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  • Court lets class action against Bayer proceed

    Court lets class action against Bayer proceed

    Class Action News 06/16/2011

    The Supreme Court will let two West Virginia residents revive a lawsuit against Bayer AG over its anti-cholesterol drug Baycol, which was withdrawn from the market in 2001 after reports of a severe and sometimes fatal muscle disorder.The high court o...

  • Ohio judge says Ford must pay dealers $2B

    Ohio judge says Ford must pay dealers $2B

    Class Action News 06/11/2011

    Ford Motor Co. must pay nearly $2 billion in damages to thousands of dealerships in a 2002 class-action lawsuit that said the automaker violated dealer agreements, an Ohio judge ruled Friday. Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Peter Corrigan in Cleve...

  • Coventry says court accepts $150.5M La. settlement

    Coventry says court accepts $150.5M La. settlement

    Class Action News 05/31/2011

    Coventry Health Care Inc. said Tuesday a court approved its $150.5 million settlement of a class action lawsuit that accused the health insurer of violating Louisiana laws. The company will record a gain of $159.3 million, or 68 cents per share, in t...

  • Further Class Action Lawsuits Filed for Depakote Side Effects

    Further Class Action Lawsuits Filed for Depakote Side Effects

    Class Action News 05/08/2011

    The Consumer Justice Foundation, a free online resource for those who are struggling with legal or personal injury issues in relation to insurance companies and/or large corporations, hereby announces that Depakote class action lawsuits have been fil...

  • Class Action Lawsuit Filed by Eagan Avenatti, LLP

    Class Action Lawsuit Filed by Eagan Avenatti, LLP

    Class Action News 02/14/2011

    Eagan Avenatti, LLP, a law firm specializing in consumer rights, filed a class action lawsuit earlier today in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division (Case No. 3:11-cv-00248-M), alleging breach of contrac...

  • Super Bowl class action lawsuit is coming

    Super Bowl class action lawsuit is coming

    Class Action News 02/11/2011

    As it scrambled to placate the 400 ticketholders who didn't get a seat to Super Bowl XLV, the NFL has a second group of angry fans on its hands.Eagan Avenatti, LLP, a law firm specializing in consumer rights, launched an investigation into claims tha...

  • Maine federal judge lets class action in care suit

    Maine federal judge lets class action in care suit

    Class Action News 02/03/2011

    A federal judge in Maine says 40 residents with cerebral palsy, epilepsy and other conditions can join a lawsuit seeking to force the state to provide opportunities for them to live outside nursing homes.On Monday, U.S. District Court Judge John Wood...

  • Court won't stop class-action suit against Pella

    Court won't stop class-action suit against Pella

    Class Action News 01/18/2011

    The Supreme Court won't stop the class-action certification of a lawsuit against Pella Corp. over a purported defect in one of its windows.The high court on Tuesday refused to hear an appeal from the window-maker.The lower courts have certified a cla...

  • Judge approves $179M settlement for AK Steel retirees

    Judge approves $179M settlement for AK Steel retirees

    Class Action News 01/12/2011

    U.S. District Judge Timothy Black has approved a previously disclosed $179 million settlement and entered a final judgment in a dispute between AK Steel and retirees at its Butler, Pa., steel plant.The AK Steel retirees had filed a class-action lawsu...

  • Wal-Mart class-action appeal goes to Supreme Court

    Wal-Mart class-action appeal goes to Supreme Court

    Class Action News 12/14/2010

    The Supreme Court will consider whether to keep alive the largest job discrimination case in U.S. history, a lawsuit against Wal-Mart that grew from a half-dozen women to a class action that could involve billions of dollars for more than a half mill...

  • Judge denies class action in cigarette lawsuits

    Judge denies class action in cigarette lawsuits

    Class Action News 11/28/2010

    A federal judge in Maine yesterday denied class-action status to four lawsuits accusing Philip Morris USA of misleading smokers about the health risks of light cigarettes.The ruling by U.S. District Judge John A. Woodcock Jr. concerns lawsuits that w...

  • Lawsuit claims Citizens wrongly awarded contracts

    Lawsuit claims Citizens wrongly awarded contracts

    Class Action News 10/25/2010

    A class-action lawsuit contends that Citizens Property Insurance Corp. improperly awarded dozens of no-bid contracts worth more than $49 million.The lawsuit filed Thursday in Tallahassee seeks unspecified damages for the 1.2 million Citizens policyho...

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