Cohen & Malad wins class-action status in Gerber Life lawsuit
The class would include more than 2 million people who paid premiums totaling more than $700 million, Cohen & Malad said in a statement.
The class would include more than 2 million people who paid premiums totaling more than $700 million, Cohen & Malad said in a statement.
The plaintiff is seeking class-action status for the suit on behalf of those whose personally identifying information was compromised by the breach.
The legal action adds to a growing swarm of suits against the company from state attorneys general and school districts aiming to tie America’s teen mental health crisis to social media.
The ruling opens the door potentially to hundreds of Lilly employees over 40 years old who have been denied promotions for which they feel they were qualified.
Users alleged the search giant captured and tracked their data while in “Incognito” mode, a Chrome browser setting that is supposed to protect users’ privacy. The total cost to Google if it lost the case could have been in the billions.
Food ads have long made their subjects look bigger, juicier and crispier. Some consumers say those mouthwatering ads cross the line into deception, and that’s leading to a growing number of lawsuits.
A judge has granted class-action status to a lawsuit alleging Indiana University breached its contract by providing substandard living assignments to thousands of students staying in residential halls where mold was found.
Steak n Shake is already on the hook for $7.7 million judgment after a jury found the burger chain improperly failed to pay overtime to 286 restaurant managers. Meanwhile, plaintiffs in an even larger second lawsuit are taking aim at CEO Sardar Biglari.
Most of the area’s largest car dealers are being sued for charging document-preparation fees that appear to violate state law. But Indiana lawmakers just passed a bill to the governor that would legalize the practice.
Wednesday’s 5-4 ruling is the latest in a line of Supreme Court decisions that have backed arbitration and helped companies avoid the prospect of costly class actions filed by workers and consumers.
The complaint alleges that Andy Mohr dealerships have violated the Indiana Deceptive Consumer Sales Act by “engaging in an unfair scheme to charge vehicle buyers an unlawful document preparation fee.”
The settlement, which is awaiting court approval, would resolve suits brought by several parties over financial-reporting issues that have plagued Celadon for at least four years. The plaintiffs expressed concern that the company would go bankrupt before any recovery could be made.
Defendants in the class-action suit include Amazon.com Inc., Cox Media Group, T-Mobile, Ikea and Enterprise Rent-A-Car.
A federal judge has put off deciding whether to approve the $115 million data-breach settlement and has appointed a special master to closely scrutinize the request for $38 million in attorney's fees.
The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles has agreed to repay motorists more than $62 million it collected in excessive fees to settle a class-action lawsuit.
Anthem Inc. has agreed to pay $115 million to resolve consumer claims over a 2015 cyber-attack that compromised data on 78.8 million people, marking what attorneys in the case called the largest data-breach settlement in history.
Shares in the Indianapolis-based trucking company dropped as much as 67 percent Tuesday morning. At least 16 law firms say they have filed lawsuits against the company or are investigating doing so.
About 40,000 college football and basketball players won't have submit a claim form to receive a portion of the $208.7 million the Indianapolis-based NCAA will pay to settle a federal class-action lawsuit.
Changes mandated in the bill could help reduce legal costs for businesses by putting up more hurdles to bringing class-action lawsuits in federal court.
The Indiana Court of Appeals upheld a 2014 decision ordering Celadon to pay more than $4 million to a group of drivers in a dispute over fuel costs.