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Polybutylene plumbing was used in several million homes built in the United States from around 1978 to 1997. Problems with leaks and broken pipes led to a class action lawsuit, Cox v. Shell Oil, that was settled for $1 billion. [13] [14] The leaks were associated with degradation of polybutylene exposed to chlorinated water. [15]
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Thousands of people have complained online and to consumer groups about the ice makers on Samsung refrigerators. WATCH: Class-action lawsuit over faulty Samsung refrigerators nearing settlement ...
3. Robert Bilott (born August 2, 1965) is an American environmental attorney from Cincinnati, Ohio. Bilott is known for the lawsuits against DuPont on behalf of plaintiffs injured by chemical waste dumped in rural communities in West Virginia. Bilott has spent more than twenty years litigating hazardous dumping of the chemicals ...
Facebook recently paid 1.4 million Illinois residents $397 in 2022 as part of a class action lawsuit for facial recognition breaches through its “Tag Suggestions” feature, per CNBC. Google is ...
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Description. In a typical class action, a plaintiff sues a defendant or a number of defendants [further explanation needed] on behalf of a group, or class, of absent parties. [2] This differs from a traditional lawsuit, where one party sues another party, and all of the parties are present in court. Although standards differ between states and ...
Wal-Mart v. Dukes, 564 U.S. 338 (2011), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that a group of roughly 1.5 million women could not be certified as a valid class of plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit for employment discrimination against Walmart. Lead plaintiff Betty Dukes, a Walmart employee, and others alleged gender ...