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Pheonix, AZ: NutraCea has announced that on October 27, 2010, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Arizona approved the settlement of the securities class action lawsuit against NutraCea and certain former officers and directors. The order became final and non-appealable on November 11, 2010. The District Court for the District of Arizo... - Hurricane Ike Slab Suits Settled for $72 Million
Galveston, TX: A District Court judge Monday approved a $72 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit involving 1,200 claims related to Hurricane Ike. The majority of the cases against the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association stemmed from Ike's September 13, 2008, landfall in Galveston County. Storm surge inundated Bolivar Peninsula and much... - Pair Indicted in $1 Million Securities Fraud
Nov-13-10 Beverly, MA While their lawyer argues that charges stemmed from a "flawed investigation," two former executives of a Massachusetts technology company have been indicted on securities fraud involving the alleged falsification of documents in an attempt to inflate a company's revenue in a way that would benefit the accused. The Boston Globe reported... - Legal Malpractice Verdict Against Largest Law Firm on Planet
Nov-12-10 Hattiesburg, MS While one would assume lawyers should know better, the esteemed practice of law is not above wrongdoing—as any Legal Malpractice case will attest. A recent legal malpractice lawsuit resulted in a Mississippi jury awarding a $103 million legal malpractice settlement in favor of the plaintiffs against the largest law firm in the wor... - Everybody Deserves Due Process Says Attorney Gary Mason
Nov-12-10 Washington, D.C. Banks are being hit with a hailstorm of class actions for being quick to trigger foreclosures without actually reviewing the facts of the case. So-called "robo-signers" from GMAC and several other lenders have admitted in depositions that they signed thousands of foreclosure affidavits without ever reading the files. "The courts are... - New Jersey Carpenter Wins $3,333,500 Settlement in Asbestos Lawsuit
Red Bank, NJ: Seventy-five year old New Jersey resident James Johnson was awarded a $3,333,500 settlement in September of this year resulting from his asbestos mesothelioma lawsuit. He was exposed to an asbestos-containing product at his work site. Mr. Johnson worked as a carpenter, specializing in the installation of ceilings in commercial appli... - Wal-Mart Settles Wage and Hour Class Action for $86 Million
Oakland, CA: The United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Judge Saundra B. Armstrong, has granted final approval to the settlement of a wages and hour class action suit against Wal-Mart in California, In re Wal-Mart Stores Wage and Hour Litigation, Case No. 02069SBA (Smith Case No. C-06-02069SBA and Ballard Case No. C-06-05... - $24.4 Million Settlement Obtained Against Citigroup Global Markets Securities Class Action
New York, NY: A $24.4 million cash settlement obtained in a case against Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. and seven former officers and directors of FLAG Telecom Holdings, Ltd. was approved by Judge Colleen McMahon of the U.S. Southern District Court of New York. Judge McMahon called it an "extraordinary recovery for the class." The Order and Final Judg... - Death Row Wrongful Death Lawsuit Sees $450,000 Settlement
Reno, NV: A $450,000 settlement has been approved by the Nevada Board of Examiners in a wrongful death case brought by the family of a former inmate on death row. Patrick Cavanaugh, the former manager of the 1950s band The Coasters, was convicted in 1985 of killing band member Nathaniel "Buster" Wilson in Las Vegas. He subsequently ended up in ja... - Mother Awarded $6 Million in Negligence Lawsuit
Clarksville, TN: The mother of a young girl who developed cerebral palsy as a result of alleged negligence on the part of the doctor who delivered the child, has been awarded a $6 million settlement. The doctor was on contract with the Blanchfield Army Community Hospital at Fort Campbell. Sahra Sutton sued him in September 2008 alleging negligence,... - Halloween Car Crash Results in $6.5 Million Settlement in Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Nov-4-10 Huntley, IL A fatal car crash that occurred two years ago has resulted in a $6.5 million settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by an Illinois family, according to the Dubuque Telegraph Herald . On October 31, 2008, Tabitha Carroll, 32, was driving to a pumpkin patch with her family in Huntley, Illinois, when a semi-tractor trailer driven by... - Christus Settlement Part of Larger $62.9 Million Qui Tam Whistleblower Case
Nov-2-10 Los Angeles, CA A Qui Tam Whistleblower case that put the spotlight on a hospital chain based in Texas has been resolved after Christus Health Systems agreed to pay almost a million dollars to the federal government in an effort to settle whistleblower allegations of Medicare fraud. The settlement is part of a larger lawsuit that has been on the boo... - Birth Injury Lawsuit Results in $14 Million Award
Nov-2-10 Warren, OH Doctors helping women give birth make many urgent decisions in the course of their work, but sometimes those decisions can lead to devastating birth injuries . Families who have children born with a birth injury can face massive medical bills and may have to provide professional around-the-clock care for their child, increasing the costs asso... - Settlement Proposed in Fomoco ERISA Class Action
Detroit, MI The FOMOCO ERISA Settlement Administrator announces to all members of the following Class: All current or former participants in or beneficiaries of the Ford Motor Company Savings and Stock Investment Plan for Salaried Employees and the Ford Motor Company Tax-Efficient Savings Plan for Hourly Employees (which are collectively referred to herein... - Proposed Settlements Reached with Toyota Motor Sales USA
San Francisco, CA: If you purchased or leased a new car or truck manufactured by any of the automakers listed through the link given below, during 2001 to 2006, two class action settlements may affect your legal rights and you may be eligible to receive a payment. Two settlements resolve claims against Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. ("Toyota") and... - GlaxoSmithKline to Pay $750 Million to Settle Paxil Allegations
Oct-31-10 Washington, D.C. GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to pay $750 million and will plead guilty to a criminal charge, putting an end to an investigation into the company's Paxil manufacturing plant in Puerto Rico. Although Paxil side effects including Paxil birth defects have been in the news, the charges in this lawsuit involved claims that Paxil tablets manufa... - Group: Drug Companies are Feds' Top Source of Fraud Settlements
Oct-30-10 Washington, DC Multimillion-dollar settlements for illegal marketing of Seroquel and other drugs have made the pharmaceutical industry the Department of Justice's top source of fraud-related settlements, says an advocacy group. According to Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund, last year pharmaceutical companies handed out eight of the 10 largest... - $7.5 Million Settlement Proposed in Gillette M3P Power Razor Class Action
Boston, MA: A settlement has been proposed in class action laawsuit with The Gillette Company called In re M3Power Razor System Marketing & Sales Practices Litigation. The lawsuit claims that Gillette's advertisements stating that the M3Power Razor ("M3P") "raises or stimulates hair up and away from the skin" were false and misleading and violat... - Qui Tam Whistleblower—$750 Million Medicaid Fraud Settlement
Oct-28-10 Boston, PA Judging from the increasing number of Qui Tam Whistleblower lawsuits—and huge settlements—Medicaid fraud is rampant in the US. The latest settlement has cost GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) $750 million in civil and criminal charges for manufacturing and selling adulterated drug products to Medicaid and other government health plans. Th... - Glaxo $750 Million Settlement Fourth-Largest in History
Oct-28-10 Boston, MA A whistleblower is $96 million richer after bringing a federal False Claims Act (FCA) lawsuit against UK pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (Glaxo) over deviations in good manufacturing practices at a former plant in Puerto Rico. In total, Glaxo agreed to pay $750 million in penalties and will plead guilty to a criminal charge in rela...