Don’t we all love free stuff? Especially the one we can find from the internet, and we can keep it forever without taking the consequence from doing it? I guess Limewire was one of the classic example of it. By distributing copyrighted content using its software free for download; allowing millions of people online share…
Category Archives: Class Action News
Ford to Settle Explorer Rollover Cases
Ford agreed today to settle a group of 4 class-action lawsuits covering covering plaintiffs who say their Explorer SUVs were prone to rollovers. The settlement applies to around 1,000,000 people in 4 states (CA, CO, IL and TX), said attorney Kevin P. Roddy of Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer. If a judge gives preliminary approval to…
Suit Against T-Mobile for Early Termination Fees and Phone-Locking
The California Supreme Court has recently ok’d a class-action lawsuit against T-Mobile. The plaintiffs in the case are T-Mobile customers, and they are seeking two things: To prevent T-Mobile from charging a fee for early contract termination (currently the fee is about $200) To require T-Mobile to unlock cell phones if customers decide to switch…
Suit against Mattel toy company over lead paint
A lawsuit was filed on Monday against Mattel — America’s largest toy company — because several of the company’s products were found to contain excessive amounts of lead. A little over a week ago, Mattel recalled hundreds of thousands of die-cast toy cars because the paint used on the toys contained unsafe levels of lead….
MacBook owners sue Apple over displays
MacBook and MacBook Pro owners, believing Apple made exaggerations about the quality of the MacBook display, have filed a class action lawsuit against Apple that accuses the company of false advertising. Apple claimed, for instance, that the MacBook could display “millions of colors.” But the MacBook can only perform this feat when dithering is employed….
Class Action against YouTube and Google
A proposed class-action lawsuit alleging copyright infringement has been filed against YouTube and Google (the owner of YouTube since November of last year). The proposed lawsuit was filed on May 4th by Football Association Premier League of England and the music publisher Bourne Co. The companies allege that YouTube is slow to remove copyrighted material…
Jurors Side with Merck on Vioxx
Jurors sided with Merck in a Vioxx trial late last week, according to a recent news article. The case concerned a 52-year-old Illinois woman named Patty Schwaller. Patty, an obese woman with diabetes and high blood pressure, had been taking Vioxx for nearly 2 years when she died from a heart attack in 2003. The…
Honda and Nissan Odometer Lawsuits
Have you been paying attention to your odometer lately? If you drive a Honda or a Nissan, hopefully you have been. These two car makers have been accused of designing cars with faulty odometers that rack up miles faster than they’re supposed to. The extra miles can affect a whole slew of things, from your…
Wal-Mart loses suit in PA
A jury has just ordered Walmart to pay at least $78 million for violating Pennsylvania state labor laws. Wal-Mart forced employees “to work through rest breaks and off the clock.” (It did not deny workers their meal breaks, though, the jury decided.) This class-action suit involves 187,000 current and former employees who worked at Walmart…
Walmart Loses Class Action Lawsuit
Jurors found Walmart guilty of making their employees work off the clock and through breaks without pay. Walmart may now be forced to pay them 78 million dollars.