Curated Content: Consumer Rights

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Each article in this category is crafted to give you the knowledge and confidence to stand up against unfair treatment and safeguard your rights.
Your purchases and financial security matter. Explore our Consumer Rights blog, arm yourself with the facts, and take the steps needed to hold companies accountable. At Todd M. Friedman, P.C., we’re here to support you every step of the way. Together, we can demand fairness and fight for justice.

Debt collection agency found guilty of conducting a scheme to defraud

Debt Collection Agency, Gordon, Cappolli & Associates along with its owner, Stephanie Lowinger,  were found guilty of  conducting a scheme to defraud.

A Senior Living Facility Reaches A Religious Discrimination Settlement With The EEOC

Senior Living Properties, LLC, which owns 35 senior assisted living facilities, has reached a $42,500 settlement with the Equal Employment

EEOC Sues Presbyterian Healthcare Associates For Disability Discrimination

According to a lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Presbyterian Healthcare Associates Corp.,  a private regional  medical center

Dependable Health Services, Inc settles disability discrimination lawsuit

Dependable Health Services, Inc. (DHS), a provider of contract workers to United States military facilities, has agreed to a $40,000 disability discrimination settlement

Restaurant facing a retaliation lawsuit after a threatening online rants

According to the retaliation lawsuit, two bartenders were already engaged in a wage-and-hour lawsuit against Coyote Ugly alleging violations of the

Family of two sisters awarded $15 million after fatal auto accident

In a wrongful death suit, a jury awarded $15 million to the family of two sisters who died in a car accident after their Enterprise

A student awarded $937,500 after being struck by a cab.

Vanessa Stewart awarded $937,500 for her injuries after being struck by a San Francisco cab. According to court documents, Stewart

Jenny Craig Facing Unpaid Wages Class Action Lawsuit

Two former Jenny Craig employees Tammy Weinstein and Melissa Pallini have filed an unpaid wages class-action lawsuit, alleging that the diet chain giant shortchanged

GameStop Faces A Wage and Hour Class Action Lawsuit

Gamestop, the self-proclaimed, ” world’s largest video game retailer with over 6600 stores in 15 countries worldwide and online, ” 

A text message marketing company investigated by the FTC for allegedly sending millions of illegal spam text messages

A text message marketing company investigated by the FTC for allegedly sending millions of illegal spam text messages to consumers is banned from

Game Theory LLC investigated for sending unsolicited spam text messages to consumers

Game Theory LLC, a mobile-content corporation based in San Jose, California was investigated  for sending unsolicited spam text messages to consumers

Debt Collector Paid $1.75 Million To Settle FTC Charges

Allied Interstate,  one of the country’s largest debt collection agencies paid $1.75 million for allegedly making repeated phone calls to collect debts from

Debt Collector has reached a proposed $3.1 million settlement with the FTC

Debt Collectors, Luebke Baker and Associates have reached a proposed settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, (FTC) following charges that they illegally

$7 Million Dollar Settlement Reached After Woman Is Injured By An Automatic Door At Target

Target Corporation, as well as a mechanical door manufacturer, have agreed to pay $7 million to an elderly woman injured when

A jury awarded a woman $23.4 million against Ford Motor Co.

Cynthia Castillo, 38, was driving her Ford Explorer on Interstate 15 in Riverside County, California when the tread separated on the left

Electric company must pay $95,000 to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit

Ozarks Electric, an electric cooperative,  has been ordered to pay $95,000 to a former employee settle a religious discrimination lawsuit brought by

Outback Steakhouse will pay $65,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit

Outback Steakhouse must pay $65,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Security Guards Awarded $90 million in overtime class action lawsuit

American Commercial Security Services was ordered to pay 15,000 security guards $90 million in an unpaid overtime class action lawsuit.  According to the lawsuit security guards

$105 million awarded to Starbuck’s baristas in tip-sharing class action lawsuit

Jou Chau  a former LaJolla, California Starbucks barista alleged that Starbucks supervisors were illegally forcing baristas to share tips with them since October

Two lesbian LAPD officers awarded $1.25 million following allegations of sexual harassment

Openly gay Los Angeles Police Department officers Linda Gotham and Lynn Whitey, who were both assigned to the Van Nuys division of the L.A.P.D. 

Employment Laws That Protect Whistleblowers

If you have witnessed illegal or unsafe conduct in your place of employment, but were afraid to report it to the authorities

Bicyclist awarded $5.36 Million After Being Hit By A Bus

David Wheeler, 47 was riding his bike across San Francisco’s Lower Great Highway when bus driver, Roy Timmons made a left turn without

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