Posts tagged class action

• Court of Federal Claims: Putative Class Members Must Opt Into Class Action Within 6 Year Statute of Limitations

  Shehnaz Bhujwala | June 21, 2009 1:07 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  From Law.com: Big Class Actions Against the Feds May Falter Plaintiffs lawyers say recent decision goes against more than a century of practice Mike Scarcella The National Law...

• California Doctors and Hospitals Join Blue Cross Rescission - Cancellation Class Actions

  Ray Mattison | May 03, 2008 7:31 PM | 0 CommentsSan Luis Obispo, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Seeking unpaid medical bills, Hospitals and Doctors join consumer class actions against Blue Cross over the rescission - cancellation of health insurance coverage of thousands of Californians.

• Federal Judge Permits Class-Action Lawsuit To Proceed Against VA

  Shehnaz Bhujwala | January 14, 2008 3:35 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Veterans of the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan shall have their day in court, after all. US District Court Judge Samuel Conti has cleared a national class-action lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the US Department of Veteran's Affair's claims system. The ruling affirms the rights of veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) to sue in federal court over the huge...

• Governor Schwarznegger joins opponents of Blue Cross Blue Shield rescission practices.

  Ray Mattison | April 26, 2008 9:00 AM | 1 CommentSan Luis Obispo, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  California's Governor condemns Blue Cross and Blue Shield for rescinding health insurance coverage.

• Cell Phone Company Sued for Early Termination Fee

  Elaine Mandel | November 14, 2006 10:42 AM | 2 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Cell phone carrier T-Mobile is sued for charging a flat rate $200 early cancellation penalty. The suit seeks damages for consumers in 13 states.Cell phone provider T-Mobile has a flat $200.00 cancellation fee if you decide to switch carriers before your contract term is up. Whether you have a week, a month or a year left on your plan, you get hit with that $200 early termination penalty. Even...

• Blue Cross Must Face Juries in Health Plan Cancellation Cases

  Ray Mattison | April 24, 2008 8:52 PM | 0 CommentsSan Luis Obispo, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Court of Appeals rejects attempts of Blue Cross of California to avoid a jury trial in a class action brought by consumers whose health policies were canceled after they incurred large medical bills.

• UC Regents Ordered to Pay Refunds to Professional Students for Improper Tuition Hikes

  Shehnaz Bhujwala | January 29, 2008 1:26 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  California's Supreme Court has denied the University of California's appeal in Kashmiri v. Regents of University of California, awarding thousands of professional students $40 million enrolled in UC programs whose tuition fees were increased during the 2002-2003 school year, despite the Regents' promise to hold fees steady.The class action lawsuit was filed in San Francisco July of 2003, when...

• Bear Stearns -- The First Wave Mortgage Failure

  Paul Kiesel | June 23, 2007 8:51 AM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Mortgage loan industry facing continued crisisHaving filed 15 Federal Class Action law suits in the last two weeks against financial institutions that have sold Option ARM Loans to hundreds of thousands of consumers in California we continue to watch with keen interest where the financial markets are going. The financial markets are certainly beginning to feel the impact of these "shaky"...

• Workers' Compensation Carriers Reaping Windfall Profits at the Expense of Workers, Employers

  Patrick DeBlase | October 19, 2006 9:42 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Despite huge windfall profits at the expense of injured workers, Callifornia's workers' compensation carriers are still shortchanging applicants on accepted injury claims. A class action lawsuit by Kiesel, Boucher & Larson, LLP seeks to restore injured workers their appropriate benefits under the law.In 2004, Governor Schwarzenegger pushed sweeping changes to the workers' compensation laws...

• Pellicano Wire-tapping Suspect Acquitted

  Elaine Mandel | September 26, 2006 10:20 AM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  If your telephone calls are recorded or monitored, and you don't know and consent to it, at least in California, you are entitled to money damages. Numerous companies have recordings saying "Your call may be recorded or monitored," but many companies don't warn callers, and still record or monitor calls. This may be illegal, and class action cases can compensate people whose right of privacy...