A Stamford lawyer has filed a class-action lawsuit against Griffin Hospital in Derby on behalf of more than 3,100 former patients who may face HIV or other blood-borne diseases as a result of hospital employees using the same insulin injection pens on patient after patient.
The Florida Department of Corrections and former prison health-care provider Corizon have agreed to pay about $2.1 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging that the state agency and the company denied hernia operations to inmates to save money. Under the settlement, Corizon agreed to pay $1.7 million to current and former inmates. The Department of Corrections agreed to pay $150,000 …
Eight bidders not selected to purchase Westar Energy will be able to submit new bids based on a settlement agreement reached this week in a class action lawsuit filed in July in Shawnee County. Westar and Great Plains Energy settled with plaintiffs in all three lawsuits filed against the companies regarding the proposed acquisition of Westar by GPE, according to a Securities and Exchange …
SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Attorney Advertising. The law firm Keller
Rohrback L.L.P., which over a year ago filed the first
class action lawsuit against Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (NYSE: WFC) for
opening unauthorized accounts, announced it is investigating allegations
of similar practices at other consumer banks.
Three companies have been selected to grow or process medical marijuana on the Lower Shore. (Photo: AP file image)
At first, Shore Naturals Rx didn’t make the cut. The Ocean Pines-based company initially placed 21st out of 145 applicants seeking preliminary approval to grow medical marijuana in Maryland.
Dive Brief: Dive Insight: Critics of the rule, including Attorneys General from several of the states in the lawsuit, say if the rule takes effect on time, the result will have disastrous economic repercussions. Business groups — from the hospitality industry to the “prestige”-type workers — also have complained, saying the rule will force employers to shift salaried employees to hourly pay as …
Attorneys working for the Democratic National Committee are hoping a federal judge will throw out a lawsuit filed by a bunch of Bernie Sanders supporters who believe they got duped by the DNC. ‘The DNC was biased in favor of one candidate – Hillary Clinton – from the beginning and throughout the process,” the plaintiffs wrote in their original lawsuit. The complaint, which was filed in federal …
The net keeps getter wider as the trustee overseeing the bankruptcy liquidation of Health Diagnostic Laboratory Inc. sues the company’s insiders and top executives along with a wide range of other players. And it appears that even doctors are not going to be off the hook as the bankruptcy case of one of Richmond’s former star startups …
In a written response to the lawsuit filed by 47-year-old Tyrone Morrow Sr., lawyers representing the city denied many of Morrow’s claims, and said that “the stop and investigation of the Plaintiff were lawful and supported by probable cause and reasonable suspicion.” The lawsuit also claims that the city, and officers involved in the incident, “are entitled to the defense of qualified immunity …
Health insurer Cigna answered the U.S. Department of Justice’s lawsuit against the insurer and its proposed acquirer Anthem Monday, two months after the department sued the payer over antitrust concerns. In the DOJ’s lawsuit, the department claimed Indianapolis-based Anthem and …