April 2013 Archives

Cherika Holley filed a personal injury lawsuit against her apartment's management company, Lindsey Management Co. after the apartment manager, allegedly caused an explosion in the building by setting of an  odor eliminator in a refrigerator that was actually designed to be used in a 10,000-cubic-foot room

Michael LaFleur was awarded $1.5 million by a jury after being struck by a Conglobal tractor-trailer truck in an accident.

Amy Jong, a 99 Ranch Market shopper has been awarded $1,077,063 in her personal injury lawsuit against the grocery store.

1. Most importantly, peace of mind! Make the debt collectors stop calling you in a harassing manner.  Remember how nice it was to answer your phone without screening it first?  Remember how peaceful it was before your phone began to ring 10+ times a day?   Are you sick of telling the debt collectors to stop calling you, only to have them call back a few minutes later?

Leading Edge Recovery Solutions is being sued by a consumer that claims he received so many collection calls that he no longer answers his telephone out of fear, in violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). Case No. 5:13-cv-00030

Allied Interstate Inc., has agreed to pay a record-breaking $1.75 million to settle a lawsuit with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In a recent press release, a FTC spokesperson focused on Allied’s alleged attempts to illegally collect debts from consumers that did not owe them money. “Debt collectors had better make sure their information is accurate, or they could end up paying a big penalty,” said David Vladeck, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection.

A consumer has filed a lawsuit against the debt collection agency, AFNI Inc.,  for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), by  calling him approximately ten times a day and threatening to place a warrant out for his arrest if he did not pay the alleged debt.  The consumer further alleges that AFNI also violated the FDCPA by calling him before 8:00am and after 10:30pm.

Froilan Oritz, Jr., an air conditioning repairman has filed a personal injury lawsuit against homeowner, Elton L. Hudson after his stairs collapsed causing Ortiz to fall and hurt himself. (Case No. 13-CV-508)

Joseph Gauthier, a field engineer has filed a $10 million class action lawsuit against Trican Well Service Ltd, an oil and gas well company, for misclassifying the field engineers as exempt employees in an attempt to deny them overtime wages. If the allegations are true, Trican would be in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).   (Case No. 6:13-cv-00046)

Irving Head, a former employee of Luper Self Storage facility has filed a lawsuit claiming that he was not paid the federal minimum wage and overtime wages in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act. (Case No. 9:13-cv-00032)

A lawsuit against Commercial Recovery Systems Inc., has been filed by Cody Osterberg, claiming the CRS called and threatened him with a court summons in an effort to collect on a debt in violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA).  Case No. 2:13-cv-00096

Cheryl Odom has filed a lawsuit against College of the Mainland (COM) in Texas City for alleged wrongful termination.  According to her the College fired her shortly after she underwent brain surgery. (Case No. 3:13-CV-0074)

Rebecca Bowden claims in her lawsuit,  she lost her job as a deputy constable of Precinct I in Jefferson County after the newly-elected Precinct I Constable Nick Saleme was elected to office. (Case No. B194-038) Before Saleme was elected to  office, he allegedly talked to the incumbent Precinct I Constable, Charles Wiggins on the phone and revealed his plans for his future employees, according to the complaint.  Saleme allegedly told Wiggins on a speakerphone, " The people in your office have been there for a long time and I feel that they are politically loyal to you, I don't want to have to be worried about being stabbed in the back or have anyone going to others telling them what I am doing and trying to make me look bad... So, they will be let go." Because Bowden had attended a Republican Christmas party in support of Wiggins, she faced the prospect of losing her job if Saleme was elected to office, the complaint claims. "No good cause exists for the termination of the plaintiff or any of the people who employed in the Precinct I Constable's Office," the suit states. "Nick's motivation in terminating plaintiff and her fellow workers in Precinct I was substantially motivated by plaintiff's exercise of protected speech and or association in attending the Republican Christmas/kick-off political party of Dec. 19, 2011, or working for the former Democratic then Republican candidate Charles Wiggins as Constable of Precinct I." The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (CSRA), protects employees from discrimination in personnel actions based on race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, marital status, political affiliation. If you have suffered discrimination or wrongful termination, please give California Employment Attorney, Todd M. Friedman at (877) 449-8898 for a free consultation.  

Joseph Sciddurlo, a financial examiner for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) is claiming that he was fired for detecting a loophole that helps large broker-dealers duck SEC rules and undercapitalize themselves.

Former Thomson Reuters employee, Mark Rosenblum has sued them for wrongful termination after he blew the whistle on what he believed to be a violation of  securities laws.    According to Rosenblum, who worked as a Redistribution Specialist, Thomson Reuters gave selected subscribers a 2-second jump on potentially market-moving information, with a 3-tiered release program.

According to the victim he had leased a car in 1996 and completed the lease payments as scheduled in 1999.  Neither the bank nor the dealership ever told him that he owed any additional money for the lease.

Debt collection agencies doing business under the names Central Resource Management, Final Claims Asset Locators, Final Control Asset Locators, Interchange Payment Solutions, Next Step Services, Portfolio Asset Assurance, Silverbay Services, and Teleport, all run by Tobias Boyland were shut down by Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo for harassing consumers in violation of federal and state laws.

Senior Living Properties, LLC, which owns 35 senior assisted living facilities, has reached a $42,500 settlement with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) following allegations of  religious discrimination.

Dependable Health Services, Inc. (DHS), a provider of contract workers to United States military facilities, has agreed to a $40,000 disability discrimination settlement with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

In a wrongful death suit, a jury awarded $15 million to the family of two sisters who died in a car accident after their Enterprise Rent-A-Car rental car caught fire.