The largest bank in the United States settled a class-action lawsuit this week that stemmed from outcry over excessive fees the institution charged former prison inmates over the last four years. JPMorgan Chase won a government contract in 2008 to furnish inmates freed from all U.S. federal prisons with debit cards connected to money they were sent or earned while …
(JTA) – The parents of Russian-Jewish actor Anton Yelchin are planning to sue Fiat Chrysler and its manufacturer over the wrongful death of their son. Yelchin, 27, who starred in the new “Star Trek” movies reboot, was found dead at his home in Studio City, California, on June 19 after being crushed by his 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Friends found Yelchin pinned between his car and a brick pillar; …
A class-action lawsuit accuses the state of discriminating against Minnesotans with disabilities by forcing them to live in segregated group homes. Attorneys with the Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid allege in the lawsuit that the Department of Human Services funnels …
New Jersey resident Jeffrey Marder filed a class action lawsuit against Nintendo, The Pokémon Company, and Niantic Labs on Monday, claiming that the game Pokémon Go entices players to trespass by placing Pokéstops and gyms on private property without the owners’ permission. The lawsuit seeks compensation and a change in the game’s …
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 …