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Written on 9/1/2005 by Nandini Seshadri in Asbestos Lawsuits, Class Action Lawsuits, Class Action News

Senate Leaders Narrow Differences on Asbestos Excerpt: U.S. Senate leaders have narrowed their differences over a proposed fund to compensate asbestos victims and are talking about a fund of between $131 billion and $141 billion, aides and others close to the talks said on Friday. Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota proposed a…

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Class Action Alternatives

Written on 9/1/2005 by Nandini Seshadri in Asbestos Lawsuits, Class Action Lawsuits, Mesothelioma

Recovering Financially From Mesothelioma Disability Insurance Disability claims may be filed if one has such insurance either privately or through an employer. Social Security Disability Disability claims can be filed with the federal social security system. Worker’s Compensation Only if asbestos exposure can be linked to a particular job-site can a worker’s compensation claim be…

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Vioxx News

Written on 9/1/2005 by Nandini Seshadri in Class Action Lawsuits, Vioxx Lawsuits

Motion to postpone Vioxx trial rejected Excerpt: Whitehouse Station, N.J.-based Merck, in a motion filed last week, had urged Higbee to postpone the trial’s start for 45 days, citing a ‘’media blitz’’ after the first Vioxx trial. Superior Court Judge Carol E. Higbee, who is overseeing nearly 2,500 Vioxx product liability cases that have been…

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Small Claims, Big Cases

Written on 8/31/2005 by Nandini Seshadri in Class Action Lawsuits

Did you know that Blockbuster was sued in a calss-action suit in early 2000 for overcharging on late fees? One wonders if their latest marketing tactic – “NO MORE LATE FEES” was just a coincidence! Here’s a refresher from Ultimate AV Mag: August 27, 2000 — The world’s largest video rental chain has been slapped…

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Do You Have A Class-Action Case?

Written on 8/31/2005 by Nandini Seshadri in Class Action Lawsuits, Misc. Legal Questions

What factors must be present to start a class action lawsuit? LawyersAndSettlements.com’s FAQ says: There are several requirements to consider when attempting to form a new class action case. Simplified, these are: Numerosity – adequate number of plaintiffs Commonality – common damages and legal issues Typicality – each class member’s claim must come from the…

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Written on 8/31/2005 by Nandini Seshadri in Class Action Lawsuits, Class Action News

AP reports on Business Week Online today – AUG. 31 1:49 P.M. ET A federal court granted class-action status to a suit filed against trucking company Landstar System Inc. by a truck drivers’ association, creating a plaintiff group of about 7,000 people, according to a court filing. The U.S. District Court in Jacksonville, Fla., issued…

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Mannatech Shares Down On Class-Action Suit

Written on 8/31/2005 by Nandini Seshadri in Class Action Lawsuits, Class Action News

AP reported in Business Week Online today – AUG. 31 2:50 P.M. ET Shares of network-marketing company Mannatech Inc. tumbled Wednesday after the company was hit with a class-action lawsuit by Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP, one of the nation’s most high-profile and controversial law firms which has won billions of dollars…

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France Looks to Class-Action Lawsuits to Boost Consumer Rights

Written on 4/13/2005 by Nandini Seshadri in Class Action Lawsuits

From Bloomberg France Looks to Class-Action Lawsuits to Boost Consumer Rights April 12 (Bloomberg) — French government ministers said they will begin the process of legalizing class-action lawsuits, which allow claims on behalf of a group of people, in a bid to strengthen consumer rights. “We want to devise a system that protects consumers as…

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FDA stance confuses patients

Written on 4/11/2005 by Nandini Seshadri in Class Action Lawsuits, Cox-2 Inhibitors, Vioxx Lawsuits

Observers blame politics for the newfound conservatism. By Marie McCullough Inquirer Staff Writer Federal regulators let the arthritis drug Vioxx stay on the market for more than four years despite clinical trials linking it to heart attacks and strokes. This week, they asked the makers of Advil, Aleve, Mobic, and other popular painkillers to add…

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Jumping on the Vioxx Wagon

Written on 4/11/2005 by Nandini Seshadri in Bextra, Class Action Lawsuits, Class Action News, Cox-2 Inhibitors, Vioxx Lawsuits

If you catch your Metro East trial lawyer son rustling through your medicine cabinet this week don’t fret. He’s only looking for Bextra. No, he’s not hurting– the Pfizer drug is a heavy-duty pain reliever– but rather, hunting for plaintiffs in what’s sure to be the new “new thing” on the tort front. Late last…

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