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Elsie Boudreau claimed that Reverend James Poole, a Nome priest, molester her in 1978. Others defendants named in the lawsuit were the Diocese of Fairbanks, the Society of Jesus, Oregon Province, and the Alaska Jesuits. The Church has apologized and awarded Boudreau a $1 million settlement. (Apr-05-05) [ JUNEAU EMPIRE ] Legal Help If you h... - Surgical Company and its Physician Owner Settle for $3 million Whistleblower Lawsuit
Feb-27-22 Alpharetta, GA A federal whistleblower lawsuit claiming that Dr. Jeffrey Gallups, the owner of Milton Hall Surgical Associates in Georgia, directed his physicians—one of whom blew the whistle-- to order unnecessary tests for their patients to defraud government health programs has reached a $3 million settlement. Gallups ordered the wrong d... - Alamo Group, M & W Gear Company and Haven Steel Products, Inc. Personal Injury Settlement
An Adair County jury returned a verdict in favor of Christopher Cowan and Cortney Cowan against Alamo Group, M & W Gear Company and Haven Steel Products, Inc. The multi-million dollar verdict is the largest ever in Adair County and believed to be the first ever tried to verdict in that county exceeding $100,000.00. The Jury found that the defendant... - Settlements and Verdicts: Catholic Church
A $3 million settlement has been reached in the sexual abuse lawsuit filed by Jennifer Chapin. Chaplin claimed that she was repeatedly raped by a priest of the Oakland, CA diocese when she was a child. (Jan-26-04) [ NC TIMES ] Legal Help If you have a similar problem and would like to be contacted by a lawyer at no obligation, please click the... - Stockton Diocese Priest Abuse Settlement
An unidentified victim accused the diocese of failing to protect him from a known molester, Oliver O'Grady, who served as a priest at St. Anne's in Lodi in the 1970s. The Stockton diocese has agreed to settle the pending civil claim for $3 million. (May-20-05) [ INSIDE BAY AREA ] Legal Help If you have a similar problem and would like to b... - Diocese of Paterson Settlement
Twenty six men who claimed to have been molested as boys by Roman Catholic priests have won a lawsuit against the Diocese of Paterson. Between 1968 and 1982 the men alleged sexual abuse by Priest James T. Hanley. Multiple claims arose but the church failed to protect the youth at that time and did not remove the defendant until 17 years later. The men wil... - $10 Million Target Data Breach Settlement Proposed
May-14-15 Minneapolis, MN Given the propensity to conduct banking, purchasing and other activities online that involves the sharing of sensitive personal data, any revelation of a data breach can evoke feelings of fear and violation akin to a robbery or personal assault. A data breach is, indeed, an assault on one’s privacy. The Target data breach of 2013... - Judge Approves Final Terms of Improved National Pediatric Paxil Class Action Settlement - Consumers Get a Better Deal
Apr-27-07 Madison County, IL Madison County Associate Judge Ralph Mendelsohn today approved and amended the national pediatric Paxil class settlement which will provide more payment to people who paid for Paxil for use by a minor. The case was based on documents showing that GSK had determined that Paxil failed to out-perform placebo for depressed minors yet GSK rec... - Rollins v. Dignity Health Creeps toward Settlement
Nov-23-21 Oakland, CA Rollins v. Dignity Health , a nearly nine-year old ERISA lawsuit that has been moving through the federal court system since 2013, may be one step closer to settling. The Northern District of California has preliminarily approved a deal with the addition of an additional sub-class of plaintiffs. The same court rejected proposed settlement... - Gaming Giant to Settle ERISA Lawsuit for $5.5 Million
Mar-28-23 St Joseph, MO On January 30, the federal district court for the Western District of Missouri gave preliminary approval to a $5.5 million settlement that will end Lipari-Williams v. Penn National Gaming, Inc . In their class action ERISA lawsuit , casino workers claimed that the company reduced their paychecks if they used tobacco in violation of ERISA,... - Medical Lien Funding: What It Is and How It Can Help
Sep-5-14 Farmington Hills, MI So now we are on the subject of medical lien funding, which is another type of lawsuit advance similar in nature to pre-settlement funding and other lawsuit loans . However, to understand the idea behind medical lien funding, you first have to understand what a medical lien is. A medical lien is not unlike other forms of liens th... - Cumulus Media Settles ERISA class action for $1M
Mar-21-23 Atlanta, GA A proposed class action claiming that Cumulus Media Inc. violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act will settle for $1 million, subject to court approval . The complaint was filed in December 2022 against the radio broadcasting company by seven former employees who claimed the fee practices and investment selections of the company'... - Beverly Enterprises - Poster Child Of Fraud And Neglect In Nursing Home Industry
Jun-1-06 Nowhere in the nursing home industry is the corruption, patient neglect and abuse and Medicare and Medicaid fraud more blatant than within the giant nursing home chain of Beverly Enterprises. Based in Fort Smith, it reportedly operates more than 400 nursing facilities, assisted living centers and hospices in 23 states and the District of Columbia. The cha... - Drip Drip Drip - Paxil Info Leaks Out
Apr-25-06 Secrecy agreements in litigation hide information about defective products or a company's negligence, and sometimes go so far as to prohibit the parties from discussing that there ever was a lawsuit. Such is the case with Paxil and as a result, unwitting patients continued to take the drug long after its dangers were known to GlaxoSmithKline. Many lawsuit... - $100M Settlement Pending in Merck NuvaRing MDL
Jun-6-14 New York, NY A potential $100 million settlement has been reached by Merck & Co, in the long-running NuvaRing contaceptive multi-district litigation (MDL). Merck is currently facing thousands of defective product and personal injury lawsuits filed by women who allege the pharmaceutical company failed to adequately warn women about the potential in... - Problems with Philips CPAP Replacement Machines
Jan-10-24 Pittsburgh, PA Nearly two years after Philips Respironics recalled millions of CPAP machines , including ventilators for the sick and dying and DreamStation for sleep apnea patients--including children, consumers are still having problems. A recent investigation has found that the new replacement breathing machines might also be emitting dangerous chemica... - Goodbye to Glyphosate?
Jun-18-21 San Francisco, CA In the wake of the Northern District of California’s rejection of a proposed settlement that would have limited Monsanto’s future liability for glyphosate lawsuits, Monsanto has announced that it will reconsider reformulating Roundup products marketed for residential use. Bayer AG has looked to limit its potential fina... - New York Insurance Bill Addresses Bad Faith Insurance Practices
May-26-21 Albany, NY On May 18, New York Senate Bill 6813 (S6813) was referred to the Senate Insurance Committee. If enacted into law, it would add a new Section 2601-a to the New York Insurance law. Proponents of the legislation see an opportunity to address the problem of insurance companies’ bad faith insurance claim practices. Detractors predict th... - Lawsuit Funding Helps Auto Accident Victims Avoid Debt
Jul-21-12 Every day, thousands of Americans are involved in automobile accidents which are the number one cause of personal injuries in the U.S. Insurance companies know that an auto accident can cause both physical and financial strain to the victim and their family and will use deny, delay, and defend tactics in hopes that the plaintiff will accept a low settlement... - Instacart Settles California Misclassification Lawsuit
Oct-24-22 San Francisco, CA Instacart is settling a misclassification complaint claiming that the gig company violated the California labor code by misclassifying its workers, known as “shoppers” as independent contractors instead of employees. (Shoppers gather groceries in stores for customers and sometimes deliver them.) The city of San Diego cl...