Filed class action lawsuits seeking claimants. A class action lawsuit is when there is a large group of people who file a complaint against a defendant for similar grievances. The lawsuit is filed on behalf of everyone in the class, that class being a group of people who share similar circumstances, injuries and damages. For example, if there is a food illness class action lawsuit, all plaintiffs in the class would have had the same injury (e.g., salmonella) as a result of eating the same tainted food. A lawyer may file a class action lawsuit on behalf of all injured parties who are seeking compensation from the defendant.
A class action lawsuit has been filed against Wal-Mart and Netflix, alleging that the 2 companies improperly negotiated Wal-Mart's departure from the online market that previously had only 2 major competitors. Wal-Mart's presence in the DVD...
Company: Level 3 Communications Inc Ticker Symbol: LVLT Class Period: Feb-8-07 to Oct-23-07 Date Filed: Feb-4-09 Lead Plaintiff Deadline: Apr-5-09 Court: District Court of the District of Colorado Allegations: Alawsuit seeking...
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) employees earlier this week filed a class-action lawsuit against their employer and other 401(k) Plan fiduciaries, claiming the banking giant misled them and other shareholders about the impact of its Dec. 5, 2008...
A potential class action suit has been launched against Heartland Payment Systems, concerning a data breach which occurred in January 2009. Heartland is reportedly the 5th largest payment processor in the US, servicing some 250,000 businesses...
Company: Triad Guaranty, Inc. Ticker Symbol: TGIC Class Period: Oct-26-06 to Nov-10-08 Date Filed: Jan-30-09 Lead Plaintiff Deadline: Mar-31-09 Court: Middle District of North Carolina Allegations: A lawsuit seeking class action...
Company: American International Group, Inc. Ticker Symbol: AIG Class Period: Nov-17-06 to Apr-10-08 Date Filed: Jan-15-09 Lead Plaintiff Deadline: Mar-16-09 Court: Southern District of New York Allegations: A lawsuit was filed on...
A class action lawsuit was filed January 26, 2009 in San Diego Superior Court on behalf of a putative class of California emergency medical services patients whom, during the past 4 years, Scripps Health billed for medical services after their HMO's...
A pediatrician in Sparks, NV, has filed a federal class action lawsuit against Hometown Health Plan and Renown Health, claiming the insurance provider bilked thousands of Northern Nevada doctors out of "tens of millions of dollars" by failing to pay...
Company: Bank of America, Merrill Lynch Ticker Symbol: BAC Class Period: Oct-10-07 to Dec-5-08 Date Filed: Jan-22-09 Lead Plaintiff Deadline: Mar-23-09 Court: Southern District of New York Allegations: A class action lawsuit has...
Exxon, Chevron, Conoco Phillips, BP and Shell, all defendants in a proposed Florida class action lawsuit, were dealt a huge blow yesterday when a Federal Court in the Southern District of Florida issued an order denying their joint motion to dismiss...