johnson was awarded $289 million but damages were later to reduced to $78 million. And the first out of more than 620 Monsanto cancer... - Hospital Overcharging Comes in Many Forms
Jan-14-14 Dallas, TX Ingrained in doctors and others in the health care field is a mantra that suggests no patient in need of important, indeed life-saving medical care should ever be turned away due to an inability to pay. Most hospitals would also agree with such a humane position, in spite of the fact that hospitals are businesses and succeed or fail based on the... - California Harassment Laws and Mandatory Arbitration Agreements stem from #MeToo movement
Nov-14-18 Sacramento, CA: On the heels of the #MeToo movement, California is providing more protection for sexual harassment victims by amending the California labor law , specifically Civil Code Section 47. The goal of the new bill is to encourage more victims of sexual harassment to come forward. And more corporations are eliminating mandatory arbitration agreeme... - Wal-Mart to Pay $25M in Blitz Exploding Gas Can Settlement
Dec-12-13 New York, NY Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest retailer, will pay $25 million as a settlement contribution to resolve a raft of personal injury lawsuits filed by people who were injured or had someone they knew killed by exploding portable plastic gas cans, NBC News reports. Wal-Mart is the largest US retailer of plastic gas cans, and sold... - Lawsuit Funding Quickly Helps Victims of Auto Accidents
Nov-7-13 Every year thousands of people are seriously injured or die in auto accidents - often as a result of the driver’s excessive speed. During this time, the last thing families need are to be faced with legal and financial issues; but it is important to contact an experienced auto accident attorney to protect their rights. If a personal injury or wrongful deat... - Digital Federal Credit Union Snared in Excessive Overdraft Fees Lawsuit
Oct-3-18 Boston, MA The allegations in the latest excessive overdraft fees lawsuit against Digital Federal Credit Union (DFCU) may seem familiar by now. It is about two different ways of calculating an account balance – one which the consumer saw, and the other, lower number, which DFCU kept much closer to the vest. Similar lawsuits have been filed against L... - Pilgrim’s Pride Settles Out of “Wage-Fixing” Lawsuit
Jul-12-21 Baltimore, MD Pilgrim’s Pride Group, one of many poultry processors/defendants, has agreed to settle out of Jien v. Perdue Farms Inc. for $29 million and an agreement to cooperate against the remaining defendants. Rather than proceeding as an unpaid wages claim , Jien was brought as an antitrust case under the Sherman Act . The Sherman Act prohib...