Phil Law Weblog

The Jasper County Public Administrator Rita Hunter, faces a class action lawsuit. The class action accuses that Hunter was careless in obtaining guardianship and conservator-ship, and that she charged the woman about $4,500 for her services. The class action also says that Hunter has increased about 400 percent over those charged by her predecessor. Hunter [...]

U.S. District judge has dismissed all the criminal charges against securities law firm Milberg Weiss hours after the last defendant in the long-running criminal case, a Palm Springs real estate attorney, pleaded guilty to a tax-related felony. U.S. District Judge John Walter has also vacated the law firm’s Aug. 12 trial date on Monday this [...]

The lawsuit against the Hoosier Lottery has gained the class action status in the Marion Superior Court last week. This $20 million lawsuit was filed in January 2007. The lawsuit has charged the Hoosier Lottery of overstating the number of available prizes. Though the issue with the Cash Blast game was a one-time problem [...]

A lawsuit has been filed against the Panzerotto Pizza and Wing Machine in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. The lawsuit charges the companies of overcharging its franchisees for advertising, order processing and supplies.

Technical writer Dani Hoenemier filed a lawsuit against the Sun micro systems, in Santa Clara county under the class action of state labor laws governing overtime and breaks. She says that sometimes she had to work more than 60 hours a week at her computer, at the time of product launch without any overtime pays.

A class action lawsuit has been filed against Alcoa, over emissions from its three alumina refineries in the western Australia. The legal action against Alcoa, will take place in United States. The lawsuit will be spearheaded by the environmental campaigner Erin Brockovich.

Italy’s dairy group Parmalat SpA said that it will issue new stock valued at more than $36 million to settle a class-action case against it. Parmalat will also pay up to 1 million euros ($1.55 million) of the cost of notifying the class members of the settlement, the statement said.

The General Motors settles lawsuit over the use of the coolant Dex Cool, which may effect the 1995 and 2004 model. GM faced allegations like: (i) Dex-Cool in the vehicles listed in the Notice caused problems with the vehicles’ engines or cooling systems, and (ii) that certain engine components, such as the [...]