DALLAS - The Listeria attorneys at Marler Clark , the nation's foremost law firm dedicated to representing victims of foodborne illness and Dallas-based law firm Reyes Brown Reilley have filed a lawsuit on behalf of the family of a Dallas woman who died from a Listeria illness ( Russell Jones, et al. v. Jensen Farms, et al. , No. DC-11-13866, Texas Dist., Dallas Co.). This is the eighth lawsuit filed by Marler...

PORTLAND, Ore. - The family of a 10-month-old Troutdale, Ore., child filed a Salmonella lawsuit against Cargill Meat Solutions Aug. 16, alleging that the child is one of more than 107 nationwide who became seriously ill with an antibiotic-resistant Salmonella Heidelberg infection linked to ground turkey produced by the food giant. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon here by Seattle...

Complaint Alleges Gross Negligence, Fraud, Fraudulent Inducement and Unjust Enrichment FORT MYERS, Fla. - A second lawsuit against Kenneth R. Feinberg, Feinberg Rozen LLP and Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) was removed from state court to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida on July 6 ( Salvesen v. Feinberg, et al. , No. 2:11cv375, M.D. Fla. [Fort Myers]). The 38-page complaint was filed...

Complaint Alleges Gross Negligence, Fraud, Fraudulent Inducement and Unjust Enrichment TAMPA, Fla. - A first-of-its-kind lawsuit has been filed in Florida state court against the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF), its administrator, Kenneth R. Feinberg, and his law firm, Feinberg Rozen LLP, alleging gross negligence, fraud, fraudulent inducement and unjust enrichment ( Pinellas Marine Salvage Inc. v. Kenneth R. Feinberg...

Action filed to represent fans who didn't get what they paid for DALLAS - Two Green Bay Packers fans on Feb. 9 filed a proposed class action lawsuit against the National Football League , the Dallas Cowboys and Cowboys Stadium, saying that they were denied their dream of attending Sunday's Super Bowl XLV game even though they paid for tickets ( Ken Laffin, et al. v. National Football League, et al. , No. n...

DALLAS - A class action lawsuit was filed Feb. 8 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division alleging breach of contract, fraud and deceptive sales practices by Jerry Jones, the National Football League, the Dallas Cowboys Football Club and related defendants in connection with Super Bowl XLV held Sunday in Arlington, Texas ( Steve Simms, et al. v. Jerral "Jerry" Jones, et...

SANTA ANA, Calif. - A federal judge has rejected Toyota's efforts to dismiss a class action lawsuit that seeks damages related to unintended acceleration by Toyota vehicles, the law firm Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP announced Dec. 1 ( In Re: Toyota Motor Corp. Unintended Acceleration, Marketing, Sales Practices, and Product Liability Litigation , No. 8:10ML2151 JVS [FMOx], C.D. Calif.). U.S. District Judge...

GALVESTON, Texas - The Vujasinovic & Beckcom law firm of Houston on Sept. 14 filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas on behalf of 120 people who were exposed to benzene that was released from British Petroleum's Texas City refinery from April 6 through May 16, 2010 ( Hamilton Fontenot, et al. and Albert Warner, et al., intervenors v. BP Products North America, Inc. , No. CA...

NEW ORLEANS - A group of fishermen, property owners, business owners, and wage earners from five states on Aug. 20 filed a nationwide class action for punitive damages in the BP oil spill ( Corliss Gallo, et al. v. BP , No. 2:10-cv-02795, E.D. La.). The lawsuit appears to fit the mold of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in the Exxon Valdez oil spill case, in which it found punitive damages of a 1:1 ratio with...

NEW ORLEANS - A property owner along Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana on Aug. 17 sued BP, its affiliates and others involved in the drilling for damage to his land ( Russell Avocato v. BP, et al. , No. 2:10-cv-02770, E.D. La.). Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana as part of MDL 2179, the suit cited a number of failings and reckless conduct by the defendants in their drilling operations...

DETROIT -An occupationally disabled woman suffering from severe back injury on Sept. 15 filed a motion seeking class action certification on behalf of fellow policyholders in a lawsuit against Sun Life Financial Assurance Company of Canada, claiming that Sun Life violated insurance reforms issued by Michigan's insurance commissioner and applicable to disability insurance contracts delivered within the state ( Reyna...

NEW YORK - Goldman Sachs has engaged in systemic and pervasive discrimination against its female professional employees, according to a lawsuit filed Sept. 15 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ( H. Cristina Chen-Oster, et al. v. Goldman Sachs, Inc., et al. , No. 10-civ-6950, S.D. N.Y.). The lawsuit accuses Goldman Sachs, a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management...

LOS ANGELES - A class action lawsuit was filed Sept. 7 on behalf of private water utilities and commercial property owners potentially seeking hundreds of millions of dollars from JM Eagle for allegedly knowingly supplying substandard polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe for the transmission of water for fire hydrant systems, building fire suppression systems, potable water systems and other applications ( Cambridge Lane, LLC...

CHICAGO - THE LAW GROUP, LTD. filed the first nationwide class action lawsuit against Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms on Sept. 15, a day after lab tests found hundreds of cases of salmonella contamination at the Wright County farm in a nearly two-year period before the outbreak that prompted the largest recall of eggs in national history this summer ( Hilda A. Dwyer, et al. v. Quality Egg, LLC, et al. , No. 1:10...

SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco-based Seeger Salvas LLP on Aug. 30 filed a series of four lawsuits on behalf of patients from Los Angeles, Chicago, Arizona and Virginia on behalf of hip implant patients who required a painful and expensive second procedure called a "revision surgery" after receiving an implanted device manufactured by a division of J&J (Sample case: Scott Almhjell and Sheilah Almhjell v. DePuy...

SIOUX CITY, Iowa - A food poisoning lawsuit was filed Aug. 31 in the enormous egg recall and Salmonella outbreak tied to two Iowa egg farms ( Sarah Lewis v. Quality Egg, Llc , No. 3:10cv3050, N.D. Iowa, Western Div.). The lawsuit was filed against Quality Egg (doing business as Wright County Egg) in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District Court of Iowa, Western Division, just as the FDA released its report...

MINNEAPOLIS - PritzkerOlsen, P.A. , the national food safety law firm, has filed suit on behalf of a woman from Mantorville, Minn., who is a confirmed victim of the multi-state Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak linked to shell eggs ( Robin Shaffer, et al. v. Davi Inc., et al. , No. n/a, Minn. Dist., Beltrami Co.). According to the lawsuit, filed in Beltrami County, the woman ate at Mi Rancho restaurant in Bemidji, Minn...

LENOX TOWNSHIP, Pa. - Parker Waichman Alonso LLP has announced the filing of a lawsuit against Southwest Energy Production Company and its parent, Southwestern Energy Company, both of Houston, on behalf of 13 families in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, who allege that their water wells have been contaminated due to gas drilling operations being conducted by Southwest Energy Production Company. The lawsuit was filed...

BENSALEM - (Business Wire) Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased the common stock of TeleNav, Inc. ("TeleNav" or the "Company") pursuant to the Company's Registration Statement and Prospectus (collectively, the "Registration Statement") issued in connection with its May 13, 2010, initial public...

SAN DIEGO - (Business Wire) Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP ("Robbins Geller") (http://www.rgrdlaw.com/cases/telenav/) on September 2, 2010, announced that a class action has been commenced in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on behalf of purchasers of TeleNav, Inc. ("TeleNav") common stock pursuant to the Company's false and misleading Registration...

SAN FRANCISCO - (PR Newswire) The following statement was issued today by the law firm of Barroway Topaz Kessler Meltzer & Check, LLP: Notice is hereby given that a class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Central District of California on behalf of purchasers of the securities of American Apparel, Inc. (AMEX: APP) ("American Apparel" or the "Company") between...

MINNEAPOLIS - (Business Wire) PritzkerOlsen, P.A. , the national food safety law firm, has filed suit on behalf of a woman from Mantorville, Minnesota, who is a confirmed victim of the multi-state Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak linked to shell eggs. According to the lawsuit, filed in Beltrami County, the woman ate at Mi Rancho restaurant in Bemidji, Minnesota, on May 7, 2010, and started getting ill a short time later...

ALAMEDA, Calif. - The developer under contract to redevelop Naval Air Station Alameda on Aug. 4 filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District Court of California in Santa Ana, alleging that the City of Alameda breached the contract and violated the constitutional rights of the developer, SCC Alameda ( SCC Alameda Point, LLC v. City of Alameda, et al. , No. SACV10-01171 CJC [RNBx], C.D. Calif.). ...

MARSHALL - The Lanier Law Firm has announced a patent infringement lawsuit filed on behalf of Longview, Texas-based InNova Patent Licensing LLC against a group of 36 corporate defendants accused of infringing an InNova patent that represents one of the cornerstones of e-mail communications ( InNova Patent Licensing, LLC v. 3Com Corporation, et al. , No. 2:10-cv-00251, E.D. Texas). The lawsuit, filed July 20 in the...

BENSALEM, Pa. - Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announced Aug. 25 that a class action lawsuit has been filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased the common stock of American Apparel Inc. (AMEX:APP) between Dec. 20, 2006, and Aug. 17, 2010. American Apparel is a designer, manufacturer and retailer of fashion apparel for women, men, children...