A class action lawsuit was filed just recently in Orange Country Superior Court against S & F Management Company, Inc; S & F Management Company, LLC; Windsor Healthcare Management, Inc,; and its 15 nursing care facilities around the state. The suit was filed on behalf of Donald Boone by and through his representative, Atty. Virginia Boone.
The suit alleges that Windsor’s ads, web sites, and brochures, and other promotional materials great claims that the company could not really provide. The company just could not deliver. Windsor is even believed to be an elder abuse case in the making according to Attorney Stephen Garcia.
To finally settle the class-action lawsuit filed against him over human tissue samples, a former Los Alamos pathologist has agreed to pay $800,000. The samples are said to be taken in secret from hundreds of bodies at Los Alamos Medical Center in a Cold War-era study into radiation.
Dr. Michael Stewart, a former worker at the hospital finally agreed to pay the money to the families of 304 people whose organs were taken for the study. The settlement was approved last week by state District Judge James Hall.
Stewart was part of a program in which pathologists at the hospital provided Los Alamos National Laboratory with human tissue samples from hearts, livers, brains, and other organs. The lawsuit said that the families who signed autopsy release forms were not aware of the study nor were they told the tissue would be given to governments scientists.
3M, one of Minnesota’s most respected companies is facing suit filed by a group of homeowners who allege that the company injured them and lowered their property values when its chemicals seeped into their drinking water.
3M Co. admits that the chemicals did seep into the water supply of thousands of homes in Washington County but doesn’t believe that those brought harm to anyone concerned.
Six residents of Washington County filed the case and their lawyers aim to bring the case to class-action status. If that happens, hundreds of millions of dollars could be at stake as well as the health concerns of more than 60,000 people.
On August 2006, approximately 400 tons of allegedly highly toxic waste was dumped in the Ivory Coast city of Abidjan by Probo Koala, a cargo ship chartered the London-based arm of the shipping giant Trafigura.
Pungent smell and noxious fumes drifted over the area and left at least 10 people dead and more than 40,000 seeking medical advice after suffering from sickness and nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, breathlessness, headaches, skin damage, and swollen stomachs.
Now, the ground for one of the largest class actions heard in the U.K. is now being prepared. Thousands of witnesses are expected to turn in their statements and up to 5,000 people may sue those to blame, according to According to Leigh Day, the British law firm advocating for the victims.
The University of Washington Medical Center accommodates about 20,000 patients a year for minor surgical procedures. It took one Heidi Rothmeyer of Seattle to notice that the reputable medical center tacked onto her bill a hospital "facility" fee when in fact the dermatology procedure done on her was performed in a doctor's office, an outpatient clinic.
On August 2006, the medical center has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit. No refunds are involved, instead UW agreed to reduce its charges for minor surgical procedures by 25 percent. Over the next year, the hospital will also set up a system allowing patients to be informed ahead of time about charges.
In April 2006, a total of 16 class action lawsuits were filed from across the country claiming that the Teflon used to coat cooking products is harmful.
At the center of the case is DuPont, the company that makes Teflon.
The suits are not claiming that anyone got sick as a result of Teflon. The plaintiffs' argument takes up on the active chemical in Teflon – particularly the chemical perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and its salts -- which has potential to cause illness. In animal tests, PFOA has been linked to cancer, reproductive problems, and developmental effects.
On July, two Florida law firms hinted on filing a similar class lawsuit with a $5 billion possible settlement payout, this time alleging that DuPont did not inform consumers of dangers of its nonstick coating Teflon.