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.
Houston, TX: (Feb-22-07) Willbros Group, an engineering and construction firm, was sued by its investors in 2005 accusing it of bribing government officials in Bolivia, Nigeria, and Ecuador to win work. The suit alleged that due to this, there...
Memphis, TN: (Feb-22-07) A class action lawsuit was filed against the financial services provider for allegedly illegally charging Missouri customers loan origination fees. First Horizon has reached a preliminary settlement to limit damages to...
Rock Hill, SC: (Feb-25-07) A lawsuit filed by shareholders of the currently defunct Rock Hill Bank & Trust reached its final settlement when a federal judge announced that Rock Hill will pay $1.3 million dollars to resolve the class action...
Parsippany, NJ: (Feb-23-07) Realogy Corp. settled a class action lawsuit that stemmed out of its buyout by a private equity firm. Apollo Management agreed in December 2006 to buy Realogy for $6.6 billion, plus assume $2.4 billion in debt and...
Detroit, MI: (Feb-24-07) A class action lawsuit was filed against the auto company for allegedly selling millions of vehicles prone to problems caused by Dex-Cool coolant. The lawsuit sought to represent owners of more than 35 million cars and...
Charlotte, NC: (Feb-12-07) The employees of Alcoa Badin Works filed a class action lawsuit against the company accusing it of lack of job promotions, apprentice program denials, and unpaid overtime. The lawsuit also alleged African American...
San Antonio, TX: (Feb-15-07) A class action lawsuit was filed against Allstate Insurance accusing it of discriminating against minority policyholders. The suit alleged Allstate used credit scoring to determine rates set for policyholders and that...
Chicago, IL: (Feb-16-07) A class action lawsuit was filed against the Chicago Transit Authority by Tiffany Chancellor on behalf of all people who contended they had paid higher fares due to the short supply of Chicago Cards. Due to a shortage of...
New York, NY: (Feb-09-07) A class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of thousands of physicians in New York and Pennsylvania against Excellus BlueCross BlueShield claiming that the insurer had short-changed them on fees. In December 2006, Excellus...
Manhattan, NY: (Feb-14-07) Shareholders tried to file a class action lawsuit against the insurer for securities fraud. The lawsuit was filed in the US District Court of Manhattan and claimed MBIA and six former or current executives over alleged...