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Philadelphia, PA: Two class action lawsuits are currently pending in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The lawsuits allege that Babies "R" Us conspired with each of BabyBjorn AB, Britax Child Safety, Inc., Kids Line LLC, Maclaren USA, Inc., Medela, Inc., Peg Perego, U.S.A., Inc., and Regal Lager, Inc. in violation of federa... - 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... - Whistleblowers Go Directly to Attorneys—Bypass Feds
Mar-31-11 Washington, DC Increasingly, attorneys are taking on qui tam whistleblower cases without waiting for the go-ahead from the Department of Justice (DOJ). In fact, about 80 percent of the cases filed under the False Claims Act (FCA), which are mostly Medicare-related, were recently filed without the DOJ's intervention. For instance, whistleblower Se... - Brakes Man Diagnosed with Mesothelioma Awarded $17M
Oakland, CA: A man diagnosed with asbestos mesothelioma in January 2010 has been awarded $17,470,000 as settlement of his asbestos claim against ArvinMeritor, Carlisle and Pneumo Abex. Plaintiff Gordon Bankhead, 66, worked as a parts man around heavy-duty vehicles from 1965 to 1999, handling brakes that contained asbestos. He worked mostly for... - Arctic Glacier Income Fund Reaches $12.5M Settlement
Winnipeg, MAN: Arctic Glacier Income Fund (TSX:AG.UN) has reached an agreement to settle a class action filed by direct purchasers of packaged ice against Arctic Glacier International Inc., the Fund's U.S. operating subsidiary, alleging antitrust law violations. The agreement, which is subject to approval by U.S. District Court, provides for the... - Lawsuit Alleges Paxil Birth Defects
Mar-30-11 Lake Charles, LA A lawsuit alleging a young boy suffered Paxil birth defects will reportedly be heard in a Louisiana court. The lawsuit alleges the young boy suffered the serious Paxil side effects, including Paxil heart defects, after being exposed to Paxil prior to birth. The lawsuit was reportedly filed by Russell and Desiree Figueroa, who allege... - $260K Awarded to Man with Surgical Pad Left In his Body
Buffalo, NY: Justin Bartle has been awarded $260,000 as settlement of his lawsuit alleging that he suffered post-operative complications as a result of a surgical pad being left inside his body. Bartle sued Buffalo's Sisters of Charity Hospital and an unaffiliated surgeon alleging that their failure to count the number of pads that the surgeon had us... - Crash Victim Receives $600K Settlement from Insurer
Los Angeles, CA: A woman injured in a motor vehicle accident in 2008 and who subsequently sued her insurer over her claim, has been awarded a $611,532 settlement. Lorrice Joyce was rear-ended while traveling on the 110 Freeway in Los Angeles, which, according to her suit, exacerbated her prior neck injuries and caused a new herniated disc at C6-... - Students Reach Settlement in Pain Pump Lawsuit
Mar-24-11 Lewis Center, OH A pain pump lawsuit that was just recently settled happened to involve the knees—but is not unlike similar lawsuits alleging equally similar injuries to the shoulder, when a shoulder pain pump is used to deliver pain medication directly to the shoulder joint—with often devastating results. Such devastation is all the mor... - China Shenghuo Finalizes Settlement of Securities Class Action
Washington, DC: China Shenghuo Pharmaceutical Holdings, Inc. (China Shenghuo) (AMEX: KUN) announced today the final approval by the court of a settlement agreement resolving and dismissing all claims asserted against the company in the consolidated securities class action lawsuit, Varghese, et al v. China Shenghuo Pharmaceutical Holdings, Inc., et al... - Overtime Pay Violations Cost Restaurateur a Cool Quarter Million
Mar-23-11 Decatur, IL A restaurant owner who claimed to have the best interests of his staff at heart and remained unaware of overtime pay violations at one of his restaurants was, nonetheless, ordered to pay a quarter of a million dollars after the US Department of Labor launched an action against J. David Fuentes. The latter is the proprietor of Los Matadores,... - Rentech Reaches Tentative Settlements of Securities Class Actions
Los Angeles, CA: Rentech, Inc. (NYSE AMEX: RTK) has reached agreements to settle all of the securities class action lawsuits pending in federal court and all of the shareholder derivative lawsuits pending in state and federal court against the Company and a number of its current and former directors and officers. The lawsuits relate to the Compa... - $3.7 Million Awarded in Workplace Injury
Broward County, FL: A $3.3 million settlement has been awarded by a jury in the case of a laborer who suffered amputation of all the fingers on his right - which is his dominant hand - resulting from a workplace accident involving a mechanical press in 2005. Phiteau Dalien who was 33 years of age at the time, had his hand caught in a vintage 50... - Settlement Reached in Range Resources Royalties Class Action
Eerie, PA: A settlement in a class action brought against Texas-based Range Resources has been approved by a federal judge. The suit was brought by about 25,000 landowners in Pennsylvania over allegations that Range Resources miscalculated their royalty payments associated with the company's current drilling in the Marcellus shale region of the state... - Baby Suffers Brain Injury in Accident, Settlement Reached
Mar-21-11 Vancouver, BC A brain injury lawsuit has been settled in Canada. And while the settlement will not bring back those whose lives were lost, or the brain function of a child who suffered a traumatic brain injury, the settlement will nonetheless bring some closure to an event as horrific, as it was tragic. It was in 2007 that wedding celebrations were... - $4.3 Million Settlement Tentatively Approved in First Group Class Action
Cincinnati, OH: A tentative $4.3 million settlement has been approved in the class action against First Group America. The national suit, brought by employees of sister companies First Student, which employees school bus drivers, and First Transit, which employs mass transit drivers, claimed the companies obtained criminal background checks on drivers... - Exxon Mobile to Pay $25 Million in Asbestos Mesothelioma Case
Newport, VA: A Newport Circuit Court jury has delivered a $25 million verdict to a former shipyard employee as settlement of his asbestos case. The settlement, against Exxon Mobil, represents one of the largest jury verdicts ever handed down in Virginia for a personal injury case. The jury awarded 72-year old Rubert Minton $12 million in compen... - SEC Enforcement Boosts Settlement Value: Study
Mar-16-11 New York, NY One small, but persistent ray of sunshine in an otherwise bleak oversight culture in this country is the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which continues to watch over the investment and financial traffic in the US as resources will allow. A sign that the SEC is effective, according to a yearly study undertaken by Cornerstone Research... - Former Adviser Charged with UBS Fraud
Mar-16-11 Walnut Creek, CA A former financial adviser in northern California has been charged with UBS fraud for allegedly transferring money from his clients to his personal bank accounts, Bloomberg reports. According to the news provider, Steven T. Kobayashi also recently settled a US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit claiming he committed... - And If You Lose, You Keep the Advance, Says Oasis
Mar-15-11 Chicago, IL As a former trial attorney and for the last eight years the executive director of the most active lawsuit funding company in the US, Elizabeth Pekin genuinely believes in what Oasis Legal Finance (OLF) does. "As a trial attorney in Chicago, I used to meet face-to-face with people who were often at the lowest point in their lives," she says. "Al...