Three women workers and the SEIU California State Council filed a proposed class-action lawsuit Wednesday in Los Angeles, challenging what they allege is systemic gender discrimination in California’s workers’ compensation system. The lawsuit names as defendants numerous government officials and entities, including the state Department of Industrial Relations and the Division of Workers’ …
The trial for a class-action lawsuit over a West Virginia chemical spill that polluted 300,000 people’s drinking water has been rescheduled for October. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports (http://bit.ly/29sHmwz ) that U.S. District Judge John T. Copenhaver in Charleston announced …
A man who tried to apply for a job at Twin Peaks in Davie is now leading a class-action lawsuit arguing that the so-called “breastaurant” chain discriminates against men. Rafael Ortiz of Hialeah claims that he was told by the manager on duty that he couldn’t fill out an application to become a server because those positions were for women only. In case you’re unaware, Twin Peaks is in many ways …
St. Jude Medical Inc has reached a $39.25 million class action settlement with shareholders to resolve claims it downplayed the possible dangers associated with a product used to connect implantable defibrillators to patients’ hearts. The preliminary settlement, disclosed Thursday with the U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, requires a judge’s approval. It resolves claims that St. Jude inflated …
Deb Price has filed a class-action lawsuit against Sprouts Farmer’s Market over identity theft. But the 59-year-old Aurora woman might never see a courtroom because of what she and many Americans sign without realizing it. Price signed an arbitration agreement when she was first hired that stipulates all work-related disputes be handled by an arbitrator that Sprouts helps select.
Schuette(Photo: Jake May | MLive.com) Lansing — Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette is aiming to collect “hundreds of millions” of dollars from two engineering firms he claims contributed to the Flint water contamination crisis and hopes to do so in a few years — not a decade or more. But legal experts say the state has to clear several legal hurdles before it could command a lucrative …
Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP (“GPM”) announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Halyard Health, Inc. (“Halyard” or the “Company) (HYH) and Kimberly-Clark Corporation (“Kimberly-Clark” or the “Company”) (KMB) on behalf of investors who (1) purchased or otherwise acquired Kimberly-Clark securities on or after February 25, 2013 and subsequently …
Volkswagen diesel owners aren’t the only ones affected by the VW’s ongoing emissions cheating scandal. The company’s dealers have acutely felt the impact of the scandal, in the form of deflating sales figures. The proposed settlement announced last month offers cash payments to owners of 2.0-liter TDI models, who can either …
Palo Alto-based Theranos is in the midst of a class-action lawsuit after the company revealed in May the results of thousands of its blood tests had to be thrown out because of unreliable results. Theranos, according to its website, gets its name from a combination of the words therapy and diagnosis. The company collects blood using a finger-stick device it called Edison, which …
The families of victims of Hamas sued Facebook for $1 billion, saying the company allowed Hamas to use the social media outlet to plan attacks. The lawsuit, filed Sunday in U.S. District Court in New York, alleges Facebook “knowingly provided material support and resources to Hamas, a notorious terrorist organization that has engaged in and continues to commit terror …