Class action lawsuits that have settled or have proposed settlements. If a class action lawsuit settles, the court will hold fairness hearings to ensure the terms of the settlement are fair to all class members. There are usually two fairness hearings—the first is the "Preliminary Approval" hearing. After that hearing, a Notice of Proposed Settlement is sent out to class members. A Final Fairness Hearing follows at which class members can voice their opinions about the settlement. After that, a deadline is set for class members to submit claims. Lawyers click here to submit your settlements and verdicts to have them published for free.
La Jolla CA: (May-21-07) A class action lawsuit was filed against Robert Bosch Tool Corporation ("RBTC"), claiming that RBTC mislabeled certain products as listed in the Detailed Notice as "Made in the U.S.A." between September 7, 2001 through...
San Diego, CA: (May-19-07) Consumer advocate Michael Shames filed a class action lawsuit against San Diego, accusing the city of allowing single-family sewer customers to subsidize the bills of businesses. Shames, who heads the Utility Consumers'...
Kansas City, MO: (May-21-07) A class action age discrimination lawsuit was filed against Sprint Corp., alleging that the company laid off 1,700 employees between October 2001 and March 2003. The Kansas City lawsuit, which attracted national...
Atlanta, GA: (May-21-07) A series of class action lawsuits were filed against Immucor Inc., a medical equipment manufacturing company and certain current and former directors and officers. The suits alleged that Immucor stock prices were...
Washington, DC: (May-15-07) More than 3,400 property owners in Virginia Beach and Chesapeake, VA, have filed a class action lawsuit against the Justice Department and the US Navy, over jet noise at a naval air base. The suit stemmed from the...
Chicago, IL: (May-15-07) A series of class action lawsuits were filed against diversified manufacturer Tyco International Ltd., following the accounting scandal that sent former Chief Executive Dennis Kozlowski to prison. Tyco International...
Insurance fraud ends in a $1 million fine by the California Department of Managed Health Care. San Francisco, CA: (May-14-07) The state brought charges against Indianapolis-based WellPoint Inc.'s subsidiary in California, Blue Cross, alleging...
San Jose, CA: (May-11-07) In a class action lawsuit filed against Carfax, class members claimed that Carfax, which sold vehicle histories to consumers worried about buying used cars, and deceived customers by concealing the limits on the...
San Mateo County, CA: (May-12-07) Shannon Gallagher, 36, filed a class action against San Mateo County after she was she was arrested July 3, 2002, in Pacifica, for a traffic warrant. The lawsuit claims she was wrongfully strip-searched when...
Luzerne County, PA: (May-11-07) A class action lawsuit filed against Foster Wheeler Corp. alleged that the company was responsible for trichloroethylene (TCE) contamination in Mountain Top groundwater. The suit claimed that TCE, which was used as...