Class action lawsuits that have settled or have proposed settlements. If a class action lawsuit settles, the court will hold fairness hearings to ensure the terms of the settlement are fair to all class members. There are usually two fairness hearings—the first is the "Preliminary Approval" hearing. After that hearing, a Notice of Proposed Settlement is sent out to class members. A Final Fairness Hearing follows at which class members can voice their opinions about the settlement. After that, a deadline is set for class members to submit claims. Lawyers click here to submit your settlements and verdicts to have them published for free.
A class action lawsuit was brought against the specialty chemical company involving the synthetic rubber ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM). The company settled the class action lawsuit by paying a $21 million settlement. Chemtura...
A class action lawsuit was filed in 2004 by Jose Manuel Quintana, a tow truck driver, against HMA after his three hour visit to HMA's Fishermen's Hospital in Miami for chest pains landed him a $3,060 bill. HMA is the third largest hospital chain...
Washington, DC: A Chicago federal court decreed that all cell phone customers who received unwanted text messages promoting various Web pages will get up to $150 in a class action settlement. The settlement was reached between Distributed...
Santa Ana, CA: A class action lawsuit was filed against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim claiming gender and age discrimination. On Mother's Day 2005, the Angels baseball team gave out tote bags to women over 18 years of age only and the suit...
Canton, NC: Approximately 300 landowners joined a class action lawsuit against Blue Ridge Paper alleging continuing pollution from its paper mill in Canton, NC, 30 miles upstream from the Tennessee-North Carolina border. A $2 million class...
New Brunswick, NJ: Shareholders tried to file a securities class action lawsuit against Arbinet-thexchange Inc. The lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey on behalf of purchasers of the company's...
West Palm Beach, FL: In an attempt to settle four putative stockholder class action lawsuits related to the Company's proposed merger with Apollo Management L.P., Jacuzzi Brands announced that it had reached an agreement. The terms of the new...
Detroit, MI: Jennifer Gratz and Patrick Hamacher filed a class action lawsuit against the University of Michigan alleging the university's admission policies discriminated against white students like themselves. The US Supreme Court ruled in...
Newark, NJ: IDT saw a countrywide, calling card class action lawsuit related to claims concerning its prepaid and rechargeable calling card disclosures and tariffs. IDT agreed to provide refund PINs worth up to $20 million to eligible consumers...
Texarkana, AR: In October, 2006 Hartford reached agreement with plaintiffs who alleged in Miller County circuit court that the insurer improperly reduced payouts on injuries. Lead plaintiff Georgia Hensley sued Hartford and hundreds of other...
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