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State AG, WellPoint Reach $100,000 Settlement Over Data Breach |
| Health insurer WellPoint Inc. will pay $100,000 fine and to provide up to two years of credit monitoring and identity-theft protection to 32,000 affected Indiana consumers and reimburse them up to $50,000 each for any breach-related losses under the agreement filed last week in Marion Superior Court in Indianapolis. The company admitted it waited months to notify 32,000 Indiana customers that their Social Security numbers, health records and other personal information might have been exposed online. Associated Press, The Washington Post 07/06/2011 | Read Article: The Washington Post |
Fearful Borrowers File Suit After Loan Modification Mishaps |
| A proposed class-action, alleging breach of contract by Bank of America NA and subsidiary BAC Home Loans Servicing LP was filed in Los Angeles federal court, is among a growing number of legal complaints accusing banks of disregarding what should be binding agreements to reduce the monthly mortgage payments of troubled borrowers. Associated Press, The Washington Post 07/06/2011 | Read Article: The Washington Post |
Carolina Football Player Files Suit Against NCAA |
| A former football player at The University of North Carolina has filed a lawsuit against the school and the NCAA in an effort to regain eligibility to play his senior season. Michael McAdoo was ruled permanently ineligible last year by the NCAA for academic misconduct. The lawsuit, however, cites a ruling from the school's Honor Court that said the school was confident the plaintiff was not aware that tutoring he received was improper and he was to be reinstated this fall. The suit says the NCAA decision to permanently suspend McAdoo was unwarranted, and is seeking an injunction that would allow him to play football this fall. Edward G. Robinson III , Boston Herald 07/06/2011 | Read Article: Boston Herald |
Hospital Settles Claustrophobia Suit with Employee |
| The University Medical Center in Las Vegas has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a lawsuit with an employee who suffered severe claustrophobia while at work. In her lawsuit, the plaintiff claims she informed managers at the hospital that she could not work in the small cubicle she was assigned due to her medically-diagnosed claustrophobia. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported the plaintiff had documented proof from multiple doctors of her condition, which, if documented, is covered under the Americans With Disabilities Act. Scott Wyland, Las Vegas Review Journal 07/06/2011 | Read Article: Las Vegas Review Journal |
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New Danger Found in Libby, Montana |
| For a decade, the people of Libby have longed for the day when they will be rid of the asbestos that turned their town into the deadliest Superfund site. Now they are being forced to live through the agony all over again, thanks to two giant piles of bark and wood chips on the edge of town. An AP investigation found that the EPA has known for at least 3 years that the wood piles were contaminated with an unknown level of asbestos, even as Libby residents hauled truckload after truckload of the material away from the site and placed it in yards, in city parks, outside schools and at the local cemetery. The EPA did not stop the removal of the material until the AP began investigating in early March. The sprawling piles came from a now-defunct timber mill that took thousands of trees from a forest tainted with asbestos from a nearby mine. The source of Libby's asbestos was a W.R. Grace vermiculite mine that at its peak produced 2 million tons of ore annually and employed 200 people. Vermiculite stripped from a mountain on the edge of town was shipped around the world to make insulation, only for authorities to later discover the ore was loaded with deadly asbestos. Matthew Brown, Associated Press, Yahoo News 07/06/2011 | Read Article: Yahoo News |
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GM Hit with Class-Action Suit over Impala Defect |
| A class-action lawsuit was filed last week against General Motors that claims the company failed to fix a defect in hundreds of thousands of Chevy Impalas sold in 2007 and 2008. The lawsuit claims a defect in the vehicles causes the rear tires to become misaligned and easily worn down. GM fixed the defect in all Impalas used for police work, but failed to address the problem in the more-than 423,000 cars owned by civilians. Fred Meier, USA Today 07/06/2011 | Read Article: USA Today |
Suit Against Angels, Ballpark Made Class-Action |
| A U.S. District Court has granted class-action status to a lawsuit filed against the Anaheim Angels and their baseball stadium. The suit, filed by a fan confined to a wheelchair, claims the club "fails to provide basic accommodations to disabled persons in its premier Club Level." The plaintiff says in his suit that he attempted to access the area, only to be told that there were "no available wheelchair accessible seats in the entire section." Staff and Wire Report, San Francisco Chronicle 07/06/2011 | Read Article: San Francisco Chronicle |
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