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  • Diet Watch: Fen-Phen Fat Cats and Alli-Oop(s)
    Aug-28-09 Covington, KY The Fen-Phen diet pill was once-upon-a-time the last word in dieting for millions of overweight Americans before the Fen-Phen drug was pulled off the market by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over concerns for primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH), a disease affecting the lungs. But it seems there were even more diseases stem...
  • Merrill Lynch ERISA Class Action Settled for $75 Million
    On August 21, 2009, final approval of the ERISA settlement in the Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. Securities, Derivative and ERISA Litigation was granted. The class action alleged breaches of fiduciary duty in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), in connection with the acquisition and holding of Merrill Lync...
  • Settlements Announced in ERISA Lawsuits
    Aug-25-09 Seattle, WA People who participate in employee stock options plans, employee savings plans or other employee benefit plans might not think twice about trusting that their company will do right by them. Unfortunately, that is not always the case. There are situations where companies violate ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act) leaving it up t...
  • Florida State Settles with Feds over Disclosure of Personal Driver Info
    A $1.5 million settlement has been approved by Florida Governor Charlie Crist and the state's cabinet, which it will pay to the federal government to settle allegations that it was illegally selling Florida state drivers' personal information to businesses and individuals. A class action suit was filed by four Florida state residents earlier this yea...
  • Bank of America Settles Merrill Lynch Class Action for $150 Million
    A class-action lawsuit brought against the former Merrill Lynch & Co., which was purchased by Bank of America early in 2009, will reportedly be settled for $150 million. Bank of America has agreed to pay the settlement to end the suit, which was brought by 2 Louisiana pension funds. The suit alleged that Merrill Lynch provided false and deliberately mis...
  • Employers Employ Various Tactics to Deny Workers Compensation
    Aug-22-09 Atlanta, GA Employees who want to protect their rights with regard to workers' compensation need to stay informed, lest they find themselves led down the garden path. While workers' compensation law is pretty straightforward with regard to workers' compensation claims, not all employers are… Case in point is an issue that arose with regard t...
  • Cintas Settles Overtime Class Action for $22.75 Million
    Cintas Settles Overtime Class Action for $22.75 Million This week hundreds of delivery drivers at the nation's largest uniform provider, Cintas, were notified a $22.75 million settlement agreement had been reached in the class action overtime lawsuit, Veliz v. Cintas Corporation. It was a long road for the uniform delivery drivers, whose suit, filed in...
  • "Smell Ya Later" Does Not Apply to Zicam Smell Loss Plaintiffs
    Aug-19-09 Boston, MA The incidence of Zicam smell loss may have been a surprise to users not expecting such Zicam side effects. However, Zicam loss of smell is not news to manufacturer Matrixx, which has received adverse reaction reports with regard to Zicam smell issues since 1999. A number of lawsuits have been filed. One such lawsuit, states the August 10...
  • Bristol-Myers Gets Preliminary Approval of $125 MillionPlavix Settlement
    A settlement of $125 million has been preliminarily approved in the shareholder lawsuit against Bristol-Myers Squibb. The suit involves allegations that the pharmaceutical company failed to disclose side deals it made with Apotex regarding the sale of the company's blockbuster drug Plavix. A final hearing for settlement approval is set for December 8,...
  • Recent Developments in Chinese Drywall Lawsuits
    Aug-18-09 New Orleans, LA Attorney Gary Mason, one of about 50 lawyers nationwide assigned to work on the Chinese drywall case, discusses with LawyersandSettlements recent developments in the ongoing contaminated drywall litigation… In July, Judge Fallon of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana appointed the lawyers who will se...
  • Fen-phen User's Cause of Death: PPH
    Aug-16-09 Chicago, IL Chris (name withheld) says his mother, a Fen-phen user, passed away in Sept 2007 of PPH. She was part of the American Home Products (now Wyeth) class action settlement and received $1 per day for however long she used it—a total of $132. "She spent most of her last years in pain and discomfort," says Chris. "Nobody knew what she ha...
  • Robert Fresh Markets Win $21.6 Million Insurance Lawsuit
    New Orleans Grocer Robert Fresh Markets has won its lawsuit against its insurer United Fire & Casualty Insurance Co, with a settlement of $21.6 million. According to reports, the first court witness, who was the insurance adjuster and who initially reported the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina to the chain of grocery stores to the insurance company,...
  • GE Reitrement Class Action Settled
    A $40 million settlement was approved this week by a federal judge, in the class action against GE. The lawsuit, brought by company retirees, alleged that GE's decision to use company stock as an investment and matching contribution in its retirement program was not economically prudent. More than 318,000 potential class members received notices by m...
  • Asbestos Mesothelioma, A Plumber's Story
    Aug-11-09 Dahlonega, GA After returning home from World War II, Margi's father began a career as a plumber, a career that would last many years, and in the end be responsible for his death. Mr. Hall was lethally exposed to asbestos during his work. He died of asbestos mesothelioma in 2004. "My father was diagnosed by accident," Margi said. "He had a routin...
  • Sprint Settles ETF Class Action for $17.5 Million
    A federal class action lawsuit against Sprint Nextel may be at an end, the telecommunications giant has agreed a settlement of $17.5 million. The lawsuit centered around early termination fees (ETFs) that the company was allegedly illegally charging its customers - to the tune of $1.2 billion since 1999. Additionally, Sprint has agreed to place $1...
  • UnitedHealth Reaches $925 Million Settlement
    A proposed settlement between UnitedHealth and its shareholders has been given the green light by a federal judge, bringing to an end a class action lawsuit stemming from allegations of options backdating. The settlement is for $925 million, $895 million of which will be paid by UnitedHealth, and the remaining $30 million by former Chairman and CEO Wi...
  • PPH and Fen-Phen: Herbal Recipe Just as Dangerous
    Aug-9-09 Washington, DC Many people equate the words "natural", "organic" and "herbal" as safe and harmless, and good for you. But when it comes to herbal Fen-phen, nothing could be further from the truth. The association with PPH and Fen-phen has been known since 1997, and since that time, some companies put herbal Fen-phen on the market. But this herbal versi...
  • Harrowing Survival of Oil Rig Accident Ends in Tragedy
    Aug-7-09 Montrose, TX It was a horrendous oil rig accident that left 23-year-old Dennis Gurney enduring 40 painful surgeries over a 15-year period that still left him scarred for life. And even though he received a settlement from his employer that guaranteed he would never have to work again, life was not easy for Gurney. The lives of those injured and mai...
  • Merck, Schering Settle Vytorin Zetia Class Action
    Merck and Schering Plough have entered into $41.5 million settlement of class action lawsuits related to claims against their shared cholesterol medication Vytorin and Zetia. The suit revolved around allegations that the results from the Enhance Trial raised questions about the efficacy of the Zetia and Vytorin. The settlement will resolve approxi...
  • Pacifica, CA Police Taser Wrongful Death Settlement
    On January 2, 2005, a family member of Gregory Saulsbury Jr. called 911 saying someone needed medical help and was acting violently. Police were sent to the scene. Police shocked Saulsbury several times with a Taser after he lunged at an officer and refused to stop fighting. Saulsbury stopped breathing during the struggle and died a short time later at...
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