Laws/Cases |
Nursing Home Therapy Provider Settles Lawsuit for $125M |
Federal prosecutors say the nation's largest nursing home rehabilitation therapy provider, RehabCare, has agreed to pay $125 million to resolve a lawsuit that alleged it knowingly had nursing homes submit false Medicare claims. Associated Press, The Washington Post 01/13/2016 |
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Seattle Man Sues Chipotle; Fell Sick Months Before Big Outbreak |
A 27-year-old Seattle man is suing Chipotle restaurants after he was infected with E. coli in July during an undisclosed outbreak tied to the fast-food chain. Three months later, Chipotle closed dozens of sites in the Northwest because of potential illness. He was hospitalized from July 30 through Aug. 2 with an E. coli O157: H7 infection later tied to the restaurant, according to a complaint filed late last month in U.S. District Court in Western Washington. Officials with Public Health — Seattle & King County confirmed the July E. coli outbreak, which sickened four other people and hospitalized two, including Kniffin. But health officials didn't publicize the outbreak at the time. JoNel Aleccia, Seattle Times 01/13/2016 |
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Debt-Collection Law Firm to Pay $3.4M to Settle Class Action |
A debt-collection law firm in Texas will pay $3.4 million to settle accusations it practiced law in California without having any lawyers there, according to a settlement approved by a federal judge on Jan. 8. The Austin-based law firm Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson agreed to pay $2 million to class members and $1.4 million for attorney fees, expenses and a possible cy pres award, Texas Lawyer reports. The law firm collects debts on behalf of governmental entities. DEBRA CASSENS WEISS, American Bar Association Journal 01/13/2016 |
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Okla. Residents Sue Energy Companies Over Earthquakes |
A group of residents from Edmond, Oklahoma have filed a lawsuit alleging that saltwater disposal wells operated by a group of energy companies were partly to blame for multiple earthquakes over the last several weeks. The lawsuit was filed in Oklahoma County District Court and contends that the energy companies' negligent management of the saltwater disposal wells constituted "ultrahazardous activity." The earthquakes took place on Dec. 29 and Jan. 1 and were of 4.3 and 4.2 magnitudes. There are a dozen energy companies named in the lawsuit, including Devon Energy Corp., New Dominion LLC, Marjo Operating Co. Inc. and Pedestal Oil Co. Inc. Paul Monies, NewsOK.com 01/11/2016 |
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