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DaimlerChrysler ushered in the new year by settling for $14.5 million a class action filed in New Jersey state court. The settlement of the nationwide class action reportedly won court approval on December 26, 2006, bringing to a close Lubitz v. DaimlerChrysler Corp. The class action settlement covers the more than one million people who bought or leased a Jeep Grand Cherokee between 1999 and 2004. The class action complaint alleged that the brakes on Jeep Grand Cherokees were defective, causing them to sustain uneven wear and occasionally fail.
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On December 5, 2006, a California state court provisionally certified a nationwide class action against TiVo for purposes of settlement in Nolz v. TiVo, Inc., San Francisco Superior Court Case No. CGC-05-447918. Members of the class action consist of all persons “who purchased or held a Gift Subscription for TiVo services,” Order, at 2; the class action complaint alleged, in part, that TiVo sold gift subscriptions that contained expiration dates, in violation of California state law.
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California Court of Appeal Reports that Decision Reversing in Full Trial Court Judgment Against Bank in Class Action Case has Become Final The California Court of Appeal for the First Appellate District reported on December 26, 2006 that its decision in Miller v. Bank of America, 144 Cal.App.4th 1301 (Cal.App. 2006), has become final. Miller reversed a billion dollar class action judgment against Bank of America, holding that banks may apply funds from government benefit deposits to cover overdraft fees connected with the same bank account.
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To aid California class action defense attorneys in anticipating claims against which they may have to defend, we provide weekly an unofficial summary of legal categories for class actions filed in California state and federal courts in the Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, Sacramento, San Diego, San Mateo, Oakland/Alameda and Orange County areas. This report covers the time period of from December 15 – December 21, 2006. We include only those categories that contain 10% or more of the class action filings during the relevant timeframe.
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To aid California class action defense attorneys in anticipating claims against which they may have to defend, we provide weekly an unofficial summary of legal categories for class actions filed in California state and federal courts in the Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, Sacramento, San Diego, San Mateo, Oakland/Alameda and Orange County areas. This report covers the time period of from December 8 – December 14, 2006. We include only those categories that contain 10% or more of the class action filings during the relevant timeframe.
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The New York Times reports that Merck’s defense team has won another Vioxx case, this time in Alabama state court. The lawsuit, filed by a 57-yearold man, blamed Vioxx for a mild heart attack the man suffered. The defense argued that plaintiff was a high risk for a heart attack because he suffered from “diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and was overweight.” Jurors attributed the defense victory to the fact that the plaintiff “had too many health problems before his heart attack to blame Vioxx.
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John O’Dell of the Los Angeles Times reports that Farmers Insurance has settled a class action lawsuit filed in Southern California that alleged the company required the use of substandard metal replacement parts to repair vehicles damaged in a crash. The settlement reportedly requires Farmers Insurance to pay class members between $20 and $40 for each substandard part used in a vehicle repair, together with $17 million in legal fees.
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On December 12, 2006, the Sacramento Superior Court gave final approval to a proposed class action settlement, bringing to a close the defense of a statewide class action against Sutter Health. The class action, reportedly covering hundreds of thousands of uninsured patients over a six-year period, alleged that Sutter Health and its affiliated California hospitals charged excessive prices to uninsured patients – allegations that the defense vehemently denied. Under the settlement, uninsured patients may be entitled to receive 25% to 45% discounts off of their Sutter Health-affiliated hospital bills.
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A proposed settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit against Cigna Corp., filed in 2002 and scheduled to go to trial in March 2007 in the United States District Court in Philadelphia. The lawsuit arose from a computer problem that allegedly cost the company one-third of its customers as a result of major problems in the handling of insurance claims. Cigna allegedly hid the problems from investors, and the stock plunged when word of the computer problems hit the street.
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After 20 Years of Class Action Securities Litigation at Milberg Weiss, Indicted Named Partner Steve Schulman Resigns to Focus on Defense of Criminal Charges Julie Creswell of the New York Times reported yesterday that class action plaintiff law firm Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman suffered a devastating blow last Friday: Steven G. Schulman, indicted in May 2006 for his part in the alleged payment of $11 million to three individuals who served as plaintiffs in more than 150 lawsuits, resigned from the law firm after 20 years of class action securities litigation.
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