Employment law and consumer protection, explained by the attorneys who litigate it. Straight answers on your rights at work and in the marketplace.
Employment Law
Plaintiff Tim Pignato a former maintenance supervisor at Givaudan Flavors has filed a law suit claiming that after complaining to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) about paint chips falling into the equipment he was fired. Givaudan Flavors manufactures flavors for the beverages, dairy, savoury, sweet goods, health & wellness and food service industries to make their products more appealing to consumers. […]
Employment Law
Harvey Levin a former Illinois assistant attorney general was fired, even though his annual reviews indicated consistently acceptable performance. Coincidentally, according the lawsuit, there were two other attorneys over the age of 40 who were let go at the same time and replaced by younger attorneys. If this is found to be true, this may be in violation of […]
Employment Law
Bellevue Indoor Gun Range were sued by 9 employees who had contracted lead poisoning while on the job and were fired after they filed worker’s compensation claims. According to the complaint, the gun range began a remodeling project in 2012 that required the removal of massive amounts of soil tainted with lead and required the use of heavy machinery in fully […]
Employment Law
Ascent Media Group, a production company in Hollywood, California was sued by former employee, Andrew MacDonald who claims he was fired in retaliation for reporting another employee doing drugs in the bathroom. According to MacDonald when he informed his boss the issue was downplayed and he felt that he was not believed. MacDonald then sarcastically suggested that […]
Personal Injury
Forty-year-old Donald Barrett, was walking in a cross-walk on Pacific Avenue in Venice, California when a MTA bus made a right turn into the cross-walk, striking him. Unfortunately, the bus driver did non realize that he had hit someone and dragged Barrett for 2 blocks until a witness was able to pull their car in front of the bus […]
Consumer Rights
Attorney General Greg Abbott sued the THPA, (deceitfully named “Texas Highway Patrol Association) for taking donations under false claims they would pay money to families of slain state troopers. By using a name that illegally included “Texas Highway Patrol” , the organization tricked people into thinking they were associated with the Texas Department of Public Safety. The THPA’s telemarketers raised […]
Personal Injury
Cathy Lui, a young doctor who had just started her first year of residency at U.C. Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, suffered a disabling brain injury when she was struck by a car while in a cross-walk located in a “S” curve on Freeport Boulevard in Sacramento, California. After finding out that her head trauma could […]
Personal Injury
Franck’s Compounding Lab located in Florida allegedly sold contaminated surgical dye to eye surgeons that blinded patients or damaged their eyes, according to five federal complaints. These injuries have sparked 2 Los Angeles lawsuits against the pharmacy. The most recent lawsuit in Los Angeles was filed by Jim Hermanson who claims that Franck’s dye, “tainted with filth, putrid, or […]
Consumer Rights
The FTC is alleging that Instant Response Systems of Brooklyn New York used deception, threats, and intimidation to bully elderly consumers to pay for medical alert systems they neither ordered. According to the Federal Trade Commission, IRS’s telemarketers called elderly consumers using high pressure tactics in an attempt to get them to buy medical alert services and if they did not purchase […]
Consumer Rights
The Welk Resort Group. located in San Diego has sued VO Financial, its CEO Adam Lacerda, and co-founder Ashley Lacerda in Federal Court, claiming that VO Financial made “repeated and harassing phone calls” to Welk’s timeshare owners to “fleece” them and the resort.According to the complaint: “VO Financial falsely represents itself as a ‘timeshare research and resolution firm that offers mortgage reduction programs […]
Consumer Rights
Federal and State Laws have been put in place to protect consumers from debt collection abuse. It does not make a difference whether you are behind in your payments or not, debt collectors are not allowed to harass you. Debt Collectors are not allowed to call you before 8:00am or after 9:00pm. Threatening you, cursing at you and insulting you are not allowed. They may […]
Consumer Rights
The Federal Trade Commission, (FTC) has filed 8 complaints against nearly 30 defendants just this week alone for sending spam text messages to consumers. According to the FTC, the defendants spammed consumers with more than 180 million text messages offering “free” $1,000 gift cards to popular retailers but then required consumers to pay for a subscription to a service, […]
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