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Inventory counting services co. faces class action suit over compensation issues

May 7, 2013 8:34 AM
By Jon Campisi

A Pennsylvania man has filed a class action lawsuit against a California-based company that provides inventory counting services to retail companies nationwide over allegations that the defendant regularly denies overtime wages to its employees. Joshua Reesey, a resident of Johnstown, … Read More »

Class Action, News, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas

Class action claims Ford exaggerated Fusion Hybrid’s fuel efficiency

April 25, 2013 10:00 AM
By Andrea Dearden

Two Pennsylvania consumers are suing Ford on behalf of tens of thousands of new car buyers who allegedly were misled into buying hybrid vehicles they later learned were much less efficient than advertised. William Huff, Charles and Lori Zafonte, on … Read More »

Class Action, Federal Court, News

Contaminated dog treats class actions transferred to Pa.

April 17, 2013 10:33 AM
By Jon Campisi

A federal judge in western Pennsylvania will soon be handling a putative class action involving allegations that Del Monte Corp. and Milo’s Kitchen LLC made false and misleading representations relating to a pet snack called Chicken Jerky Dog Treats. The … Read More »

Class Action, Federal Court, News, Product Liability

First oral arguments in NFL concussion case set for April 9 in Phila.

April 5, 2013 8:49 AM
By Jon Campisi

When the country’s major tobacco companies paid out more than $200 billion in the late 1990s to settle claims that they misled consumers about the health risks associated with cigarette smoking, it seemed as though no other legal settlement could … Read More »

Class Action, Features, Federal Court, fraudulent concealment, Issues, multi-district litigation, News, Personal Injury

PPA lawyers seek to remove class action suit over parking fees to federal court

February 25, 2013 9:54 AM
By Jon Campisi

Nearly a month after a Philadelphia woman filed a class action lawsuit against the Philadelphia Parking Authority in state court, lawyers representing the enforcement agency have petitioned the U.S. District Court to transfer the case to the federal venue. Attorneys … Read More »

civil rights, Class Action, declaratory judgment, Federal Court, News, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas

Federal judge preliminarily approves proposed class settlement in Imprelis MDL, includes up to $6.5M in lawyers’ fees

February 15, 2013 4:26 PM
By Jon Campisi

The federal judge presiding over the Imprelis Herbicide Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability multi-district litigation has preliminarily approved of a proposed class settlement in the case. U.S. District Judge Gene E.K. Pratter, sitting in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, … Read More »

Class Action, Federal Court, multi-district litigation, News, Product Liability

Calif. man files gypsum board antitrust complaint, brings total class actions to three

February 5, 2013 8:40 AM
By Jon Campisi

Gypsum board class action suits keep pouring in federal court in Philadelphia. One day after the second such antitrust complaint was filed, a third lawsuit alleging price fixing among drywall manufacturers was filed in District Court, this one on behalf … Read More »

antitrust, Class Action, Federal Court, News

Five more former players join NFL concussion litigation

February 5, 2013 8:31 AM
By Jon Campisi

Five more plaintiffs have joined the National Football League Players’ Concussion Injury Litigation playing out at U.S. District Court in Philadelphia, a multi-district litigation docket that has grown exponentially in the past year. Shawn Andrews, Adrian Cooper, Ron Dayne, Gary … Read More »

Class Action, Federal Court, Issues, multi-district litigation, News, Personal Injury

Another federal antitrust class action filed against makers of gypsum board

February 4, 2013 10:39 AM
By Jon Campisi

A week after two men filed a federal antitrust class action suit against the makers of gypsum board alleging the companies conspired to fix the prices of the commodity, another consumer filed his own complaint against the manufacturers in federal … Read More »

antitrust, Class Action, Federal Court, News

Federal antitrust class action filed over allegations of gypsum board price fixing

January 28, 2013 8:52 AM
By Jon Campisi

A Florida man and a New York resident have joined forces in bringing a class action antitrust suit against U.S. Gypsum Company, CertainTeed Corp. and others over allegations that the defendants have, dating back to at least September 2011, conspired … Read More »

antitrust, Class Action, Federal Court, News