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ClassAction.com Attorneys File Lawsuit Against Samsung for Exploding Galaxy S7 Edge

Their client allegedly suffered severe second and third-degree burns after his new Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge exploded in his pocket. The S7 Edge is not part of the recent Galaxy recall. Bergen County, New Jersey (PRWEB) September 14, 2016 Morgan & Morgan’s ClassAction.com has announced that the firm has filed a product liability lawsuit (case number: BER-L-6537-16; Superior Court of New Jersey, …


‘Systemic Breakdown’: 16yo Girl Died in Juvenile Jail as Staff Did Nothing, Lawsuit Claims

Arrested for dubious reasons and taken to a Kentucky juvenile detention center more than an hour from her home, McMillen, 16, was left to die on January 10 as several staff members at Lincoln Village Regional Juvenile Detention Center failed to perform basic duties to ensure the unresponsive teenager was safe, a federal lawsuit filed by her family on August 31 against the Kentucky Department of …


$35 Million Settlement Proposed in Robo-Dialing Class Action Against SiriusXM

A settlement between SiriusXM and Francis W. Hooker, Jr., who brought suit against the company in 2012, has been submitted to Arenda L. Wright Allen, the Eastern District of Virginia judge appointed to the case. If approved, SiriusXM would establish a $35 million settlement fund from which “notice, administrative costs, service awards, and attorneys fees, costs, and other expenses” would be …


Lawsuit Claims Pamela Smart Was Wrongly Placed in Solitary Confinement

A lawsuit claims that Pamela Smart was wrongly put into solitary confinement after a prison guard found a plastic cake knife in her cell. Pame Smart is serving a life sentence in a New York prison for her role in the 1990 murder of her husband, Gregg Smart, in Derry. In a federal lawsuit, Pame Smart alleges that the guard confiscated the knife in 2012, even though she had it for 17 years and it …


JPMorgan Chase Reaches Settlement on Proposed TCPA Class Action Suit

JPMorgan Chase Bank reached a $3.75 million settlement in a proposed class action lawsuit alleging the company violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. The case James v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA (U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, Case No. 8:15-cv-02424) claimed that Chase had called cell phone numbers using an automatic telephone dialing system, even though the numbers had …


Facebook Accused of Badgering Non-Facebook Users With Text Messages in TCPA Lawsuit

Imagine suddenly being bombarded by unsolicited text messages from the social network Facebook. Now imagine this happening despite the fact that you’re not a member of said network and have no interest in becoming one. That’s the predicament Christine Holt of Washington, D.C., says she found herself in last month when she obtained a new cell phone number from MetroPCS.