What is Premises Liability?
Category: Blog | August 30, 2021
Premises liability is a concept in the legal field that usually develops in personal injury cases where an injury was caused by a type of risky or defective condition on one’s property. Many personal injury cases are constructed on negligence, … Continue reading
A $575 Million Settlement Between California and Sutter Health Receives Final Approval
Category: Civil Plaintiff | August 30, 2021
California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Friday lauded Judge Massullo’s final approval of a landmark $575 million settlement with Sutter Health (Sutter). The settlement agreement was reached in 2019, and resolves allegations by the Attorney General’s office, the United Food and Commercial Workers and Employers … Continue reading
A California Respiratory Fraud Case Is Settled for $3.31 Million
Category: Civil Plaintiff | August 27, 2021
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a $3.31 million settlement against home respiratory services company, SuperCare Health Inc. (SuperCare) for defrauding the state and federal government by knowingly billing Medicare and Medi-Cal for servicing ventilators that were no longer medically … Continue reading
Connections Community Support Programs Settles Health Care Fraud and Controlled Substances Allegations With a $15 Million Settlement
Category: Civil Plaintiff | August 27, 2021
U.S. Attorney David C. Weiss announced today that Connections Community Support Programs, Inc. (“CCSP”) has agreed to the entry of consent judgments totaling over $15,300,000 to resolve two lawsuits brought by the federal government alleging health care fraud arising under … Continue reading
Healthcare Services Group Settles an Accounting Lawsuit for $6 Million
Category: Civil Plaintiff | August 25, 2021
Healthcare Services Group has agreed to pay $6 million to settle charges that its CFO failed to record loss contingencies from legal liabilities to inflate its earnings. According to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the accounting violations resulted in … Continue reading
Aegis Living Agrees to Pay $16.25 Million to Settle a Staffing Lawsuit
Category: Civil Plaintiff | August 25, 2021
Aegis Living says it has agreed to the $16.25 million settlement of a lawsuit alleging that staffing decisions were based on budgets rather than resident care needs so that it can focus on “what matters most — our residents, their … Continue reading
The 2022 Trial Lawyers Summit: New Location
Category: Blog | August 23, 2021
The National Trial Lawyers will present the annual Trial Lawyers Summit on January 30 – February 2, 2022, in Miami Beach, Florida. The Fontainebleau Miami Beach will serve as the new location for the 2022 Trial Lawyers Summit. This exciting … Continue reading
A Georgia County Settles a Property Tax Dispute for $3.5 Million
Category: Civil Plaintiff | August 23, 2021
Bryan County has settled a property tax dispute with the City of Richmond Hill, paying the municipality $3.5 million to resolve a three-year-old lawsuit. The settlement will be used for eight different infrastructure projects, including road improvements and traffic signals, that … Continue reading
New Jersey May Receive $600 Million from Opioid Settlements
Category: Civil Plaintiff | August 23, 2021
Nearly 4,000 lawsuits against the country’s three largest pharmaceutical distributors — McKesson, Cardinal Health, and AmerisourceBergen — and New Jersey-based pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson have been filed in courts around the country for their roles in the opioid crisis. … Continue reading
Cape May Resolves Decades of Lawsuits With a $19 Million Land Settlement
Category: Civil Plaintiff | August 20, 2021
After decades of lawsuits, negotiations and false starts, the state has purchased a 96-acre swath of undeveloped land near Coast Guard Training Center Cape May for $19 million. That’s according to Concerned Citizens for Sewell Tract Preservation, a nonprofit that … Continue reading