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Novato, CA: A $1.9 million settlement has been agreed by Marin County in the lawsuit brought against sheriff's deputies who allegedly used excessive force against a 66-year old man. The senior was repeatedly stunned with a taser at his home. Video footage of the incident, taken from a camera attached to the stun gun, shows the man on his couch on i... - Asbestos Worker Never Given Respirator
Apr-28-11 Lebanon, OR "My doctor says it's a miracle I'm still alive," says 65-year-old John B., who worked for Certainteed Pipe Products in his early twenties. "I worked with concrete pipe made with asbestos and never even heard of respirators—we just wore little paper masks." John continued to work, hauling oil and different products for a tanker com... - Construction worker Awarded $2.9M in Personal Injury Suit
Philadelphia, PA: A $2.9 million settlement was recently awarded to a construction superintendent who filed a personal injury against a roofing installer following a workplace accident. Walter Schwartz alleged that he fell through a partially completed rubber roof into a drain underneath while working on a building on Stenton Avenue in Philadel... - California Launches Investigation Into MetLife Death Payment Practices
Sacramento, CA: Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones and California State Controller John Chiang have announced the issuance of a subpoena and joint investigative hearing into the practices of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MLIC), also known as MetLife. The hearing will focus on MetLife's practices regarding payment of benefits under life insu... - Investors in Nebraska Awarded $30M in Securities Class Action
Omaha, NB: Two hundred investors who filed a securities class action lawsuit against a pair of brokers who worked in Nebraska City, have been awarded a $30 million settlement by a federal judge this week. The lawsuit was filed in 2007 by former clients of Rebecca Engle and Brian Schuster and alleged that the brokers improperly sold risky investm... - Settlement Reached with Local Supplier of Chinese Drywall
New Orleans, LA: a settlement agreement has been reached between the Plaintiffs in the multi-district litigation (MDL 2047) and a local supplier of tainted Chinese drywall, Interior/Exterior Building Supply, L.P. and the company's two primary insurers. A class action settlement has been reached, which is still subject to court approval under th... - Wrongful Termination Suit Sees Firefighter Awarded $680K
Alameda County, CA: A veteran firefighter who filed a wrongful termination lawsuit stemming from his termination in 2006, was recently awarded $680,182 as settlement of his suit. Ronald Vanderheiden, who had worked for the Alameda Fire Department for 14 years, was fired after the city determined he was psychologically unable to do his job. Howeve... - Actor Settles Securities Claim against Citigroup
Apr-21-11 Los Angeles, CA Investors who file securities fraud claims against financial firms do so with the hope that they will recover money that was lost because of securities or stock fraud. In some cases, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration panel will also award punitive damages in cases of stock investment fraud. One investor was... - Injured Train Conductor Awarded $1.74M Settlement
San Joaquin County, CA: A train conductor who was injured on the job - while working for Burlington, Northern Santa Fe Railway in 2003, has been awarded a $1.74 million settlement. Neil Jensen was working in the Fresno yard switching cars when he alleged that the cut lever he was pulling up stopped abruptly. This caused him to suffer two torn lig... - Ambassadors Group Settles Securities Class Action for $7.5M
Spokane, WA: A $7.5 million settlement deal has been signed by Spokane-based Ambassadors Group, to settle a securities class action brought by investors in 2009. The suit was filed with a New Jersey electrical workers pension fund as the lead plaintiff. A year later the suit was amended, with the national Plumbers Union Local No. 12 pension fund... - Celera Announces Settlement with Putative Class Action Plaintiffs
Alameda, CA: Celera Corporation has announced that Celera and other named defendants have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with plaintiffs' counsel in connection with the previously consolidated putative class action lawsuits filed in Delaware and California state court in connection with the proposed acquisition of Celera by Quest Diagnost... - Whistleblower Student Loan Suit Settles for $60K
Washington, DC: A suit resulting from allegations made by a whistleblower from the US Department of Education, has been settled for $60,800. Known as the 9.5 student loan scandal the suit named 10 student loan companies as defendants who participated in a scheme to defraud the plaintiff. The suit was filed under the False Claims Act after th... - Zetia heart attack may result in lawsuit
Zetia , an anti-hyperlipidemic drug, is prescribed to treat high cholesterol. Since its FDA approval in 2002, serious Zetia side effects have been reported, including Zetia liver and Zetia heart attack problems. These Zetia problems have led to a number of Zetia lawsuits . Zetia is also used in conjunction with statins to lower cholesterol, but it has... - Ameriprise Agrees Preliminary Settlement in Securities America Investor Class Action
New York, NY: A preliminary settlement has been reached by Ameriprise Financial and its brokerage unit, Securities America Inc, and clients who allege in they lost roughly $400 million on fraudulent private placements. The preliminary agreement would see Securities America pay $80 million, further to a separate agreement in which SA has agreed to... - Verizon Pays $93.5 Million to Settle Government Whistleblower Lawsuit
Apr-8-11 Washington, DC Verizon Communications Inc. recently paid more than $93 million to resolve government whistleblower allegations that it overcharged on invoices for telecommunications service contracts, the Wall Street Journal reports. According to the news provider, the Justice Department claimed Verizon subsidiary MCI Communications Services Inc... - Woman Awarded $450K in Wrongful Termination Suit Against Goodyear
Fayettevill, NC: A jury in Cumberland recently awarded Lashanda Shaw $450,000 as settlement of her wrongful termination suit against Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.'s Fayetteville plant. Shaw's trial took five weeks. The jury unanimously agreed on the compensatory damages Friday afternoon. The trial ended Monday after jurors voted not to award punit... - Amway Gift Card Class Action Settlement
Los Angeles, CA: A $20 million settlement has been approved in a class action against Amway over its gift cards. Consumers only have until June 20, 2011 to file their claims. Per the settlement agreement, each eligible consumer shall be offered one new non-dated gift card with a retail value of $50, unless he or she can prove the purchase of a g... - DuPont Reaches $8.3M Settlement over NJ Contaminated Drinking Water
A $8.3 million settlement has been reached in a class action filed by New Jersey residents against DuPont over allegations that company's nearby plant class contaminated tap water in Penns Grove, NJ. The lawsuit, begun nearly five years ago, claimed that the tap water was contaminated with perfluorinated compounds — including the perfl... - Dental Malpractice: How Can Three Become Sixteen?
Apr-2-11 Florence, SC The particular case of dental malpractice may have occurred some time ago, but it bears repeating—if for no other reason than to serve as a reminder of just what can happen in the dentist's chair, and how horribly things can go wrong. To wit, a woman who agreed to have three teeth removed wound up losing every tooth she had in her up... - Drilling Mud - Asbestos Exposure to Mud Engineers from Oil Well Drilling Mud
Asbestos has been added to Drilling Mud , which was used in the oil industry, for decades. Since the 1960s, such asbestos drilling has occurred both onshore and offshore. Drilling mud composition contained asbestos, which led to mud engineers being exposed to asbestos drilling mud , and the potential to develop asbestos-related disease such as asbest...