German automaker BMW AG (BMWG.DE) has agreed to pay up to $477.7 million to settle a class-action lawsuit covering about 318,000 U.S. luxury car owners who may have suffered water damage harming electrical components in vehicle trunks. According to settlement documents filed in U.S. District Court in New York last week, the settlement covers owners of …
Last week, a federal appeals court reversed and sent back to a district court a $10 million settlement in a data breach class action brought against Target. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit explained in its Feb. 1 opinion that while the U.S. Supreme Court has not said what, specifically, a “rigorous analysis” of class certification prerequisites …
Lovers of chocolate-covered raisins might one day get some cash back for satisfying their sweet tooth. Californian Sandy Hafer recently filed a $5 million class-action lawsuit against Nestlé alleging that approximately 40 percent of a box of Raisinets she bought was nothing but air. Hafer, who filed the lawsuit on behalf of thousands of people, argues that by underfilling the box, the company …
According to the Complaint, LTD Claim Specialists principally gather information from disability claimants, collect medical data, and compile other information required to process disability claims. Lead Plaintiff Stephanie McKinney, a former LTD Claim Specialist, alleges that she and others often had to perform this work outside of office hours. “LTD claim specialists regularly work between 45 …
Lundin Law PC, a shareholder rights firm, announces the filing of a class action lawsuit against ReWalk Robotics Ltd (“ReWalk” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: RWLK). Investors who purchased or otherwise acquired ReWalk shares pursuant and/or traceable to the Company’s Stock Offering on or about September 12, 2014 are encouraged to contact the firm in advance of the …
A lawsuit filed Monday in Louisiana alleges the state is negligent in guaranteeing Constitutional rights of poor people by not properly funding or maintaining the public defender system. The Southern Poverty Law Center, the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and two other law firms filed a class action suit Monday in Baton Rouge against Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards …
Toyota has made it clear it is not standing for the complaints that owners have filed against it. “We do not believe plaintiffs have put forth any credible allegations to the support the lawsuit,” Aaron Fowels, the company’s corporate communications manager, recently told the Northern California Record. 2017 Toyota Yaris | Coutesy of Toyota The company’s response came after some …
Tesla and SpaceX — two companies owned by Elon Musk — have signed on to a legal brief in support of a lawsuit against President Trump’s executive order on immigration and refugees. Musk has been on the defensive for the past week for remaining a member of the president’s advisory councils in the wake …
Yet another online people search website has been targeted for allegedly breaking an Illinois privacy law, as a new class action alleges WhitePages.com also wrongly uses a web search advertising technique to use people’s names to market their search reports. On Feb. 1, plaintiff Kevin Klingler, identified only as a resident of Illinois, filed suit in Cook County Circuit Court, alleging the …
The city of Chicago has settled a lawsuit for $20 million that it filed against a red-light camera company whose former chief executive pleaded guilty to a federal bribery charge. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced the settlement Monday with Redflex Traffic Systems Inc. of Arizona and its Australian parent company Redflex Holdings Ltd. The lawsuit accused Redflex of fraud and making …