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Feb-19-09 Washington, DC: Last September, the Law Project for Psychiatric Rights filed what is sure to become a landmark case against the State of Alaska aimed at stopping the over-prescribing of psychiatric drugs to children covered by public health care programs in that state. "The massive over-drugging of America's youth is an unfolding national horror," sa... - Settlements and Verdicts: Bicycle Accident.
Bicycle Accident. A $9.9 million settlement has been reached in the lawsuit filed by Dr. Fred Epstein, 67, a Greenwich neurosurgeon who was severely injured on Sept. 30, 2001 when he was thrown from his bicycle while riding on a town street. (Sep-01-04) [ NBC 30 ] Legal Help If you have a similar problem and would like to be contacted by a lawye... - File Auction Rate Securities Claims Now, Attorney Says
Feb-18-09 Kansas City, MO If you had money in Auction Rate Securities and have not received a settlement, time is running out. Diane Nygaard, founder of the Nygaard Law Firm, says that now is the time to file a FINRA arbitration claim to recover money that was lost or frozen in the Auction Rate Securities market. According to Nygaard, there are still some firm... - Price-Fixing Case Costs Wellpoint $10 Million
Price-Fixing Case Costs Wellpoint $10 Million Wellpoint has agreed to pay $10 million to settle allegations of price fixing brought by New York State's Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. Wellpoint is the country's largest health insurer, serving some 5 million customers in New York. The settlement results from a year long investigation by Cuomo'... - Pfizer, Pharmacia Found Guilty of Medicaid
Pharmacia, a subsidiary of the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, was found guilty by a Wisconsin jury yesterday of repeatedly committing Medicaid fraud with the state. The lawsuit, brought by the Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen, alleged that Pharmacia had inflated the wholesale prices of several of its drugs for many years. One example given st... - Property ID Class Action Settled for $39 Million
The class action settlement against Property ID Corp has been settled for $39.3 million. The lawsuit alleged that real estate brokers received kick backs for referring clients to the company. Property ID produces natural hazard disclosure reports. More than 300,000 Californians who listed their homes for sale, between 1996 and 2006, with Coldwell Banke... - Mother of 10 Wins Bad Faith Insurance Case, Awarded $1 Million
Feb-16-09 St. Louis, MO In a classic example of bad faith insurance , Allstate has been handed a $1 million judgment by the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District for indiscretions originating from a bad faith insurance claim. The case has kept insurance bad faith attorneys working pretty steadily, up to and including the final judgment in the case. The cas... - Anthem Blue Cross Settlement
California's largest for-profit health insurer has agreed to take back 2,330 clients, unconditionally, after having dropped them for filing expense claims for medical care. Further, the company will pay the out of pocket medical expenses for those clients, which could total as much as $14 million. Anthem has also agreed to pay a $1 million fine to the... - Schrenker Ordered to Pay $12 Million
Schrenker Ordered to Pay $12 Million Marcus Schrenker, the failed financial manager and pilot who engineered a plane crash to fake his own death, has been ordered to pay Dothan resident Barnett Hudson $12 million as settlement in a suit the Alabama native filed against Schrenker. The suit alleged that the financier had sold Hudson a defective plane... - Newmont Mining Settles Toxic Spill Class Action
The town of Grass Valley, in Denver, will receive $4 million as settlement of a 5-year old class action suit it launched against Newmont Mining. The suit alleged that the mining company sent massive amounts of toxic water into the city's sewage treatent plant. The mining company will also spend $2 million to build another water treatment plant. ... - Asbestos Mesothelioma – The Ultimate Price
Feb-3-09 Fort Monroe, VA In December, 2008 the family of James King was awarded a million dollar settlement in a wrongful death suit. James had died from asbestos mesothelioma on December 24, 2004 just a year after being diagnosed. He had contracted the fateful disease as a result of his work as a boiler operator. James had worked almost 30 years at the milit... - Unum Provident's 'Pre-existing Condition' Policy often Bad-Faith Practice
Feb-3-09 Washington, DC: One tactic that Unum Provident employs to deny countless Unum long term disability claims is to invoke the pre-existing conditions clause--usually defined as any health condition you already have --including an injury that happened prior to the effective date of the insurance--when you enroll in a health insurance plan or policy. Or Unum... - $2 Million Settlement in LJ International Class Action
A lawsuit filed against LJ International in 2007 has been tentatively settled, based on agreement in which the Hong Kong based jewellery company will create a $2 million settlement fund for the plaintiffs in the class. The class includes any person who purchased company common stock between February 15, 2006 and September 6, 2007. The plaintiffs a... - Wells Fargo and Rels Valuation Face Evaluation Suit
Two homeowners in Phoenix recently filed a lawsuit against Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) and its appraisal subsidiary Rels Valuation, claiming the mortgage giant illegally rigged the appraisal process and referred appraisal business to its subsidiary in a scheme to boost profits at the expense of homeowners. The lawsuit, filed under the Racketeering Influenc... - Listeriosis Class Action Settled for $27 Million
A $27 million settlement has been reached between Maple Leaf Foods of Canada, and the plaintiffs in a class action suit. The suit, brought against the food producer in 2008, stemmed from a nationwide listeria outbreak which killed at least 20 people. In each of the cases where someone died, their estate will receive $120,000 and the immediate family me... - $20 Million Settlement Proposed in VA Data Theft Class Action
$20 Million Settlement Proposed in VA Data Theft Class Action A $20 million settlement has been proposed between the Veterans Affairs Department and veterans over the uncontrolled exposure of the veterans' personal information, and potential identity theft. The class action suit was launched by 5 veterans following the admission of a VA data analy... - Microsoft Inc. Novell NetWare Antitrust settlement.
A $536 million settlement has been reached in the antitrust lawsuit filed on behalf of Novell Inc. The settlement will "resolve all antitrust claims as of today relating to Novell's NetWare product and all of the other products and businesses which it currently owns." (Nov-08-04) [ 2P2 NET ] If you have a similar problem and would like to be con... - PRIM to Receive $11 Million in Tyco Settlement
The Pension Reserves Investment Management (PRIM) Trust, the state pension fund of Massachusetts, has been awarded $11 million as payment from a 2007 lawsuit against Tyco International Ltd. The suit alleged that Tyco inflated its profit by $5.8 billion between 1999 and 2002. State Treasurer Tim Cahill said the PRIM) Trust opted out of a class-action law... - US Reality TV Shows Reach Tentative Settlements
More than 400 workers who filed 2 class action lawsuits against several major television networks and producers of reality shows could benefit from a tentative settlement of $4 million, if approved. The suits alleged that the networks and producers of the reality shows Trading Spouses, and The Bachelor violated California labor law by having their empl... - Asbestos Mesothelioma – One Boilermaker's Story
Jan-19-09 New Port, RI: John worked as a boilermaker all his life, which involved working extensively with asbestos in the repair and fabrication of asbestos gaskets. When John became ill with the asbestos mesothelioma he had to have a lung removed. His case recently went to court and the jury awarded him a settlement of $4,390,000. A Terrible Price to Pay f...