Posts tagged Class Action

• Sony Wants Class Action in Federal Courts

  Mark McLean | July 20, 2007 9:17 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The Sony Electronics Corporation "removed" a class action lawsuit from California state court to federal district court on Tuesday. The lawsuit concerns defects to Sony's "Trinitron" televisions. Sony refuted the complaint but admitted that the amount in controversy exceeds $5 million. "Removal" is a legal term allowing a defendant to move a case from state court to federal court if it...

• Pet Food Recall--Cat and Dog Food Causes Kidney Failure and Death

  Michael Myers | March 10, 2007 10:18 PM | 6 CommentsSeattle, WA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Menu Foods--with plants in the United States and Canada--has announced an extremely broad recall of cat and dog food (specifically, the "cuts and gravy" variety which dcomes in cans and small foil pouches). The recall covers over 60 million containers of wet pet food. The recall was announced after reports of kidney failure and at least 10 deaths.The pet food was sold by stores operated by...

• New Orleans Jury Rules Against Merck

  Michael Myers | October 18, 2006 11:43 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A federal jury found recently that the giant drug manufacturer Merck failed to warn doctors about the medical risks of Vioxx, its once-popular prescription painkiller. The jury ruled that the company must pay a retired F.B.I. agent who suffered a heart attack while taking the drug at least $50 million in damages.Even though drugs and medical devices may receive FDA approval, they are frequently...

• Update on Lawsuit Against Seattle Plaintiffs' Law Firm

  Michael Myers | March 30, 2006 2:11 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Last week, a jury returned a verdict against Seattle-based Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP for dropping their 3 water bottling company clients to open a class action suit. A day before they were to return to court to hear the jury's findings as to punitive damages, the parties settled for $10.8 million. For more information, please see: Seattle law firm, water bottlers settle lawsuit.

• Jury Finds Against Seattle Plaintiffs' Law Firm

  Michael Myers | March 23, 2006 2:50 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A Maine jury recently ordered Seattle-based law firm Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP to pay $10.8 million in damages to their former water bottler clients. Hagens Berman had been brought on to help represent three small water bottlers in their case against Poland Spring regarding its labeling. The parties were close to a settlement when Hagens Berman dropped their case and instead, filed a...

• Publisher Offers Interesting Pair of Witnesses to Back Frey

  Michael Myers | January 24, 2006 4:04 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The New York Times offered an interesting story recently about attempts by Mr. Frey's publishers to stop the bleeding. However, based on the New York Times article, the Publishers may have done more harm than good.According to the Times, the two men, including a state judge from Louisiana who in June was convicted of mail fraud, were identified by Mr. Frey's publishers to confirm the...