A settlement agreement for minors who had water contaminated with cryptosporidium in North Battleford, Sask., 15 years ago has been given preliminary approval. Thousands of people got sick in March and April 2001 when the parasite, which can cause diarrhea and vomiting, was found in the city’s drinking water. 15 years after Sask.
Under aggressive questioning by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass. ), Wells Fargo chief John Stumpf would not commit to pushing for the bank to rescind some of the approximately $100 million in compensation received by the executive who oversaw the employees who opened unauthorized customer accounts. Stumpf also said he never considered firing the executive, Carrie Tolstedt, who announced her …
A Northern District of California judge refused to preliminarily approve a class settlement of Uber customers who used its “Rideshare Services” in which Uber would have paid class members $28.5 million. The court was concerned about several things. First, the settlement divided the settlement fund among class members on a per capita basis, which resulted in the compensation of some members who …
Three years to the day after the NFL and thousands of former players reached a tentative settlement in a massive concussion class action, the settlement is finally official. Via the New York Post, Monday came and went without the former players who opposed the settlement filing a petition for appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court, ending the case and allowing the settlement to proceed. “It’s been …
Attorney Michael Avenatti’s settlement offer to the National Football League over the case of the canceled Hall of Fame Game expired at 12:01 p.m. Friday, meaning that his team will now pursue the case as originally intended. Avenatti seeks about $700 in damages per fan that attended the canceled game – an estimated 22,000 total fans and over $15 million …
A federal district court in California, last Wednesday, rejected the proposed settlement of a class action lawsuit against Similasan Corporation (Allen v. Similasan Corp., Case N. 12-cv-376-BAS-JLB, S.D. Cal.). Among other claims, the company was accused of engaging …
Communications giant Comcast is facing a lawsuit in Missouri. This is a class-action lawsuit, seeking compensation and punitive damages for all Missouri Comcast customers who purchased the protection plan after August of 2011.
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 certification of class action status to current and former gold mineworkers suffering from silicosis and tuberculosis against over 30 historic and current gold mining companies in South Africa potentially opens the door for similar litigation across several sectors, including coal and manganese. Law firm Fasken Martineau partner Paul Fouché explains that there is common ground between the …
Coach has agreed to settle a multi-million dollar class action lawsuit, in which it was accused of deliberately failing to compensate store employees for the time they spent getting their bags checked after the completion of their shifts. In the lawsuit, which was filed over a year ago in California federal court, former Coach employee Eve Miranda alleged that the American fashion brand failed …