Articles Posted in Class Actions

As reported by the Raleigh News and Observer, Advance America has agreed to pay $18.75 million to settle a class action suit on behalf of North Carolina consumers. For more click here. Consumers who received payday loans on or after March 1, 2003 will be eligible for payment. Beginning in the first half of 2011,…

As reported by the Raleigh News and Observer, Allstate Insurance is refund over $660,000 in premiums to 1800 customers. The refunds follow a North Carolina Department of Insurance investigation of a customer complaint. the investigation involved the increase of premiums for rental cars following an accident which is not allowed. If you have a question…

As reported by the Wall Street Journal, Lowes has announced a settlement of a class action involving drywall. for more click here. If you have class action question, please call Mike Malone at Hendren & Malone.

As reported, insurance giant AIG has recently settled several class action claims by pension funds for $725 million dollars. If you have a question about a North Carolina class action, call attorney Mike Malone at Hendreen & malone now.

As reported, a class action has been filed alleging that lead has contaminated more than 100 food products for babies and children. Named as defendants in Denver are Coca-Cola, Gerber, Motts and the Hain Celestial Group. Named plaintiff Suzanne Kennedy claims the defendants produce dozens of supposedly kid-friendly products with lead levels that violate California’s…

As reported by the Miami Herald, two South Florida law firms working on Chinese drywall cases joined forces Friday, filing a class-action lawsuit in Broward Circuit Court against Banner Supply, which distributed thousands of sheets of the defective product to builders across the state. Attorneys Ervin Gonzalez of Colson Hicks Edison in Coral Gables and…

As reported, the Johnston County Health Department has ordered roughly 100 restaurants and commercial kitchens in Smithfield to close until the boil-water order is lifted. Rick Childrey, director of the Smithfield-Selma Chamber of Commerce, said the closure — which was announced around dinnertime Wednesday — will mean a big loss for restaurants, movie theaters and…

Recent reports are linking melting vinyl siding in new homes to energy efficient windows. Click here for a recent news broadcast on this issue. This is obviously a terrible situation for homeowners and hopefully the builders and the manufacturers will fix this problem. The lawyers at Hendren & Malone, PLLC have significant experience with complicated…

As reported by CNN and other media outlets, the federal government plans to increase investigations of companies for improperly classifying employees as independent contractors. It seems that many companies are avoiding paying employees a slaray and benefits by misclassifying the status of these employees. Recently, there have been several class actions filed regarding this issue.…

The News and Observer reported a settlement in a long running case for discriminated black farmers. The settlement would call for the federal government to establish a fund totaling $1.25 billion to compensate black farmers who suffered losses as a result of unfair lending practices and other abuses. Congress must approve the funding, and farmers…