Recent Updates
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Lawyers blame engineer in 2005 Metrolink train crash
Class Action News 02/05/2009Attorneys representing victims of a 2005 Metrolink train crash that killed 11 said this morning that they have uncovered new evidence that they believe shows the engineer was at fault for the accident. The crash –- the second-deadliest in Metrolink h...
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Settlement limits insurers' claims in Vioxx deal
Class Action News 01/23/2009Former Vioxx users getting part of a $4.85 billion settlement ending most personal injury suits over the withdrawn painkiller will get a bigger piece of the pie, thanks to an unusual settlement Thursday with their health insurers. Insurers who paid m...
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Madoff Spinoffs - Another Investment Class Action
Class Action News 01/02/2009A class action in Manhattan Federal Court claims Tremont Market Neutral Fund was grossly negligent in handing over 27% of its money to Bernard Madoff for his alleged $50 billion Ponzi scheme. Here are the defendants in the Tremont Funds...
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Metrolink crash could lead to millions - possibly billions
Class Action News 09/22/2008Even as the first claim was made against Metrolink in the aftermath of the Chatsworth train disaster, legal experts are already saying the crash is likely to lead to hundreds of millions, if not billions in civil lawsuits.Metrolink's position, say ex...
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CHATSWORTH METROLINK DISASTER LAWYERS
Class Action News 09/18/2008Arnie Peterson's evening train, the Metrolink 111, banked to the left, toward the coast. The work week, and the metropolis, faded behind him.He and his fellow travelers were a motley crew -- a lawyer with tasseled loafers; a young man with a shaved h...
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Billions to be shared by Enron shareholders
Class Action News 09/10/2008Enron Corp. shareholders and investors will split about $7 billion from financial institutions accused of participating in the fraud that caused the once-mighty energy company to collapse.The settlement amount was listed at $7.2 billion, a sum that h...
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IPhone 3G Draws Second Class Action Suit
Class Action News 09/04/2008[##_1L|1085417111.jpg|width="120" height="138" alt=""|_##]The iPhone 3G has spawned legions of ecstatic customers, along with a small but determined band of critics who have sued over the phone's reported shortcomings. Last week, in a San Diego state...
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The Rosen Law Firm Announces a Shareholder Class Action
Class Action News 08/02/2008The Rosen Law Firm today announced that a class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of purchasers of SemGroup Energy Partners, L.P ("SemGroup" of "Company") (Nasdaq:SGLP) securities during the period from February 20, 2008 through July 17, 2008, ...
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Dell hit by class action over unpaid overtime
Class Action News 07/18/2008A federal judge has granted class-action status for a lawsuit over wages filed by two former Dell Inc. customer service employees in Roseburg.The order signed July 10 by U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas Coffin in Eugene covers Dell customer service emplo...
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Merck says appeals court overturns Vioxx verdict
Class Action News 05/16/2008A Texas appeals court on Wednesday overturned a multimillion-dollar verdict against Merck & Co. in one of the few trials it lost over its withdrawn painkiller Vioxx.A jury in Rio Grande City, Texas, in April 2006 awarded $32 million to the widow ...
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Brodsky & Smith, LLC Announces Class Action Lawsuit
Class Action News 05/14/2008Law offices of Brodsky & Smith, LLC announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of all persons who purchased the common stock of Cbeyond, Inc. ("Cbeyond" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: CBEY) between November 1, 2007 and February 21...
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Judge grants class action status in Kraft pay case
Class Action News 05/09/2008Employees of Kraft Foods have been given class action status for their lawsuit seeking pay for time spent putting on and taking off safety equipment. U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb says current and former hourly employees who worked at the company...