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Mar-20-09 New York, NY It may not seem like a lot when looked at individually, but overtime pay losses can actually add up to a lot of money over the course of a few weeks, months or even years. That is why some employees are fighting back, trying to make their employers honor overtime laws—because violations of overtime rules mean that hard-working, honest empl... - NPS Pharmaceuticals Settles 2006 Class Action
NPS Pharmaceuticals Settles 2006 Class Action NPS Pharmaceuticals Inc., has agreed a $15 million settlement for a 2006 securities class action brought by investors who purchased stock in the company between August 7, 2001 and May 2, 2006. The lawsuit alleged that NPS misled investors about the effectiveness of its osteoporosis drug 'Preos' which... - $3.3 Million Proposed as Settlement in Strip Search Class Action
$3.3 Million Proposed as Settlement in Strip Search Class Action A federal district judge has filed an order approving a preliminary settlement agreement in a class action suit filed in April 2007, against the county regarding unlawful strip searches at the jail. The federal civil lawsuit, filed on behalf of 2 clients who claim they were unlawfull... - Seattle Police Taser Settlement
Kenneth Ruffer is a student at Tyee High School in SeaTac. Ruffer was shocked with a taser four times in the neck by Seattle police officers after the car he was riding in was stopped for a broken tail light. He says the police officers were too quick to use the taser and that he was not fighting when officers tased him in the back of the neck. The 18 yea... - ETHEX Drug Recall Affects Thousands of Patients
Mar-14-09 Baltimore, MD If you heard about the recent ETHEX recall and breathed a sigh of relief because you thought it did not affect you, you may want to think again. The recall of ETHEX generic drugs has had wide-ranging implications for thousands of patients. Some patients experienced an ETHEX overdose while others are suffering because their medications are n... - Boston Scientific Stent Settlement
The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit against the company claiming it illegally continued to make and sell systems for implanting stents in 1998 even after learning that a significant percentage of them were defective. In the summer of 1998 Boston Scientific began shipping large amounts of stents from Medinol that Boston Scientific attached to its... - Dating Site Settles Class Action for $1.5 Million
The internet dating site True.com has agreed to pay $1.5 million in refunds to settle a class action lawsuit brought by people who joined the site. The customers alleged in their 2007 suit that they were incorrectly charged membership fees after they had cancelled their accounts, or after they had accidentally clicked on links. The settlement also... - Northeast Health to Pay Nurses $1.25M in Wages Suit
A settlement has been reached in a wages lawsuit brought by nurses working in Albany area hospitals and operated by Northeast Health. The suit alleged that the hospitals had 'colluded' to keep the nurses' wages low. The hospitals named in the suit were Northeast Health, Albany Medical Center, St. Peter's Health Care Services, Ellis Hospital, Seton Healt... - Hartford Village Could See $1 Million Settlement in Environmental Suit
A preliminary settlement has been reached between Equilon Enterprises, Premcor Refining, and the village of Hartford, in an environmental suit over damages and costs incurred as a result of refinery pollution. Village trustees sued Equilon and Premcor seeking recovery of costs for repairing and replacing sanitary sewers, streets, municipal buildings an... - The Role of Personality Disorders in Employment Litigation
Mar-4-09 You may not be familiar with the formal diagnostic term, Personality Disorders, but as a practicing attorney, you undoubtedly have encountered individuals with these conditions. It's a fair bet that most of those encounters ended unpleasantly. For the plaintiff attorney, these are the clients who come in with a convincing and impassioned recitation of all th... - Racial Discrimination Evident When Trying to Buy a Home
Mar-4-09 Chicago, IL It was only one real estate agent and only one real estate office, but the racial discrimination apparent against Latinos shopping for a new home is a direct affront to discrimination law. Discrimination of all kinds, including age discrimination has no place at the table in modern society. But that didn't appear to be the case for one re... - Asbestos Disease--36 Years after Being Exposed
Mar-3-09 Syracuse, UT Jack went into the Navy in 1967 and worked as a boiler technician until he left in 1971. During that entire period he worked on a ship removing and installing lagging and asbestos containing-insulation for pumps and pipes in the boiler room. He was never once issued with any warning or information about asbestos, asbestosis or asbestos mesoth... - Baker Reaches Agreement in Class Action Lawsuit
Michael Baker Corporation today announced that it has reached an agreement in principle with the lead plaintiffs in the previously disclosed securities class action lawsuit against the Company. The settlement is subject to court approval after notice to the class members. The amount of the settlement, which the Company did not disclose, will be covered in fu... - Bianco Employees Get Their Overtime Pay
Hundreds of settlement checks were distributed today to workers who sued Michael Bianco Inc, alleging that they had been denied overtime pay or were docked wages while employed at the South End leather factory from January 2004 to March 2007. The plaintiffs received anywhere from $20 per check to $6,000. In November, Bianco settled the federal class act... - Ortho Evra Death, Teenagers family awarded $1.25 million settlement after daughter died from blood clots
New York, NY: (Oct-24-07) The family of Alycia Brown, a resident of Lacrosse, brought a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson, alleging that the 14-year-old girl died after using the company's Ortho Evra birth control patch. The suit claimed that the girl suffered two blood clots in her lungs on May 7, 2004, after using the patch for several weeks. J&J, the wo... - BP settles $9.75 million mis-management suit.
New York, NY: (Mar-05-08) A lawsuit against BP PLC, launched by US shareholders, alleges that the company's mismanagement led to a series of mishaps in the US. The suit, brought by two BP shareholders, the London Pensions Fund Authority and Unite Here's pension fund, began in October 2006, naming the company and its executives as defendants. The mi... - Baum, Hedlund files lawsuit for children of Susan Wehle, killed in the Continental Connection Flight 3407
Feb-26-09 Buffalo, NY The aviation disaster lawyers of Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman have filed a wrongful death lawsuit today on behalf of Jonah and Jacob Mink, whose mother, Susan Wehle, of Amherst, was killed in the February 12 Continental Connection Flight 3407 plane crash at Clarence Center, New York. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court, W... - $3.5 Million Settlement Approved for Uninsured Patients
A Cook County circuit judge has approved a settlement in a class action suit between patients of Advocate Health Care and the health care company. The suit alleged that the not-for-profit hospitals run by Advocate had overcharged uninsured patients. Advocate, the largest provider of medical care in the Chicago area, operating Advocate Christ Hospital i... - Whistleblowers Fight Corruption
Feb-22-09 San Francisco, CA It is the kind of stuff Hollywood movies are made of: Whistleblowers fighting against corrupt companies, doing everything they can to protect the public from the evils of large corporations. Many movies have been made about this very topic and the stories can seem larger than life. But the truth is that whistleblower lawsuits extend fur... - Wal-Mart To Pay $17.5 Million To Settle Discrimination Class Action
Wal-Mart has agreed to pay $17.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging that the retail giant discriminated against African-Americans when recruiting truck drivers for its private fleet. The settlement is subject to approval by federal court in Arkansas. The company also agreed to priority job placements for 23 of the plaintiffs who submit ap...