Ken Feinberg, the victim compensation attorney appointed by GM to run the program, said late Sunday he will now accept claims filed through Jan. 31, a month later than the initial Dec. 31 deadline.
General Motors has extended the date for victims to file claims for damages sustained as...
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Category: Class Actions
27 deaths attributed to faulty GM switch so far. Deadline for claims Dec 31
The GM faulty ignition switch is to blame for 27 deaths, so far, according to a report by the office of the lawyer GM is using to run a program to compensate the victims of the switch. The program has received 1,371 claims for deaths an injuries and the final deadline for submission of...
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DePuy ASR hip replacement settlement payments being this month
Individuals across the country who received faulty DePuy ASR hip implants will begin receiving payments in the next few months under the terms of a settlement agreement to resolve over 12,000 lawsuits.
Johnson & Johnson's DePuy Orthopaedics subsidiary reached an agreement in November 2013, agreeing to pay at least $2.4 billion...
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DePuy ASR hip implant lawsuit update: implant designer says recall was for safety no low earnings
A designer of Johnson and Johnson subsidiary, DePuy's ASR hip replacement system testified in Los Angeles Superior Court that the company initiated a DePuy ASR recall because of safety concerns. Engineer Graham Isaac head of hip replacement development for DePuy testified that a higher than expected failure rate of the device lead to the...
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Generic Lipitor class action filed against Ranbaxy after tablets recalled due to glass fragments
A class action lawsuit has been filed in federal court against the Indian drug manufacturer Ranbaxy after it recalled its generic version of Lipitor when it was discovered to contain glass fragments. Small glass particles at least 1 mm in size may pose a risk for consumers. Parts of a missing glass shield at...
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Class Action filed in meningitis outbreak over tainted injections
A class-action lawsuit has been filed against the New England Compounding Company for the deadly fungal meningitis injections that were contaminated and which have resulted in over 200 people to date becoming ill and 15 deaths allegedly resulting from the tainted shots. Puro filed the complaint in the U.S. District Court for...
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PLAYSTATION NETWORK HACK LARGEST IN HISTORY WITH 77 MILLION USER ACCOUNTS STOLEN. HOW?
The names, birth dates and possibly credit card numbers of 77 million people who play online videogames on Sony's Playstation console have been stolen by hackers. The is the single largest data breach in history and Sony has taken its gaming network offline now for six days, to the consternation of its customers who...
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Class Action Lawsuit: J.P. Morgan and HCBC Manipulated Silver Market
A class action lawsuit has been filed against J.P. Morgan and HSBC saying the companies engaged in manipulation of the silver market through the use of silver exchange-traded funds. Here is what the lawsuit says happened; JP Morgan became the custodian and authorized participant of the largest known concentration of silver bars, the iShares Silver...
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Class Action Suit Says Sketchers Health Ads Bogus and Deceptive
A federal class action says that Sketchers is making flase claims about the health benefits of its "Shape-Up" shoes and that it has actually injured some consumers. The lawsuit says that Sketchers claims through deceptive ads that people who wear gym shoes can "get into shape without setting a foot in the gym" and...
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