Company Sued For Marketing ‘Light’ Smokes As Healthier
Cigarette-Maker Of Light Smokes Lawsuit. A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Philip Morris Co., maker of Marlboro Lights and Cambridge Lights cigarettes, in which the plaintiffs accuse the company of wrongly leading customers to believe the "light" brands are less harmful than regular cigarettes. Unlike many other … [Read more...]
Catholic School Sued Over Sex Abuse Claim
Catholic School Face Suit Over Sex Abuse Claim. A Contra Costa County man is suing a prominent Catholic high school in Richmond, and its priests and administrators, for allegedly conspiring to protect one another after he complained one of them sexually abused him while he was a student in the 1970s. The lawsuit, filed Monday in … [Read more...]
Banco Santander Sued
Banco Santander Class Action Lawsuit. Banco Santander is in the middle of a class action lawsuit over the growing Madoff scandal in which investors were swindled out of millions of dollars. Bloomberg News is reporting that the lawsuit alleges that Banco Santander and others did not conduct sufficient due diligence to prevent losses … [Read more...]
CPSC Sued Over Phthalates
Advocacy Groups Sue CPSC Over Phthalates. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is being sued by the Natural Resources Defense Council and Public Citizen, two consumer advocacy groups, Reuters is reporting. The issue is phthalates, toxic plastic-softening chemicals that are in some children’s toys and products. Some … [Read more...]
MillerCoors Sued over Sparks Beverage
Consumer Group Filed Lawsuit Against MillerCoors Over Sparks. The Washington-based consumer advocacy group, Center for Science in the Public Interest, has filed a lawsuit against MillerCoors over the marketing and formulation of its Sparks energy-alcohol drink. The advocacy group says that the Sparks beverage contains "unapproved" … [Read more...]
CVS, Rite Aid Sued for Selling Expired Medications
Rite Aid Sued for Selling Expired Medications. The New York State Attorney General’s Office just announced it is initiating litigation against CVS and Rite Aid for selling expired over-the-counter products. The office conducted a three-month statewide investigation and found that 254 stores were selling over 600 over-the-counter … [Read more...]
Whole Foods, Other Firms Sued for Carcinogen in
Four Manufacturers Including Whole Foods Failed To Label Soap Products Contain Dioxane. California's state attorney general—Jerry Brown—filed suit against four manufacturers—Whole Foods Market Inc., Avalon Natural Products, Beaumont Products Inc., and NutriBiotic—for failing to label soap products containing 1,4-dioxane, a … [Read more...]
Johnson & Johnson Sued Over Ortho Patch
Pulmonary Embolism Associated With Ortho Patch. Johnson and Johnson's Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical Inc. unit is being sued on behalf of a woman who had been using the company's Ortho Evra contraceptive patch. The suit, filed by Parker & Waichman LLP, alleges the woman suffered a pulmonary embolism after using the patch for … [Read more...]
Elderly Care Home Sued After Napa Woman Dies
Elderly Care Home Sued. John Harrington claims the care his mother Jean received at the Napa La Homa Guest Home assisted living facility caused her to die. Jean Harrington was once one of a handful of people staying at La Homa in Napa, which is listed under the California Assisted Living network as holding about six residents at … [Read more...]
AutoZone Sued
AutoZone Named As A Defendant In Asbestos Lawsuits. Memphis-based “AutoZone” says it has been named as a defendant along with numerous others in an "insignificant number" of asbestos lawsuits regarding the sale of friction products such as brake parts. “AutoZone”, a retail seller of auto parts, has never manufactured or installed … [Read more...]
Merrill Lynch Sued Over Trading Unit
Deals Between Merrill Lynch and Enron Corp. Allegheny Energy Inc. filed a $1 billion damage suit against Merrill Lynch and Co. yesterday, contending that it overpaid for a Merrill Lynch energy-trading operation last year because of alleged sham deals between Merrill Lynch and Enron Corp. In its suit, the Maryland energy company … [Read more...]
