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New York, NY : A 61-year old Florida resident has won her lawsuit against the tobacco giant Philip Morris, and been awarded a $300 million settlement. Philip Morris has stated it will appeal the decision, but if the verdict holds, the settlement will be the largest award of damages for an individual lawsuit against a tobacco company in the US. Lucinda... - Massachusetts Contractor Violates Massachusetts Labor Laws
Nov-20-09 Boston, MA The failure of a Dorchester-based contractor to pay prevailing and overtime wages according to the provisions of Massachusetts Labor Law has cost Nealco Environmental Services, Inc. thousands of dollars in fines and other restitutions. According to the tenets of the Prevailing Wage Laws, which are part of Massachusetts Employment Law, all... - Chinese Drywall Homeowner Applied for a Forbearance Agreement
Nov-20-09 Middleburg, FL Sherolyn, a paralegal, had to move out of her new home because it was built with Chinese drywall , and now she is asking her mortgage company for a forbearance agreement. "State officials are encouraging mortgage companies to grant this agreement to homeowners with this toxic drywall," she says. If Sherolyn doesn't get this agreement,... - Mobile Content Class Action Settlement Reached With m-Qube
Chicago, Ill: A global settlement agreement was reached promising to conclude numerous separate class action lawsuits filed throughout the country involving claims that unauthorized charges for "mobile content" were placed on consumers' cell phone bills. The settlement, which was preliminarily approved by the Circuit Court of Cook County in Illino... - Buffalo Boilermaker Gets $3 Million Mesothelioma Settlement
Buffalo, NY : A settlement of more than $3 million dollars has been awarded to a local union boilermaker for injuries resulting from exposure to asbestos on the job. Earl W. Tredinnick, III, 61, of Elma, New York, who worked as a Local 7 Union Boilermaker between 1967 and 2002 developed mesothelioma in the fall of 2008, and brought suit against variou... - Austin Car Accident Victim Awarded $470,000
Austin, TX A teenager who sustained injuries in a car accident has been awarded $470,000 as settlement of his lawsuit. The boy was a passenger in a car driven by a man who had been drinking alcohol and who was speeding. The car crashed into a barricade, resulting in the teenager suffering serious injuries. Legal Help If you have a similar p... - 18-Wheeler Accident Case Settled for $600,000
The victim of an 18-wheeler accident who sustained severe back injuries requiring surgery, has been awarded a $600,000 settlement, ending his lawsuit. During the court case it was revealed that the company that owned the 18-wheeler truck had destroyed key documents related to the crash, which exponentially increased the value of the case. This case was... - BJ's Wholesale Club Reaches Tentative $9 Million Settlement in Overtime Class Action
New York, NY : A $9.3 million settlement of an overtime pay class action lawsuit against BJ's Wholesale Club Inc has been reached. The settlement, which is subject to Court approval, is intended to resolve claims that BJ's misclassified certain Mid Manager employees as exempt from receiving overtime for hours worked in excess of 40 hours per week. Pla... - FTC Brings the Hammer Down for Negative Option Consumer Fraud
Nov-17-09 San Francisco, CA A smoking cessation enterprise has been cited by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for consumer and financial fraud . The company's apparent negative option marketing plan duped smokers trying to quit into believing they had enrolled into a so-called "free trial" that was anything but free. NextClick Media LLC, Kenneth Chan and... - $435 Million Settlement Reached in Marsh and McLennan Securities Class Action
New York, NY: Marsh and McLennan (M&M), has agreed to a settle a shareholder class action for $435 million. The settlement is tentative, as it remains subject to court approval. One of the world's largest insurance brokerages, M&M was accused in the lawsuit of bid rigging and price fixing of its insurance contracts. The settlement will see $4... - Intel Antitrust Settlement With Rival AMD Worth $1.25 Billion
Nov-12-09 Sunnyvale, CA An ongoing antitrust dispute between giant computer chip maker Intel and the smaller Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has been settled with Intel's agreement today to pay AMD $1.25 billion to settle various antitrust and patent disputes. There has long been discord between Intel, the largest and most powerful chip manufacturer in the world... - Man Awarded $600,000 for Curb Accident Which Caused a Fracture
Philadelphia, PA: A man in his 60s who fractured his hip in a curb at a condominium complex in Holland, PA, has been awarded $600,000 in settlement of his lawsuit. Jerry Gubin was helping his son move when his foot became caught in the curb, causing him to fall and sustain injuries. Consequently, he was unable to work or four months. Expert witn... - MetLife Settles Class Action for $50 Million
New York, NY: A class action lawsuit brought against MetLife has been settled for $50 million. The suit alleged that some 8.6 million policy holders were defrauded as a result of the company becoming publicly traded in 2000. Direct payments to class members will not be made, rather the monies set aside when MetLife went public to generate dividends... - Sony, mBlox Reach Tentative Settlement in $63 Million Mobile Content Class Action
Cook County, Ill: Playphone, 2WayTraffic, mBox and Sony Pictures are among the 14 mobile content providers who have agreed to settle a class action over allegations that wireless subscribers were being charged for unauthorized content. The amount of the settlement is $63 million, however if AT&T settles a similar suit, and attorney's fees reach betwe... - Lawyer who won $1 billion Fen-Phen settlement dies
Nov-9-09 Houston, TX Houston Attorney John O'Quinn, widely known and respected in legal circles for his lucrative Fen-Phen settlement and successful prosecution of the tobacco industry, was killed in a car accident late last week. O'Quinn earned a $1 billion verdict against Wyeth Laboratories, makers of the popular appetite suppressant Fen-Phen after the... - Texas Oil Rig Worker Awarded $2.66 Million for Injuries
Rusk County, TX: A 47-year old man who suffered serious injuries resulting in his inability to work, has been awarded a $2.66 million settlement in his lawsuit against Nadel & Gussman LLC. Leland Taylor worked in Texas, as a flow back hand under contract to Nadel & Gussman LLC, an oil and gas drilling company. He was stuck by machinery on the job that... - American Corrective Counseling Services to Pay $2.55 Million In Pennsylvania Class Action
Pittsburgh, PA: California-based debt collection company American Corrective Counseling Services (ACCS) has agreed to settle a lawsuit brought against it by thousands of residents of Pennsylvania who allege that the company misinformed them in order to make money. Specifically, the suit claimed that the ACCS sent out letters claiming to be from va... - Lawry's Restaurants Settles Sex Bias Lawsuit for $1 Million
Los Angeles, CA: – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of a sex discrimination class action lawsuit for $1,025,000 and far reaching injunctive relief against Lawry's Restaurants, Inc., doing business as Lawry's the Prime Rib, Five Crowns, and Tam O'Shanter Inn (Lawry's), for allegedly failing to hire men... - $85 Million Wage and Hour Class Action Against Wal-Mart Approved
Dickenson, ND A federal court judge in Nevada has granted final approval to an $85 million wage and hour class action filed by past and present employees of North Dakota Wal-Mart Stores Inc. The more than 3 million hourly employees, from 30 states across the US, alleged that they were asked to work off the clock and that their breaks were shortened o... - $17.5 Million Settlement for Breast Cancer Lawsuit
St. John's, NF: A $17.5 million settlement has been reached between Newfoundland and Labrador's health authority and some 425 victims of botched breast cancer tests. Filed in 2006, the suit alleged that mistakes were made in hormone receptor tests done to help determine the most appropriate type of breast cancer treatment for both men and women diagn...