Family members of an illegal immigrant who died in 2010 following a brutal encounter with federal border agents that was captured on videotape have agreed to settle their lawsuit against the U.S. government for $1 million, court documents show. Video footage of a U.S. Customs officer tasering Anastacio Rojas Hernandez at least four times while he lay on the …
The U.S. government has agreed to pay $1 million to settle a lawsuit that accuses federal border officers of beating and Tasering a handcuffed Mexican man at the San Ysidro Port of Entry in a confrontation that ended in his death. The settlement would be split among the five children of Anastasio Hernandez Rojas, and about a quarter of the amount would pay attorney costs and fees. The terms …
Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP have announced a proposed settlement in a securities class action with the EZCORP Inc. In a securities class action involving Automotive Machinists Pension Trust against EZCORP Inc., a small-dollar lender, AMPT has proposed settlement of the action for $5.9 million in cash. If approved, it will resolve all claims in the class action, a news …
Penske has agreed to pay 344 drivers $15,000 each to settle the case. Two and a half years after the case produced a landmark court decision, Penske Logistics has agreed to pay $750,000 to settle a class action lawsuit challenging its alleged denial of state-required breaks for its drivers. Penske will pay 344 current and former drivers to settle the now 8-year-old case, according to a …
New York Life Insurance Co. has agreed to settle a lawsuit alleging the firm engaged in self-dealing in its 401(k) plans for the sum of $3 million. Plaintiffs brought the excessive-fee suit against New York Life in July 2016, seeking relief for alleged damages caused by fiduciary breach in two company retirement plans. New York Life neither admitted nor denied wrongdoing as part of the …
The terms of a settlement between Mechel Bluestone Inc. and miners who allege they were laid off unlawfully from a Wyoming County mine in 2013 have been reached. Before the class action settlement is finalized, federal Judge Irene Berger, Southern District Court, must approve the agreement. If she approves the settlement, 64 miners laid off at the Double-Bonus Mine No.
Lawrence Moody said he is satisfied that he and 3,550 other people are finally getting justice. “You just can’t do that to people,” the Washington County man said after DuPont and its spinoff company Chemours agreed to pay nearly $671 million to Mid-Ohio Valley people affected by a chemical used to make Teflon that causes cancer and a host of other health problems. The settlement was announced …
A preliminary settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit filed against Kane’s Furniture that accused the retailer of failing to honor lifetime warranties for defective “bonded leather” furniture that peeled, flaked and deteriorated. Related News/Archive Notices to about 15,000 customers who purchased the furniture were put in the mail starting Friday providing details and …
Arathy S Nair DuPont and Chemours Co have agreed to pay $671 million in cash to settle thousands of lawsuits involving a leak of a toxic chemical used to make Teflon, the companies said on Monday. Shares of Chemours jumped 13 percent. The company said it would pay half of the settlement, although liability for litigation connected with the chemical was passed onto it when DuPont spun it off in …
Sears Holding Corp’s board of directors and chairman/CEO Eddie Lampert have agreed to a $40 million settlement of a shareholder lawsuit against Lampert himself, Reuters reports. The lawsuit, filed against Lampert, directors and the real estate investment trust (Seritage Growth Properties) that holds much of the struggling retailer’s most valuable real estate, claimed Lampert, whose …