Settlement

Navistar to Settle Class Action for $135 Million Over Defective MaxxForce Engines

Navistar International has agreed to pay $135 million to truck owners to settle class action complaints over defective MaxxForce engines. “After years of hard-fought litigation, we believe this settlement represents an outstanding result for class members,” Selbin said in a statement. “We are also pleased Navistar stepped up to take care of its customers.”If the settlement is approved, class …


Navistar Agrees to Pay $159M to Settle Lawsuits Against MaxxForce Engines

Class members can opt for a “no questions asked” payment of $2,500 per truck purchased, said attorney Jonathan Selbin, co-lead counsel for the plaintiffs in the case. The fallout from the MaxxForce line also led to several years of multi-billion dollar losses for Navistar. In an 8-K form filed Wednesday with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Navistar notified shareholders of the pending …


Teva Reaches $85 Million Settlement in Oklahoma Opioid Lawsuit

Photo: Sue Ogrocki (AP/File)Israel-based Teva Pharmaceuticals has agreed to pay Oklahoma $85 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the state’s attorney general over the company’s involvement in fueling the opioid epidemic. The settlement was announced on Sunday by Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter, ahead of a much-anticipated trial on Tuesday against the country’s largest drug …


Lawsuit Against Vegan Brand Miyoko’s for Using Term “Butter” Amicably Settled

Vegan brand Miyoko’s Kitchen amicably settled a lawsuit filed against the vegan creamery in October out of court. The suit, brought by New York plaintiff Jasmine Brown, alleged that the vegan brand “basks in dairy’s ‘halo’” by using the term “butter” on its Cultured Vegan Butter—which overtly states that the cashew-based product is made from plants. “We have been asked not to comment on it …


Stormy Daniels Reaches Settlement in Suit Alleging Ex-Lawyer ‘Colluded’ With Cohen

A settlement has been reached in Stormy Daniels’ lawsuit alleging that her former lawyer acted as a “puppet” for Trump fixer Michael Cohen in an attempt to get her to go on Fox News and deny having an affair with President Trump. Citing federal court documents, CNN reports that Daniels and her former lawyer Keith Davidson have reached and executed a settlement. Daniels and Cohen have agreed to …


Cy Pres Survives, but for How Long?

One of the absent class members challenged the settlement, asserting that the cy pres award is not “fair, reasonable, and adequate” compensation to class members and, without the cy pres component, class counsels’ attorney’s fees were unreasonable. Thus, although Gaos was advertised as the Supreme Court’s first foray into cy pres awards, it ultimately proved to be the wrong vehicle for the …


Equifax Data Breach Recovery Costs Pass $1 Billion

This includes a $690 million charge made during the first quarter of 2019 related to outstanding litigation and potential fines related to its 2017 cybersecurity incident. The funds will be dedicated to covering legal action brought by federal and state regulators and federal class action cases, said Mark W. Begor, Equifax’s CEO, during an earnings call made last week. Berger also told …


What You Need to Know About Ford’s PowerShift Transmission Problems

Nearly two million people who have owned or leased one of the cars with the PowerShift transmission stand to get at least some repayment for their trouble. By now it is a well-publicized issue that Ford’s PowerShift dual-clutch automatic transmission has caused problems for owners of several model years of its Fiesta and Focus cars. The Ford PowerShift transmission in question is found in …


SeaWorld Annual Pass Holders Awarded Refunds in Lawsuit Settlement

ORLANDO, Fla. – Thousands of SeaWorld annual passholders will be awarded refunds as part of a settlement in a class action lawsuit. The lawsuit alleges that passes were automatically renewed without customers knowing it, meaning customers continued to be charged monthly payments after they had paid off their year-long pass. More than 131,000 people who bought one-year EZpay annual passes to …


Wendy’s to Pay Millions in Class-Action Data Breach Settlement

(TNS) — Wendy’s will pay $50 million to settle a class-action lawsuit from a data breach that hit more than 1,000 of its restaurants in 2015 and 2016. On Wednesday, the Ohio-based burger chain announced the pending agreement with financial institutions that alleged Wendy’s did not protect customer credit card information. Wendy’s said it will pay $27.5 million of the settlement, with the rest …