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Dallas, TX: A $7.425 million settlement has been reached in an employment class action lawsuit pending against the Texas-based restaurant and entertainment chain Dave & Buster’s Inc. The lawsuit alleged the company illegally cut its workers’ hours to deprive them of health-care benefits. The two-year old lawsuit is brought by an employee who... - $1.6M Settlement Reached in Vitamix Unpaid Wage And Hour Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Cruz, CA: A $1.6 million settlement has been reached in an unpaid wage and hour class action lawsuit brought by former sales representatives for Vitamix againt the blender manufacturer and employment agency Kelly Services Inc. Defendant Vita-Mix Corp, makes and markets high-end household and commercial blenders. The company employs sales pers... - Invokana Lawsuits Consolidated into MDL in New Jersey
Nov-20-17 Trenton, NJ: The FDA warns of fracture risk with Invokana and Invokamet and more recently of a higher risk for foot and leg amputation. The lawsuit chickens have now come home to roost. As of November 7, 2017, 943 Invokana lawsuits had been filed in the US District Court for the District of New Jersey. These have now been consolidated into Invok... - California Startup Has Faced Three Class Action Lawsuits in its Young History
Nov-20-17 San Francisco, CA: A shopping service that found favor with busy urban professionals but vilified by some of its service personnel is set to finalize a settlement worth $4.6 million in January 2018, reports the San Francisco Business Times (05/24/17). The class action California overtime lawsuit was brought by employees and independent contractors of... - Respected Consumer Advocate Public Citizen wants Benicar Banned
Nov-18-17 Santa Cruz, CA: Prospective plaintiffs who did not make it into the $300 million Benicar settlement and concerned about the capacity for filing a Benicar lawsuit going forward will be cheered by the latest petition to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen. On November 15 the respected organizatio... - $247M Verdict for Plaintiffs In DePuy Pinnacle Hip Replacement Trial
Nov-16-17 Dallas, TX: A $247 million verdict has been awarded against the maker of DePuy’s Pinnacle line of metal-on-metal hip implants, DePuy Orthopaedics Inc, and its parent company Johnson & Johnson (J&J), with $90 million in punitive damages against J&J and $78 million in punitive damages against DePuy. The settlement is the third, conse... - $247M Verdict Rendered In Bellwether DePuy Pinnacle Hip Replacement Trial
Dallas, TX: A $247 million verdict has been awarded against the maker of DePuy’s Pinnacle line of metal-on-metal hip implants, DePuy Orthopaedics Inc, and its parent company Johnson & Johnson (J&J), with $90 million in punitive damages against J&J and $78 million in punitive damages against DePuy. The settlement is the third consec... - Family Awarded $7M in Prison Suicide Lawsuit
Santa Cruz, CA: A $7 million settlement has been awarded to the family of a mentally ill woman who killed herself while incarcerated in a privately-owned prison in Delaware County. The first responder negligence lawsuit was made by the mother of the deceased. According to claims made by Janene Wallace’s mother, her daughter, aged 35, was all... - Bank of America to Settle Excessive Fees Class Action for $66.6 Million
Nov-10-17 Los Angeles, CA: Yet another major bank has bowed to litigants enraged over excessive bank overdraft fees , following the announcement of a settlement worth $66.6 million. The bank overdraft fees settlement, designed to end a lawsuit against Bank of America, still requires court approval. According to Reuters (11/02/17) plaintiffs asserted that som... - Sun Life Denied Disability Benefits Lawsuit Settled Previously, But Issues Remained
Nov-7-17 New York, NY: A Sun Life disability claims lawsuit dating back to 2009 initially settled, but took on added longevity with a dispute over attorneys’ fees. On Halloween day of this year a Ninth Circuit panel reversed a lower court’s ruling that originally denied an employee benefit plan appellate attorneys’ fees. The case is John... - JPMorgan Agrees $16.7M Unpaid Overtime Settlement
New York, NY: A $16.7 million settlement has been agreed between JP Morgan Chase & Co., and plaintiffs in an unpaid overtime class action lawsuit. The settlement address claims made by assistant branch managers that Chase misclassified them as exempt from overtime, in violation of federal and state employment laws. There are four classes o... - Onglyza Lawsuits Seek MDL Status in California
Nov-4-17 San Francisco, CA: On October 11, 2017, a group of Onglyza plaintiffs filed a Motion to Transfer with the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML). The motion seeks to consolidate the Onglyza lawsuits filed throughout the federal court system in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. At the time of... - Left Behind in Benicar Lawsuit Settlement
Nov-1-17 Camden, NJ: Daiichi Sankyo’s recent $300 million Benicar lawsuit settlement will end the story for some who were hurt by the blood pressure drug. But it will leave others out in the cold. What will happen to them, the people who still suffer from Benicar side-effects -- the vomiting, weight-loss and diarrhea of sprue-like enteropathy? ... - Addictive Opioid Medication Lawsuit News & Legal Information
The Opioid Epidemic has spurred lawsuits filed by individuals, the Cherokee Nation, cities, counties and states in the U.S. and other countries, including Canada. These opioid lawsuits claim that drug companies have deceived doctors and the public about the safety of Addictive Opioid Medications such as Oxycontin, Fentanyl and Percocet. A number of parties... - Settlement Reached in L'Oreal Hair-Relaxer Injury Class Action Lawsuit
New York, NY: A settlement has been reached in a defective products class action lawsuit pending against L’Oreal alleging the cosmetics giant misrepresented the safety of its hair relaxer, consequently causing injury to consumers. The lawsuit alleged that L'Oreal’s Amla Legend Rejuvenating Ritual Relaxer damages hair and causes burns and blist... - $2M Awarded in Sexual Harassment Case of A Minor
Los Angeles, CA: A $2 million settlement has been awarded in the case of a 13-year old student who alleged she suffered sexual harassment by her teacher. According to the lawsuit, filed against the school district that employed the teacher, the 13-year old plaintiff claimed she was sexually harassed by her male middle school teacher when she was in t... - $36M Lumber Liquidators Defective Flooring Settlement Reached
Richmond, VA: A $36 million settlement deal has been reached between Lumber Liquidators (LL) and two classes of consumers, potentially ending multidistrict litigation alleging LL manufactured and sold defective and hazardous laminate flooring. According to litigation, one class alleged that the durability of the wood was not what not up to grad... - Are Franchisors like McDonalds Accountable for Wage Theft?
Oct-24-17 San Francisco, CA: This is for the guy or the ‘girl’ on the fryer who feels burned when the hours on the paycheck are short under California labor law . Guadalupe Salazar et al., Plaintiffs, v. McDonalds Corp., et al., Defendants, a class action lawsuit brought on behalf of Bay area McDonalds employees, raises again the question of whet... - $36M Award to Family Of Child Injured Trying to Catch School Bus
San Bernardino, CA: A $36.1 million personal injury settlement has been awarded to the family of a now 11-year old girl who was hit by a car while attempting to catch her school bus. The accident left her with severe injuries including fractures to her neck, arm, leg and pelvis, and a permanent traumatic brain injury that requires she is cared for by... - $417 Jury Verdict Tossed in California J&J Ovarian Cancer Lawsuit
Oct-23-17 Los Angeles, CA: Another multi-million dollar jury verdict awarded to a woman who alleged she developed ovarian cancer from using Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder has been tossed by a California Judge. The ruling, by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Maren Nelson, reverses the $417 million verdict against J&J which was awarded to California resident...