Posts tagged Class Action

• Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against AT&T Mobility for Overtime Pay

  Chrissie Cole | March 18, 2008 1:07 AM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A class action lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court of Pennsylvania, against AT&T Mobility. The suit alleges the carrier violated the Labor Standards Act by refusing to pay overtime to a former corporate recruiter and possibly others.The lead plaintiff was a regional corporate recruiter/staffing coordinator from May 9, 2007, to November 30, 2007."AT&T's refusal to authorize payment for...

• City of Dayton refuses to budge on residency restrictions

  Richard Schulte | August 20, 2007 10:51 AM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Dayton has nearly double the population of Canton, but the two cities share many of the same struggles. Both have lost manufacturing jobs over the last two decades and experienced a steady decline in population. Poor performing school districts in both communities helped fuel a lament by city employees over forced residency. Only in Canton, city employees won.City officials in Dayton aren't...

• Class Action Lawsuit Filed in Strip Search Case

  Chrissie Cole | July 15, 2007 2:08 AM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A lawsuit filed in federal court, was granted class action status yesterday by a US District Court Judge. The lawsuit seeks a minimum of $3 million dollars in a strip-search case.The lawsuit was filed by a 47-year old woman of Ellenburg in northern New York. The lawsuit alleges she was illegally strip-searched in a county jail on March 2003 after being arrested on misdemeanor charges for the...

• Judge Grants Class-Action Status Against Scripps Hospital

  Chrissie Cole | July 06, 2007 1:32 AM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A California Superior Court judge has granted class action status to a lawsuit that alleges Scripps Health Hospitals of overcharging uninsured patients since 2002.The lawsuit contends that uninsured patients pay up to four times more than the patients who are covered by Medicare or private insurance companies for the very same medical procedures.The class action status was approved by Judge...