Consumer complaints under attorney investigation; no lawsuits filed yet. When certain consumer complaints affect a larger number of individuals, an attorney may begin a class action investigation. The number of people affected in order to begin an investigation can and will vary depending on the nature of the product in question and the complaint involved. For example, a serious auto defect can lead to a loss of many lives and prompt a class action investigation based on a small number of complaints; a mislabeled food product might be recalled but not result in actual injury to anyone and, therefore, not prompt a class action investigation. If an attorney determines there is cause for legal action, a class action investigation can lead to a class action lawsuit being filed.
PalmOne has announced that it will shut down its wireless service, Palm.Net, by the end of August 2004. Services such as Palm.Net e-mail and the MyPalm mobile portal and Web clipping service will no longer be available to Palm.Net users. The San...
Many hospitals around the country are "not-for-profit" and have been granted a tax-exempt status from the Internal Revenue Service. In exchange for their tax exempt status, these hospitals are expected to treat patients even if they don't have...
General Motors Corp. is recalling 246,433 of its Saturn Vue sport utility vehicles in order to strengthen their rear suspension systems. Recent rollover tests conducted by U.S. federal safety regulators found that the rear suspension on...
Relacore is a weight-loss supplement manufactured by The Carter-Reed Company. Relacore's website states that "Excess tummy flab is not your fault." Relacore advertisements state that Relacore "is the most significant advancement in weight...
Boston Scientific's Taxus Stent is a drug-coated coronary stent used in conjunction with angioplasty procedures. Taxus stents have been linked to blood clots that formed during and right after surgery that can cause death or stroke. Stents are...
A Pennsylvania hospital has allegedly been billing motor vehicle accident victims for treatment of their injuries. Malakoff Doyle & Finberg, P.C., a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania law firm, is currently investigating a possible class action against...
The anti-inflammatory drug Bextra is a pain management medication prescribed for patients suffering arthritis, needing acute pain management, or who suffer severe menstrual symptoms, and is in a class of drugs called nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory...
Law firms are investigating a potential class action against certain personal computer notebook and memory chip manufacturers. Hewlett-Packard recently announced that some notebooks installed with mobile processors and defective memory chips fail...
A credit card issuer offered customers a "fixed" rate on balance transfers stating the rate would not increase as long as all of the customer's payments were on time. After the customer accepted the offer and transferred one or more credit card...
TruGreen ChemLawn is allegedly involved in illegal practices of employee discrimination and harassment, customer fraud and chemical dumping. This includes reports of employee firings and management demotions for reporting bad commercial practices...