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Sort by date 102 pages found matching taco bell- Nurse Lives with Bard IVC Filter tine lost in her Body
Feb-16-17 Atlanta, GA In 2012, a nurse from Atlanta was flying to San Francisco to visit her son. As the plane closed in on her destination she suddenly felt excruciating pain in her chest. Although she didn’t know it, an IVC filter in her body had fractured. By the time the plane touched down she was in extreme distress. She told her husband they neede... - Textron Inc. Oil for Food Kickbacks Settlement
Washington, DC: (Aug-23-07) The US Securities and Exchange Commission filed charges against Textron Inc., which makes products like Bell helicopters and Cessna corporate jets, accusing them of engaging in oil-for-food kickback practices. The SEC alleged that from 2001 to 2003, two of Textron's French units paid $650,539 in kickbacks in connection with the... - Gloucester, MA Police Sergeant Promotion Settlement
Gloucester, MA: (Aug-22-07) Sergeant John McCarthy brought a lawsuit in federal court against the city, Mayor John Bell, and police Chief John Beaudette on Dec. 9, 2005, alleging that he was passed over for promotion to lieutenant because of his activities as president of the Gloucester Superior Officers Association. The suit claimed that the city retaliat... - Lake Pointe Medical Center and Rockwall County, TX Inmate Opiate Withdrawal Wrongful Death Settlement
Dallas, TX: (Aug-10-07) Sharon Mann, the mother of 43-year-old William Ty Shugart, brought a wrongful death lawsuit against Rockwall County and Lake Pointe Medical Center, alleging that her son died as a result of their indifference and negligence. The lawsuit alleged that jail officials acted with indifference toward Shugart and that adequate guidelines w... - Summit Builders, Colorado Structures, and Shelly Construction LLC Dust and Air Quality FInes
Phoenix, AZ: (Jul-03-07) The Maricopa County Air Quality Department filed environmental damage lawsuits against several companies in Phoenix, alleging that they had air quality violations at their premises. The companies targeted included Summit Builders of Phoenix, Colorado Structures, Shelly Construction LLC, and several other construction companies as w... - Verizon Communications Inc. Antitrust Class Action Dismissed
Washington, DC: (May-23-07) Class action plaintiffs William Twombly and Lawrence Marcus filed an antitrust lawsuit against Bell Atlantic Corp., which merged with GTE Corp. in 2000 to form Verizon Communications Inc. and several other large telephone companies. Twombly and Marcus represented a class that consisted of virtually everyone who uses landline tel... - Microsoft Corp. MP3 Patent Infringement Settlement
Seattle, WA: (Feb-23-07) Microsoft Corp. was charged by telecommunications equipment maker, Alcatel-Lucent SA, claiming that the software giant had violated two patents related to digital music. Lucent Technologies Inc., which was acquired by Alcatel in 2006, filed 15 patent claims against Gateway Inc. and Dell Inc. for technology developed by Bell Labs... - Fayette County Board of Education and Edgar Friedrichs Student Wrongful Death Settlement
In November 1997, elementary school principal, Edgar Friedrichs took 12-year-old Jeremy Bell for an overnight stay at a remote Thurmond cabin. Friedrichs forced Jeremy to ingest amitriptyline and chloroform so he could sexually assault his defenseless body. Jeremy died of toxic poisoning from the chemicals. His family filed a wrongful death lawsuit agai... - Verizon Communications Inc. Employee Pregnancy Discrimination Settlement
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit against the telephone company on behalf of 12,300 current and former employees in 13 states for allegedly discriminating against pregnant women. The lawsuit claimed Verizon predecessor companies failed to count time spent on parental leaves toward pensions. Verizon has agreed to pay a $49... - Identity Theft Complaints on the Rise
Mar-4-16 Washington, DC: A report from the Federal Trade Commission indicates that complaints about identity theft increased 47 percent in 2015 over 2014. As more organizations become victims of data breaches , more consumers are exposed to a risk of identity theft. Consumers are fighting back, filing lawsuits against the companies and organizations they trust w... - ConAgra’s Tainted Peanut Butter Multimillion-Dollar Fine a Warning to Food Manufacturers
May-23-15 Seattle, WA Attorney Bill Marler has been a pioneer in the food safety and litigation business for 22 years. He’s represented thousands of food poisoning victims, including more than 100 people sickened by salmonella-tainted Peter Pan peanut butter produced by food manufacturer ConAgra in 2007. After an eight-year investigation by the US Atto... - “Januvia Killed My Husband”
Apr-1-15 Atlanta, GA If Marti hadn’t researched Januvia after her husband died from pancreatic cancer, she too might also have suffered serious Januvia side effects. “When my doctor prescribed Januvia, I remembered that my husband Don had taken it and there was no way I was going to get Januvia cancer,” says Marti. Both Marti and Don were d... - The Grid Iron Begins with a New Brain Injury Lawsuit
Sep-25-14 Los Angeles, CA As the professional and college and high school football seasons are in full swing for the fall, brain injury is again top of mind related to both the physical demands of the sport, together with the need to properly protect from concussions and to respond appropriately when one occurs. To that end, the widow of a former pro football pl... - Judd Law Group LLP announces New Litigation Settlements between Public Interest Alliance (PIA) and Cosmetics Manufacturers
Sep-4-14 PIA targets L’Oréal, Revlon and other cosmetic giants to remove Titanium Dioxide from products; Raise awareness of need for more study of link between cosmetic powders and cancer SAN FRANCISCO, CA (Press Release): Judd Law Group LLP (www.juddlawgroup.com), attorneys for Public Interest Alliance (PIA), announced that the California Superior Court h... - Following Suit: Telemarketing Lawsuit Update
Feb-27-14 A recent Supreme Court decision involving a lawsuit brought against Arrow Financial Services LLC over alleged nuisance phone calls has put other similar businesses and telemarketers on notice. The high court’s decision effectively allows people who are annoyed by nuisance phone calls to sue in state and federal courts. Here we present an updat... - Janssen to Appeal Topamax Birth Defect Rulings: Report
Dec-28-13 Philadelphia, PA While most are not surprised that Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceutical Inc. (Janssen, a division of Johnson & Johnson) will appeal two recent Topamax side effects verdicts that found for the plaintiffs, industry watchers wonder if the verdicts amount to a tolling of the bell that may reverberate through the courts amidst subsequent... - In Spite of Massive Settlements, Brain Injury Lawsuits Keep Coming
Dec-16-13 Washington, DC In spite of the National Football League (NFL) shelling out $765 million to settle lawsuits related to brain injury , the brain injury lawyer remains increasingly busy as more and more brain injury victims emerge from the shadows. These are professional players of sport in both football and hockey; all claiming their employers should have... - Pending Trial a Test for California Wrongful Termination Law
Jul-24-13 Fresno, CA A California wrongful termination case is poised to further test laws against discrimination, after the plaintiff in the case alleges she was fired from her job of 22 years over an alleged discrimination issue. As recounted by the Fresno Bee (6/29/13), plaintiff Karen Morris toiled as a lab technician for nearly 22 years with Mission Be... - Zithromax SJS Rare Skin Reaction
Jul-23-13 Toronto, ON A diagnosis of Zithromax Stevens Johnson Syndrome is one in a million. But for the one, it’s like dying a million deaths in an effort to survive. You feel like you have a million blisters inside and outside your body. And it may be true that the only way for Americans to avoid side effects and adverse reactions from drugs is to not take t... - California Labor Law Commission Gives to Community Year-Round
Dec-31-12 Los Angeles, CA Ironically, garment manufacturers who violate California Labor Law by not paying minimum wage or California overtime (and more) are giving back to their community and possibly their workers, thanks to the California Labor Commissioner's office and Shelter Partnership, Inc. After a recent raid of garment manufacturers operating illega...