Recent Updates
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Judge Grants Class-Action Status Against Scripps
Class Action News 07/05/2007A San Diego Superior Court judge has granted class-action status to a lawsuit accusing Scripps Health hospitals of overcharging uninsured patients.The suit alleges that uninsured Scripps patients pay as much as four times more than patients covered b...
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Logan man part of class action suit against Lottery
Class Action News 07/04/2007[##_1L|1395538523.jpg|width="130" height="98" alt=""|_##]A Logan man, Chris Channing, is part of a class action law suit seeking to stop the New Mexico State Lottery from pulling games from the market that still have substantial cash prizes available...
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Class Action Lawsuit Against Plexus Corp.
Class Action News 07/04/2007[##_1L|1138989249.jpg|width="120" height="138" alt=""|_##]Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces that a securities class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of shareholders who purchased the common stock of Plexus Corp. ("Plexus" or the "Compan...
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Parmalat must defend US investor class-action suit
Class Action News 07/03/2007A Manhattan federal judge has rejected Parmalat SpA's (PLT.MI: Quote, Profile , Research) request to dismiss an investor class-action lawsuit stemming from the company's December 2003 collapse in an accounting scandal.The ruling is a defeat for the I...
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Lawsuit over Scripps' billing of uninsured a class action
Class Action News 06/29/2007[##_1L|1227943613.jpg|width="104" height="138" alt=""|_##]A San Diego Superior Court judge has granted class-action status to a lawsuit accusing Scripps Health hospitals of charging exorbitant amounts to uninsured patients who often aren't able to pa...
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Class-action lawsuit against DIA dismissed
Class Action News 06/26/2007[##_1L|1258321551.jpg|width="120" height="88" alt=""|_##]Two former employees who claimed their illnesses were caused by mold and fungi exposure at Denver International Airport had their class-action claim dismissed by the Colorado Supreme Court. The...
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Class Action Filed Against Netlist, Inc.
Class Action News 06/25/2007A class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the Central District of California on behalf of all persons who purchased or otherwise acquired the common stock of Netlist, Inc. ("Netlist" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: NLST...
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Weil, Gotshal Files Class Action Against Puppy Dealer
Class Action News 06/20/2007The Humane Society of the United States and Weil, Gotshal & Manges have filed what they believe to be the first class action lawsuit against a U.S. puppy dealer, alleging that the company sold puppies with genetic defects and contagious parasitic...
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3M Wins Ruling in Contamination Class-Action
Class Action News 06/20/2007In a victory for 3M Co., a judge ruled today that 67,700 residents of Washington County will not be considered as a a single group in a lawsuit against the company for damages allegedly suffered because of chemicals detected in their water. The rulin...
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Cabot Settles Class Action Lawsuits
Class Action News 06/14/2007Specialty chemicals maker Cabot Corp. said Wednesday it agreed to settle the federal class action lawsuits pending against it that alleged it and other carbon black manufacturers violated antitrust laws in setting prices for carbon black sold in the ...
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Federman & Sherwood Files Securities Class Action
Class Action News 06/08/2007[##_1L|1146049967.jpg|width="120" height="138" alt=""|_##]Thursday after the bell, Federman & Sherwood announced that On June 1, 2007, a class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada against Shuffle...
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Court rules Wal-Mart class action can proceed
Class Action News 06/01/2007[##_1L|1268931702.jpg|width="131" height="91" alt=""|_##]WAL-MART Stores Inc, the world's largest retailer, must face a class-action lawsuit by New Jersey workers claiming the company forced them to work through breaks and cheated them of overtime pa...