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Oct-16-08 Hamilton, AL There are many people who are victims of [ car accidents ], that do not seem to have serious injuries but suffer a lifetime of pain following their crash. They do not have broken backs and do not suffer brain damage, but they do have severe pain and other problems that can be debilitating and can impact their life. "I was driving to schoo... - "I'm on Oxygen for the Rest of My life"
Oct-15-08 Lorain, OH Larry worked in a steel mill in Ohio for 19 years. Unfortunately, asbestos was used in the mill, around pipes and in the brake shoes of large tractors. So he and his co-workers suffered asbestos exposure the entire time they worked at the mill. Today, Larry can't breathe without supplemental oxygen. "I started working at the mill in 1966,"... - Ortho Evra Patch Complaints Span Six Years
Oct-15-08 Washington, DC Although Johnson & Johnson has paid at least $68.7 million in out-of-court settlements for lawsuits filed after females used its Ortho Evra birth-control Patch , is that enough? The healthcare maker says more than 5 million women have used the Patch but it doesn't say how many (countless) women have suffered blood clots, heart attacks or st... - Hurricane Insurer Settles 2 Class Actions for $35 Million
A settlement of $35 million has been reached between the members of 2 class action lawsuits and Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation. The state-run insurer had specialized in covering high-risk properties, however the aftermath of hurricane Katrina escalated the costs and times involved in settling claims. The suits alleged that the i... - A Tale of Two Contracts
Oct-14-08 Hollywood, CA Like any grade-school promise, commercial contracts are just that—a legal pledge, or a guarantee that a promised service will be carried out. A commercial contact is a covenant, and when it is breached commercial contract law comes into play. Sometimes those breaches can make for salacious headlines, especially when well-known celebrit... - WSB Financial Reaches Tentative Settlement of $4.45 Million
WSB Financial Group, the parent company of Westsound Bank, today reported it has entered into a settlement agreement with the lead plaintiff in the pending securities class action. The class action settlement is subject to the approval of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. The settlement agreement provides for the... - Wachovia Settles Telemarketing Suits for $200 Million
A proposed settlement filed Friday morning would see Wachovia pay more than $200 million to settle 2 telemarketing class actions. This would increase the amount of an existing fund from $125 million to $163 million established earlier by federal regulators, to reimburse victims of telemarketing schemes that removed money from customer accounts. Wachovia all... - Target Settles with NFB for $6 Million
Target Settles with NFB for $6 Million A 2-year class action lawsuit has finally ended with Target agreeing to pay a $6 million settlement, and make its website more user-friendly for blind people. The suit was brought by the National Federation for the Blind, and alleged that Target's site violated the American with Disabilities Act because it's... - Eli Lilly Settles Zyprexa Investigations for $62 Million
Eli Lilly has settled Zyprexa lawsuits with 32 states and Washington DC, for a reported $62 million, putting an end to investigations into the company's marketing practices of the antipsychotic medication. According to the attorney general for Indiana, Lilly allegedly marketed the drug for pediatric use, and for use in dementia patients at high dos... - United Rentals Settles Class Actions for $27.5 Million
America's largest construction equipment rental company has settled 3 class action lawsuits for $27.5 million. In 2004 United Rentals was sued following a Securities and Exchange Commission accounting probe, by investors who bought securities in the company between February 28, 2001 and August 30, 2004. United Rental's insurance carriers will pay... - $3 Million Settlement in Bullitt Train Class Action
A federal class action lawsuit filed in January 2007, over the derailment of a train in Bullitt County, KY, has been settled for $3 million. During the derailment 500 local residents were evacuated and some taken to hospital, as the area was smothered in a thick, black smoke caused by the hazardous chemicals the train was carrying. The suit claimed th... - Helicopter Crash Survivor Get His Due
Oct-4-08 Torrance, CA Helicopter accident news has been in the media a lot lately, especially with the apparent increase of incidents relating to medical helicopters—the latest going down in severe weather just a week ago, killing four. But while there have been a lot of helicopter accidents involving TV news crews and medivac helicopters, helicopter crashes... - Pleasant Care Corp. Elder Abuse Settlement
Following two deaths linked to inadequate care, the California Attorney General filed a lawsuit against the elder care facilities company. The suit claimed elder abuse and criminal negligence at Pleasant Care's 30 facilities in California. The nursing home chain must pay a $1.3 million settlement and are required to enhance staff training and increase t... - Merck agrees to pay $58 million settlement in multistate lawsuit.
Harrisburg, PA: (May-20-08) A lawsuit was brought against Merck & Co., alleging that the once-popular painkiller Vioxx deceptively played down the health risks. The suit, brought by AZ Attorney General Terry Goddard, stated that owing to aggressive marketing through direct-to-consumer television ads that began in 1999, hundreds of thousands of consumers... - Bad Faith Insurance: The Art of Unfairness
Oct-2-08 New York, NY There's something fundamentally devious about the provider of a service that refuses to deliver what you've already paid for. Such is the basis for bad faith insurance , and a bad faith insurance claim brought against AXA Equitable Life Insurance Co. of New York by a former New York chiropractor. After being snubbed by his insurer, the man... - Columbus Paper Company Inc. Wrongful Death Settlement
Attorneys for Michael Willis of Eufaula, husband of the late Karla Willis, recently settled a wrongful death claim against Columbus Paper Company Inc. for $5.98 million. Willis, who was 45 years old, was on her way to Auburn when she was killed in a tragic accident on Aug. 19, 2001, on Hwy.169 in Lee County. She died in a Columbus, Ga., hospital a... - Wrongful Death Suit Settled for $28 Million
A wrongful death suit brought by the family of a woman crushed to death when 26 tons of concrete collapsed on her car in the Big Dig tunnel in Boston, has won the case and will receive a settlement of $28 million. The Big Dig project cost $15 billion, making it the most expensive highway project in the US. However the project saw continuous problems as... - Settlement With Bankruptcy Trustee for Class Action Against HiEnergy Technologies, Inc
A settlement was announced today, with the chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee in connection with a class action lawsuit pending against HiEnergy Technologies Inc, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The class action complaint alleges claims under the federal securities laws against HiEnergy Technologies, Inc. ("HiEnergy") arisi... - Attorney Eric Gibbs: Dex-cool Case an Example of our Philosophy
Sep-30-08 San Francisco, CA "We've focused on a fairly diverse type of case load that involves product liability , securities, consumer fraud , individual and institutional investors and antitrust cases ," says Co-Counsel Eric Gibbs, from the firm Girard Gibbs in San Francisco. And one case is a factory equipped engine coolant called Dex-Cool . Owners of ce... - Plane Crash: Wrongful Death Lawsuit Settled
Sep-29-08 Glandorf, OH The family of a man who was killed in a plane crash has settled their lawsuit with NASCAR for $2.4 million. The family filed the wrongful death lawsuit after an airplane crash took the lives of 2 people in the plane and 3 people on the ground, who died when the crash started a fire in 2 homes. The 2 men in the plane had been on a flight...