Mark Ackerman DENVER (CBS4) – Some of the top washing machine manufacturers have settled class action lawsuits after consumer complaints about problems with mold and odors. Michael Vogler was one of the lead plaintiffs who told CBS affiliate KTVT in Dallas his front-loader washing machine was a “clothes soiler instead of a clothes washer.” (credit: CBS) Vogler said he noticed his allergy …
A new class action lawsuit contends Fort Lauderdale-based Keiser University is violating the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act by using automated dialing systems to call cellphone numbers registered with the National Do Not Call Registry as many as three times per day. According to the complaint filed by the Tallahassee firm of Dudley, Sellers, Healy & Heath, Keiser employs more than …
The Steamfitters Local 449 Pension Plan filed the suit on July 22 in the Southern District of New York, seeking unspecified damages. The lawsuit names Eaton Corp and Alexander Cutler, Eaton’s former chairman and ceo as well as Richard Fearon, its vice chairman and chief financial officer. The union claimed they violated US securities law by making “false and misleading statements” about the …
Michigan taxpayers paid significantly less last year to settle lawsuits against their state government than they did in recent …
A class action lawsuit accusing Coca-Cola subsidiary Odwalla of misleading consumers by using the term ‘evaporated cane juice’ (ECJ) on labels is now back in play in the wake of the FDA’s finalized guidance – and is likely to be joined by scores of others, predict attorneys. The case* – which was filed in 2013 in California and stayed (put on ice) in 2014 after the FDA said it would conduct a …
Hundreds of Mille Lacs County, Minn. residents went to bed on July 1 with a million reasons to feel a little better. On that day, a settlement was announced between residents and Mille Lacs County and Mikki Jo Peterick, a former child support investigator for the Mille Lacs County Department of Family Services, in a case that involved Peterick’s unauthorized …
July 27 — A settlement agreement over allegedly defective pistols between Brazilian gunmaker
Forjas Taurus S.A. and a plaintiff representing a class of gun owners has received
final approval from a federal judge (Carter v. Forjas Taurus, S.A., 2016 BL 236801
S.D. Fla., No. 1:13-cv-24583 , settlement approved
7/22/16
).
Court documents show Facebook has agreed to allow users to request refunds of in-app purchases made by minors as part of a settlement of a class-action lawsuit. The lawsuit was brought in 2012 by two children and their parents. It claimed the children racked up hundreds of dollars in purchases of Facebook Credits, a since-discontinued currency used by the site.
WWE scored a partial victory in the brain injury lawsuit brought by Evan Singleton (f.k.a. Adam Mercer), Vito LoGrasso, and others, as the United States District Court of the District of Connecticut granted, in part, the professional wrestling promotion’s Motion for Reconsideration. The move enables WWE to revive its countersuit against four other professional wrestlers who threatened to bring …
Winnie Pooh’s honey pot has gone dry. A lovable 7-year-old dachshund named Winnie Pooh was left a $100,000 trust fund from her late owner — but isn’t receiving money, according to a new lawsuit. The Manhattan Surrogate’s Court suit was filed by Winnie Pooh’s caretaker, Gramercy Park resident Virginia Hanlon.