Residents of a Texas town whose property was destroyed by heavy flooding in 2016 have filed a lawsuit in federal court against the railroad company who they allege was responsible for the damage. The lawsuit – filed by residents of Palestine, Texas against the Union Pacific Railroad – alleges that faulty drainage along the railroad’s…
Since the very beginning of the revelation of the Volkswagen “Dieselgate” scandal, the lawyers at HOP have been working diligently to uncover the details of the scandal, to determine the identity of exactly which entities and individuals were involved in fraud, and to bring justice to the consumers who were defrauded.
A Texas appeals court has ruled that a class action filed against a medical center in Longview can move forward, overturning a lower court’s decision to toss the lawsuit. The members of the class action – represented by Heygood, Orr & Pearson attorneys Eric Pearson and Jim Orr – allege that they were overcharged for…
Volkswagen is facing a massive class action lawsuit in Great Britain involving at least 60,000 vehicle owners who allege that their cars were affected by emissions cheating. The British class action is the latest in a series of legal actions against Volkswagen since the company admitted to diesel emissions cheating on VW, Audi, and Porsche…
BMW is facing a class action lawsuit filed in New Jersey over allegations of emissions cheating involving its diesel-powered vehicles, including X5 and 330d models. The lawsuit – filed by BMW owners in Colorado, Maryland, and Pennsylvania – accuses BMW of installing an emissions cheat device on the affected cars in order to hide their…
A federal judge in Michigan has denied motions filed by General Motors and Robert Bosch Gmbh to dismiss a lawsuit over allegations of emissions cheating against the two companies. GM and Bosch are facing a proposed class action lawsuit alleging that the two companies installed emissions defeat devices on GMC and Chevrolet diesel trucks.
A group of investors has filed a class action lawsuit against the ratings agency S&P Global, life expectancy provider 21st Services, Wells Fargo Bank, and other entities over the sale of life settlement investments. The lawsuit alleges that S&P misled investors in the Lifetrade Fund by giving the fund an investment-grade rating for years despite…
A class action lawsuit against General Motors accused the company of emissions cheating on its heavy-duty diesel pickup trucks. The lawsuit alleges that GM installed a “defeat device” on certain GMC and Chevrolet truck models in order to conceal the high emissions levels of these vehicles from regulators and consumers.
Audi is accused of installing a defeat device on its 3.0 liter gasoline-powered vehicles that altered the vehicles’ CO2 emission levels during inspection. The new allegations against Audi are separate from last year’s Dieselgate scandal, which involved emissions cheating on millions of VW and Audi diesel models.
Volkswagen AG has agreed to pay $14.7 billion to settle a portion of the emissions cheating claims against the company in connection with the Dieselgate scandal. The settlement would be one of the largest even in a consumer class action lawsuit filed in the U.S.
Uber Technologies has been hit with a FLSA class action lawsuit alleging that the ridesharing company violated federal labor laws. The lawsuit—filed in Illinois on behalf of Uber drivers nationwide—comes just one month after the company agreed to pay $100 million to settle a class action case filed on behalf of drivers in California and…
Homeowners in Connecticut have filed a class action lawsuit against their insurance companies for wrongful denial of claims involving structural problems in the basements of their homes. According to the lawsuit, faulty concrete that was used in the construction of some Connecticut homes built in the 1980s and 1990s have caused cracks to form in…