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Pet Food Recall Results in Class Action Lawsuit
Class Action News 04/15/2007A Reno woman has filed a federal lawsuit against the manufacturer of recalled pet food. She claimsIams brand food killed her 20-year-old cat, "Patches." Marion Streczyn seeks unspecified damages from Ontario, Canada-based Menu Foods in the suit filed...
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Federal Court dismisses Vioxx lawsuit against Merck
Class Action News 04/13/2007[##_1L|1228023487.jpg|width="140" height="103" alt=""|_##]A New Jersey federal judge dismissed a class action brought by investors of Merck & Co. Thursday, ruling that the suit was filed after the statute of limitations had run. The investors had...
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Law firm to start $25m class action against AWB
Class Action News 04/13/2007A number of disgruntled current and former shareholders of AWB Ltd are suing the wheat exporter for $25 million over its role in the Iraqi oil-for-food scandal.Law firm Maurice Blackburn Cashman said today that it would begin a shareholder class acti...
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Pet Food Recall Prompts Lawsuit
Class Action News 04/10/2007[##_1L|1392504003.jpg|width="130" height="67" alt=""|_##]Several pet owners have filed a product liability lawsuit against a pet food manufacturer following a nationwide recall of tainted pet food. Lauri Osborne, of Plymouth, Connecticut, and others,...
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Coast Financial Slapped With Class Action Lawsuit
Class Action News 04/05/2007A class action lawsuit has been filed against Coast Financial Holdings Inc.[ticker: CFHI], the parent company of Coast Bank of Florida, on behalf of purchasers of the bank’s publicly traded securities. The complaint alleges that defendants violated t...
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Enron investors ask Supreme court to review ruling
Class Action News 04/05/2007[##_1L|1364069313.jpg|width="130" height="128" alt=""|_##]Plaintiffs in a $40 billion Enron shareholder lawsuit today asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse an appeals ruling that sapped the litigation's strength. In a court filing, lawyers for the ...
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Second pet fool lawsuit filed in LA
Class Action News 04/03/2007[##_1L|1169164439.jpg|width="130" height="67" alt=""|_##]The second lawsuit to be filed in L-A Superior Court in a week over contaminated pet food comes from a Los Angeles-area woman whose eight-year-old purebred Samoyed named Sammy died of kidney fa...
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Class Action Filed as to Tainted Pet Foods
Class Action News 03/30/2007[##_1L|1023688465.jpg|width="120" height="112" alt=""|_##]With a continuing rise in the number of pets harmed or killed by tainted pet food, the next inevitable phase of the calamity is unfolding: Lawsuits. At least six class action suits already hav...
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L.A. Residents Sue Menu Foods After Pet Illnesses
Class Action News 03/29/2007[##_1L|1112461651.jpg|width="130" height="67" alt=""|_##]Two Los Angeles residents have filed a lawsuit against Menu Foods of Ontario, Canada, alleging the cat food company is to blame for their cats' recent health problems, according to court papers...
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Class Action Suit Filed Against Worldspace, Inc.
Class Action News 03/26/2007NEW YORK, NY -- The Rosen Law Firm recently announced that it has filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of a class consisting of all purchasers of the common stock of Worldspace, Inc. ...
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Class Action Against Con Agra is Nationwide
Class Action News 03/26/2007[##_1L|1037505907.jpg|width="120" height="88" alt=""|_##]Plaintiffs’ counsel Kathryn E. Barnett announced today that 32 consumers, including the parents of nine children that became seriously ill after eating Peter Pan or Great Value peanut butter, s...
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Law Firm Getting Many Submissions For Pet Food
Class Action News 03/24/2007[##_1L|1363235407.jpg|width="140" height="102" alt=""|_##]A Madison law firm that filed a class-action lawsuit in the wake of a massive recall over contaminated pet food said it has been getting many submissions. Progressive Law Group, LLC, filed a c...