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Class Action Legal News articles include legal news and lawsuit information about lawsuits filed, settlements reached and verdicts rendered in class action cases dealing with personal injury, defective products, bad drugs and other consumer law related news issues. Many of these articles include interviews from top legal professionals with guidance on legal recourse options from losses resulting from bad drugs, medical malpractice, investment fraud, personal injury, defective products and negligent employers.

  • Graco and Simplicity Cribs: Another Death, Another Recall?
    Graco and Simplicity Cribs: Another Death, Another Recall?
    October 15, 2007

    Pineville, MS A recall is intended to protect the consumer, but Graco and Simplicity don't seem to have safety on their agenda. Over one million Simplicity and Graco cribs were recalled in September after three children died; now a fourth death has been reported, but in a crib that was not part of the biggest crib recall in history.

  • CertainTeed Should Be Held Responsible
    CertainTeed Should Be Held Responsible
    October 14, 2007

    Cedar Falls, IA Brenda Duhaime sees a lot of defective CertainTeed shingles in her line of work—she is a residential home appraiser. "So many roofs of homes built in the 1990s are in terrible condition due to cupped and curled CertainTeed shingles," says Duhaime. And so many people are filing [lawsuits] against CertainTeed.

  • ConAgra Finally Recalls Banquet Pot Pies
    ConAgra Finally Recalls Banquet Pot Pies
    October 13, 2007

    Portland, OR Even after a national salmonella outbreak linked to Banquet turkey and chicken pot pies and other brands, ConAgra Foods Inc. refused to recall the potentially contaminated foods.

  • CertainTeed Needs Customer Service Lesson 101
    CertainTeed Needs Customer Service Lesson 101
    October 12, 2007

    Indianapolis, IN John Caldwell recently discovered that he needs a new roof. He just bought the house four years ago and had no idea the CertainTeed shingles were curled and rotting. And he wasn't prepared to shell out $15,000 for a new roof—even though the shingles are defective, CertainTeed isn't standing behind their product.

  • Lawsuit Filed in Pot Pie Salmonella Contamination
    Lawsuit Filed in Pot Pie Salmonella Contamination
    October 11, 2007

    Sauk Rapids, MN Yet another food contaminated with salmonella has been discovered. This time the food is Banquet turkey and chicken pot pies, which are being pulled off store shelves across the US. A Minnesota couple that believes their daughter became ill with salmonella after eating a contaminated pot pie has filed a [lawsuit] against the makers of the Banquet pot pies.

  • China Recall: Kids II Play Blocks with Excessive Lead Paint
    China Recall: Kids II Play Blocks with Excessive Lead Paint
    October 8, 2007

    Alppharetta, GA It is a well known fact that kids will put things in their mouths - that's what kids do. And to think that our kids are putting defective products into their mouths, and toys containing lead paint, is cause for certain alarm. Once again, news that toys made in China are being recalled for a lead paint hazard. This time, Kids II is recalling Baby Einstein Color Blocks due to excessive levels of lead paint.

  • Graco Crib Death: A Close Call
    Graco Crib Death: A Close Call
    October 4, 2007

    St. Paul, MI "I purchased a Graco crib for my one-month-old granddaughter in 2005," says Karin Corbett. "We assembled it and when I put her in the crib, the side came apart-- If we weren't right there, she would have slipped right through it." Fortunately, they may have prevented another Graco crib death.

  • Verizon Announces Changes But Companies Still Charge Early Termination Fees
    Verizon Announces Changes But Companies Still Charge Early Termination Fees
    October 4, 2007

    Dallas, TX Verizon has announced that it is ending the practice of extending customer contracts when customers make changes to their cell phone plans, which will affect how early termination fees are charged. The practice will end on Sunday, October 7, 2007. After that date customers will have the ability to change their voice and data calling plans without the company adding an extra two years onto their contracts.

  • CertainTeed: Have you Checked your Roof Lately?
    CertainTeed: Have you Checked your Roof Lately?
    October 3, 2007

    Powell, OH "I urge every person buying a home, if you have CertainTeed shingles or you are going to get them, to have your roof inspected yearly for damage," says Mary Jo Tessler. "I have granules and tar from my roof in my gutters from decomposition of CertainTeed shingles."

  • Graco Cribs are Death Traps
    Graco Cribs are Death Traps
    October 1, 2007

    Houston, TX "My 10-month-old daughter got stuck in her Graco crib twice," says Maria DeLaGarza. Fortunately she got out with only a few bruises. "I was terrified that I couldn't get her out and she was traumatized." Sadly, there have been four known Graco crib deaths; little Michalla was lucky.

  • Mattel Toys: Autistic Child needs Lead Test
    Mattel Toys: Autistic Child needs Lead Test
    September 28, 2007

    Madison, WI John Kalinowski's son has autism. He also played with a lot of Mattel toys until John heard about the recall. "We are going to get lead paint testing but it is really hard," says Kalinowski. Because of his autism a blood test is very traumatic. "When you have autism, you don't need another developmental issue [that lead poisoning can cause] on top of it."

  • Today's Recall from China: The Kolcraft Play Yard
    Today's Recall from China: The Kolcraft Play Yard
    September 28, 2007

    Washington, DC Prompted by the recent death of a 10-month-old child, 425,000 Chinese-made defective Kolcraft infant play yards have been voluntarily recalled by the manufacturer, in concert with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). These defects can cause serious harm, or even death to a child.

  • Mattel's Manic Week: Beyond the Apology
    Mattel's Manic Week: Beyond the Apology
    September 27, 2007

    Bejiing, China It has been nearly seven days since Mattel, in an historic announcement, apologized to the Chinese government and citizens in Beijing on September 21st. While many of the recalled Mattel toys did, indeed contain toxic lead paint, the larger issue in this case was a design flaw that originated with Mattel itself. At issue were toys with tiny magnets that could be ingested, and prove harmful to a child.

  • The Runaway Recall Train Pulls in from China Yet Again: More Recalled Toys
    The Runaway Recall Train Pulls in from China Yet Again: More Recalled Toys
    September 27, 2007

    Washington, DC Yet again, parents and consumers are being warned about tainted toys from China with lead paint after a recall announced yesterday by the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC).

  • Simplicity Crib Recall Came Four Years after First Complaint: Lawsuits Pending
    Simplicity Crib Recall Came Four Years after First Complaint: Lawsuits Pending
    September 26, 2007

    Washington, DC Three days after Simplicity and the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) launched a massive voluntary recall of defective Simplicity cribs, a class action lawsuit was filed in Minneapolis on behalf of a mother from Hanover Park whose one-year-old daughter had been sleeping in one of the defective cribs.

  • Maximus Corporation: Unpaid Overtime Violations and Wrongful Dismissal Charges
    Maximus Corporation: Unpaid Overtime Violations and Wrongful Dismissal Charges
    September 23, 2007

    San Diego, CA Blanco Alonzo estimates that Maximus Corporation owes him and several co-workers well over $10,000 for unpaid overtime. "At first they paid us overtime but then denied us, saying it wasn't within their budget," says Alonzo. Is a class action lawsuit within their budget?

  • The Simplicity Crib Recall: A Crib that Kills
    The Simplicity Crib Recall: A Crib that Kills
    September 23, 2007

    Washington, DC The distributors of a defective Simplicity infant crib made in China is voluntarily recalling about one million units out of fear that a flawed design, and the incorrect installation of a drop side could result in injury, or death. So far, three infants have perished after the drop side detached from the crib, leaving a gap large enough for the infant to fall into, and become trapped.

  • Mattel Blames Itself
    Mattel Blames Itself
    September 23, 2007

    Bejing, China In an amazing turn of events, Mattel Inc. apologized to China, its people and particularly its manufacturers on September 21st, just two days after a senate hearing where CEO Robert Eckert said the company could have done a better job overseeing subcontractors in China. The giant toy company admitted that 21 million recalled toys were the fault of its design rather than Chinese manufacturing problems, particularly lead paint.

  • Lead Testing Should be Available for Everyone
    Lead Testing Should be Available for Everyone
    September 19, 2007

    New York, NY: Kaaliyah is only three years old, yet she has had to undergo three tests for lead poisoning. The first two were required: the third was recommended by the family doctor because she shows signs of lead poisoning. Diana, her mother, hadn't a clue as to the cause of high levels of lead in her daughter, until she heard about Mattel's recall: Kayla had chewed her Elmo sing-along toy -- one of more than 800,000 Mattel toys recalled due to lead paint.

  • Lawsuit Filed Against Maximus Inc. Alleging Unpaid Overtime
    Lawsuit Filed Against Maximus Inc. Alleging Unpaid Overtime
    September 14, 2007

    Reston, VA Yet another lawsuit has been filed against a corporation alleging employees were unfairly denied overtime wages after working more than 40 hours in a week. This time, the lawsuit is against Maximus Inc.

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