Thomson International Facing Class Action Over 2020 Onion-Related Salmonella Newport Outbreak
February 16, 2021 Thomson International faces a class action over a 2020 nationwide salmonella Newport outbreak linked to the company's onions.
Lawsuit Filings
Geisinger Health, Evangelical Community Hospital Sued Over Alleged 'No-Poach’ Agreement in Central Penn.
February 8, 2021 A class action alleges Geisinger Health and Evangelical Community Hospital have unlawfully conspired to not hire, or "poach," each other's healthcare workers in Central Pennsylvania.
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Class Action Looks for McKinsey to Face the Music for Role in Tripling OxyContin Sales [UPDATE]
February 3, 2021 Consulting firm McKinsey & Company faces a class action over its alleged role in boosting OxyContin sales amid the opioid crisis.
‘Prominent and Systematic Mislabeling’: PharmaCare’s Sale of Sambucol Elderberry Supplements Is Illegal, Lawsuit Claims
January 26, 2021 A class action alleges PharmaCare U.S.'s sale of Sambucol black elderberry supplements is illegal in that the products are prominently and systematically mislabeled.
Georgia NAACP Alleges Coffee Correctional Facility Residents’ Health Endangered by Lackluster COVID-19 Response, Mold, Mildew
January 25, 2021 A class action alleges the Georgia Dept. of Corrections has failed to protect Coffee Correctional Facility residents from COVID-19 and health issues related to water leaks and black mold.
Premom App Users’ Data Shared with Chinese Data Collection Entities Without Consent, Class Action Alleges
January 21, 2021 A class action alleges the company behind the Premom app has shared users' personal info and location data with third-party Chinese data collection cos. without consent to do so.
Sportmix Maker Midwestern Pet Foods Hit with Class Action Over Toxin Contamination
January 20, 2021 Midwestern Pet Foods faces a class action after a recall of certain products contaminated with aflatoxin, a mold-borne toxin.
Lawsuit Claims Walgreens Women’s Multivitamin Label Fails to Disclose Presence of Gelatin
January 15, 2021 A class action claims Walgreens misrepresented the value size of its Women Multivitamin Tablets as gelatin-free when the product contains “notable doses” of gelatin.
Dental Care Alliance Hit with Class Action Over Data Breach Reportedly Affecting 1M Patients
January 7, 2021 A proposed class action has been filed against Dental Care Alliance, LLC over a Fall 2020 data breach that reportedly affected one million patients.
Class Action Alleges Wakefield & Associates Covertly Records Calif. Debt Collection Calls Discussing Medical Care
December 15, 2020 A class action alleges Wakefield & Associates has unlawfully recorded debt collection calls in California that pertained to HIPAA-protected medical information.
Avadim Health Hit with False Advertising Lawsuit Over Efficacy Claims for Theraworx Muscle Cramp & Spasm Relief Foam
December 7, 2020 A class action alleges Avadim Health's Theraworx Muscle Cramp & Spasm Relief Foam is not nearly as effective as advertised.
Class Action Alleges Little Remedies Infants’ Acetaminophen Costs More than Exact Same Children’s Product
November 25, 2020 A class action claims the Little Remedies Infants’ acetaminophen product costs more than its children’s counterpart even though the two medications are “exactly the same.”
Class Action Aims to Halt Jan. 2021 Reductions to NFL Retirement Plan Benefits
November 24, 2020 A class action looks to halt changes to the Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Player Retirement plan that participants say would reduce or eliminate certain vested disability benefits.
Class Action Claims Medical Debt Collector Ignored Washington State Charity Care Program Mandates
November 20, 2020 A class action alleges debt collector Radius Global Solutions has violated Washington law by ignoring the state's medical Charity Care program mandates.
Class Action Alleges Fiat Chrysler Sent Deficient, Misleading COBRA Election Forms
November 20, 2020 A proposed class action claims Fiat Chrysler failed to provide proper notice of continued healthcare coverage to employees who experienced a qualifying event.
Exclusion of Transgender Care from West Virginia State Health Insurance Coverage Is Discriminatory, Class Action Says
November 13, 2020 A class action alleges West Virginia's Medicaid and state employee health insurance plans discriminatorily deprive transgender people of coverage for essential healthcare.
Class Action Says ‘Natural’ Claim on Senokot Laxative, Supplement Products Misleads Consumers
October 30, 2020 A lawsuit claims consumers have been misled by representations that Senokot products are “natural” when they contain non-natural, synthetic ingredients.
‘Uninhabitable’: Bankhead Towers Apartments Operators Hit with Class Action Over Alleged Refusal to Address Bed Bug Problem
October 30, 2020 A class action alleges the operators of Birmingham, AL's Bankhead Towers Apartments have unlawfully refused to address a pervasive bed bug infestation.
Class Action: Key Health, VBS Physical Therapists Charge Personal Injury Victims ‘Grossly Inflated’ Rates for Medical Care
October 28, 2020 Key Health Medical Solutions and VBS Physical Therapists conspired to overcharge personal injury victims for the costs of medical services, a lawsuit claims.
Lawsuit Alleges Comcast, Magellan Health Services Wrongfully Denied Coverage for Wilderness Mental Health Therapy
October 21, 2020 Comcast and Magellan face a class action over their alleged refusal to include in their health insurance plan coverage for wilderness therapy programs.
Lawsuit Claims Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Wrongfully Denied Coverage for ‘Widely Performed’ Acid Reflux Procedure
October 16, 2020 A class action alleges Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida erred in denying coverage for a "widely performed" acid reflux procedure.
Class Action Claims Allstate Failed to Reimburse Medicare for Beneficiaries’ Accident-Related Medical Expenses
October 14, 2020 Allstate has failed to reimburse Medicare Advantage Organizations and others who paid for Medicare beneficiaries’ accident-related medical expenses, a lawsuit alleges.
Gilead, Bristol-Myers Squibb Facing Antitrust Class Action Over Alleged Anti-Competitive Grip on HIV Drug Market
October 13, 2020 A class action alleges Gilead Sciences and Bristol-Myers Squibb have for years conspired to restrain the U.S. market for HIV treatment drugs, allowing the companies to overcharge direct buyers.
Kingston, NY Hospital, Ciox Health Charged ‘Excessive Fees’ for Electronic Medical Records, Case Alleges
October 6, 2020 A lawsuit claims Healthalliance Hospital and Ciox Health “failed and refused” to provide requested electronic medical records while charging excessive fees.
Lawsuit Claims Unum Wrongfully Demanded Reimbursement of SSA Disability Benefits Paid to Insured
October 2, 2020 An Illinois man claims in a proposed class action that Unum Life Insurance Company of America wrongfully demanded reimbursement of his disability benefits.
‘Wasteful’: Class Action Claims Genentech Reaped Millions by Selling Cancer, Asthma Drugs in Excessive Dosage Amounts
September 25, 2020 A class action claims Genentech has sold medications in single-use vials that contain more medicine than is appropriate for most patients, causing excessive waste.
Class Action: Target Charges More for Infants’ Acetaminophen than ‘Exactly the Same’ Children’s Variety
September 25, 2020 A case claims Target charges more for the infants version of its Up&Up-brand acetaminophen than its children’s counterpart when the products are “exactly the same.”
Lawsuit Against Costco Alleges Consumers Misled by ‘Natural’ Claim on Optifiber Prebiotic Supplement Label
September 22, 2020 A class action claims Costco misled consumers into believing its Optifiber Natural Prebiotic Supplement is “natural” even though it contains a synthetic ingredient.
Class Action Claims Quest Diagnostics ‘Refuses’ to Address Ongoing, Erroneously ‘Misdirected’ Lab Test Orders
September 18, 2020 A class action claims Quest Diagnostics has refused to address an ongoing problem of sending "misdirected" lab test orders for tests never ordered for consumers.
Class Action Alleges AbbVie, Allergan, Forest Labs Blocked Generic Form of Bystolic Beta Blocker from Market
September 16, 2020 A class action alleges AbbVie, Allergan and Forest Labs conspired to suppress market competition for Bystolic, a blockbuster high blood pressure treatment drug.
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Class Action: Dollar General’s Infants’ Acetaminophen Pain Reliever ‘Exactly the Same’ as Cheaper Children’s Version [UPDATE]
September 16, 2020 A class action claims Dollar General has charged different prices for infant’s and children’s DG-brand pain relievers even though the products are “exactly the same.”
Assured Imaging Hit with Lawsuit Over May 2020 Ransomware Attack Affecting 244,000+ Patients
September 16, 2020 Assured Imaging faces a class action over a May 2020 ransomware attack in which patients' private medical and personal information was reportedly compromised.
The Goodman Group Hit with Class Action over COBRA Notices Allegedly Lacking ‘Several Critical Information Items’
September 11, 2020 A class action claims the Goodman Group, LLC sent COBRA notices that unlawfully lacked critical information on continued healthcare coverage.
Class Action Alleges COVID-19 Deaths at NJ Long-Term Care Facilities Linked to Inadequate Infection Prevention Measures
September 9, 2020 Two New Jersey long-term care facilities and their owners/operators face a class action alleging their repeated failures to implement infection prevention measures led to dozens of COVID-19 deaths.
Class Action: Former Players Allege NFL Denies Concussion Settlement Benefits Based on Race [UPDATE]
August 27, 2020 Two retired NFL players allege the league has attempted to avoid paying Black former players concussion settlement compensation by way of a battery of neurocognitive assessment tests skewed by race.
‘Broken Promises’: Class Action Alleges Liberty Mutual ‘Reneged’ on Safeco Retirees’ Medical Benefits
August 21, 2020 A class action alleges Liberty Mutual has unlawfully backtracked on providing retirement benefits to those who worked for Safeco before the company's 2008 acquisition by Liberty.
Ciox Health, ScanSTAT Technologies Overcharge for Medical Records in South Carolina, Class Action Claims
August 12, 2020 A class action claims Ciox Health (IOD Incorporated) and ScanSTAT Technologies systematically overcharge for copies of patient medical records in South Carolina.
REI, SafeHands Solutions Hit with False Advertising Class Action Over Hand Sanitizer Germ-Killing Claims
August 11, 2020 A class action claims hand sanitizer made, advertised and sold by REI and SafeHands Solutions cannot kill 99.99 percent of germs, including those that cause COVID-19.
Class Action Seeks Release of Certain Patton State Psychiatric Hospital Patients Amid COVID-19 Outbreak
August 7, 2020 A class action lawsuit aims to secure the immediate release of certain Patton State Hospital psychiatric residents considered at high risk for contracting COVID-19.
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Class Action Claims TopCare Infants’ Pain Reliever ‘Exactly the Same’ as Cheaper Children’s Product [UPDATE]
July 28, 2020 A lawsuit claims Topco Associates sells infants’ and children’s pain reliever products for different prices despite the fact that the medications are essentially the same.
Class Action Alleges Central Valley Meat Co. ‘Exacerbated’ COVID-19 Outbreak Among Employees, Kings County
July 27, 2020 A class action claims Central Valley Meat Co. pressured employees sick with COVID-19 to continue coming to work, exacerbating an outbreak at its Hanford, Calif. facility.
Class Action Against Med-Trans Corp. Claims Emergency Air Transport Charges ‘Vastly Exceed’ True Cost of Services
July 23, 2020 A class action alleges Med-Trans Corporation bills patients for emergency air transportation at amounts that "vastly exceed[]" the true costs of the service.
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Class Action Alleges COVID-19 Outbreak at Mass. Soldiers’ Home Sparked by ‘Deliberate Indifference’ to Vets’ Needs [UPDATE]
July 20, 2020 The operators of the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke, Massachusetts face a proposed class action over a COVID-19 outbreak at the facility that killed 76 veterans and sickened 84 others.
CVS Forces Consumers to Buy Overdose Reversal Meds When Filling Opioid-Containing Prescriptions, Class Action Alleges
July 9, 2020 A class action alleges CVS Pharmacy has unlawfully required those filling opioid pain reliever prescriptions in Calif. to also buy opioid overdose reversal medication.
Another Class Action Claims Cos. Manipulated Shelf Life to Force More EpiPen Refills
July 9, 2020 A class action claims Pfizer and Meridian Medical Technologies have manipulated EpiPen expiration date numbers in order to force consumers to buy more refills of the device.
Prudential Hit with Class Action Over Alleged Failure to Provide Notice of Life Insurance Policy Lapses, Terminations
July 6, 2020 A class action claims Prudential has “systematically and purposely” failed to provide policyholders with proper notice of a pending lapse or termination of coverage.
Lawsuit Claims Rite Aid Charges Different Prices for Same Pain Reliever Marketed to Infants, Children
July 2, 2020 A class action challenges the manner in which Rite Aid markets, prices and sells its brand of acetaminophen pain and fever relievers for infants and children.
Amazon Facing Class Action Over Allegedly ‘Deficient’ COBRA Health Coverage Notices
July 2, 2020 A former Amazon employee claims she never received proper notice of her right to continued health insurance coverage after her termination.
Magellan Health Hit with Class Action Over April 2020 Ransomware Attack
July 2, 2020 Three former Magellan Health employees have filed a class action lawsuit in the wake of an April 2020 data breach that potentially affected over 163,000 individuals.
Class Action Says Matherson Organics Has No Evidence to Back Up Safety, Efficacy Claims for Active Wow Charcoal Tooth Powders
July 1, 2020 A proposed class action alleges Matherson Organics’ Active Wow line of activated charcoal dental products may not be as safe or effective as the company represents.