Anthem Blue Cross should reimburse California man for transplant, jury says

March 21, 2010

A Los Angeles jury concluded Monday that Anthem Blue Cross should cover the cost of an out-of-state liver transplant that a California man paid for after the insurer balked.

 

In addition, the jury ordered Blue Cross to pay plaintiff Ephram Nehme’s legal expenses, which could dwarf the $206,000 cost of the transplant.

 

Read Article:  Los Angeles Times

 

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Jury Awards $15 Million in Accident Case, Clears Lawyerless Chrysler

A Georgia state court jury has held an alleged drunk driver responsible for $15 million in damages to a girl injured in a car accident, but the plaintiff likely will get only a fraction of the award because the driver has few resources and the designer of the girl’s seat, which broke during the wreck, was cleared by the jury.

 

Complicating matters, according to the plaintiffs lawyers, was the bankruptcy-mandated dismissal of what was then DaimlerChrysler Co. from the case. Jurors faced a verdict form containing a line allocating blame to Chrysler, but no one represented the automaker at trial.

 

Read Article:  Law.Com

 

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Judge approves $9.5-million settlement of lawsuit over Facebook’s Beacon program

After reviewing objections, a San Jose federal judge has approved a $9.5-million settlement of a class-action lawsuit over social networking site Facebook’s Beacon program that published what users were buying.

 

Facebook denied any wrongdoing but agreed to end the Beacon program last November.

 

As part of the settlement, Facebook will finance a “digital trust fund” that will issue more than $6 million in grants to organizations that study online privacy. Over the objections of privacy advocates, Facebook will have a seat on the fund’s three-member board. It consists of Chris Jay Hoofnagle, who heads the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology; Tim Sparapani, Facebook’s public policy director; and writer Larry Magid.

 

 

Read Article:  Los Angeles Times

 

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Dead man’s dad takes on wheelchair co. in $10M suit

The father of a South End quadripelgic who died in 2007 after his wheelchair malfunctioned during a repair session said yesterday a $10 million lawsuit against the company is about fair treatment for the disabled.

 

“It’s infuriating,” said Charlie Thompson, whose son Jeffrey, 29, died a day after his wheelchair malfunctioned while two technicians from Franklin, Tenn.-based National Seating & Mobility were doing routine repairs. “This is a company that works with the disabled. They treat the disabled as if they are just an object.”

 

Read Article:  Boston Herald.Com

 

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Montara woman sues drug company over birth control pills

A Montara woman has filed a lawsuit against Bayer Pharmaceuticals asserting it sold birth control pills that it knew were risky and that she suffered organ failure as a result of taking them.

Louise Thanos took Yasmin birth control pills, which are also called Yaz, from November 2007 to November 2009, but in March 2008 she had major health problems, including gallbladder failure, the lawsuit filed in San Mateo County Superior Court says.

Thanos, who is seeking unspecified damages, is one of hundreds of women around the country who have filed similar lawsuits. Many allege that Yasmin causes potentially life-threatening blood clots, though some note gallbladder problems as well.

Read Article:  Mercury News.Com

 

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