A Northwest Arkansas McDonald’s owned by Mathews Management Company and Peach Orchard is set to pay $103,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit, according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The lawsuit claimed a man was fired from a McDonald’s in Bentonville after management learned of his HIV-positive status. The suit also charged that the companies’ …
Five former students of a suburban Chicago high school will receive $1 million to settle a lawsuit filed in connection with hazing allegations. Officials of Maine Township High School District 207 say they and plaintiffs’ attorney Antonio Romanucci agreed to Tuesday’s settlement after deciding it was mutually beneficial. The students alleged soccer coach Michael …
$2.4 million settlement reached in diluted chemotherapy drug lawsuit Posted: November 9, 2016 09:55:24 AM Last updated: November 9, 2016 11:01:11 AM Category: Ontario Tags: cancer, cancer drug, chemotherapy, hamilton, marchese health care, new brunswick, ontario A tentative settlement of nearly $2.4 million has been reached in a class-action lawsuit filed after cancer patients were given …
Uber Technologies Inc. settled a lawsuit filed by two women who sought to hold the company responsible for alleged sexual assaults by drivers. Terms of the accord weren’t disclosed in court papers. The settlement follows a federal judge’s ruling six months ago rejecting the company’s argument that it couldn’t be blamed for sexual attacks by drivers, who it classifies as contractors rather than …
Late Monday afternoon, U.S. District Judge John T. Copenhaver made public the “term sheets” in tentative class-action settlements with West Virginia American Water Co . and Eastman Chemical Co . aimed at resolving litigation over the role both companies played in the water crisis that followed the Jan. 9, 2014, chemical spill at Freedom Industries.
A pillow manufacturer that claimed its products could help people with fibromyalgia, restless leg syndrome and sleep apnea has agreed to pay $1 million to settle a false advertising lawsuit filed by Alameda County and eight other California counties. Claims in advertising and testimonials by the …
Two companies targeted in a class-action lawsuit in connection with the 2014 chemical spill and water emergency that impacted approximately 300,000 residents in parts of nine West Virginia counties have agreed to pay $151 million in damages. Details of the settlements by the plaintiffs with West Virginia American Water Company and Eastman Chemical were released Monday …
More than 250,000 homeowners who had loans serviced by Wells between 2005 and 2010 and paid for this type of appraisal could receive at least $120 each. Under its mortgage servicing agreement, Wells can require borrowers who default on their loan to provide an informal estimate of the home’s value, usually from a real estate broker. Starting in 2001, Wells Fargo began ordering these “broker …
McDonald’s has agreed to pay $3.75 million to settle a lawsuit claiming it was liable for labor law violations by a California franchisee, marking what lawyers said was the first time the company has settled legal claims by a group of U.S. workers at one of its franchises. In a filing in U.S. district court in San Francisco on Friday, lawyers representing about 800 employees at five restaurants …
Hundreds of thousands of Kanawha Valley residents, businesses and workers will receive up to $151 million in compensation from West Virginia American Water Co. and Eastman Chemical Co. …