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Jan-18-14 Mira Loma, CA An overtime pay laws action against the operator of a warehouse that handled merchandise for Wal-Mart culminated in a settlement worth $4.7 million, the Los Angeles Times (12/11/13) reports. The lawsuit represented more than 500 workers who toiled at a warehouse operated by Schneider Logistics. While the amount each worker might expect... - $450K Settlement Reached in Elite Model Agency Unpaid Intern Class Action Lawsuit
New York, NY: A $450,000 settlement has been approved in an unpaid intern class action lawsuit pending against Elite Model Management. The lawsuit was filed by plaintiff Dajia Davenport, who interned at the agency in the summer of 2010. It states that Elite "deliberately misclassifies its interns as exempt from wage requirements,"despite the fact th... - Hospital Overcharging Comes in Many Forms
Jan-14-14 Dallas, TX Ingrained in doctors and others in the health care field is a mantra that suggests no patient in need of important, indeed life-saving medical care should ever be turned away due to an inability to pay. Most hospitals would also agree with such a humane position, in spite of the fact that hospitals are businesses and succeed or fail based on the... - Medtronic Infuse Bone Graft: Off-Label Use Leads to Medtronic Lawsuit
Jan-14-14 Gobles, MI Danny had neck surgery that involved a Medtronic Infuse Bone Graft used off-label. Had Danny known the procedure was not approved by the FDA, he would never have agreed to the Medtronic bone surgery. But Danny agrees with his lawyer and has filed a Medtronic lawsuit. “After falling off my deck my arm was numb and the pain in my neck... - Tomorrow is the most important day of your life
Jan-10-14 You see it every day; a car is weaving in and out of traffic, speeding up then slowing down, tailgating or stopping abruptly. No, it’s not a drunk driver. It’s a cell phone driver. Cell phones are used everywhere, but on the roadways they are dangerous. In about the time it takes to read this article, somewhere, a driver, distracted by a cell phone, w... - Fosamax ONJ Lawsuits Settle, Fracture Victim Hopeful
Jan-10-14 Seattle, WA In light of the recent offer by Merck to settle Fosamax lawsuits regarding osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ), Jean is hopeful that her Fosamax fracture claim will reach a settlement soon. “I only took Fosamax for a few years after being diagnosed with osteoporosis,” says Jean. “About a year after taking it, I suffered mult... - Debilitating Yasmin Side Effects Due to One Little Pill
Jan-10-14 Peotone, IL Diana Zuckerman knows a thing or two about women’s issues, including birth control. She’s the president of the National Research Center for Women and Families, and she has a message for Bayer and any woman choosing oral contraceptives containing drospirenone such as Yasmin birth control : the class of drugs “shouldn’t... - Concern Over Risperdal Side Effects Heating Up
Jan-7-14 Washington, DC When Johnson & Johnson (J&J) agreed in early November of last year to pay more than $2.2 billion in criminal and civil fines to settle allegations of improperly promoting Risperdal to various patient constituencies, it was hailed as the third-largest pharmaceutical settlement in US history. Risperdal side effects can vary and can... - Back and Neck Injury Lawsuit Results in Toyota Settlement
Jan-5-14 Los Angeles, CA A lawsuit alleging a woman suffered a back and neck injury after unintended Toyota acceleration has reportedly been settled, and may be the start of other Toyota lawsuits being settled, as well. The plaintiff in the lawsuit alleged she suffered a back injury and a neck injury when her car suddenly accelerated and crashed, an alleged iss... - defective auto
Defective automobiles put vehicle occupants at risk of serious, life-threatening injury. Although newer vehicles have enhanced safety features designed to protect occupants in the event of an automobile crash , there are still situations in which the safety features designed to protect drivers and passengers actually result in injury. Auto defect lawsui... - Hyundai, Kia Reach $395M Preliminary False Mileage Class Action Lawsuit Settlement
Detroit, MI: A preliminary $395 settlement has been reached in a consumer fraud class action pending against Hyundai Motor Corp. and Kia Motors alleging gas mileage rating were overstated by the automotive manufacturers. The settlement will affect some 600,000 of Hyundai' 2011-13 models and about 300,000 of Kia's 2011-13 models in the US. In Novemb... - Royal Health Reaches $1.94M Unpaid Overtime Class Action Lawsuit Settlement
New York, NY: A preliminary settlement has been reached in an unpaid overtime class action lawsuit pending against Royal Health Care of Long Island LLC. Employees who filed the class action alleged the company violated the Fair Labor Standards Act and New York state labor laws by not paying them overtime pay. In their employment lawsuit, the... - New California Overtime Laws Set to Take Effect in 2014
Dec-28-13 Anaheim, CA New California overtime laws are set to take effect as of January 1, 2014. Those laws will make a new category of worker eligible for overtime pay in California. Specifically, domestic workers in California will now be covered by overtime pay laws. Under the law (found online at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov), which was approved by the gove... - Januvia Litigation Busy Year Ahead
Dec-27-13 Sacramento, CA Nearing the end of 2013, federal litigation regarding Januvia claims is moving forward in multidistrict litigation (MDL) products liability claims in Southern California, on the heels of a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association linking Januvia with pancreatitis. Januvia multidistrict litigation ... - Will Buyback Offer Placate UBS Puerto Rico Closed-End Investors?
Dec-26-13 Washington, DC The offer by UBS Financial Services Inc. to buy back shares of its failing Puerto Rico bond funds may serve to foster positive public relations. However, in the wake of a massive loss of 16 percent or more in the fund’s value over the course of 2013, the question remains if the offer will sufficiently placate investors. Some inv... - Fracking Elves Deliver Early Christmas Present
Dec-24-13 Chicago, IL Four elves - unaccompanied by Santa - got their media moment just before the big day by erecting a 10’ fracking rig on the lawn of Gov. Pat Quinn to protest hydraulic fracking . Environmentalists from coast to coast are filing fracking lawsuits: Is it just a matter of time until fracking hits the North Pole? On Monday afternoon Chic... - $5.3M FitFlop Consumer Fraud Class Action Settlement Reached
San Francisco, CA: A $5.3 million settlement has been preliminarily approved by a California federal judge in the class action pending against FitFlop USA LLP. The consumer fraud class action alleges FitFlop engages in false advertising by claiming the shoes can tone and strengthen leg muscles. Filed by Charlice Arnold and Arianna Rosales in 2011,... - LawyersandSettlements.com Announces New, Comprehensive Newsletter For Legal News, Class Action Lawsuits and Settlements
Dec-22-13 LawyersandSettlements.com has relaunched its weekly legal newsletter to provide both lawyers and consumers with more comprehensive coverage of class action lawsuits and settlements, ongoing mass tort litigation and personal injury lawsuit news. The updated newsletter also combines a fresh, contemporized look with easy-to-navigate quick links for a more user... - AMS Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuit Update
Dec-20-13 Charleston, WV As 2013 comes to a close, thousands of women who filed AMS transvaginal mesh claims are hopeful that 2014 will bring them closure. American Medical Systems (AMS) is currently in talks to settle AMS mesh lawsuits. AMS, also referred to as Endo (AMS is part of Endo Health Solutions, which is headquartered in Minnetonka, Minnesota), is o... - Risk-Free Cash Advance This Holiday Season
Dec-19-13 “The holidays have been extra hard for me right now. My husband was injured in an auto accident and needs around-the-clock care so I had to quit my job. With no money coming in, I was not only struggling to pay the bills, but also finding a little extra to buy my two children a little something for Christmas. The bank would not lend me money without a job,...