A class action has just been filed against Maytag: NEW YORK, May 29, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) — Notice is hereby given that a securities class action has been filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery, New Castle County on behalf of owners of the common stock of Maytag Corporation (“Maytag” or the “Company”) (NYSE:MYG). Plaintiff is…
Monthly Archives: May 2005
H&R Settlement Blocked
Sometime in October a class-action lawsuit against H&R Block and the HSBC Taxpayer Financial Services will go to trial. The suit is regarding Block’s refund-anticipation loan program. Attorneys thought they’d reached a settlement in this suit and five other similar ones on May 11 when HSBC and Block agreed to pay $110 million cash and…
National breast implant registry in Canada?
The Canadian Press is reporting that the comeback of silicone-gel breast implants has renewed the call for a national breast implant registry. The push to create a cross-country databank containing information on all women who undergo breast augmentation — for surgical and cosmetic reasons — is being spearheaded by women’s health advocates and assisted by…
Salon Accused of ‘Black Hair’ Surcharge
A salon in Alabama has allegedly been charging more to work with ‘black hair’ as opposed to ‘white hair.’ An Alabama woman is seeking class-action status for a lawsuit against a Dillard’s Inc. hair salon for allegedly charging black women more than white women Debbie Deavers Sturvisant alleges that a hair salon in a Tuscaloosa,…
Proposed settlement for Mississippi Medicaid suit
DeSoto Times Today writer Robert Lee Long commented recently on a proposed class action settlement involving nursing home residents in Mississippi: For some time, Mississippi lawmakers have sought to [allow] nursing home residents on Medicaid a chance to receive care at home by providing housing and utility deposits. They hope the practice will reduce Medicaid…
Class Action Fairness Act of 2005
There’s a terrific article on the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 by Anthony J. Sebok (a Professor at Brooklyn Law School) at FindLaw.com. It was published back in February, so, yes, it’s a little dated. But it’s an insightful review just the same… On Friday, February 18, President Bush signed the “Class Action Fairness…
Credit agency class action
Columnist Kenneth R. Harney writes that potential homebuyers may benefit from a class-action related ruling: A recent federal court ruling in California could have far-reaching effects on consumers nationwide who discover errors in their credit reports while applying for a home mortgage. The court turned down a request by the three dominant credit bureaus —…
Has your Ford caught fire?
“Problems with F-150s and Expeditions catching fire are now sparking huge legal problems for Ford Motor Co.” according to this Yahoo! News article by Stephen Stock. Federal investigators are focusing in on a “$13 part called the secondary cruise control deactivation switch” as the culprit of the fires. So far, at least 40 Ford owners…
Suit involving vets’ retirement homes
I was reading in The Sun Herald that the director of a veterans’ home, (the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Gulfport, Mississippi), is retiring amid controversy. Apparently there were a multitude of complaints filed against him while he worked there. But the part of the article that most interested me was this: In addition, 14…
Arizona taxpayer settlement put on hold
Arizona Capitol Times is reporting that a judge has put a stop on refunds from a class action settlement in Arizona: A judge has agreed to allow the state to delay sending scheduled July refund checks stemming from a class-action settlement to thousands of taxpayers who are said to have already received overpayments as high…