Popular Internet Poker Site Hit With Class Action Lawsuit
The popular online poker site Full Tilt Poker.com allegedly failed to payback account balances to poker players in the United States. Four players have now filed a class action lawsuit against the site in the Southern District Court in New York. The plaintiffs’ class action lawyer seeks the return of players’ account balances as well […]
MetroAccess Bus Driver in D.C. may have Exposed Riders to Tuberculosis
Riders on a MetroAccess bus in the District of Columbia fear that a bus driver with tuberculosis exposed them to the disease for several months in 2008. Last week, those riders filed a class action lawsuit against the Metro and one of its contractors. The MetroAccess gives rides to people who are unable to ride […]
Federal Government and Native Americans Reach Agreement in Cobell Class Action
The 15-year dispute over the mismanagement of Native American trust funds finally ended with the $3.4 billion settlement of the Cobell class action lawsuit stemming from the allegations. United States District Judge Thomas Hogan approved the settlement late last month and Congress has set aside the funds to settle the lawsuit. Negotiations in the dispute […]
More Plaintiffs File Suit in Connection with the DePuy Hip Replacement
Wisconsin is now the newest state where plaintiffs have filed a suit stemming from injuries from the DePuy hip replacement system. Nearly 80 plaintiffs are alleging various injuries and health problems from the defective product, which the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recalled last year. Plaintiffs filed this latest product liability lawsuit in the Northern […]
Florida Federal Judge Says Class Action Lawsuit Against Chiquita Can Move Forward
A Florida federal judge ruled earlier this month that a class action lawsuit against the Chiquita banana company could move forward. Four thousand family members of Columbians killed by paramilitaries sued Chiquita alleging that Chiquita paid the terrorist organization millions of dollars. Chiquita argued in court that it was a victim of extortion by the […]
Class Action Lawsuit Alleges Polaroid Televisions Burst Into Flames
Watching a certain brand of television could be a fire hazard according to a federal class action lawsuit filed in Minneapolis. The complaint alleges that Polaroid brand LCD televisions have a defect that causes the televisions to fail and burst into flames. Furthermore, Polaroid allegedly knew of the defect as early as 2006, but it […]
Florida Businesses Receive Portion of $4.9 Million Class Action Settlement
Some businesses in South Florida will share in a $4.9 class action settlement that consisted of approximately nine thousand class members. The class action alleged that GE Capital IT Solutions and IKON Financial Services & Office Solutions raised the lease agreements on their copiers by five percent, in violation of the written lease agreements. According […]
Tobacco Industry Lawyers Argue that Damages in Smoker’s Death are Excessive
Last week, attorneys for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. challenged a $15.75 million jury award in a case of a man who died from lung cancer in 1995. An R.J. Reynolds lawyer argued to the First District Court of Appeal that the compensatory and punitive damages awarded to the man’s widow were excessive. It is one […]
